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Post by nylene on Dec 1, 2020 16:05:51 GMT
This challenge is for those who scrap slowly and need encouragement to keep scrapping all month or those who want a little encouragement to continue scrapping. It is great for those new to Challenges and is a fun place to come chat with other Pokey scrappers. 1. Post a layout each week, or four layouts per month. These can be posted in the thread or in the gallery. If you post in the gallery, be sure to come to the thread and tell us you posted and tell us the name of the layout so we can find it. You can copy the URL from the gallery and paste it directly into your thread for a link. 2. This challenge can be combined with any other challenges and can be paper, digital or hybrid scrapping. These can be cards, layouts or altered items or any other creative projects. 3. Please comment on the work of others on the thread as your time allows. We all love comments on our layouts. 4. Have fun with this! This should be a "no pressure" challenge. Just post what you finish whether it is one layout or more than four. Come chat with the group as time permits. We love to welcome new members . If you are doing the Team Challenges, this challenge is worth one point for each page when you complete all 4. So that's 4 points for completing the Pokey Pea Challenge.  |
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Post by nylene on Dec 1, 2020 16:10:17 GMT
I can't really say I am sad to see this year coming to an end. It has been tough for everyone throughout the world. I look forward to Christmas and holiday music. I know it will be different and without the usual family events, but I still look forward to a change. I am so grateful for each of you Pokey friends and the care and support you give to me and each other. You are really THE BEST!
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Post by grammadee on Dec 1, 2020 16:30:49 GMT
Thanks for setting up the thread, nylene. Anyone who lived through 2020 can definitely be described as SURVIVORS. Let's all get through one more month in health and happiness! I have a dr appointment today (my regular gp; just a check up), and then am driving to the next town to pick up the copies of my family calendar pages. Will be putting the calendars together this week. Not very festive in this house yet. The kids have been sending photos of their decorating and other activities. Check out the December Sharing thread to see some of them. Okay: gotta get dressed and out the door. TTYL... |
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Post by kelly8875 on Dec 1, 2020 18:51:11 GMT
Just popping in to say I plan on joining this from now on. It's part of my "do more scrapbooking" goal. I've lurked off and on, but now I'm trying to be a joiner  Looking forward to seeing everyone's work! |
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Post by nylene on Dec 1, 2020 19:02:20 GMT
kelly8875, welcome to the Pokey Peas. Tell us a little about yourself. We are a quiet bunch but we do encourage each other to do crafty projects. I am married 53 years on the 20th, have 4 children, 14 grandchildren and one great granddaughter with a great-grandson due in May. I go in spurts of scrapping. This is a "down spurt" but I have made a bunch of cards to put in boxes for my girls for Christmas. We are happy to have you hop on.
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Post by kelly8875 on Dec 1, 2020 20:06:16 GMT
I've been scrapbooking in some form since I was very young. Constantly cutting things from magazines and newspapers. I wish I had the first scrapbook I remember making, lol, it was all clippings of Tom Cruise.
I was married, but am divorced now. I have 2 kids (DD 19 & DS 21) who both go to college but live at home. The majority of my scrapbooking has been them over the years. I also do vacations, pets and lots of regular life as well. I try to do something scrappy several times a week in my scraproom, and love to go to weekend retreats in the area if COVID doesn't mess those up!
