Hi guys!
Happy Memorial Day to all my lovely friends out there!! I am so honored to live in a country where brave people are willing to risk their lives for my freedom and the honor of our country and for that I am truly grateful. I hope you all had a wonderful and safe weekend!
Today was a great day! Spent the day at Mom and Dad's visiting with the family. My GrandPap is in town this week and I am so excited! I don't get to see him to often so it was really nice to spend some time with him. Mom and Dad were great hosts opening their home to our fun family. The food was great, and the company was even better.
Next weekend I have 3 cousins graduating Highschool, Erica, Shelby and Dave's cousin Victoria. Congratulations girls!!
I will also be leaving home Wednesday night to check in to our Arlington hotel to attend the Great American Scrapbook Convention. Festivities begin at 8am on Thursday. Mom and I are signed up for 7 classes but they are spread out across 3 days this year. Last year we crammed just as many into 1 day...it was exhausting! I'm excited! We'll be taking classes from Prima, Melissa France, My Little Shoebox, Quick Quotes and more. Plus there will be tons of shopping, make and takes, and all that quality time spent together. I am really excited. We had such a great time last year. I promise to take pictures and post them here through out the weekend.
No new tutorial this week at Create with Jessi, but I have some projects in the works, and I'll be sharing them with you soon. In the mean time, I have challenged myself to use some tools I bought way back when and just had to have. I'm sure you all have one - what's yours? Do you use it? Tell me all about it!
I will be taking mine with me to the convention and working on creating something awesome and fun! There will be a full tutorial on this project when I get back! (And possibly a give away of goodies fresh from the convention) so stay tuned!
In the mean time, let me leave you with a list of my favorite crafters on You Tube:
Kristen Wilson - http://www.youtube.com/user/LilsweetpeaVideos
Drew - http://www.youtube.com/user/Cardofmyeye
KWernerDesign Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/starofmay
Chic'n Scratch - http://www.youtube.com/user/ChicnScratch
There are quite a few more that I sub to, but these are my top 4 faves. Stop by, check 'em out and show some love. :)
Happy crafting and I'll see you next week!
Monday, May 28, 2012
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Food Trucks, New Jobs, and a Fun Card!
Hey Bloggers!
This update is coming much later than I had hoped - life around the Myers home is sure getting crazy!
Here's a peak of crafty goodness before we dive right in to the life stuff:
Head on over to my new Craft Tutorial Blog to learn more, and read/ watch how to make this card!
Let's start with the job front-
Two weeks ago I learned I would be getting promoted to a new department - new job, new everything. Great...except you gotta be ready to go in 2 weeks. Now, normally this would not be a problem, but work has been slamming for the past month and I was doing my best to keep my head above water. Needless to say there were 2 weeks of long days, long stress filled nights, and not a whole lot of crafting going on. Well, I am happy to report that last Friday was my last day - I will miss my team -I worked with some amazing people, but I was definitely ready for a change. I walked out the door on Friday ready for a relaxing weekend filled with fun and no thoughts of work. On Monday I walked in to a shiny new laptop and a whole new world - it's really different, but I am working with some awesome people and I'm getting afresh perspective on things. It's pretty cool so far.
Ok, now let's head home and check things out there -
What do you know about food trucks? When you hear food truck do you think of roach coaches down by construction sites? Believe it or not, there are some amazing gourmet food trucks out there! About a month ago Dave and his friend Chris went out to a gathering of food trucks and had some amazing experiences. Well I got lucky and there was a small gathering near us at The Village in Dallas. We sampled yummies from Three Lions, Whoopie Pies from Rockstar Bakeshop, and Philly Cheesesteaks from another truck (sorry I don't recall the name). It was all really good. Now, Three Lions is a truck run by a British chap selling meat pies, sausage rolls and chicken and dill sliders. My Hubs and friend had experienced the meat pie previously and told me of the epicness...I have to say it was amazing! So good infact that we brought home an extra one for today. It was just as delicious today! The puffed pastry lost a little bit of crips, but was not soggy at all. Great job guys! The cheese steak was also delicious. And we had a native of Philly with us..he approved. :) Now on to the Whoopie Pies - AH-MAY-ZIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG! That is all I can say! Great flavors, fabulous textures....please sir, I want some more!!! I can't wait to track these guys down again...will have to take pics for the scrapbook.
Last week my darling husband also celebrated a birthday! He had a nice relaxing long weekend - played lots of Diablo III and we even made it out to Freddy's for chocolate brownie concrete. What? You don't know what that is? Freddy's serves frozen custard -amazing btw - and concrete is the frozen custard mixed with treats - similar to the DQ Blizzard, but 10 times better, I think. The food was good and the Concrete was amazing..can't wait to go back again. We also upped our video game collection. Yes, I contribute to a video game collection. We collect vintage consoles and games. My husband has almost turned me into a full fledged geek girl. (Felicia Day and the greatness of The Guild are also partly responsible.)
