Christmas in January

Last weekend Bill and I met the rest of his family (or most of them) in Brent, Alab ama at their family farm. His cousin Paul and Paul's wife Robin were in town, and the rest of the family gathered for Christmas. Yes, Christmas. We had the traditional turkey and dressing, candied yams, etc. (yum), and dead man's cake which was delish! Here are some pics:

This is Julian, Bill's second cousin. He is three and is the most beautiful boy I have ever seen! Can boys be beautiful? LOL

Here is Graham Martin. He also has a big sister Lane. They are both so precious!

Here are Chaz and Graham playing in the barn:


How lucky I was to have such great subjects, and they were such great sports! I'm already looking forward to the next Christmas in January!

Their Big Fat Redneck Wedding......

Last night Bill and I were flipping channels and came across a show we rarely watch anymore - My Big Fat Redneck wedding.

The wedding was of Tina and Chase. Chase is a taxidermist and both are avid hunters. Which led to eventual true love and thus the wedding:


These squirrels would be the wedding cake topper. Nope, I'm not kidding. Chase stuffed them himself and Tina painted the fingernails and made the clothing. That's one wedding cake I would not touch with a ten foot pole!


This picture is of the entire cake - complete with bud light cans..........what camoflague squirrel wedding cake is complete without them?

Ah, the bride and her father coming down the isle - no, you're not seeing things. Dad's carrying a shotgun. And the bride has a camo wedding dress on complete with camo veil. Pardon me while I go throw up - I'll be right back LOL.
Yep, the man in the tree stand is the preacher. And by this point I was laughing so hard I was crying.

I woke up this morning giggling to myself about the squirrels. It's gonna be a crazy week.

Till Tomorrow,

Ozziepuddles

Home Sick

I think I've lost it. My throat was killing me this morning and I called in sick to work. After sleeping most of the day, it is now 10:00 PM and I am watching a car auction. No, I'm not kidding. 500 television channels and nothing else on. I think I'm about to switch the channel to cartoons, because the auctioneer is getting on my nerves. I settled on Family Guy, which is much better than a car auction. Peter Griffin is sporting a mohawk (LOL), and evidentally the family dog, Brian, has spawned a human child. And it's still better than a car auction. Where is Jersylicious when you need it? LOL

Oh well, enough with the television rant. I digiscrapped this evening - I'm a top five finalist for the CT Team for Scrapable.com - what an honor! I had to participate in a challenge to make the team out of their monthly FEB mega kit, and here is my submission:


I also did a page from Kitty Designs and the name of the kit is Lovey Dovey. I love the name!!!!! I feel like I stole it because at Oscraps.com this was only
$1.00, which I also love. Cute stuff for cheap!

Have a wonderful day. And don't forget to tell someone you love them.

Til Tomorrow,

Ozziepuddles

Digi Scrappin Saturday

I have another weird injury - I have hurt my back. Thursday I was carrying a mail bin from the Mal Moore Athletic Building across the street to my office. It only weighed, oh, 150,000 pounds (kidding but it was extremely heavy). In fact, the only way I could carry the thing was to prop it on my left hip and kind of waddle across the street. Well, that was the wrong thing to do. Evidentally I've pulled something in my back in by Friday at lunch I was at the doctors office. Now, armed with 800 mg motrin and loritab, I've spent all day at my friend Melissa's house digiscrapping!

Here are my latest creations:




'Til Tomorrow,

Ozziepuddles

OK so I'm a little late.............

First, the BIG NEWS! I applied for four digital design teams and I've made TWO! I'm officially on the design team of sweettomatoscrapper at polkadotplum.com and also a new designer at the same site, Jumbbumble Designs! Yay! I'm so excited to be a part of these two fab teams!!! I can't wait for you to see my designs for them - they both ROCK!