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Post by kellyr21 on Dec 2, 2020 4:55:16 GMT
Happy Tuesday and happy December! We had a nice weekend and today was a good day. For the holidays, I made a new YT video about our online art shop and an upcoming giveaway. I bought some of the tshirts recently from the site and love them. So I shared them on the video along with a shop tour. Hope you all check out this video. Link Herenylene- Thanks so much for our new thread! I hope 2021 will be much better! Congrats on your new great grand!!! SO exciting! You family got a wedding and new baby coming. Your 2021 is already AMAZING! kelly8875- WELCOME!!!! And with a name like Kelly, I know we will be pals! I hope you have fun scrapping and enjoying it. Waving hi to you and and have a good evening! |
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Post by kitbop on Dec 2, 2020 12:28:40 GMT
Hello pokeys! nylene, we are all looking forward to the Season here. But I am worried about the expectations that the holiday will lift our mood like it usually does. My kids are all at an age where they remember that giddy excitement about christmas, and are aware that they've grown past it. It makes them a little sad. I follow Shimelle's "Journal your Christmas" class (it's free forever once you sign up so I get to do it year after year). and yesterday some of the words she used made me try to adjust my outlook. She said "reframe and be kind". So I am going to be a POSITIVE person that our cozy family Christmas will be joyful and blessed. I have the Christmas music on the piano (I don't think I played at all last year!) and maybe we can carol amongst ourselves. Ack, out of time to chat more - want to say an official "hi" to kelly8875 but I've gotta go to work! |
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Post by grammadee on Dec 2, 2020 16:27:10 GMT
Good Wednesday morning, Pokeys! Seriously, kitbop, That Journal your Christmas sounds interesting. One year I did something similar with Debby Hodge. She put together the whole thing like an epic adventure story with us as the heroes, expecting magical wonders, meeting problems and figuring out how to solve them, reaching our goal and realizing that it wasn't quite what we had expected but had some surprisingly great things about it, and then returning to our ordinary lives with "the treasure". Will check out your video and that shop, kellyr21. Thanks again for all the fun videos. I have not tried the painted gnomes yet, but would like to. Welcome to our end of the pod, kelly8875! Would love to hear all about you. I am a retired gramma living on a farm in northeastern Alberta. Our four adult kids all live in western Canada with their spouses and our eleven grandkids aged 5 through 21. Most of my scrapping is about those dgk's. We have managed to see them a little in 2020 but not nearly as often as I would like. Thankfully their parents send me photos to scrap. This is the day before the cleaning lady comes, so... the only creative things I will be doing is putting clutter away where I will be able to find it when I need it LOL. Feeling kinda dozy anyway. Dh though 10:00PM would be the perfect time to start a conversation about financial planning for the next five years. Reframe THAT Shimelle! So I didn't get to sleep very early. Woke up to dd's phone call after she dropped off her ds, and I wasn't ready to talk to ANYONE. Have now let the dogs out, had my first--of many I will need today--cups of coffee, and staring glassily at the computer screen. Must. Start. Moving... TTYL |
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Post by joyfulnana on Dec 3, 2020 13:54:22 GMT
Hello pokeys! nylene , we are all looking forward to the Season here. But I am worried about the expectations that the holiday will lift our mood like it usually does. My kids are all at an age where they remember that giddy excitement about christmas, and are aware that they've grown past it. It makes them a little sad. I follow Shimelle's "Journal your Christmas" class (it's free forever once you sign up so I get to do it year after year). and yesterday some of the words she used made me try to adjust my outlook. She said "reframe and be kind". So I am going to be a POSITIVE person that our cozy family Christmas will be joyful and blessed. I have the Christmas music on the piano (I don't think I played at all last year!) and maybe we can carol amongst ourselves. Ack, out of time to chat more - want to say an official "hi" to kelly8875 but I've gotta go to work! I could have written this. I'm doing JYC as well and since I was in such a funk last month about the holidays that I decided to actively look for the joy in the everyday and try to make this season as happy and joyful as possible. I put Christmas music on as well and I haven't done that in years! And sang along. My neighbors love me I'm sure  Welcome kelly8875 ! This is a great thread to come out of lurking mode and join in! I'm a divorced mom of two adult sons (30 and 37) And one grandson 6 who is the main subject of my scrapbooking. Although I recently became a cat lady too  . I live in Missouri and work from home. I worked from home before Covid so life didn't change TOO much for me. Looking forward to getting to know you! nylene , kellyr21 is right, your 2021 is already shaping up to be fabulous! I hope that holds true for the entire year. For all of us. Will you be able to see any of the Utah kids and gks at all for this holiday? I'm determined somehow to make SOMETHING happen for Christmas. It's been several months since I've seen DS2. Some days I feel like enough is enough. Dh though 10:00PM would be the perfect time to start a conversation about financial