no fooling...

Happy April Fool's Day! Hannah spent most of last night thinking of ways to prank her brother. She mixed up all the boxes of cereal by taking out the inner packaging and placing them in different boxes. Great idea... huh! Yup, until he decided not to have cereal for breakfast. She was so upset...instant, crocodile tears! Her prank ruined.

Here's one I created for a tally challenge. She makes us laugh, in her disguise.

pretty clever

Ever looked at a regular household item and thought you might make

something ELSE with it? Reuse and find a new purpose?

That was the latest altered challenge on tally.

Here's what I re-purposed...cut, stitch, glue, tie, twist...

clever lil' LO display hanger Now you try it. Find a regular household item, and make something pretty with it!!

manic monday

Monday is usually the most hectic day of the week...but being organized makes things run a bit smoother....so an organized scrap room can make creating so much more productive.

Sunday Share

Since Hannah lends herself to being the center of attention. Thought I'd share a LO of Cody. It's based on sketch #25 from Pink Sketches.

This little rocket ship from Pink Paislee is too cute.

I can not believe that these photos were taken just 10 months ago. It's so hard to see your babies change and grow right before your eyes.

p.s.

These photos were suppose to be included in the last post. Daddy Daughter Dance...I asked her what was the best part? She said, "The conga line"!

needed to share...

two home run swings...

International Day at school...

...doesn't she look so cute in her Lolo's (grandpa's) filipino boy scout hat. And a yummy treat... Lola (grandma) made 5 batches of lumpia to share with the class.

Welcoming Spring...

It's the first Day of Spring! Flowers, butterflies...pink, yellow, orange...happy times. Here's a LO created for a Tally challenge. Join me... here. Scrap, play, share...

Luv'n this sweet butterfly that is fluttering across the page.

Sassafrass Lass, K&Co the colors are so yummy and delicious!

sketch it

I played follow the leader with Ally... look at where I stopped to play for a while...52 Sketches 52 Weeks. Here is Sketch #11Here's the Shelby spin on the sketch!

Join me...don't you want to play? It'll be fun!!

More for the albums

I just had to share this one with you, because I love it so much! Plus the picture of Hannah and I was is good. HA! Aren't the colors great! Had to use me some October Afternoon! The "piece de resistance"...the cutie pie mushroom embellies at the bottom right. I got them from here.

Happy...

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Feeling pretty lucky today? Lately we've had a theme of green breakfast at our house, unfortunately no four leafed clovers on this plate.

luv 'n

I'm luv'n me some inpiration from Pink Sketches... take a looky at this. If you notice I scrapped a past blog post. One from last week. So cool! So need to do it some more! Luv'n me some Sassafrass.

a lil' mini

Been working on this for a while...a lil' mini titled "I pick you..."spent some time in my scrappin' studio...broke into the ♥ elsie stash...it's time for me to share this rockin' sweet mini with you...

Golden Stars...

Hannah was so exited this week. Her classmates casted votes for the Junior Field Day banner. Hannah drafted a design and her banner won by majority votes. Look at her proudly hold it up.

this week...

make a wish...

make the call...
make it yours...

status update...

Today my facebook status reads...Shelby McCoy is going to do something drastic.

Here's a comment from my dear friend.

Oh Dear ... What kind of drastic..cut all your hair off, or dye it hot pink? Throw out all of your furniture for new stuff? Get a Venti instead of a tall? Tell all of your bill collectors your sending a IOU until your budget is in the black?

Ok so, here's the answer to your wondering.

This has been a long time coming, a while of planning and gaining the courage.

I'm glad I chose today to do something drastic. p.s. Thanks a million, Renee.

luv'n this....

OMG! So excited! It happened....and it happened here. It's a first. The first for me. Makes me want to create more, more & more.

Can not tell you how exciting it is for me to know that they like my interpretation. Most of all can not tell you how much fun it is to be given a direction and then be able to put your own 'special' spin on it. thanx!

In honor of...

Today is the anniversary of his Birthday.

"Oh, the THINKS

you can think up

if only you try!"

~Dr. Seuss

This may not look to appealing to Sam I am... who does not like green eggs and ham. But to Hannah it was the perfect way to start off the day in a Dr. Seuss kind of way.And if you have a few moments to spare...show your little one how much you care.
Click here and be a fun mommy dear.

LOL : )

My Heart Belongs to this Sweet Face...

This challenge# 30 is from the fun & crafty crew...@ scrap mojo?

My heart belongs to _______ (fill in the blank).
The second part of the challenge is to use heart(s) on the LO.

Bummer for me I think I'm a lil' late...the stomach flu messed up all my weekend plans.

on the bright side...it's one more LO done for the albums. : )

Challenge #2

Here's a look see at a LO challenge for "Scrap Outside the Box"...it's especially great because the talented {xoxo, ally} won a spot on their design team...who hoo... ally.
The challenge is to use painter's tape. Can I do it? Yes...I can! + a lil' duct tape & packing tape too : )

how many....

How many loads of laundry does my family of four generate in a week?

My kids seem to generate a lot of clothing...spills, sports, dance, pajamas, practices, indecision about what to wear, etc. If Hannah has a friend over to play...it inevitability becomes a fashion show of clothes that end up filling up the hampers.

You can figure a load for all of the bedding for a week and two loads for towels (12 washcloths, two kitchen towels, eight bath towels, and four hand towels), and my family probably generates between 8 and 10 loads of laundry per week. Whoo...that's a lot of laundry!

Below is the stuff I find in pockets etc. Look there's 36 cents? Is that my tip?

Because...

Creatively speaking...a mantle isn't just a mantle... It's a greeting and display of happy things.

gotta laugh...

It's the last week of February....

So before the end of the ♥ month arrives...

these two funny Valentine's are

showing their best smoochy lips.

♥ & Kisses to everyone...

Much luv' to you all on this ♥ of all ♥'s Day!

yummy discovery

While driving through here... I found this totally awesome... place. Everyday..any day you could have one of these.

saturday sights...

Thank you to all my fabulous friends and family for the flood of birthday wishes.

My ♥ overflows with all your sweetness.

Yummy mocha cake from the rockin' ♥ gals...Scrumpious Italian dinner & chocolate cake...
Yes... it rained... but not on my parade.

The surprise on the way home. Rainbow ♥...from above.
Like I said...an excuse to eat all the cake I want. Gotta have some cupcake ♥.

another year....

As I ponder another birthday...Here's what I'm saying in my head. I'm not 37 yrs old. I'm 21 with 16 years of experience.
Being young at heart is better than being young.
I'll have an excuse to eat all the cake and ice cream I want.

♥ ♥ Happy Birthday to me ♥ ♥

fly to your heart...

I'm a seeker...always on the look out for inspiration to create...Selena Gomez and Tinkerbell inspired the title for this ♥LUV♥ Day wall hanging.

Here she is... the little angel...Did you catch the 2 cutie pies...

1. Codeman (sssshhh...don't tell him I said that)

2. Pink guitar barrette embellishment?ruined a deck...by stealing the Ace of ♥.Thanks for visiting..come back soon!

Bare necessities...

Forget about your worries and you strife...the bare necessities are Mother Nature's recipes. That bring the bare necessities of life...

some cupcake love!

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