Happy Halloween!

This is what I dressed up as yesterday for the RSC Halloween Crop!!! Can you guess what I am?







I'm a Wannbe Domestic Diva!! I LOVE IT! I had the dress already (prom dress junior year!), the apron as well. I made the long pearl necklace quickly. All I had to buy was the Tiara, which I got on sale at Hobby Lobby 40% off!! I loved that I had just about everything!

I haven't blogged in a while either. There is a bit new with me. I got a part-time job at my favorite scrapbook store ever! Rochester Scrapbooking Company! I started this week and boy is it fun! I just love it all! Helping customers, checking in and putting out product, answering the phone, creating! It is honestly my perfect dream job! I honestly can't believe how fast the hours go when I am working there. It's crazy! Tomorrow is the first time that I am working alone. I'm opening and closing alone. I am a bit nervous, but I'm sure that things will go just fine.

Oh and did you like the picture I posted? I edited it heavily in Photoshop Elements, and I know that some might consider it a bit overdone, but I think it kinda has a nice vintage appeal. Thoughts? Constructive criticism?

The Nelson Wedding Layout

I thought that this layout deserved a post of it's own. I just loved this wedding picture of Grandma and Grandpa Nelson. Even better was when I was going through Mom's pictures and found a copy of their actual wedding invitation!!! I was thrilled. I couldn't bear to use the original invitation on the layout, so I scanned it in and printed it out via picture format.

Enough talking, here is the layout! OH, please don't mind the glare. I had a hell of a time getting pictures of these for some reason. If anyone has tips for taking pictures of layouts please share!!!







I took this last picture to show a close up of the textures and dimension of it. The brown paper with blue is actually flocked and soft! (It's old Heidi Grace paper.) I used some old lace that I had on hand to make the photo corners. Yes, that is an actual paper doily behind the picture, and I used Kaiser Kraft pearls as well. The Cardstock is Bazzil (I had none of my yummy dark brown American Crafts :() I cut out the title myself out of cardstock using my Quickutz Alphabets. The Flower on the first page is from Prima and is one of their new releases! LOVE IT!

Scrapbook Layouts!

Here are two layouts that I did last Friday while at RSC, my favorite scrapbook store!

NOTE: To see them in their entirety, click on them and they will open up larger. For some reason my blog likes to cut the sides of my pictures off.


This layout is about out trip to Two Harbors and Lake Superior back in 2008.

All supplies are American Crafts!



This is one of my favorite layouts. I love this picture that Susan took of her and Grandma Nelson.

All patterned paper and chipboard elements are Crate Paper. The only exception is the mat that the picture is on is K&Co.

This layout is based on the sketch found at Liz's blog, "The Scrappiest". I used Sketch 33 and turned the layout so to speak. I did keep it very simple.

Special Delivery?

Perfect gift in my opinion!

Love that cat.

Cullen {Cat in a bag}

Cullen still cracks us up. We are so lucky to have him and we love him so much. He is such a funny cat and his antics crack us up daily. One of his quirks is that he loves reuseable bags. At first we thought that it was one in particular (My green Quickutz bag) but that's not the case as you can see here.





He is an odd cat, and he does fit right in with Jason and I. :)

Mail

Am I the only one that gets so very excited when the mail arrives and loves getting the mail, but once I do the initial peek at it, I let it sit in a pile? Went through this pile last night. Didn't take long and 90% of it was recycled/shredded.

First Snow! {October 11, 2009}

Taken at 11:30 p.m. First snow of the season. Yes, I am out there barefoot. It seems really early for this year.

{Recipe} Greek Salad

Greek Salad

8 leaves romaine lettuce, torn into bite-size pieces

1 cucumber, peeled and sliced

1 tomato, diced

1/2 cup onion, diced

1/2 cup crumbled reduced-fat Feta cheese

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

2 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp dried oregano leaves

1/2 tsp salt

Combine the lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, and cheese in a large bowl.

Whisk together the oil, lemon juice, oregano, and salt into a small bowl.

Our over the lettuce mixture and toss until coated.

Recipe from: South Beach Diet book

Amber's Notes:

Supposedly this is to make 1 serving. I could only eat half of it and did toss a little bit of diced chicken on it that I had on hand.

This is really good and yummy! I will be making this again and think I might make the "dressing" to put on other stuff. Loved it! Plus it was so easy to make.

I totally meant to take a picture of it, but spaced it. When I have the rest of it, if I remember I will add a picture.

Quick Update

All of my tests came back normal/negative. I was "marginally positive" on one, but after talking to the infectious disease person they ruled that out.

Good news is that I continue to feel better. I am going back to work 4 hours on my scheduled days next week and back to my normal work schedule after that.

I want to be here....

Doesn't it look heavenly?

Image found here: http://www.aquabumps.com

Getting Better?

I'm wondering if I am getting better. My headache is practically non-existent and I'm not sleeping near as much as I was. I have a bit more energy too. Could I be getting better? I'm hoping so!

Good news!!!

Not health related, but good news none the less!!!

I'm going to be a card designer for Jen's House of Scrap!!!

I'll link you all when the site is fully up, but you can find her on Facebook here!