planning for the next five years. Reframe THAT Shimelle! This made me LOL out loud for real grammadee ! I feel like such a lame team lead and pokey for November. I didn't even get to the gallery or sharing thread last month and only earned points for not shopping. I feel the spark coming back and I'm anxious to sit and scrap again. Was working on cards the other night, and it was a bit late when Abby decided it was time for us to go bed and sprawled herself right across everything I was working on and closed her eyes faking sleep. LOL, she's fun and I'm so happy I have her. Have a great day! It's Wednesday - we are getting there! ETA: It's THURSDAY! Even better lol. I got your beautiful card nylene . How do you get such precise stamping with two colors of ink? Do you use markers, or ink pads? I know if I attempted that it would be a muddy mess lol. |
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Post by nylene on Dec 3, 2020 22:03:33 GMT
ETA: It's THURSDAY! Even better lol. I got your beautiful card nylene . How do you get such precise stamping with two colors of ink? Do you use markers, or ink pads? I know if I attempted that it would be a muddy mess lol. joyfulnana, I am the worst stamper so I have to come up with other techniques. I have downloaded words from Design Studio, made them the color I want and then print them from my printer instead of cutting them out. That way they can be really tiny to fit on small circles. If those had been stamped they would be a real mess! I hope you can enjoy Rudy over the holidays and see your sons also. I hope to see the Utah kids at Christmas, but I don't know for sure. We will be able to see Ashley married on Jan 2. They are allowed 10 people each (bride and groom) to attend and take great precautions at the temple. They will have some kind of reception for a few close friends that evening but if we go it will be for just a few minutes and everyone will be masked. Alex is so anxious to come over and finish some building he started. I think we will just take it a day at a time. One of the Golf Course workers got Covid and died last week. I feel so sad for the worker's family. He is a migrant worker here from Mexico, but he has a lot of family here that he was living with. I am so grateful that DH has not been out there for the last 6 weeks. Until Covid is under better control I think he will just do ordering and office stuff from home. Our son is building a home for a Dr. who got Covid and thought he was going to die. He was young and healthy, but it went to his lungs and he was in bad shape. It is ugly stuff. Please be careful, all of you! We need each other! ( I can't get rid of this box. Sorry) |
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Post by justjac on Dec 3, 2020 22:20:22 GMT
Hey Pokeys! I have been a major lurker. I have been working from home for nearly a month. And if I’m honest I haven’t been working a lot. We aren’t dojng live teaching so all I’ve been doing is posting resources and assignments online. My students haven’t been very active. They are adults trying to finish highschool so I can’t really blame them. They have children and elders they need to care for. Given the way the numbers are going I probably won’t be able to see my family for Christmas. We can see my inlaws (we’re a bubble of five.) My mom has basically been living with my sister for the last month or two. My sister had a bulging disc in her back pressing on a nerve and had to have surgery.
My Christmas cards are in the mail. The quality varies greatly. Some are beautiful and some are basic. I am doing a hybrid December Daily this month. I’ll try to do a better job keeping in touch going forward.
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Post by kitbop on Dec 4, 2020 0:24:52 GMT
Good to see you pop in justjac. I have been wondering about you! I'm glad you are able to bubble together. My Mom is on her own, and won't be invited to her friends' houses like normal because of course they have plenty of people in their family to make a bubble. I invited her here for a month (she's in BC) but she said the "right" thing that she shouldn't be traveling. I know it's iffy...but where is the line between her mental health and covid? Argh. |
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Post by kellyr21 on Dec 4, 2020 0:45:19 GMT
Happy Thursday!!! I hope you all are doing well today. I am working on my first YT giveaway video and I hope to have it out for tomorrow. DH is working late so I have some extra time to relax and maybe work on a TN page. Yes, I have loved all the cards you all have sent and mine are in the mail, too. joyfulnana - You are an inspiration! I love that you put on Christmas music and sang to your neighbor's delight!!! LOL! I know we have to create extra joy this year. We won't be able to see our folks either so I might be singing out loud, too. justjac- I am glad to see ya! Hang in there and I hope you can find some creative ways to inspire your students but that is tough all the responsibilities they have. grammadee - How are the doggies doing these days? Waving hi to you all and have a good evening! |
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Post by kellyr21 on Dec 4, 2020 2:21:51 GMT
Hey everyone, here is the link to my gift card giveaway video. Wishing you all luck! Link Here |
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Post by Linda on Dec 4, 2020 5:12:54 GMT
