Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Toby's almost two

Toby is just a few months away from turning two, and he's gearing up like a champ. He's been nailing the whining, fussing and general malaise that comes with being two years old. The word "no" is his motto, and, through his eyes, everything is either the worst or the absolute worst. Here, Toby gets carried to the playground (since naturally he didn't want to ride in his stroller), but was distraught because he wanted Mommy to carry him, not Daddy!!!!!!

Alex says he wants to write a biography of Toby's year called "A Portrait of Courage." It's so hard to be a baby! Keeps making me laugh out loud.

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10 creative business cards

Business cards don't seem that necessary these days, when people can track down your email address or Facebook page in seconds. So, they seem to have taken on a new function: clever pieces of art to set your business apart. First up, above is an edible card for a survival training business...
A jewelry brand...
Personal trainer...

Seven more below...
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The Best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches You'll Ever Have

Who doesn't love an old-fashioned grilled cheese? Perfect for midnight snacks or curing hangovers, these rich sandwiches always hit the spot. Well, today, Kate from Wit & Delight shares how to make the best two versions, one savory, one sweet...
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Challenge #21 Sponsored by KreaTeja

Goodmorning all, thank you everyone for the great cards you've made for the last challenge. Thanks also to those who want to join our GDT for the next couple of months, you really made it very difficult for us ...It is going to be a tough decision, we love to have you all, but for now we are looking for 2 or 3 GDT members ;o) You can find the new GDT on this blog Sunday, March 4.

This challenge will be sponserd by Krea Teja and the price you can win is a suprice ... believe me it is a great one ;o)


Krea ‘Teja’ – hobbystudio is an online webshop with a history of 18 years in the hobby business and 10 years in the cardmaking business. When you visited one of the larger Trade fairs in the Netherlands, Belgium or Germany you must have ran in to our booth (in Belgium and Germany that’s our purple tent). For the last 5 years we specialized in stamping. We have and had a wide variety of stamp manufacturers in our range of products. Over the years we have tried many techniques of colouring the stamps. We are now offering the complete range of 198 colours of Twinkling H2O’s. A wonderful method of colouring your stamped images. We are always looking for new ideas in the cardmaking business. That’s why we will add a few new companies to our extensive line of products. Just keep visiting our webshop for the coming weeks. You certainly have to take a look at what the Krea ‘Teja’ Team is designing with various products on our team blog. Have fun with the challenge !

The sketch is made by Marion and the TWIST for this challenge is 
'Baby it is cold outside, make a winter theme card'. 
Please read the rules before you playing with us this time ;o) You can find the sketch on the end of this post ...

We want to thank Karin for being a great GDT member and we hope you will join us in the challenges ...and come by once in a while ;o)

And here is some inspiration for you ...

Made by Claire

Made by Wilma

Made by Nicolet 

Made by Monique

Made by Nicole

Made by Janneke

Made by Marga

Made by Sandra 

Made by Betina  

Made by Renata


Made by Carol
 


Linda is busy with school, so no card from her this challenge (good luck with it sweetie) 
 Marion is not feeling well after her operation (hope you are feeling better soon)

Here is the sketch that Marion made for you this time ;o)






As always, you can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamped image or digistamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made ​​available by the sponsor of this challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.






 Do NOT forget the twist, that is a winter theme card this time ;o)

Hope you all make a beautiful card again for your stock of Christmas cards :o)
We would love to see them!!








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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Winner and top 3

What a great cards you've made all for the last challenge, we love to see them ;o) And we hope you can join us in the next challenge too ...

The top three is


And the lucky winner, randomly chosen


And #24 is Sjakkie from Sjakkie's Scrapcards

You won the last challenge Sjakkie and therefore the great price sponsored by Crealies. Please email us before Saturday March 3rd to claim your prize.

And this is the card she made


See you all in a hour ;o)

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Tuesday giveaway

Today's giveaway is from 20x200, the incredible affordable art shop that sells limited-edition artist prints. The other day, I visited my chic friend's new house, and every room was peppered with 20x200 prints--from their son's nursery to the dining room. It looked fabulous. Anyway, today 20x200 is giving one lucky reader the chance to choose your favorite print from their selection of ready-to-ship framed prints. Which would you choose?

For a chance to win, please visit 20x200 and tell us your favorite print in the comments below. (Also consider signing up for their 16-Hour-Steal emailer--it's awesome.) A winner will be chosen at random tomorrow. Good luck! Update: Nicole from Pussycat Vintage is our lucky winner. Thanks for playing.

Urville-The Imaginative City



Urville, a capital city with a population of nearly 12 million, making it one of Europe's most significant cities. It is also entirely imaginary.

Gilles Tréhin, an autistic French with exceptional creative talents has been drawing since age 5, but at age 12 he began designing an imaginary city he named URVILLE, which is described in great detail from the remarkable architectural to the thoughtful cultural context rooted in real world history. Since then Tréhin has spent over 20 years to conceive and develop 'Urville', a name comes from "Dumont d'Urville", which is a scientific base, in a French territory of the Antarctic.




He shares his vision in this beautifully illustrated guide to the city, which he renders convincingly real in nearly 300 drawings of different districts of Urville. All the drawings, come from the 5 main very large general views of the different sectors of the city. There is an example of a large view at the beginning of this text. Each of the smaller views show details of the streets, squares and various monuments of Urville.

This book written by Tréhin, "Urville's Guided Tour," offers fascinating evidence of and insight into the creative power of the autistic mind and will be of interest to people with autism and without.

What not to store in facility rancho cucamonga

Who doesn't love the new TV shows about the storage
unit auctions.
I currently work for a large storage facility company
with
storage units in Rancho Cucamonga
as well as in parts of Utah,
Idaho, and Colorado and love hearing about cool stuff
people find in storage facilities. However, though it
may seem like a glamorous profession there are some
units that you would just not want to be anywhere near.
That is why I thought it would be funny to make a list
about what not to store in your storage locker.



1. Food

I hope I don't have to tell you that perishable
food items such as fruit and leftover meat from
your latest barbeque should not be stored in
storage units. However, many people are using
storage units to store their
emergency food storage supplies.
Keep in mind that in case of an emergency it
may be harder to acquire your food storage if
your car was destroyed during the disaster, or
even worse the
storage facility along
with your food. Keep that stuff close to home.



2. Drug Paraphernalia

More often than you may think there are drug sniffing
dogs searching for hidden stashes of drugs in storage
units. For some reason Drug lords love to use
storage facilities as stash houses. Maybe it is
for the convenience or the climate controlled
feature that many storage facilities are offerings.
Either way if there are drug sniffing dogs on the
premises you don't want them actually sniffing you out.
We recommend staying away from drugs all together,
however, if you must then keep them away from anywhere
the DEA commonly visits.



3. Your Past

Let's face it, we have all done things that
we shouldn't have done. Most likely there are records
of these unproud moments in our lives in the forms of
pictures or other related objects. Though it may have
been cool then, or you may have been proud of a certain
lewd act, there is no reason to keep evidence lying around.
The last thing you want is your kids, wife, or even
the police involved in investigating for any reason
into your past. So please heed my advice and destroy all evidence!

Now that you know what not to keep at your storage
unit I encourage you to go get a trash bag and start
to find new homes for your "stuff."

Flats love

Madewell's sidewalk skimmers are all adorable, but the polka dots have stolen my heart. How adorable are they? Would love to wear them to the playground and brunches in the West Village this spring.

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