Now onto the crafting!
With the stress of my old job behind me, and Dave happily immersed in Diablo III, I had the freedom to craft! So I stalkedd some of my subs on YouTube and was inspired to create an awesome card! (Thanks StarofMay and Cardofmyeye!!) So awesome infact that I made one for my boss for her birthday, and several more to send to Operation Write Home. My box is about 1/2 full...got a long ways to go to get it filled up. Wanna see the card?
Isn't it fabulous! You can learn how to make it by heading over to my Craft Tutorial Blog: Create With Jessi. If you like it, let me know! I'd love some feed back, ideas, things you'd like to learn more about, but don't want to try it yourself first. I've here for you guys!
Well, it is late and I am getting sleep so I am off to bed now.
Happy Crafting and Happy Blessings!
Jessi
This update is coming much later than I had hoped - life around the Myers home is sure getting crazy!
Here's a peak of crafty goodness before we dive right in to the life stuff:
Let's start with the job front-
Two weeks ago I learned I would be getting promoted to a new department - new job, new everything. Great...except you gotta be ready to go in 2 weeks. Now, normally this would not be a problem, but work has been slamming for the past month and I was doing my best to keep my head above water. Needless to say there were 2 weeks of long days, long stress filled nights, and not a whole lot of crafting going on. Well, I am happy to report that last Friday was my last day - I will miss my team -I worked with some amazing people, but I was definitely ready for a change. I walked out the door on Friday ready for a relaxing weekend filled with fun and no thoughts of work. On Monday I walked in to a shiny new laptop and a whole new world - it's really different, but I am working with some awesome people and I'm getting afresh perspective on things. It's pretty cool so far.
Ok, now let's head home and check things out there -
What do you know about food trucks? When you hear food truck do you think of roach coaches down by construction sites? Believe it or not, there are some amazing gourmet food trucks out there! About a month ago Dave and his friend Chris went out to a gathering of food trucks and had some amazing experiences. Well I got lucky and there was a small gathering near us at The Village in Dallas. We sampled yummies from Three Lions, Whoopie Pies from Rockstar Bakeshop, and Philly Cheesesteaks from another truck (sorry I don't recall the name). It was all really good. Now, Three Lions is a truck run by a British chap selling meat pies, sausage rolls and chicken and dill sliders. My Hubs and friend had experienced the meat pie previously and told me of the epicness...I have to say it was amazing! So good infact that we brought home an extra one for today. It was just as delicious today! The puffed pastry lost a little bit of crips, but was not soggy at all. Great job guys! The cheese steak was also delicious. And we had a native of Philly with us..he approved. :) Now on to the Whoopie Pies - AH-MAY-ZIIIINNNNNNNNGGGGGGG! That is all I can say! Great flavors, fabulous textures....please sir, I want some more!!! I can't wait to track these guys down again...will have to take pics for the scrapbook.
Last week my darling husband also celebrated a birthday! He had a nice relaxing long weekend - played lots of Diablo III and we even made it out to Freddy's for chocolate brownie concrete. What? You don't know what that is? Freddy's serves frozen custard -amazing btw - and concrete is the frozen custard mixed with treats - similar to the DQ Blizzard, but 10 times better, I think. The food was good and the Concrete was amazing..can't wait to go back again. We also upped our video game collection. Yes, I contribute to a video game collection. We collect vintage consoles and games. My husband has almost turned me into a full fledged geek girl. (Felicia Day and the greatness of The Guild are also partly responsible.)
Now onto the crafting!
With the stress of my old job behind me, and Dave happily immersed in Diablo III, I had the freedom to craft! So I stalkedd some of my subs on YouTube and was inspired to create an awesome card! (Thanks StarofMay and Cardofmyeye!!) So awesome infact that I made one for my boss for her birthday, and several more to send to Operation Write Home. My box is about 1/2 full...got a long ways to go to get it filled up. Wanna see the card?
Well, it is late and I am getting sleep so I am off to bed now.
Happy Crafting and Happy Blessings!
Jessi
Monday, April 30, 2012
Where did April go??
Hi Bloggers!
Can you believe it's May 1st!? Where did April go?