Hello all - mostly lurking at the moment I'm afraid. Grandmom's funeral was graveside yesterday - there were 10 of us plus a minister that the funeral home found - Bless him, it can't be easy to say a few words when you don't know the deceased or the family and none of them are your denomination - but he did a nice albeit short service. We did go to a restaurant afterwards - I wasn't super keen on that but this is DH's family and there's a limit to how many waves I can make -declining to hug raised enough eyebrows. I decided to keep my mask on and skip eating and we sat the furthest from the two corrections officers in the family who regaled us with the latest outbreak at their prison among staff - YIKES. The restaurant itself was empty and the staff masked so there was that. I did manage to make a dozen more Christmas cards todaY - super simple but that's where I'm at right now. Homeschooling is going well - DD is being cooperative and I've found an enrichment packet on line about Valley Forge for her - she'll have to read some documents and write an essay using them as supporting evidence. Now to find some more practise for pronouns - she mostly uses them correctly now after working on them all month but is struggling to identify them when they are in the objective case (are they direct objects, indirect objects, or objects of a preposition). Welcome kelly8875 - I have 3 kids - DS is 29 and in the Navy, DD20 is a college student studying online from home now, and DD14 is an 8th grader who switched from virtual to homeschooling in late September. I haven't done much creative since then for some reason. We're also in the middle of buying a house as is DS - ours is going a bit more smoothly than his at the moment. Hi to everyone else! |
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Post by grammadee on Dec 4, 2020 5:24:34 GMT
So sad about your dh's co-worker and your ds's client, nylene. It IS a godsend that your dh has not been able to go to work for the last few months. If your mom flew from BC to Ontario, would she need to isolate at that end once she had arrived before she came to your home, kitbop? So hard to know what to do. Hopefully you can keep in touch electronically if she stays home. BTW, how are you feeling? Saw on another thread you were going for another test today? As a healthcare worker, you will be at the front of the line to receive the vaccine, as you should be, but will your family (I mean the ones living in your home) also be vaccinated? Latest word in Alberta is that healthcare workers and people in group homes, including senior complexes will be first. Next will be First Nations seniors and other seniors not in group home settings. They also list people with risk factors. Dh may qualify at that stage. He is just turning 75 in January they mentioned that age as the one that qualifies someone to be a "senior" for this purpose. joyfulnana, I have been watching alot of Hallmark Christmas movies lately, and so have been hearing LOTS of Christmas music. Think I have pretty much had my fill, though. I keep looking out the window to see if some long lost relative is arriving from New York to write a story about our town in their classy magazine... Google is not being my friend, kellyr21, so I had trouble leaving a comment on your site. My desktop remembers passwords for me, but I tried logging on for a prize entry at another site from my ipad and I think I may have tried too many variations. The problem is that when my phone carrier switched to Google, it forced me to set a different passward, so now I have two passwords for the same email address. Will try to figure it out tomorrow. |
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Post by joyfulnana on Dec 4, 2020 14:33:56 GMT
nylene, I would never have guessed that was printed! But I'm also glad it was so I don't feel like I need to learn to do that, because it looked beautiful. Printing I can do! I'm so sorry to hear about DH's coworker and the Dr. You just never know how it will hit you, which is why I am still being so cautious. grammadee I hear all the time about the Hallmark Christmas movies, and since I don't have cable, I have never seen one! Which reminds me to add that to my list of "never have I ever" that I intend to scrap soon. kellyr21 - you are having a giveaway? That's so sweet! I'll have to check it out! I've been slowly catching up on your videos this week. justjac glad to you pop in! I had been wondering about you too That sucks that you are working not really working. I guess??? that would be my dream I think lol. kitbop I hope you can find a way to spend time with your mom, I haven't seen mine since last Christmas although we do have hangout calls from time to time. She will be spending the holiday with one of my sisters I'm sure. They seem to have looser bubbles and intermingle quite a bit. Which scares the crap out of me. Linda are things going forward on the house? Will you be closing soon? I'm not sure how I would handled that funeral and the meal after. As you, I'm very uncomfortable around anyone outside of my little circle. I do go to the shops on occasion, but I get in and out as quickly as I can, and feel ok there since there is natural distancing and I'm not in close contact with the same person for more than a couple of minutes. The stores here are all good about enforcing our county mask mandate. No way I could sit and eat in a restaurant. Big hugs to you for getting through it! For the longest time I said I would not get the vaccine, due to the politicization of it here in the US. I've since changed my mind. I want to be part of the solution, not the problem here and I want to get this all behind us. I'll be somewhere in the middle of the line to get it, and maybe we will have a better sense of side effects, etc. by then. Ever the procrastinator, my cards will be going out this weekend! Packages have definitely been slowed down, but my regular mail and letters seem to be coming on time. Fingers crossed!
