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Post by joblackford on Aug 17, 2024 2:16:10 GMT
I got my donation box out the door today so I can get back to craftiness.
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 17, 2024 3:04:37 GMT
I actually started working on a layout this evening but got sidetracked with fussy cutting. 😂 still counts as crafting though 😁
My husband is going to be out for a few hours tomorrow, maybe I’ll do something crafty then too
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Post by grammadee on Aug 17, 2024 3:22:03 GMT
Congrats on getting the box out the door, joblackford. Hope you have time to play tomorrow, christinec68. Shakti, you are a detail person. Thinking if people in your new work situation are more Big Picture people, that might be the root of the unease you are feeling. Just keep asking your questions, but don't lose patience when you don't think you are getting the details you need, and don't put so much stress on yourself to know ALL the details so early in your new job. Tomorrow is our anniversary and I have yet to make a card for my dh. Will have to do that tomorrow morning. Arrived home about the same time as dd & dgs arrived with pizza for supper. By the time we ate, checked the garden and caught up, I was too exhausted to create anything. After the card, my next papercrafting day will be Tuesday when I will be hanging out at the ski lodge while dgs is in survival camp all day, so planning to craft the day away.
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Post by Shakti on Aug 17, 2024 9:36:50 GMT
Thanks, grammadee. Very astute observation. Crafting in a ski lodge off season sounds cozy — have fun! And happy anniversary! I pared down my crafty things, etc, and that’s all packed. Did laundry, but haven’t started packing clothing. May or may not make it to yoga before leaving for Maine.
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Post by Linda on Aug 17, 2024 13:35:32 GMT
well done joblackford christinec68 - yes - still counts as crafting! grammadee - Happy Anniversary! Crafting at the ski lodge sounds like a great way to spend the time while your GS has fun! Shakti - I think grammadee made some very good points. I hope you enjoy your vacation and that the new job starts feeling a bit more comfy when you get back I actually scrapped last night - it seems like Friday nights are my only scrapping time lately. I have been getting a bunch of scrapping adjacent stuff done though - photos ordered, photos labelled (both digitally and print), photos scanned... I do have a partial layout on my desk that I hope to finish up today.
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Post by joyfulnana on Aug 17, 2024 13:52:09 GMT
@shatki, I hope things smooth out for you and you feel better about things. Happy Anniversary grammadee! Wow, scrapping at a ski lodge sounds so fun! I hope to make some good progress this weekend on my samples for Sketchtember. This is the first "real" scrapping I've done in months. I've done a few kits that take the thinking out, and a little bit of PL so I'm hopeful all the new sketches and energy will wake up the mojo.
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Post by Shakti on Aug 17, 2024 14:12:20 GMT
1/2 hour before it was time to leave for yoga I was unshowered and not packed, so I skipped it. Should've gone anyway. DK had a very rough night last night. End of the year party at their summer job, but most of the part time folks skipped it, the couple that attended left early, the full timers apparently have largely worked together for many summers, so they felt very isolated/left. Plus earlier in the daythey discovered they had majorly under-delivered for their "secret buddy" and not even been able to give her the final bigger gift because DK missed the memo that their giftee wouldn't be there at all yesterday. So, general social awkwardness overload! Sad teen stayed up late and is dragging this morning. I am still hoping to leave close to 11, but we'll see....
I have put away most of my clean laundry and started a pile of stuff to pack, but not really made any clothing decisions. Trying to give the kid space, yanno? Or so I'm telling myself.... And I do have vague notions of what I'm bringing.
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Post by AussieMeg on Aug 17, 2024 23:48:04 GMT
I just can't seem to find my mojo to get any layouts done. I've been so unproductive this month. I know I will make up for it in September, but still. The only thing I have been able to achieve is to start working on the templates for the sketches I want to use in Sketchtember.
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Post by Linda on Aug 18, 2024 0:13:09 GMT
Shakti - it's so hard when our kids are struggling. I hope you were able to finish packing and get on the road joyfulnana and AussieMeg - I feel like a lot of us are struggling with our mojo at the moment. (((Hugs)))
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Post by joblackford on Aug 18, 2024 2:35:09 GMT
I used up all my energy gardening today. We’re supposed to have some rain, possibly thunderstorms, after months of very dry weather so I harvested lavender and tomatoes.
