Joel's 1!

Well yesterday we attended Joel's 1st birthday party. :)

He was so handsome:



Paisley wore a dress that my mom had passed on to me (my sister and myself both wore it, I believe):







Annalise was there:



As was Meredith:



And Cashlin:



And Libby!





Joel enjoyed his cake:





I designed a new applique (which I hope to sell, but still need to work it out a little more). Made it for Joel, along with a matching card.

Project Updates

Well I just realized I need to get the finished picture of October's project on here. I'll get on that this afternoon!! The next sneak peak will be for November and December, but the finished product won't be revealed until post Christmas.... as they'll all be Christmas gifts! So you'll have to hang tight.

In other news, I finally got my Christmas card designs done for this year. I will post a link to them tomorrow, I have a couple more ideas floating around in my head that I want to experiment with first.

Off to the craft room!

Fantastic Weekend

This last weekend was the annual Calgary Classic. Which is a paper crafting event for us Alberta girls (there are also events in Edmonton and Olds every years as well). I had such a great time, and got lots of visiting with my online friends, as well as lots of inspiration. I got my paper crafting mojo back! This is my second year in attendance, as well as the 2nd year its been run. It's lots of fun, there's challenges, swaps, door prizes, make and takes and all sorts of fun and exciting events. ALthough my time at the actual event was more limited this year, due to Paisley's schedule, I had a blast.

First off, the ladies that welcomed me to their table when I arrived on Friday (I think I was only invited because Paisley was with me at the time ;)). Deb, Linda and Geri (I sat near Deb and Geri last year as well): Not the best pictures, I didn't bring my camera out til I was about to leave, and just snapped them quickly.



There were so many talented ladies there. Here are some of the swaps I received (once again, terrible pictures, as I waited til 10 pm to take them:











And here are a few of my creations on the weekend:





I had one other card that I swapped out that was a flower, but I gave them all away.... so none to take a picture of. But I do plan to recreate it.

Anyway, great weekend for me. Paisley stayed with Josh and Grandma and Grandpa Schroeder. Saturday she wasn't a very happy camper, and wouldn't eat much, but Sunday went much better. Sunday evening we got to FEAST at Great Grandma (Gigi) and Grandpa Ritz's before heading back home.

Happy 2008!

I thought it was time to revisit some of my old posts.

The first post of the year, I declared my goals for the year. My goal was to produce 365 cards, a card a day. Well, my current running total is 155/365. Not quite on target, but I imagine once I get christmas cards going, and such, I will make my goal.

In other news...... I am giving up this computer (the iMac). :) It's going to be solely Josh's computer now, and will be moved back into the living room. But this is exciting.... as my new MacBook should be arriving anytime!!! My iBook died back in October, so it will be nice to have the freedom to have my computer in various locations.... especially with Paisley around. :) Although I love the iMac, it was initially purchased as a work station for Josh, and well.... I don't think he's used it, because I'm always on it!

More pictures coming! I promise. I know that's all you guys are here for.....

Website delays- but excitement.

While I don't have my card site up fully yet, I do have another site/store you are welcome to visit.

So there are 2 sites currently, but in a little bit more time, they will integrate together!

1. Barefoot Tams Etsy:

This site I upload cards to (as well as other items), and these items can be purchased on there. IF you've never explored Etsy before, watch out, it's addicting! But it's a great site, that allows people who hand craft items to sell them, and also provides place for people to look and buy for handcrafted items. The reason for using this site, is that there is already a built in monetary function, that is safe, secure, and reliable. This saves A LOT of work(as well as risking security issues) in building that into the Barefoot Creations website. Please come by my etsy store frequently, as I will keep uploading new items... and they won't all be cards. I have a few other plans for items up my sleeves. I'm very excited about this, but don't want to spoil it quite yet.
Link: Barefoot Etsy

2. Barefoot Creations:

We are still working on my Barefoot Creations site, but once it's fully set up, it will integrate with the Etsy site. The Barfoot Creations site will be my primary website, and etsy is just the retail part of it. I am just starting to post all my cards/invites on Barefoot Creations while I make them. I'm working on that if you click the image on Barefoot Creations, it takes you to the same card on Etsy, where it can be purchased. The BLOG part of Barefoot Creations I will post EVERY paper craft I make, but in the DESIGNS section, will be the ones that are for sale. There is also an area on this site for CUSTOMcreations... which would include wedding invitations, announcements and anything people want created for them. So there will be a gallery of samples and past custom orders there. Although this site isn't quite set up how I fully want it, I have uploaded some images, and plan to get this all done within a week or two, since I'm already past my Aug 1st launch date.
Link: Barefoot Creations

I'm quite excited.... and plan to upload weekly... so keep an eye on them. I love feedback too. So please send me messages, or comment on the Barefoot Blog as well.