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Post by Linda on Dec 4, 2020 15:04:58 GMT
grammadee - I've never seen a Hallmark Christmas movie but I'm guessing they are cheesy romances set at Christmas? I'm loving Christmas music though but with everyone home (DH is on breavement leave) there's rarely enough quiet to play any. joyfulnana - our house seems to be coming along ok - appraisal came back $13K higher than what we're paying so that was good and I think we're just waiting on the survey and final underwriting. DS's appraisal came in low but the square footage on the appraisal is lower than the square footage claimed by the seller so...there's a lot of back and forth trying to resolve that. We're both scheduled to close in about 10 days but we'll have to see. The funeral meal was....difficult and I'll breath a sigh of relief in 2 weeks if we're all still healthy.
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Post by grammadee on Dec 5, 2020 20:39:06 GMT
happy Weekend, Pokeys! Good news about your new house, Linda. Hoping that both you and your ds will be living in your new homes before very long. (((((Hugs))))) to you and yours again for your family's loss. And yes let's all hope no virus was shared during that funeral! I like your idea for the "Never have I ever" scrapbook page, joyfulnana. That sounds like a great scrappy challenge  ... I actually had never paid much attention to those movies before myself, but there has been so little TV to watch this year, and with fewer in person contacts there is more time to watch, so this year I got the schedule and have PVR'd several of these "sappy romances". But they ARE happy and hopeful, so I guess worth the time--which would be wasted on some other filler anyway. kitbop, how are you feeling? Hoping all is well. Yesterday I had my first Vitamin B12 shot. I had been prescribed oral meds for this, but they are not digesting very well for me, so now I get a shot every 3 months. While I was out, I got the mail and I picked up the last batch of gifts from local merchants/crafters. I have a couple of notices that some key packages will arrive at the post office Monday or Tuesday, but if they don't I will be shipping gifts out anyway without those items. The tree is up in my living room with lights and garlands placed. Hoping to get the ornaments on it in the next few days. My calendars are all glued together, so I can wrap them. Hoping to get most of the gifts to be mailed wrapped and boxed by Tuesday. A few have gone out already. Dh, who really hates all the hoopla leading up to Christmas, gave me cash yesterday to "buy yourself something for Christmas". I have decided to let the LSS wrap up a gift worth that amount for me, to be picked up before Christmas. That way I get a gift under the tree. And it will be a surprise! No pages or cards for me, but I have been taking photos of the decorating progress, and will photograph some boxed wrapped gifts if I think of it. |
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Post by Linda on Dec 5, 2020 20:52:35 GMT
Awesome idea on having the LSS wrap up a gift for you - and I bet they have a much better idea of what you might like than DH would!
I actually made some more Christmas cards last night - I ran out -oops. Pulled out all my Christmas scraps and leftover PL cards and die cuts and stickers and just started combining. Now I have a Christmas mess on my desk - I might try and make a few more before I clean up.
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Post by kelly8875 on Dec 5, 2020 21:40:41 GMT
I’m doing all things scrappy today in my scraproom. I’m participating in a virtual day crop with the Whole Kit n Kaboodle called “Merry Grinchmas Croptacular” it’s been a series of videos of classes and fun little contests. Here’s a small sample of the kits I’ve put together today. I have another 2 page kit and some cards to put together later today still if you guys haven’t seen their stuff, it’s so cute.  |
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Post by nylene on Dec 5, 2020 23:13:10 GMT
justjac , it's always so nice to see your smiling face pop up. Your teaching sounds interesting. I hope the students can learn the things they need regardless of the strange Covid changes. I hope you and DH are staying safe. kitbop , I hope your healing is progressing. I understand about the concern of your mother being alone for Christmas. Em's entire family was exposed to Covid so they have been nowhere near us for our protection. Their tests came back negative, but it spooked them enough to eliminate us from their "bubble". I miss Em and the kids so much. You'd think I hadn't seen them in months. I don't know how I would stand living alone and being isolated. Linda , I hope things continue well with the home buying. It's a big process, but won't it be nice to get in and settled. I know you are hoping for a better year in 2021. grammadee , I chuckled about your reference to the Hallmark movie. I have been watching a bunch because there is nothing else on. We have been watching a stack of John Wayne movies that our DSL loaned us. It's a good change from Hallmark. I hope the B12 shots help you. I used to have them through one of my pregnancies. I love your "gift" from your DH. I'm sure the owner of the shop has a pretty good idea of what you like. Let us know what you got when you open it. kellyr21 , I haven't checked out your latest video but will tonight. I am so enjoying all the cards from the Pokeys. I was excited to see that you painted yours. joyfulnana , I hope you get more time with Rudy in the next few weeks. I'm sure he's excited about Christmas. Alex called me and asked if I would send him another card and he will send one back. This "snail mail" between us seems to really fascinate him. I need to send a card a week and he'd love it. gramma , will you be able to see any of your family over the holidays? Our CA DD says the numbers are so high that new lockdowns may be coming. She doesn't go anywhere anyway, but it just feels restrictive. DH brought up all the things for my Christmas Village. I have never set it up myself for 5-6 years. The kids come and I just supervise. This year I am doing it alone and really miss the help they are. I doubt anyone but us will get to see it, but it will make me happy when it's all up and glowing. The tree will have to wait a few days. What happened to my energy??? ETA: kelly8875, we were posting at the same time. Wow, you have really accomplished a lot! I love your Grinchmas. So cute. I love the Stink, Stank, Stunk. I have a friend who is doing a lot of those online crops. Tell us how you like them.
