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Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

my little baby Chubby Cheeks

... do you know what I mean? check out those cheeks!!! ...

I just can't beleive that my Great Niece is already 10 months old!! She will be walking in no time!! I visited my sister last week to get some photos of the baby, and we had made this little scrapbook. All the supplies used to make this book are from Little Yellow Bicycle, they have the coordinating lines for a baby girl and a baby boy (including this chipboard album!!). It took us about two hours to make it, and the most that time we spent trying to decide which photos to use ;->

I took photos of all the pages, enjoy!!













Only the buttons on the front cover are not from Little Yellow Bicycle, but everything else is!! The chipboard album measures approximately 6" x 6" and comes with six blank pages in different shapes. The 6" x 6" paper pad comes with the die cut designer papers that fit right onto the pages, no exacto knife required!! Other paper and the embellishments (tags, corners, borders, etc.) are from the larger, 8" x 8" paper pad. I also used a set of chipboard stickers for the embellishments.

Oh, and all of the supplies used to design this scrapbook are available for purchase at Cranberry Hill Mercantile, just give them a call at 408-736-9151 to place your order.

Hugs!!
:) Irina

Sunday, January 11, 2009

How to Count your Blessings..

I was checking out Linda's blog and she had this posted a few days ago.. I just loved this list!! and wanted to share with all of you.. I am going to print this out and put it right in front of my computer as a reminder..

I will be back in a few hours with the card :)

And here is the list:

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. Buy a DVR. Tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, "My purpose is to__________ _ today."
5. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.
6. Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did in 2008.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
18. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
23. Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, and wear the fancy lingerie (not you guys.) Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. What other people think of you is none of your business.
29. Time heals almost everything. Give it time, time.
30. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
32. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
33. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
34. The best is yet to come.
35. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
36. Do the right thing!
37. Call your family often.
38. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: "I am thankful for __________." Today I accomplished _________.
39. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
40. Enjoy the ride. Remember that this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

May your troubles be less, May your blessings be more. And may nothing but happiness come through your door!


:) Irina

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Christmas Tag and Gift Card Holder - Set 3

Don't forget about my Blog Candy. You have until tomorrow, December 15th to enter. For details please scroll down to a few posts below or click here.

This is the last set of the Gift Tag and the Gift Card Holder for my upcoming (this Tuesday!!) class at Cranberry Hill Mercantile. To see the previous sets, please click here and here.

I really like how this set has turned out, it has such a soft look..


Gift Card Holder measures 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".



Gift Tag Measures 4" x 6".


On this set I used printed paper from Imaginisce and "Open Poinsettia Set" stamps from Stampendous. The poinsettias were heat embossed with the red embossing powder and then watercolored with the ink from the red inkpad, red dew drops in the centers. The scallops on the borders were made with Fiskars border punch.

This class is scheduled for:

Tuesday, December 16th, 11 am to 2:30 pm
Sunday, December 21st, 11:30 am to 3:00 pm

To sign up for the class, please call Cranberry Hill Mercantile at 408-736-9151.


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I wanted to show you this photo of my grand niece in the "sleigh" pulled by the "reindeer" :-) .She is four months old now and is the most adorable baby (of course)!!



:) Irina

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Meet Katerina Rose!!

I became a Grand Aunt about month and a half ago, finally I have a baby girl to spoil!! Too bad she lives 10 hours driving time away from me.. Well, here are some photos..




Isn't she just adorable?! Cute-cute-cute!!!

:) Irina

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

On a personal note..


I am so PROUD of my son!!

This photo was taken last Friday at the CCS qualifier track meet. My son is the one in the maroon color uniform. No, he didn't finish first in the race, but he got a HUGE personal record!!! He cut his time for 3200 meters from 10:26 to 10:08!!! The last 100 meters were the most intense as my son and the boy in blue uniform were fighting so hard, just look at their faces (click on the photo to enlarge it).

I can't even run for 10 minutes, well maybe jog ;) .. But run as fast as these kids do.. Insane..

:) Irina