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My Very First Vision Boad

I was so inspired by Francine's post about her vision board that I had to make one of my own.  It is now hanging in my scraproom and is just the inspiration that I need to stick with my disconnect and reconnect plan for this year.

It felt so great to look though magazines and cut out images, words, and phrases that appealed to me.

I also have some small spaces left that I want to add some more phrases that I could not find in the magazines that I looked through but other than those it is pretty much all set.

I used Gel Medium to adhere the pieces to the canvas and then brushed a light layer of Paper Mod Podge onto to seal and protect it.

Have you ever made a vision board?

Capricorn and Proud of It

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10 Things Plus 1

I totally forgot to post my 10 Things on the 10th post yesterday so I am doing it today plus one.

10 of my favorite posts from my Pinterest Quotes and Sayings board.

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Plus one since I am a day late :)
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See other 10 lists here.

Disconnect and Reconnect in 2012

Every year for the past few years I have been inspired to pick One Little Word to be my guide through out the year.  After seeing this print for sale on Etsy and rediscovering my love for knitting and reading I knew what my word for this year would be...Reconnect.  Actually I turned it into the phrase disconnect and reconnect.

Disconnect more from the computer, the iphone, the television, all the distractions that are out there.

Reconnect more with my scrapbooking, card making, reading & writing, knitting, listening to music, photography, and in general with my crafty side.

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It is amazing just how much more time you have and how much more you can accomplish when you are not constantly checking Facebook, Pinterest, e-mail etc. and then rushing to get other things done.

So stay tuned for a year of more creativity and in general just getting back to the things that I love doing.

So what's your one little word for the 2012?

Top 10 Posts for 2011

As 2011 winds down to a close here are the top 10 most visited posts this year on Ole-Talk:

#10 - Scallop Alfredo Pasta

#9 - Margarita Cupcakes and New Tool

#8 - Ladybug Cupcakes

#7 - My Handmade Book

#6 - Sunday Silhouettes (Little Miss Sunshine Card)

#5 - Gerald the Giraffe

#4 - Adventures in Ducky Cupcakes

#3 - Ready for Journal Your Christmas

#2 - Cupcake Decorating Tips by Margie

#1 - Sunrise at Cherry Tree Hill

Interesting mix of posts for 2011.  Seems like cupcakes and how-to/tips are popular!

Signs of Christmas II

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Signs of Christmas

Sharing a couple more of the card designs that I did this year.

You can see the other cards that I made in this post.

Brown paper packages tied up with string!

Hope you are all having a wonderful holiday season!

 

 

Christmas Baking 2011

Keeping with my baking tradition here are the fruits of my marathon weekend of baking for this Christmas.

Hope you are all enjoying your Christmas Eve!

 

Gerald the Giraffe

I think that I mentioned that I have rediscovered my love of knitting and that I have found a wonderful group of ladies who are also avid knitters.  We meet twice a week during our lunch and have quite the awesome knitting circle going.  I have gotten over my fear of circular needles and also double pointed needles and in fact knitted this awesome (if I may say so myself) giraffe for my nephew Kieran for Christmas using double pointed needles.  Meet Gerald the Giraffe.

He was quite the labour of love as I was also not only trying to get him done in time for Christmas but I also had to meet that pesky international shipping deadline.  But thanks to my awesome knitting buddy Marny who helped me with the spots and the pom poms as I was running out of time I made it and he is now on his way to France although I almost kept him for myself...kidding!

I can't wait for Kieran to open him for Christmas...well that is if it actually gets there in the time that they said that it will.  Fingers and toes crossed.