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Post by kitbop on Dec 5, 2020 23:15:57 GMT
Thanks for asking grammadee, the sore throat is strange and comes and goes but I'd say overall I'm better than Thursday and pretty sure it isn't covid. Test results however still aren't back  Good news about progress with the house Linda. Regarding "looser bubbles" Linda and joyfulnana, I am very very fussy right now as to who we see in person. "funeral bubbles" are especially hard because who wants to say "no" to saying goodbye and grieving together? I'm sorry the dinner was hard. Because my DD dances, she has a bubble with 4 other girls, and I do very much trust those families to be careful. So they are allowed to have sleepovers even, which keeps them all very happy. And, when you have a group of 5 17 year old girls who think this is a good time, you tend to forgive them their visits. They bought the PJs together at Old Navy...  dance girls pjs pose 5 by kirstendrew, on Flickr  dance girls pjs pose 1 by kirstendrew, on Flickr |
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Post by nylene on Dec 5, 2020 23:18:41 GMT
kitbop, I love your photos! What an awesome thing for your DD to have friends in her bubble, and such good, close friends too. They are all adorable in their matching PJ's. Beautiful Christmas tree!
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Post by kitbop on Dec 5, 2020 23:21:48 GMT
DH brought up all the things for my Christmas Village. I have never set it up myself for 5-6 years. The kids come and I just supervise. This year I am doing it alone and really miss the help they are. I doubt anyone but us will get to see it, but it will make me happy when it's all up and glowing. The tree will have to wait a few days. What happened to my energy??? Some traditions just give such comfort. Every year, there are a few ornaments or knick knacks that I just love seeing! I'm so sorry you don't get to share them this year tho  We just got home from getting our tree. We were going to cut one down...but...the tree farms here (there are 5 to choose from nearby) are CLOSED THIS WEEKEND.  The one we like is open again on WEDNESDAY. I am so confused. So we headed to Home Depot and bought our tree and he's still strapped to the roof of the car while we warm up a bit  I found a nursing home here that has posted some residents who would like Christmas cards, and plan to get a number ready to mail this evening. That means I'll have to make more, but that's OK |
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Post by grammadee on Dec 5, 2020 23:40:10 GMT
kelly8875 , you have had a scrappy DAY!!! I LOVE all that Grinchmas stuff! That card with 2020 Stunk Stank STUNK! pretty much sums up this year! Do you have more details about that club? Linda , sounds like your day was pretty scrappy, too. I love pulling together bits and pieces, finding new ways for them to work. And there are worse things than a Christmas craft mess, I think! nylene , after my tree, the next decorating project I want to take on is my Christmas Village, and then my Christmas Geese. The job isn't quite as bad as usual, because the cleaning lady took down all the ornaments that spend most of the year on top of my china cabinets. So I don't have to take those down or clean: just arrange my displays. And when dh asked why, I told him it was for ME. Oh, and regarding the Hallmark specials, Colorado is a common place those New York VIP's usually show up, and as you are closer than I am to Colorado, I think you should be on the lookout for them, too.
Those girls are KEEPERS, kitbop! What cool Christmas photos! Glad you are feeling better and I am sending strong vibes for a negative result on your test. Oh, and my LSS ladies definitely DO know what I like and what I HAVE. (They have prevented me from buying a die set I already owned) And if they run into a block, they may just give justjac a call.
