What I've been up to!

I haven't scrapped in years! Working in ministry takes up a lot of time. Marc has been a pastor for almost five years. After we really got into it I realized that some things would have to take a back burner. Scrapping has been one of those things. But yet for quite a while I still brought scrap supplies when I would see something I liked. LOL Over the last few years I have learned to incorporate some of my scrapping stuff into  the events we host at WABC. No better example of that has been the recent Women's workshop our Women's ministry held last week. I love event planning and I love finding creative ways to decorate with. Including using all of my favorite things to do together (including party planning, scrapbooking and photography). I've decided since this blog is about my "Treasured Creations" I might as well share my "creations". 

This is our registration table. 

I also have an obsession with dishes!!! LOL

Each lady received a cafe cup. I have found the Dollar Tree to be one of my best resources for buying "stuff" in quantity! And many people don't know you can order in bulk if needed. 

Our small fellowship hall made for a great "Cafe"! 

I tend to drag everything I own from home if it fits in with a certain theme.

Marc brought these water pitchers for me way back when. I keep two at church so that I can use them at events or for when we cook for Wednesday night bible study (yes, we cook and serve a meal before Wednesday night service). And when I say "we" I mean Marc and I! 

For lunch the ladies had a "bag" lunch and sweet tea. And yes, the dispenser is mine. I will be using it again this weekend at a Wedding rehearsal dinner.

Last year I brought a Chocolate fountain just to use at our Women's ministry events. The "Sweet: table was a big hit!!!

One lesson learned...your room can't be too cold or the chocolate will freeze and clog up the mooter.

I stamped T-shirts using some of my scrap supplies. Funny story..I looked high and low at Michaels and AC Moore for stamps related to coffee or a cafe without sucess. So explain why when I got home I found a whole set of coffee stamps in my stash? SMH

I also stamped several aprons that I gave as a gift to ur guest faciliators. Notice I had to make one for myself. LOL

Each lady recieved a workshop folder with their name on it.

Bath and Bodyworks had some great sales going on while I was planning and shopping for the big day. And no they did not give me that many bags. I had those in my recycle stash!!! Yes, I love Bath and Bodyworks! LOL

This weekend the family has a big wedding and then we are spending a few days hanging out with my mom. I will post photos of the wedding "details" when I get back if not before. 

Knock Knock, Anybody home?

I have not posted here in forever. Mostly because I have not scrapped in years! I feel a pull to change all that this year. Unfortunetely at the moment thats not possible. One because my office/scraproom is tore up from the floor up. And I have been fighting a pinched nerve for months which for a while made it even difficult to use my right hand at all! Its a lot better now, but whenever I try to do too much some of the pain returns. Its hard to even type! In the meantime I am working on a wedding for a family member so I may post some "Treasured" Creations from that here soon.

More Fall Decor

Finally a close up of my pumpkin bowls! Not sure how I forgot them!

Found some acorn napkin rings at Wall World for $3.00!!!

Also found these cute Turkey salt and pepper shakers!

Fall Luminaries grace the steps again this year. 

I'm looking to update this wreath. Thinking about adding some orange tulle and ribbon!!!

I'm looking for some flowers to create a centerpiece for this container, and I'm hoping to make another wreath to add to my mirror in the familyroom so I picked up a new wreath holder also from Wally World!

Shades of Blue!

I wish I could take credit for this but these pictures come from my girlfriends home in Alabama. I will be "borrowing" some of her ideas for my master bedroom re-do though!

Fall Decor

I can't explain why I get soo excited about decorating for the fall, its almost as much fun as Christmas! I picked up the leaf placemats last week at Big Lots! I had the rest of the pieces from last years decorating, and I thought a bag of leaves I had from an event looked pretty cute strewn across the table. Now I just need to pick up some fall colored candles and I'm done. Everything looks great with my new dining chairs!

Are they not lovely?