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Post by grammadee on Aug 18, 2024 2:55:10 GMT
Were your tomatoes ripe, joblackford? So far, we have had only one red tomato this year. But we have quite a few green ones on the vines. I hope the damage from the hail storm last week doesn't cause them to rot before they ripen. We did an assessment on our garden today, picked some berries and cukes, a few beans and peas. And I cut out four big cauliflowers. There are six more out there, just not so big. Next weekend I will definitely be making a big batch of mustard relish. We all love it on its own, or as a major ingredient in spaghetti sauce and lasagna.
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Post by Scrapper100 on Aug 18, 2024 2:55:55 GMT
What is sketchtember? I assume lots of projects based on sketches. Is it just here or is it on another site
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Post by grammadee on Aug 18, 2024 3:34:27 GMT
What is sketchtember? I assume lots of projects based on sketches. Is it just here or is it on another site It will be happening here on the 2Peas Challenges board! A new sketch every day for 30 days of September. Lots of points to be earned for members of Q-4 challenge teams! (set points for each sketch you take on, and then a sliding scale of bonuses depending on how many of the challenges you complete). We have a team of SKETCHtember hosts, each of whom will be responsible for setting the challenges for one day of the week.
Then in October, we will be hosting CARDtober over on the Stamping/Cardmaking board. Again, a new challenge each day for each day of that month.
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 18, 2024 3:59:18 GMT
Ahhh…I was wondering if September was going to be part of the quarterly challenges. I was thinking Sept was going to be a stand alone or something bc of the daily sketches.
I finished a layout today and started a second one. It turns out the colors in Pretty Little Studios Sunkissed collections matches the colors in Shimelle’s Reasons to Smile collection. I’ll share that one tomorrow. I pulled out tissue paper for the page in progress - and need pic a picture for it in the morning.
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Post by joblackford on Aug 18, 2024 13:52:14 GMT
Were your tomatoes ripe, joblackford ? So far, we have had only one red tomato this year. But we have quite a few green ones on the vines. I hope the damage from the hail storm last week doesn't cause them to rot before they ripen. We did an assessment on our garden today, picked some berries and cukes, a few beans and peas. And I cut out four big cauliflowers. There are six more out there, just not so big. Next weekend I will definitely be making a big batch of mustard relish. We all love it on its own, or as a major ingredient in spaghetti sauce and lasagna. I haven’t had a great yield so far but some, and I only took fruit that had started to change color. I have one cherry tomato plant that only just started to ripen in the past week or two, and one Better Bush tomato that is determinate but acts more like an indeterminate. I’ve had a few ripe tomatoes from it and picked whatever showed signs of ripening, but I had to chop off a bunch of foliage yesterday to find the fruit it was hiding. I’m growing in a new spot this year, not sure that it’s ideal. I’ve never heard of mustard relish, unless we call it something different. I love a good tomato relish though Hope your hail storm didn’t damage your toms. We had a couple of hours of thunderstorms, quite uncommon in this region, and a good downpour. It was cool! http://instagram.com/p/C-yDWCxyfVC
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Post by grammadee on Aug 18, 2024 14:14:50 GMT
Wow, joblackford! There are some pretty large tomatoes there! As I said, I picked one red tomato a week ago, but nothing else has started to turn colour here. And they are all hiding along the stems, under the foliage, so no idea if hail stones got through. Ahhh…I was wondering if September was going to be part of the quarterly challenges. I was thinking Sept was going to be a stand alone or something bc of the daily sketches. We have had SKETCHtember as part of Q-3--where accountants will tell you it SHOULD be--but then the overlap between earning bonus on all the sketches and starting CARDtober was a little much. So it was moved to Q-4. When I post the invitation to sign up for Q-4 I hope everyone here signs up. Looking forward to a fun crafty fall season!
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Post by gramma on Aug 18, 2024 16:34:31 GMT
Accountants??? Everything all lined up the way it should be? You say that like it's a bad thing. ;-)
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 19, 2024 2:36:16 GMT
Happy Belated Anniversary grammadee !! And thank you for clarifying Q4 - I am definitely signing up! I have an online weekend workshop in September and a weekend scrap retreat in October - lots of points earning potential! I thought I was finished with the second layout I made this weekend but it was kind of missing something which I figured out just as I was putting things away. I'll try to get back to it tomorrow night. gramma - I'm with you on the quarters thing. a 2 month quarter and a 4 month quarter does not a quarter make. Haha!!
