New Year, New Team Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to my humble little blog!

Hopefully you came here as a stop on the CropChocolate.com design team blog hop. The new Design Team get's it's start this month and we are doing this little hop to introduce you to each of us and our blogs.

Here is a list of all the blogs.

Amber - http://ambaju.blogspot.com/
Jenni - http://wishiwasscrappin.blogspot.com/
Kathy - http://upinthenightwithkat.blogspot.com/
Jasmine - http://wildflowerford.blogspot.com/
Mary - http://mkbugs.blogspot.com/
~~~~~Nina - http://ninastimeout.blogspot.ca/~~~~ You are here!
Polly - http://pazasproductions.blogspot.com/
DeeDee - www.umwowstudio.com
Miwa - http://miwannascrap.blogspot.com/
Chris - http://thriftysisters-chris.blogspot.com/
Corrie - http://corriescrafts.blogspot.com/
Karen - http://karey2005.blogspot.com/
Julie - http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com/
Becky - http://onceuponadelight.blogspot.com/
Laura - http://lauraannsbreakfastpizza.blogspot.com/
Michele - http://stuffbybelle.blogspot.com/

So we are supposed to include, and I quote, "5 fun facts about yourself." I'm gonna add in an eyeroll and huge dramatic sigh right here.....

5 fun facts about myself....let's see......

1. I'm a Taurus. 100%. hee hee.
2. I have a sweet tooth the size of my head
3. and a salt tooth to match ;)
4. I've lived in the same town my whole life
5. My wedding cake was a pumpkin cheesecake. Mmmmmm, cheesecake.....

And my headshot....

Okay, clearly I am a very boring person. Let's all move on to the projects I used for the Design Team tryout.

 This first project is layout that I did of my husband's family. The people in the picture are his sister and her children and his cousins and her daughters. This is what I submitted as a project that reflects me as a crafter. These photos were taken at my husband’s Oma & Opa’s house shortly after Oma had passed away (Opa passes a few years before that). I feel this reflects my style well. The layout is a little simpler than my ‘normal’ but the intent is the same. I like to keep the focus on the pictures. These pictures were so special that I really did not want to distract from them with too many embellishments. This is how most of my layouts are. The focus is on the photos and the story they tell. I add journaling when extra details are needed or when cute stories don’t want to be forgotten. I want my children to cherish these albums when they are much older. I want them to be able to look back and remember the special moments, the funny moments, maybe even a few sad moments. I want them to see these albums and realize how important they themselves are to me and my story. {CC Supplies: Fancy Pants “Summers End” papers and rub ons} {Other Supplies: Pink Paislee Alphas}

The other project I submitted was my 'out of the box' project. For this I used the project that was also my November project for the previous Design Team. So most of you have probably already seen it. It is the toddler painted canvas embellished for Thanksgiving. This is out of the box for me because I let my two year old loose with paint and brushes!!! And, I don’t do a lot of home décor projects, just the odd banner and what not. I also do not like to do projects that can’t be finished in a day (or two at the most). This one took a bit longer. I used my Cricut a LOT for it. I really should use it more. I also cut vinyl with my Cricut for the first time! So while this may not look like an ‘out of the box’ project, the work that went into it was out of the box for me. {CC Supplies: Cricut “Stretch Your Imagination;” MM Slice binyl; Teresa Collins “Giving Thanks” paper (from grab bag); EP “Happy Halloween” papers} {Other Supplies: canvas; paint}

Thank you for hopping along! You're next stop is Polly's blog here: http://pazasproductions.blogspot.com/

And don't forget that the blog hop runs from January 11th until January 14 8pm MST.