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Post by Linda on Dec 6, 2020 0:58:18 GMT
kelly8875 -love your Grinchmas! How fun! nylene - enjoy your Christmas village - I'm not putting mine up this year - I decided on only minimal decorating this year. I did put up two nativities today (usually I have a dozen or more but these two are my favourites). And we have the Advent wreath out. I'll do a tree closer to Christmas...provided someone in the family is willing to help. If not, I'll do my little tabletop tree and call it good. kitbop - hope you feel better soon and the test results are negative. What lovely photos! We don't really have a bubble - DH works but he has his own office and everyone masks/distances, the girls stay home, I shop weekly. We really aren't seeing anyone in person and haven't since March - the funeral was a stark exception and I'm hoping it wasn't a mistake. At least it was a very small group. We might get to see S. this month - he's headed on a detachment within easy driving distance of us. Whether we get to see him will depend on how restricted he is while there -we're hoping to at least bring him take out and some homemade goodies. It'll be wierd not being able to hug him though. The nursing home residents will love getting cards kitbop. I just mailed a batch of 60 to the nursing home my BIL owns and my sister also works at. I should probably see if there's someplace local that would like some also - it's not like I'm lacking in christmas supplies. No scrapping today (the cards were last night) as it was housework day and my girls were annoyingly unhelpful. Maybe after dinner...(A. is supposed to be cooking and it's 8pm and she hasn't started yet)
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kelly8875
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Post by kelly8875 on Dec 6, 2020 19:31:09 GMT
nylene, changing of traditions is hard. Just remember enjoyment is still there, no matter who set it up! kitbop, those pictures are priceless. I remember taking pictures with my girlfriends back in high school, and I'm so glad we did. of course, it was before the digital era, so we had to wait for them to be developed! kellyr21 - thanks for sharing your videos. I'll have to take a look at your store. Looks like you have a bunch of nice gift products! grammadee yesterday was the first time I've ever taken a virtual/online class. I liked it much more than I thought I would. I am in no way connected to this store, but would recommend anyone checking them out. their website is the Whole Kit n Kaboodle. I discovered them at the Great Lakes Mega Meet a couple of years ago, and just love their kits. They have such a variety. I bought 2 packages to play with for yesterdays event, and it was a great spend of my money. I ended up with 2 2-page layouts, 5 cards, 5 tags, and a 6x6 mini page. Everything is pre-cut, and I wasn't missing anything. My family was nice enough to not bother me most of yesterday, so i was able to play for 12 hours and get all of my projects done! Gold stars for them! I need to work on my Christmas cards, but lol, after yesterday I'm tired, and not sure if I want to work on them right now. Happy Sunday!
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Post by joyfulnana on Dec 7, 2020 0:45:07 GMT
Linda that's so exciting about the house! I can't wait to see your scrap room lol. Fingers crossed things work out to see DS for a little while. kelly8875 your kit projects are awesome! I love that stink stank stunk. Yes it does lol. It must have been nice to have a whole day to be crafting. I'm definitely going to take a look at that store. kitbop all those girls are so cute in their matching pjs. Very cool they let you get photos of them. And I'm sure having friends in DDs bubble has helped a lot. nylene I'm sorry you are having to change your traditions. I think mailing Alex a card every week sounds wonderful. It made me think I should mail Rudy one once in awhile, even though he's just across the street lol. I think he would enjoy getting mail. grammadee omg I wish I had an LSS and one that knew me as well as yours knows you. Having them shop for you is a fabulous idea! kellyr21! I swooned when I opened your card! I love it! You are so talented. My tree is up and I've actually plugged it in most days. Right now I have a small table top tree. When Cody moved out last year, I let him have my big tree and all the ornaments to help him save some money. But I'm not liking this small tree so next year I'm going to get a medium size one. I asked him if wanted all that stuff of mine, or if he would rather be choosing for himself, he said he is really loving having all the ornaments from his childhood. So I guess I'll let him keep them lol. Maybe someday when DS 2 gets a little more settled, they can split them up. Today I've been lazy. I should be working on a sketch for next week, but I'm not. I haven't even decided on one yet lol. I need to clean up the table and that should get me in the mood to scrap. I hope lol
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Looking forward to seeing everyone's work!
. I live in Missouri and work from home. I worked from home before Covid so life didn't change TOO much for me. Looking forward to getting to know you! 
We just got home from getting our tree. We were going to cut one down...but...the tree farms here (there are 5 to choose from nearby) are CLOSED THIS WEEKEND.