Day 13 and SPRING!

Day 13: A guilty pleasure song.

Any Japanese pop song :) They're so happy and peppy and I love them but totally not my style haha

Also :) some new photos of my garden. I think my photography is getting a bit better.

Lets Celebrate!

Day 12 and Excitement!

Day 12: A song by a band you hate

Why do I hate them? I just think they're lame. And their music is just annoying. And I think the guy in the grey vest looks creepy.

Also... I'm really excited because I just got some amazing news. I've just gotten really back into scrapbooking this year and was looking for opportunities to become more involved in the scrapbooking community in Canada, because I'm the only person I know my age that scrapbooks, so really there's no one who I'm friends with who shares my love affair with paper. So... getting onto the real point... There's the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival in Edmonton in October! and I'm so excited to go! If you live in Alberta, or would just really like to come, you can find more info here at the Canadian Scrapbooker website. There is a two day crop, cool classes and tons of amazing scrapbook merchandise. Plus a contest! I just cant wait at all, and hopefully I'll meet some awesome new people.

PLUS: I've just recently started watching the office from the first seasons because my lovely obsessed cousins have finally gotten through to me.... and no surprise here, i LOVE IT. so here's a little remix of the main song that I really like (even though I don't particularly like little wayne, and the copious amounts of swearing his music has makes me slightly uncomfortable.) but here you go anyways (and yes. it does have swearing in it, I'm sorry)

Day 11 and Secret Part 2!

Also go here to see my Alberta Business Hall Of Fame speech!


Day 11: A song from your favorite band.

My favorite Band since last summer has got to be Wakey! Wakey!. I love how upbeat their songs are and how everything has such a good beat and tune. The person who actually introduced me to them was my camp manager at Shumka Summer Dance Camps last year, and he and I share a very similar taste in music, so a lot of music list sharing took place that day. So now onto Rachels book....

Rachels book is actually the first mini book I've ever made in my life. Off to a good start I think!

Day 10 and Secret!

Day 10: A song that makes you fall asleep
The Man Who Isn't There by Oren Lavie

I first heard of Oren Lavie when I watched the first Narnia movie. His song "Dance Round the Memory Tree" was one of my favorites.  So one day at camp last year, I was taking a nap on my bunk while the kids were busy, and I woke up to this song playing while lying in the full sunshine on a soft bed. It was a fabulous feeling to just be lying there with beautiful music and not a care in the world, and I wish I could experience that more often.

Also: The secret that I wasn't able to reveal until now...
For my two best friends grad presents, I made them their own individual mini books about our friendship.

This one was Krystynes book, Rachels is for tomorrow!

Day 9

Day 9: A song you can dance to

SOng: Bad Day workout remix (only found on itunes)

So its the song in the video, but not at the same time...

Last year at Shumka Camps where I work as a counsellor in the summers we had a camp line dance to this song, which was absolutely fabulous. SO I love this song because the dance was so much fun.

Plus, there will be another scrapbook page posted soon, I just need to actually go buy some double sided tape so I can put it together.

Day 8 and new Page!

Day 8: A song you know all the words to

Yes! by LMFAO

This is kind of a funny story. Its a completely inappropriate song, and kind of weird. (This video is also pretty long so I would suggest going forward a bit) SO during volleyball season this year, my friend and I would have contests to see who could say all the words of this song properly when it came on the speakers WHILE we were doing practice before a game. So we got all the words down pretty quickly.

Also... new scrapbook page about my two best friends and myself. We've been together for thirteen amazing years and I love them both so much.

 Yarn wrapped numbers so they match the golden yellow colour

 The flowers are crocheted by the way. Ill post a tutorial sometime, they're just made of basic chain stitch.

 Love these new stamps. just bought them from Winners :)

the black stickers are from Recollections

Day 7 plus Cards

Day 7: A song that reminds you of a certain event

Hot and Cold by Katy Perry

When I was in School volleyball in my grade 10 year, we had a whole dance to this video that we did in our bus on the way to an out of town tournament. It was so much fun and this song always reminds me of that time.

And....

Finally got around to making some more cards :)

 Stamped some circle graph stamps on white paper and cut it into squares then stuck it on a piece of black cardstock and tied a bow :)

This one was a little more complicated but i like it better. First I lightly dry embossed a piece of blue paper to give it some texture, then i splattered it with watered down blue acrylic paint. The blue strip down the side is made by just punching a martha stewart around the page punch on either side of a strip of paper. The flag stamps are from Lawn Fawn (i think?). The spotted yellowed and brown distressed paper is made using reinforcements as masks then peeling them off after painting over the page. Stitched it on the page and stuck a prima calypso flower on with a yellow button.

Thats all for today!

Hodge

Day 6 and Beautiful Cakes

Day 6: A song that reminds you of something

This year we had to do a Social Project using forms of Propaganda, and since this song is based on an old war anthem which we used, it reminds me of the time we spent working on our project.

I have always loved watching all the cake shows on TV. Probably the only thing I have an idea for my ideal wedding is the cake, I haven't even started thinking about the dress or anything else yet haha. I love how much personality can be put into the cake, and how different all my favorite choices are. So here are a couple of my inspirations. I love them all.

 the green and pink flower cake is from here

The thing I really love about this cake is the fluffy pink flowers. If I had peonies at my wedding, this would be the cake I would choose. And I love peonies, so this is a real winner.

 The lace cake is from here

I love the black and white contrast, and I think the lace looks so classic and beautiful. I dont think black is normally a wedding colour but this isn't so much black that I would rule it out.

 The polka dot cake is from here

I just love how playful the polka dots are. Not really a wedding cake though

The poppy cake is from here

I LOVE poppies and swirls. I wonder what a poppy and peony bouquet would look like... hmmm

The blue and white cake is from here

I just think that martha Stewart has some of the most gorgeous classy ideas ever.

Day 5

Day 5: A song that reminds you of someone

Black and Blue by Miike Snow

This song, especially when paired with the music video reminds me of one of my best friends Rachel. She kind of reminds me of the old man (even though she isnt an old man :P) because she has really come out of her shell this year. It makes me so proud of her.

This picture also reminds me of Rachel :)