In other news, I snapped some pics of Payton recently at my mother's house. She's starting to say some words, and can climb on anything. I turned around for just a second, and when I turned back around I saw this:


Yep, right there up on the dining room table. She was up there quicker than a spider monkey. And cried like she broke her leg when I took her off. She knew she wasn't supposed to be up there because she pointed to the table and said, "No, No, No!" Lord have mercy. Wonder if I was ever this mischevious? Probably. No, definately. LOL

'Til tomorrow,
Ozziepuddles

Curses, Curses!

So............I packed up everything but the kitchen sink and everything warm I could think of and moved into mama's house for 3 days. As promised, the first night produced sleet, covering around 1/4 of an inch of the ground, then it was snow and sleet, then...............nothing. I mean nothing. Not a flake. Not a drop. It was icy enough, though, to have a "Get Out of Work Free" day on Monday. (Sigh), I know, we must be grateful for the small things. Meanwhile, my sister in South Carolina got a foot of snow. Her kids have been out of school all week. I mean does Tuscaloosa have a snow curse on it or something? It's those weathermen. Unless my eyes deceive me does the snow accumulation map below not say we would get INCHES of the white stuff? That's just plain not nice to tell people that.

Oh well, moving on, I was very grateful to my hubs Monday evening when he came to rescue (and I mean that literally) me from the one year old, chiuauah, and my mother, who currently has cancer. I was exhausted. My good samaritan duty is done for the month. I did, however, have a moment (and I mean one) to do some pages:

This Kit is Memories Captured available at 9th and Bloom.com:

Here's the preview:



This Kit is White Linens by Lynn Marie Designs. I've had it for awhile but this is my first page with it:

Here's the preview:


I have HUGE great news to share tomorrow!

Ozziepuddles

Dear God.............Please deliver SNOW!

Although I definately believe in God, I don't often ask him for many favors. Except today. Please, Please, Please may we be graced with 14 inches of white fluffy snow on Sunday night? OK, Ok, 4-8 inches will be plenty. Here's what James Spann is predicting........gotta go get the milk and the bread!!!!!!!


I really wanna look out the window on Monday morning and see this:


They are predicting the biggest winter storm for our area since 1993. Whoopee!!!! I wanna see Payton play in the snow. I wanna see Ashley make snow angels. I wanna see Alli and Sally jump on their new trampoline in the snow. And I don't want to go to work on Monday. And I want the snow to make my mama feel better. I want to see Snookie eat snow and frolic. And I don't want mother to kill the dog while she's snowed in.

I wanna see a SNOWMAGEDDON!

Probably won't get an inch. But a girl's gotta hope, huh?

Till Tomorrow,
Ozziepuddles

Holiday Pics

Tonight Bill is bringing home pizza. From Pizza Hut, my very favorite. Did I mention I'm starving? Soooooo broke from the holidays that I can't even buy a digi scrap kit, and that's BROKE. Oh well, it certainly won't kill me not to eat lunch for a few days. But I might have to have a bag of microwave popcorn to stop my stomach from screaming!

I took some pics, many of which you see below, of course on Christmas Day with my family. My dysfunctional, loving, great family. God help me. I thought I'd share a few of my faves with you today:

Here's the traditional picture after the kids wake up and before they see what Santa Bought. I have no idea why we do it in the Hallway of my sister's house, but we do.



Here's Payton with the Baby Alive that I gave her. It is nauseating to listen to and never stops jumping up and down. The batteries came out shortly after this picture.



Did I ever want crap like a Smurf hat for Christmas when I was a tween? Well, Sally did. And Santa delivered. In spades.


This is my bah humbug husband Bill. And this is the happiest he looked all day until he had a beer in his hand and a football game on TV. Sware. Ho ho ho.


Here's Payton with the rocker mama gave her for Christmas. I hope she keeps it and cherishes it forever. And rocks lots and lots of baby dolls in it. :)


Ah, the brother in law Tom. I can't tell you how late he stayed up Christmas Eve with wrenches and hammers and screwdrivers (not the liquid kind, although he would have much preferred that). This man loves his children. And my mama. And I love him for his sacrifices. And I love him for teaching me some brand new curse words on Christmas Eve. My vocabulary in expletives has definately expanded!