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Post by Shakti on Aug 19, 2024 8:26:25 GMT
Greetings from rather dreary Maine! If it continues to be rainy and overcast, I may well regret leaving those two AC card kits at home! I’ve built two of four steps of my Lego bonsai tree (the simpler ones) and am more than halfway through the first of my two mystery novels! About to get up, caffeinate, and assemble this morning’s set of CS cards.
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Post by grammadee on Aug 19, 2024 14:59:09 GMT
Hope the weather improves for your vacation, Shakti. The sun is shining here today for the first time in a few days. Maybe it will move far enough east in time to bring you some--errr---sunshine! I have packed my GO-bag for tomorrow when I drive dgs to his survival camp and I hang out all day until it is over. Was going to add one more LO kit, but it needed some die cuts. Hmmm... Dgs was making cards here on the weekend. Now I can't find my baggies of circles and stars I had on my scrap counter. Coincidence? Started setting up to die cut new stars and circles, and decided I may as well just complete these two pages here today. Good thing, cuz while I was bumbling around looking for something else, I found the perfect papers to use for these photos. Have the bare basics done on the LO. Now to add all the extras...
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 20, 2024 0:05:14 GMT
Shakti - I hope the weather improves you might need to get some jigsaw puzzles or something. grammadee - I hope everything goes well tomorrow and what a lucky break to find the perfect papers for your pics. Today was just an ordinary Monday. One day down, four to go.
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Post by joblackford on Aug 20, 2024 1:12:09 GMT
Shakti hope the weather improves! I follow a Vermonter who was vacationing in Maine the last couple of weeks and it did seem rather dismal at times. grammadee hope you and dgs have some good adventures tomorrow Survival camp sounds like fun (for him!) I signed myself up for a new online class today that should help me finish my online watercolor class. It's a getting shtuff done type of class for those of us who have trouble staying focused. If I decide to make finishing the class and creating x number of watercolor bookmarks my goal I could have the added motivation of earning crafty points as well as the class's "Blocks" towards my goal. I did a very small amount of yardwork and a little mass-production stamping, as well as reading the intro for the class. I also clicked on a shopping link from Catherine Pooler and need to have a good think before I click BUY. Is anyone else a sucker for fall leaf designs?
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 20, 2024 1:44:45 GMT
joblackford - the class sounds interesting and something I could use. I hope it does for you what you need it to do. Are you leaning one way or the other with the stamps?
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Post by joblackford on Aug 20, 2024 3:49:37 GMT
joblackford - the class sounds interesting and something I could use. I hope it does for you what you need it to do. Are you leaning one way or the other with the stamps? I really want these sentiments. I really don’t have any good autumnal sentiment stamps and I think these are much better than any others I’ve seen. Bonus for the way the second example combined two together. The leaves are really nice too, so even though I don’t really need them I’m not bothered to get them. Probably shouldn’t get the leaf outline dies. I got distracted by another set but when I look again the sentiments on this one are better for me.
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Post by Shakti on Aug 20, 2024 10:33:46 GMT
joblackford, those sentiments are indeed awesome. I would get the dies to increase both flexibility and resale value. I guess I have developed a bit of sort of FOMO-based FSS where I figure I’ll probably be struck by an inspiration involving die-cutting the leaves the instant the bundle is retired. But you are generally less silly than I. If I use up all my fun there’s a craft shop (though probably a tourist-trappy one) a 10-minute drive or 20-minute trolley ride away in Old Orchard Beach. Even more exciting — a crafty reuse store a 20-minute drive away! Forgot to mention we did manage a 2.5 mile walk on the beach Sunday morning just before the rain started. Hope grammadee is rockin’ the ski lodge craftiness while DGS rocks survival camp and that everyone else’s weeks are going well!
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 20, 2024 12:06:59 GMT
joblackford that is a nice set. The sentiments are unique and I like the variety of leaves. I’d probably get the dies also to make things easier and more likely to use the stamps.
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Post by Linda on Aug 20, 2024 12:34:35 GMT
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Post by Shakti on Aug 20, 2024 15:00:36 GMT
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Post by christinec68 on Aug 20, 2024 15:07:53 GMT
Shakti - looks good!! I would so love to get into lego building but I don't know what I would do with the finished product. Plus I have a million other hobbies being ignored. How is the weather forecast looking? I think it's cool there are lots of craft store options in that area.
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Post by Shakti on Aug 20, 2024 15:34:08 GMT
This one will go on my desk at work — it’s pretty small. I have some seasonal/holiday small sets that rotate through the year in my office as well. My R2D2 is on a shelf at home.
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