Crop Day!!

crop [krop]
Photography. to cut off or mask the unwanted parts of (a print or negative).

Today is crop day. We scrapbookers get together and crop. No, not like a crop our vegetables in the fields. Or crop as in crop the dogs ears. But to cut off or mask the unwanted parts of a print or negative, of a photography.

Mind you there is WAY more to a crop event then just masking and cutting photos all night. There is choosing the right papers, ribbons, embellishments, words, ideas, titles, and that is just the work part of it!

There is also food, fun, venting, joking around, food, snacks, chocolate, staying up late. Oh I love it. It's like a big slumber party! But no one spends the night... and hopefully I won't fall asleep to find myself peed on because of some warm water in a bowl, or find my bra in the freezer!

And starting in just a few minutes is my own personal Crop! I have invited my Creative Maniacs over (my customers) and my dearest friends Jen (boo! she can't come because of work) and Michele (my upline) so my mom and The Pipester are one the way!

We have from 5:00 pm till midnight! Hooray for girls night!

Do it now. Start from right here.

In the world of scrapbooking the biggest stress is on keeping up. Most people won't start because they say it's too late. It's never to late to start. You don't have to go back and start from the day you or your kids were born.

Start right now. And if you get a chance go back and work on some older pictures, and go from there.

I have decided to do my housework and laundry like that. I have a small hill of laundry left in my room to put away, and I am proud to say that all the clothes are clean in this house (or on the way, last load is in the wash!) but, I have a buttload to fold and put away. (ok, everyone together... booooooo!)

Now that the Art Room is done, I have a big table right there for projects, AND laundry folding! Since I want my art room table to be clear for projects, I am motivated to put away my clothes.

But my issue lately has been, do I just take all the laundry up and dump it all on the floor with the other pile, like I always do? Or do I start the new routine, and when I get time go back and fold and hang the old stuff? So I started the new routine today, worked out well. Mia and the dogs are downstairs, helping me (yes because two dogs walking on clean clothes, and the toddler running amuck with the towels screaming is great help) I bring the piles up and to there respected rooms, and viola! We have order. (don't tell anyone! Oh if word got out that I am attempting some sort of order around here! What would the neighbors say?!)

Hoping this works. I must go now, I have to put away some piles and vacuum the bedrooms!

InSaNe ScHeDuLe

• 2:00 am Friday morning... went to sleep. (Why? cuz I just like to self inflict the whole lack o' sleep zombie like state for the next day)
• 7:15 am Friday morning... wake 15 minutes before my alarm (oh and it was the real alarm, not the kids alarm. They are at the IL's till Saturday) Get up and get ready for a kick ass day!
• 7:58 am my Mom arrives at my house, pack up her car. Off to Casey's Gas Station for Potato Cheese Bites, Starbucks, and water. Off to Pipers house!
• 8:32 am arrive at Piper's, we pee, pack up for the mini van brigade and off we go!
• Where you ask? Only to the funnest scrapbook event of the year! The Scrapbook Expo at Phesent Run Resort in St. Charles IL. LOVE IT. It's simple, $8 to get in and shop at booths from all the companies showing off all there new papers, embellishments, tools. We were free since we were registered for classes.
• 10:12 am arrive at the PR Resort check in, and speed walk to our first class "You say you want a Revolution? by Quickkutz. We did 4 12x12 pages, using the Quickkuts Revaluation machine. AND I won the Lemonade alphabet dies!! (worth about $60, booya.)
• 11:35 am After class we decided to shop around and met up with Piper's friend Missy.
• 12:28 pm. Yikes! Were going to be late for class! Lets go!!
• 12:30 pm arrive at the 4 Album Enhancing class by SEI (great company!) They have these scrapbooks in a box. All included, you just follow the directions and by the magic of t.v. and one hour, you should be done! Plus since we went to the class we got 40% off any item in there booth!
• 2:00 pm, finished with that class, and now we are starving! Head over to the restaurant for the best, no lie, best barbecue chicken quesadillas eva!! Yummy!! Head out for an unload at the mini van.
• 3:00 pm Then back to the booths for more shopping!
• 3:50 pm over to the last class So Lucky File Folder Album by Rusty Pickle. Not cute at first, but it SO grew on us after a while. A scrapbook made from a big piece of burlap... I should take pictures of what we made...
• 5:00 pm out of class again, and you guessed it back to the showroom for more shopping.
• 5:45 pm showroom floor closes in 15 minutes, so we head out the door. Pack up the van again, and head to Fox Valley, for some quality time at Kirklands Home store, I got the coolest yard ornament (again pictures would be great for you huh?)
• Then over to Archivers, to cash in on our coupons we got at the booth.
• Head to Pipers, unpack and repack mom's car. Back to Channahon we go.
• 9:00 pm FINALLY HOME! I am a ZOMBIE! Start making Ed's dinner.
• 9:03 pm finish making Ed's porkchop salad.
• 9:30 pm Ed gone for work, I left and ran his movies back.
• 10:51 pm finish blog, must go to bed. I have a hot date of picking up the kidlets tomorrow morning, then home to wait for the furniture guys (between the house of 1:00 and 5:00)

Between getting the Media Room ready, the Art Studio, packing for today's events, and just the everyday norm. I am beyond tired.

Gu nih.

Stick a fork in me I am done

Fo sho.

Scrapbook Hangover till 11:50 am

I have a scrapbook hangover. I was out till 12:45 am hanging with my friends at the scrapbook store. Well I finally went to bed around 3:15 am, I was winding down, playing in my mess of an art studio, and watching the BIG eff you fight on Big Brother "After Dark" on Showtime.

My head hurts, I am hungry and I need to pick up around this house before I go get my little people. Wow, not sure the last time I was able to blow off the WHOLE morning!! I guess I needed it!