Shall we see who's next? Oh yes, the dog. Also having a scrumptious Christmas.


Sally is not short. She is fun-sized. And she wants the entire universe to know it. So I'm helping her by posting her new shirt on my blog. Which I am sure she will wear on the first day back to school.




This is my sister who requested I not take a picture of her. So, I took a picture of her front door and living room and she just happened to be in the way. (tee hee)

Happy New Year!

I've decided to do my own version of Project 365 this year...........I've already completed a Christmas page. Instead of taking photos every day (which I know I will NOT accomplish) I've decided to take pictures of family/friend events of significance and post several pics about them in templates. Then, at the end of the year my plan is to make a hard bound book to keep the memories. Here's my first page:


I've also completed several pages since my last post - both of these below are from Thaty Borges and the kit is Other Colors of Christmas:




And Here's a fun one I just did tonight from Faith True and Fruit Loop Sally at Scrap Orchard called "Girl Talk".


Now I'm off to ponder New Year's Resolutions - that might take the rest of the evening LOL.

Till Tommorrow,

Ozziepuddles

New Kits, New Pages

K Studio has the cutest stinking kits, as my sister would say! I found this one the other day and knew it would be a perfect fit for my tween neice, Sally. She has so much fun with her friends, and I thought in the future these pictures would be fun for her to remember.

This kit is named Silly, available at Catscrap, one of my favorite digi shops. Here's the preview of the kit:


Creashens is also another favorite digi designer - and she has done a fabulous kit called Reasons. Also available at Catscrap, this kit is wonderful with its muted colors and variety of options. Here's the page I did of Payton a few days ago at Christmas:

There are so many reasons I love this baby girl - and she has such a personality!
Here's the kit preview:

Till Tomorrow,

Ozziepuddles

P.S....Creashens has a completely impressive gallery - just click here. Really worth a look!

Getting Close to Christmas!

Today I am getting out and doing my last bit of shopping. Christmas is almost here! I can't wait to see Payton open her presents and be with my family. We'll be up at 6:00 AM and at my sister's house to see the kids see what Santa brought, then Bill and I will be off to the country to his dad's family Christmas. A long day but always so good to see everyone.

I have found two more great Christmas kits - and hope you enjoy them as well as your holiday!

The first one is Santa Rocks by Lindsey Riches and Laura Banasiak at Scrap Orchard. I just love this kit and think it was perfect with Payton's picture I took of her at her daycare Christmas Party!


I can't wait to see what other possibilities await with this kit - it's so much fun! I will definately use this one again when I snap my Christmas Morning pics!

Till Tomorrow,

Ozziepuddles

Finally.................Some Time To Scrap :)

One of my best friends had neck surgery and I've been playing "nurse Betty" all weekend. I thought I would have time to scrap but I really did have to be nurse. Not that I minded - she's one of my most favorite people. But, today I did have time to do a couple of pages (yay)! And, here they are:

This great kit is named Blink of an Eye and it's a collabe from Traci Reed and Kristen Crowe Barrow of Sweet Shoppe Designs. Here's the complete kit preview:


Isn't it just scrumptious? I love this kit and look forward to using it often!

And, here's another page from a Holiday Kit that I couldn't resist!

Snowglobe Santa is a kit by Tracey Monette and is available at 9th and Bloom. Here's the complete preview:

Have a wonderful Monday! Until Tomorrow,

Ozziepuddles

Inspiration

Well, poo. I left my external hard drive at work today and have no digi scrap kits. So, with nothing to scrap now here I sit. And I began to think about the secret to really good scrapping, digital or paper. It's the photo. I've been working on my photos recently, and have invested in the coolest editing program I've ever seen - Adobe Lightroom 3.