I couldn't leave the kitchen out! I actually have pumpkin bowls on the table now (also from last year). But the glass bowls in the picture were my grandmothers! The towels are from the Dollar Tree (also last year) and the fall plates I picked up a few days ago from the Dollar Tree (you can find some great stuff if you really look on a regular basis). This table which is new is a work in progress. I'm sure I will add more as the weeks, months and years go by! LOL

Marc brought these glass pumpkins two years ago. I added some garland this year and may add some tea lights if I can find the right holder for them. How can you not love a man who likes to shop (and has pretty good taste)?

I do have a wreath on the front door (the same one from last year), but I'm thinking about adding one to the mirror. What do you all think?

Speaking of fall decorations...one of my favorite decorating blogs Savvy Seasons is having an Autumn Arrives Blog party. Join in if you would like.

Magic Kingdom Part 2

Posted here by mistake and don't have the energy to transfer it...LOL. You can catch my Disney trip updates here if your interested.

After visting with Princess Cinderella and all of her friends we headed to tomorrowland to get a fastpass for Buzz Lightyear and immedietely hit the People Mover. I don't understand fully why I love this ride so much but I do. I think in part its because its one of the original WDW rides and when I get on it I think of Walt Disney and all of the dreams he invisioned for this park!

For the first time ever we actually got stopped on the ride for a few minutes, but soon we were off again!

Next up the Carousel of Progress, another Disney classic in my eyes. I didn't know it had been updated a bit, so it made for a great surprise!

By the time we got out of the Carousel of Progress it was time for Buzz LightYear. Now I have to say I'm not a game person at all but even I like to pretend that I can get a high score! For the first time ever I rode with Marc and I let him take the lead while I snapped photos. LOL

If you look real close you can see the camera in my hand. LOL

We had done everything we wanted to do in Frontierland and Tommorrowland and since we had dinner reservations that evening at Ohana's I was ok with taking it easy the rest of the afternoon. Secretly I hoped to hit the park after dinner anyway. So we headed out of Main Street midafternoon just as the crowds seemed to be picking up.  Our goal...to finally track down my friend Kelli who we had been trying to surprise for two days!

Disney

We got back from Disney a few weeks ago. Immediately after that Nicki and I left for DC for the WOF Conference where we got stuck during Hurricane Irene. I'm just now starting to get back into the swing of things. I did really good on this trip and did not go overboard at the outlets especially with all of the cute Disney scrapbook stuff I saw. I've been thinking about just doing a photo album or photo book this time around so I didn't want to stock up on things I wouldn't need or use. But....I couldn't resist adding a few things to my collection for future trips down the road. This weekend I also picked up the smaller scalloped punch to use with the one I purchased a while ago. I only have a few more shapes on my list to use at parties but that will have to wait until the next time I get another 50% off coupon!

If your a Disney addict like me then you might be interested in my trip report which can be found on my Disney and Traveling blog!

DISNEY!!!!

Marc, the girls and I just spent a week in Orlando, including four days in the park, lots of shopping at the outlets, time with extended family and friends, and a Teen Pageant thrown in for good measure! I will be posting a trip report on my Disney/Traveling blog next week. I would start now but Nicki and I leave for Washington DC in a few days to attend the Women of Faith Conference. So the next two days will be spent unpacking, repacking, running errands, and cleaning house! See you in a few. I will include an update on a few "treasures" I picked up including a few scrapbook supplies!

Disney Phone Case

I brought a $5.00 phone case for my new Blackberry Storm and decorated it with EK Success stickers (I've had them forever) and sealed the whole thing with Mod Podge! It was great using my scrapbook and craft skills again!

It turned out really cute if I do say so myself! Way cuter then the $15.00 ones I saw on eBay! LOL

Party Tools!

Have you looked in your paper from Sunday? I had two Michaels flyers and one from AC Moore! I have been wanting the scallop punches from EK Success for a while but was unwilling to spend $25.00 to get it (or $14.99 for the smaller one). SO Sunday when I got home and realized I had a 3 50 % off coupons I hightailed it over to the store to pick it up. I believe their is another 50% off later in the week for AC Moore so I will head back then to get the 2 inch scallop. I stll have the Michaels one because they didn't have the punch I was looking for, but I did pick up these cute items!

By now you may be asking why I want them since I have not scrapped in forever. Well I have gone party planning crazy and I love all of the blogs out there. So this little puppy will be used to create cute stuff like this and this!

