Matching Box...

Yesterday when I got home I had gotten a package of products for my face. The boxes that the products came in were such fun colors and way too sturdy to throw away. So this morning after my adorable but grumpy butt when down for a nap (no, not Adam...he's still sleeping) I decided to decorate a box! I had leftover embellishments from the canvas I had made last night (and of course my mess was still out!) so I went crazy...here is the finished product!

Canvas Panel starring...

you guessed it....Ami Salami!!! I just love this fun colored We R Memory Keepers White Out Collection! I sprayed a canvas with some Gesso. Dry brush painted some colors. Added the photo and some texture paste and then went to town with rub-ons, chipboard stickers and buttons. I finished the the top edge with buttons and am waiting for it to dry so I can finish the other edges...waiting....waiting....waiting... :)

A mess!

I guess I just wanted to show everyone how I work...in a mess! I'm trying to clean up my "art room" and you know it "has to get worse before it gets better". And instead of focusing on getting that organized and shaped up, I was side-tracked by a picture on the fridge and had to scrap it right now. So, as you can see in the photos below, I had to do it in the kitchen where I had some clear counter space. Ha! Now my kitchen is a mess and my art room!

the kitchen! I even utilize the stove top! (Don't tell adam, he'd freak out!)

my desk in my art room...yikes!

I did make some progress in organizing today...I like to keep my things in coordinating piles. I used office clippy-things to keep everything together and then put those tiny 3M self-adhesive hooks on the wall...now some of my things are organized and in view!

These are Adam's two book cases filled with books...now just imagine all the space I would have for my precious stuff... (next time you see him, ask him how many books he's actually read off his bookshelves! Those darn book clubs! Actually, I love books too and would be a fan of his if they weren't science fiction, yuk!)

So here is the start of the picture I just had to scrap. It was taken at Keely "Monster's" graduation party... the beautiful girl in the middle ;) And then all of a sudden, I felt like I needed to blog about my mess. Hmmm...I wonder what that means?! I know deep down that I am having a hard time with my "little sister" growing up, graduating and being a college girl...ugh that means I'm getting OLDER too!

And it also probably means that I need to get my mess CLEANED UP...

so i can make breakfast tomorrow morning

and then

of course, make another mess!!

My Friend book

This is the book I am working on at the moment. I used Adam's "Muscle Milk" box for the pages and then covered them with this adorable paper. Because the cardboard was super thick, this really is a chunky book! I am having some issue opening the pages so they lay flat but I think that is because the rings are too small...hmm, I'll have to find some bigger rings!

Etsy!

Hey everyone! I started an etsy shop!

Check it out: www.onesillymomma.etsy.com

Sleeping again!

My two boys...sleeping on the couch!

(And I wouldn't be suprised if my other boy, Bobby-Jo, is sleeping on the other end of the couch!)

Poppy's gone...

Adam left this am and Ami is at grandma's house. :(
We always try to do something together, just the two of us, before he leaves for his 2 week stint in NJ. But, I always end of feeling guilty that we do because we usually get back late and he still has some stuff to do. Last night we got home around 9pm but Adam apparently still had a lot to do because he rolled into bed at 4am!! He had to make his hard-boiled eggs, pack his food, pack his forty bags, go to the office and get stuff done there, etc. And then, of course, I'm craZy worried and anxious all day long until I get a call or message that he arrived in NJ safe and sound.
Ahhhh...poppy!!!!!