Simply Crafty Wednesdays - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

A very SIMPLE, yet elegant way to reuse baby bottles. This particular bottle is one for formula, but you could easily use one from baby food too. I cleaned out the bottle and then wrapped the lid with ribbon. I covered around the bottle with a decorative punched piece of chocolate chip brown paper and then added color with the melon mambo and certainly celery label. To add more interest I topped it with a paper flower made with layers of the modern label punch. All products Stampin' Up!

SIMPLY Crafty Wednesdays - Father's Day

Each Wednesday, I will try and post a SIMPLE craft item. It might be digital via My Memories Suite (MMS) or paper with my Stampin Up! supplies. Until I get the hang of this blogging thing, I'Il probably be a holiday behind. But, once I catch up I am hoping to give you ideas for your holidays. This past Father's Day, I needed something super quick to send to my grandpa for father's day. I put this quick page together in about 5 minutes using My Memories Suite (MMS). I think that just rounding corners using the photo shape tool adds a nice touch to photos because they look more finished.

Boy I am Glad I Did!

I have been an avid scrapbooker for years. Or maybe I should say that I was avid scrapbook supply buyer for years and a sometimes scrapbooker - that would be closer to the truth. I love all things crafty, but I love to buy supplies! This however, does not work well when one has 3 little ones roaming freely. A couple of years ago, I was up late feeding my daughter by tv light when an infomercial came on about a new scrapbooking software. I had seen some before, but never really thought the pages they made turned out as nicely as the ones I slaved away on with all my supplies spread before me. But something struck me as different about this one. The pages created looked really nice and it seemed fairly easy to do. I finished feeding my daughter and headed off to order it. I sat there thinking that I was either delirious from the lack of sleep, or I had turned into a crazy middle of the morning impulse buyer. Later when my My Memories Suite software by Poloroid arrived www.mymemoriessuite.com - I was more than happy. It is so addictive and helps me keep my mantra of Keep It Simple - it is super SIMPLE and there is no mess! I am so glad I made that late night impulse buy! I'll be posting my pages here and you can see how great something so SIMPLE can be!

And then there were 3

The decision to have 3 kids was a hard one. We had 1 boy and 1 girl - we were done right? Well, we decided to add to our family and I am so glad we did. We now have a houseful of love. Final score 2 boys and 1 girl. With 3 under 5 - life is hectic and I like to take short cuts - at least figure out the best way to get from point A to point B with all of the interruptions. Having worked in the 'corporate world' for what seemed too long, you learn to work smarter and not harder. Seems, well...simple, but it isn't always. So here is me trying to Keep It Simple, Sometimes.