It has made a world of difference in my pictures, making good ones better and bad ones, well, publishable (is that a word? LOL) I highly recommend anyone who scraps to invest in this great program! Here are some of my lightroom-edited pics:




These were taken in Destin, Florida this past June. And edited with lightroom. Oh, by the way there are a few photography blogs I would like to share:
Pioneer Woman - Awesome photo tips on this site as well as tutorials on tons of Photoshop Elements Actions! I read this every day.
The Quiet Life - Donna Bouchet has fantastic skills and talent. And she also has wise words. Check out her blog. I promise you won't be disappointed.
Simply Bloom Photography - Wow. Amazing wedding photographers.

There are more to come - check out the Photography links on the right hand side of my blog. Hope you enjoyed the pics of the beach................wish I was there right now (sigh).

Till Tommorrow,

Ozziepuddles

More Christmas Fun!

OK, so I've gone a bit overboard buying Christmas kits. It is the shopping season after all (LOL). But I just love them! And, I have pics from last Christmas to scrap, scrap, scrap!

Today I am applying for Traci Reed's design team. She has always been one of my favorite fun designers (and trust me there are few) and she's having a design team call! If I've been a really good scrapper maybe "Santa" will pick me! Cross your fingers everyone!

Here are a few more Christmasy delights that I've done. I'm making a hardbound book for my immediate family members for Christmas of the scrap pages I've created this year. These will be included. Oh and yes, snapfish is getting their light bill paid by me this Christmas.

This one is of Payton, my most favorite subject since I'm such a proud grandmother! It's from Bellagypsy at Elemental Scraps. It's called Trim the Tree. Just click on the colored link and you'll find it!


Oh, and while you're in her shop, most of her kits are only $2.00!!! Whoo Hoo! I am loving me a bargain on some scrappin' kits (doing the happy dance)!!!!!

The next one is of Ashley, my daughter and of course Payton. This kit is named Peace on Earth and is a joint effort between Penny Springman and Tickled Pink Studio at Little Dreamer Designs.



And one more for today.........then some blog sprucing up to do. It may shock some of you that not EVERYTHING I scrap is of a "fun" nature. Occasionally I dig deep and really try to do something very pretty. Here's an example of my effort:



This kit is named Christmas Eve Party and was created by eqrAveziur Designs at digitalscrapbookingstudio.com.

Well it's off to do some blog maintenance and then hopefully to bed before midnight tonight! Have a wonderful day tomorrow and remember...........you only get one chance at life - have no regrets.

-Ozziepuddles

'Tis The Season

Welcome everyone to my new blog, devoted entirely to my latest passion digital scrapbooking. I am having so much fun with Christmas Kits! As whimsical as I am, I have found several that I hope you enjoy. I will post the links where you can purchase these below. All of these feature my family, especially my granddaughter Payton.

I've decided to apply for a few creative teams (crossing fingers). I now have the time to devote to it, and since I'm scrapping anyway I might as well do it for a few of my favorite designers!

Anywho, here are some of my latest creations. Hope you enjoy!


The kit above is Tinseltown by Amy Harrison Design Studios. You can find her kit here - just click on the link! So fun with non-traditional colors, I am really enjoying this one. at

Here's another one of my faves this year:

This is a kit named Letter to Santa by Anna BV Designs. She is at Scraporchard, which is fast becoming one of my favorite places, although I have several on my list (see favorite Digi Scrap Shops on the right). Again, I love the non traditional colors in red, brown and aqua! So cool, huh?

And one more piece of work for the day............hmmmmm let's see which one?


This is a picture of my daddy and granddaughter last Christmas with a kit called Merry and Bright by Dunia Designs at Digiscrap Brazil, another one of my fave kit shops! This shop in particular really seems to be on the "cutting edge" of digital scrapping. So many designers and choices! And Lots of them fun and funky! I love this kit because it features traditional Christmas colors but is so fresh and crisp!

Hope you've enjoyed my scrapping and previews.
Till tomorrow,

Ozziepuddles