More Christmas cards are in the works. I had said I'd start taking Christmas orders on the 15th, and it's now the 21st, and i only have a couple Christmas designs done. But that is changing, as I have several more almost ready to post.

Enjoy, and I'd love some feedback. Also, if you know someone getting married, or who wants some cards done........ you know what to do ;)

"We cannot function like this"

A quote from my father. Josh's father completely agrees! They're talking about the lack of regular posts with pictures of their grand daughter. We're getting on that! Promise. Tonight, or tomorrow morning there WILL be new pictures. :) It's all about her these days!

In other news, next week is the official launch of my cards and invitation website. August 1st! It came up so fast. But I think I'll be ready. Got a little bit of work to do yet, but then it will be ready. :) Will post a link to it on August 1st, since i don't feel that it's ready for visitors just quite yet.

This week has been busy busy. Josh's parents have been here this week to install new patio doors. Well, they weren't able to get the doors delivered til Thursday, so they've done a ridiculous amount of work around here. They installed new doors on the pantry and the front hall closets (both those doors were in need of repair). There's now mirrored sliding closet doors on them. At first we thought the mirrors would be tacky, and planned to frost them, but once they were up, it was fabulous, makes that floor look so much bigger, and there's so much more light, so we're leaving them as is. Plus Paisley likes looking at herself in them ;). They also are closing the crawlspace off from the basement. The plan is to install a cat door in the basement door, and the cats litter boxes and food will be down there. Currently the litter boxes are in the downstairs bathroom, right next to the front door. This means that if there's a fresh you know what, it's the first thing you smell when you come in our house. So this will not be the case anymore. And the food is currently in the dining room, but Teemo loves to tip over his water dishes, so you're constantly stepping in water when you go to the kitchen. So this solves a few problems.

Anyway, Paisley is down for a nap, and I want to take this opportunity to get my laundry out on the clothes line. :)

Pictures to come.... and Josh just informed me , it may not be as later as I thought!

Some sample wedding invitations

I made a bunch of sample wedding invitations a while back now, but have never shared them on here. :) So since life has been a little dry around here lately... I thought I'd share them.

Invitation #1





Invitation #2





Well blogger is having issues... so only 2 invitations for now. :)

More Renos

Well we spent our Saturday working around the house. We got the first coat done in the spare bedroom in the morning, and then a second coat in the evening. This room will be used as the baby's room eventually, although right now it has all the furniture for the extra bedroom (which we are waiting for the tennant to move out of before we can do anything with it). So here's couple pictures of the work done:

Here's the room before we started (weird.... it's showing 3 pictures in one.... gotta get Josh on the debugging of that one!):


Here's Josh painting (the first coat):


I also got a chance to work in the garden yesterday. Twenty degree weather in April, not complaining. Hopefully today I'll get some more done in the garden.

I am no officially done classes. :) I'm so happy about that. Have 3 exams to write still, one today (a take home), one this week (just a multiple choice webct based exam) and then one April 24th, which will be brutal (but I'm sitting with 100% in the course, so I am sitting very well going into it). Then I will be a graduate. Only took me 6 years! (or was it 7?)

I've also gotten a chance to do lots of crafting this last month. I'm actually pretty well caught up to my card a day status.... although I usually make 6 -12 at once... not one everyday. Here's just a few of the cards I've made recently:






Josh is headed to Vancouver today, until Wednesday for a conference, so the house will be quite quiet. I'm hoping to get a lot of things done while he is gone, just organization and such. The next two weekends we will also be travelling and getting some visiting in. Then it's May. Time is going very fast!

A couple of cards

I finally am getting to do some crafting again:

Christmas '07

Half Dahlia Fold

More

Actually, here's one that is a whole series. If you just wanted a series that is slightly different but all quite similar.

For Melanie