I am cooling down after a really long and slightly exciting day. I can't talk a whole lot about it, but I found out today I got this really awesome opportunity to move to a new department at work. The details are still fuzzy, but it's a great opportunity and I am really excited about it. Things sure are changing at the Myers house. :)
In other news, I have a new tutorial blog. Check it out! http://createwithjessi.blogspot.com/
This new blog will be solely dedicated to craft tutorials - techniques, projects, etc. Do you want to see something, learn something new? Let me know and I'll put it in video. My first tutorial went up today - go check it out and let me know what you thing
No pics for me today - but stay tuned - I'll be working on projects all evening Saturday with my scrappy gal pals online and I'll be posting updates as I can. How are you celebrating National Scrapbook Day? Did you know it's this weekend? Tell me all about your plans!
Can you believe it's May 1st!? Where did April go?
I am cooling down after a really long and slightly exciting day. I can't talk a whole lot about it, but I found out today I got this really awesome opportunity to move to a new department at work. The details are still fuzzy, but it's a great opportunity and I am really excited about it. Things sure are changing at the Myers house. :)
In other news, I have a new tutorial blog. Check it out! http://createwithjessi.blogspot.com/
This new blog will be solely dedicated to craft tutorials - techniques, projects, etc. Do you want to see something, learn something new? Let me know and I'll put it in video. My first tutorial went up today - go check it out and let me know what you thing
No pics for me today - but stay tuned - I'll be working on projects all evening Saturday with my scrappy gal pals online and I'll be posting updates as I can. How are you celebrating National Scrapbook Day? Did you know it's this weekend? Tell me all about your plans!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Long Needed Update....
Oh wow it has been 2 months since my last update... poor neglected blog. Well lets catch up shall we?
I spent nearly the entire month of March working on wedding stuff for my brother in law and his now wife. I did 12 centerpieces, 60 invitations 90 programs, 60 thank you cards and a 20 page album/ guestbook. It was a lot of work but it was so worth it to help make Thomas and Jennifer's wedding day so special. I learned alot about working with silk flowers and learned you can cut through 1 inch thick flower stems with a grinding attachment on your Dremel. see ladies..your husband's power tools aren't just toys for him. lol! Also something good to know...Hobby Lobby has some great silk floral stems and you can find them on sale 50% off quite often, and foil gift bag shred makes great vase filler on the cheap. it was soooo pretty! Will post pics once I get the images from Jenn.
Wanna see the pages from her guest book? Here you go!
After the kids got married Dave and I took a much needed Vacation and spent 4 days in lovely Las Vegas. We didn't bring any money home but we had a really good time. We went with a friend of ours, Lori, and had some fun adventures. We saw "O" at The Bellagio, ate at some really good places like Emeril's and the Carnegie deli. I had Matza Ball Soup for the very first time....so good! We were only there 4 days but it was a really good escape.
On the crafting front I have kind of been at a stand still. I designed a card last minute for a Paper Crafts call a few months ago...thought it was cute but it was a no go. What do you think?
It was a little more graphic and clean than I have been doing lately but I really like the way it came out.
Supplies:
kraft card base - Hobby Lobby
patterned paper- Echo Park and My Minds Eye
chalk ink- Color Box
chipboard sticker- Echo Park
In other news, Dave and I have decided to take the next step into adulthood and we have decided to by a house. Yay! I am super excited. I am so ready to be done with this apartment, and can not even wait until we have our own place. Stay tuned for updates on the house hunting. :)
Well that is what's been going on with me. How about y'all?
Happy Crafting!!
I spent nearly the entire month of March working on wedding stuff for my brother in law and his now wife. I did 12 centerpieces, 60 invitations 90 programs, 60 thank you cards and a 20 page album/ guestbook. It was a lot of work but it was so worth it to help make Thomas and Jennifer's wedding day so special. I learned alot about working with silk flowers and learned you can cut through 1 inch thick flower stems with a grinding attachment on your Dremel. see ladies..your husband's power tools aren't just toys for him. lol! Also something good to know...Hobby Lobby has some great silk floral stems and you can find them on sale 50% off quite often, and foil gift bag shred makes great vase filler on the cheap. it was soooo pretty! Will post pics once I get the images from Jenn.
Wanna see the pages from her guest book? Here you go!
After the kids got married Dave and I took a much needed Vacation and spent 4 days in lovely Las Vegas. We didn't bring any money home but we had a really good time. We went with a friend of ours, Lori, and had some fun adventures. We saw "O" at The Bellagio, ate at some really good places like Emeril's and the Carnegie deli. I had Matza Ball Soup for the very first time....so good! We were only there 4 days but it was a really good escape.
On the crafting front I have kind of been at a stand still. I designed a card last minute for a Paper Crafts call a few months ago...thought it was cute but it was a no go. What do you think?
It was a little more graphic and clean than I have been doing lately but I really like the way it came out.