Legend Luncheon

I love decorating for events. We held a Legends luncheon for the women of our church on Saturday. I had these beautiful lanterns from party city on the ceiling but they fell down. I'm kicking myself now for not taking a picture of them beforehand, next time I will use more heavy duty tape. The centerpieces were made entirely from the dollar store. There are butterflies in each centerpieces that I got from Michael's Crafts (a few of them fell apart as soon as you took them out of the box, but they are soo cute I would use them again. The vases are wrapped in scrapbook paper from Making Memories. I picked up a package of them from Ollie's. I don't know if you have a Ollie's in your town but that store has been a great resource for me. Even the thank you boxes came from there. And they were 50 for $5.00! It came with the ribbon, thank you stickers and everything! All of my food servers came from Sam's Club. When I see a serving set I pick it up with the intention of using for future events. Right now I'm on the look out for a chocolate fountain after the being inspired to get one like the one used during our Pastor Wives retreat in Nashville!

Birthday Party Details

I had a great birthday (even with the uninvited guest in the form of a  .....tornado). So I thought I would share some pics of the food. You can see some of the other decorations I used here and a full view of the party here.

Sunday Best

OK, so here is our first attempt at Sunday Best. I hated my front view...lol. The suit came from JC Penney's years ago. The shoes are from Payless (again from years ago....lol and the purse was from Walmart). I wish I could say I did my shopping at the expensive retail shops, but I don't and rarely if ever do I pay full price. I have pants to go with the suit, which I wear way more then the skirt (go figure). Nicki loves Forever21 (shoes, and earrings), and the top is from Rue21. This week she had Senegalese twist put in. As much as I would like to have them done (would love to not have to think about maintaining my hairstyle for three months) after her experience I'm thinking I will pass. The girl had to come home and take Excedrin!

My newest obsession! Back in January I started posting my Sunday attire on twitter. Not for any particular reason, just for the fun of it. I have been a lover of fashion since High School. At one point I wanted to to design clothing, and even went to school after graduation to study Fashion Merchandising. At one point my dream was to work for Marcy's in New York as a buyer! Instead I became a mom and the only people I was buying clothing for was my three adorable rugrats! In a lot of ways I'm still doing that. Nicki and I spend a lot of time shopping together, and my husband it turns out is even more of a fashion guru then I am! No seriously the man has way more shoes and clothing then I will ever own (which may explain why Quisha tends to ask him for advice more so then me...lol)! Anyway long story short this week I have been scouring the internet looking at Fashion Blogs. And the one thing I have noticed is that most of the blogggers young, very beautiful and slim as all get up. I on the other hand wear a size 14 and in a few weeks I will turn 47! Sooo I tweeted..... where are all of the blogs for the slightly curvy women over 40? My friend tweeted back I should start my own. HAHA, as if I don't have enough irons in the fire (decorating, event planning, disney trip planning oh and ministry). But the more I thought about it the more I like the idea (at least maybe as a "Sunday Best" feature on my blog). Hoping I can get my girls in on it also, but we will see. And as usual this is just for fun and I don't claim to be an expert at anything, but since its my blog....well we'll just see how long I last and if anyone else notices besides a few friends and family members! LOL 

Its Been Way to Long!!!!

Wow, its been way to long! Life has been so crazy that I just have not had the time for much else besides church, ministry, and family. But I am hoping this year will not be as crazy as last year and that I will get a chance to be more creative. Right now my scraproom looks like a place to store stuff so I really need to get in there and clear out all of the stuff that I don't want or need. Hoping to update it and make it not only a place for crafts, but my office space so stay tuned. I plan to make an appearance here more often. If you want to know what I have been up to you can check out my personal blog which I have managed to keep updated.   http://cyndiakadisneyqueen.blogspot.com/

The Mantle Decor

Just a few of the things I have been adding to my fall decor. Next week I should have the dining room done and then the kitchen. We have been busy doing some remodeling in the familyroom, which was interrupted yesterday when our 24 year old waterbed starting leaking, so that got a makeover of sorts. A new mattress! It's as if our house is saying redo me now or else! LOL