Supplies:
kraft card base - Hobby Lobby
patterned paper- Echo Park and My Minds Eye
chalk ink- Color Box
chipboard sticker- Echo Park
In other news, Dave and I have decided to take the next step into adulthood and we have decided to by a house. Yay! I am super excited. I am so ready to be done with this apartment, and can not even wait until we have our own place. Stay tuned for updates on the house hunting. :)
Well that is what's been going on with me. How about y'all?
Happy Crafting!!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Happy Valentine's Day!
Hi Bloggers!
I hope you spend some time today with the person or people you love most in the world! And if you're doing any kind of weightloss program, splurge today! Have some chocolate....or better yet, have it with fruit!
Have a wonderful day everyone!
Hugs!
Jessi
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Because She's Going to the Chapel and She's Gonna Get Married...
So my BIL is engaged to the sweetest girl, Jennifer. I have to say, growing up I always wanted sisters, and now I have 3! Sweet Shannon who is married to my baby brother, Emily, who is married to Dave’s older brother, and now Jennifer, who will be marrying my husband’s baby brother. I have spent quite a lot of time helping Jennifer and Thomas with their wedding – invitations, helping Jennifer find a dress, favors, labels, centerpieces, flowers, etc…it’s been a lot of fun, and I truly have enjoyed the time getting to know them both, but especially getting to know Jennifer. She’s so nice, and I love that she’s included me in the planning process. Their wedding is 48 days away and things are quickly falling into place. Their wedding shower (a couples shower!) was yesterday. Dave and I gave them a GC to use on whatever they want – even if it is for the wedding. And here’s the card I made for them:
I also have been working on centerpieces and helping them decide on table décor – here’s the staging I did yesterday for them…they are going to look fabulous!!
I've also been working on reorganizing my room. This is still in progress, but here's what I've done so far:
This side is my table (covered in wedding stuff right now), another book shelf with craft magazines, class instructions from Recollections, Completed albums, all of my books (as in my library that moved to the studio when I gave Dave the front room for an office), various bottles of Prima and Recollections flowers. Then I have a wire rack holding my favorite projects - some created, some gifted...they are kinda piled up right now, but these are all the projects that inspire me the most! Next to that I have my cardstock towers. That's right -towers! LOL! One is 12x12 and one is 8.5x11. I need to use them up so I can start storing patterns there too so I remember to use them. Then I have my Alpha drawers with stamps/ ink/ tools/ tape and then my desk. Once it's all done, I'll give you the for-real tour - perhaps a YouTube virtual tour?? We'll see if I get it done....
Well that's up for me right now. Hope everyone is having a great week!
Happy Crafting!
JessiWednesday, January 25, 2012
A Quick Update
Hey Bloggers!
No pictures this week - it has been a whirlwind of a week at the Myers' place but I wanted to check in.
Weight Watchers is going really well! Dave and I have been packing lunches pretty much every day and cooking nearly every night - go us! :) I'm down 7.5 pounds total since I started on 1/9/2012. I'm very happy with the progress so far. I still have a long way to go, but it's a good healthy positive start.
Dave and I spent some time last weekend cruising the neighborhoods around his office - planning to move out there middle end of summer early fall. Found some really cute neighborhoods and lovely homes. Now we just need to talk to the bank to see what we can really afford.
On the craft front, I am working on getting my studio COMPLETELY redone - I let things get out of hand this winter and it really is quite messy. I'd take a picture, but I'm way too emberassed. Good news is I'll be purging and organizing so I can get back to creating and crafting. :) I've been pouring over Pintrest at all the inspirational rooms out there - so many awesome things to see!
I hope all my friends in the craft world and real life are doing well!
Happy Hugs and Happy Crafting!
Jessi
No pictures this week - it has been a whirlwind of a week at the Myers' place but I wanted to check in.
Weight Watchers is going really well! Dave and I have been packing lunches pretty much every day and cooking nearly every night - go us! :) I'm down 7.5 pounds total since I started on 1/9/2012. I'm very happy with the progress so far. I still have a long way to go, but it's a good healthy positive start.
Dave and I spent some time last weekend cruising the neighborhoods around his office - planning to move out there middle end of summer early fall. Found some really cute neighborhoods and lovely homes. Now we just need to talk to the bank to see what we can really afford.
On the craft front, I am working on getting my studio COMPLETELY redone - I let things get out of hand this winter and it really is quite messy. I'd take a picture, but I'm way too emberassed. Good news is I'll be purging and organizing so I can get back to creating and crafting. :) I've been pouring over Pintrest at all the inspirational rooms out there - so many awesome things to see!
I hope all my friends in the craft world and real life are doing well!
Happy Hugs and Happy Crafting!
Jessi
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