Meet Fred & Ethel

Miss A has been asking for another fish since New Years Day when she had to do this...

After our night with ChuckECheese we took her to get a fish only to have a repeat of New Years day on the morning of her Birthday so while she was at school I thought I would replace the flushed away fish but after talking with the pet store lady she suggested I wait. Not what I wanted to hear so I asked if she had any suggestion of how I could save the day and that's when she said how about one of these little guys? An aquatic albino frog. YES!!2 Please! so the pet store got me set up with a tank, water, 2 frogs, and all the goods that I needed to make Miss A's birthday go without tears of the flushed away fish. When she got home she was all smiles when she saw the tank and she thought they were totally cool(they are pretty entertaining i must admit). She asked about Sparkles(flushed away) and when I explained she was ok no tears thank goodness. So there you have it the short story of the Family K's frogs. Yes, D I know if your reading this you're saying is she fricken nuts she already has dogs, kids, salamanders, a fish, and now frogs??YES nuts I am but ya love this nutter! HA!

~mk

The last of my HSN projects

finally coming out of my cave(that's what Mr.K is calling my scrap space right now).I've been creating like crazy for the last week and a half over 25 projects done some I'll be able to share very soon with you until then here are the last of the HSN projects I created for Epiphany Crafts.
Hope you're having a great weekend!

I told you there was more...

projects that I created for Epiphany Crafts that were on HSN and guess what I still have a few more to share with you next week.

2011 A Year in Review:this one makes me so happy to look at it's one of my favorite layouts that I have created in a long time. It has everyone on it and I love how all the memories of the past year come flooding back.

Supplies Used: Epiphany Crafts Oval Shape Studio & Epoxies, American Crafts Amy Tangerine line, American Crafts thickers, Scenic Route Months Stamp.

10 Things I love about Grandpa: Oh my goodness this one tickled not only me but the subject at age 74 he saw himself up close on TV as Brian Fogg picked this layout up and the camera zoomed in Gma said he was all smiles and they got on the phone right away to tell me they saw the airing with my projects and just how proud they were of me. Love that!

Supplies Used: Epiphany Crafts Round14 Shape Studio & Epoxy, Studio Calico paper& fabRip, American Crafts thickers, office tags and the numbers are punched from a magazine.

Charm Bracelet: This bracelet has charms of some of the things I love on it when I get it back I'll be adding more to it for sure. Sewing machine(I'm still learning this but I love it), Made with Heart(love to make handmade stuff), K(our initial I have K's a small collection of K's and when I see a new one I add to it),The doily(my Gma made this and she is near and dear to me). I have plans to add a date, the kiddos photo, and a few other things too.

Supplies Used:Epiphany Crafts Square Shape Studio & Epoxy & Square Charm, heart, bracelet & K charm Hobby lobby, Doily Gma Jean.

Fab Floral Thanks Card: This was fun to create and I finally used this Sassafras flowers I have had forever.

Supplies Used: Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Shape Studio and Epoxies, American Crafts Stamp, Sassafras flowers, Misc papers from Magazines and Studio Calico inserts were used for the epoxy centers.

Looking back 1 year ago today...

The day filled with so many many emotions, so many tears cried,so many what ifs, so many minutes ticked by, so many worries, so many prayers, so many deep breathes and remembering to breath, so many things I wish I would have said just in case, so much love when I saw him again! Looking at the photos and thinking about January 18th, 2011 I get so emotional thinking of all we went thru that day and oh my sweet sweet boy he's such a trooper, it was a day that was planned but like most things with Mav it didn't go as planned. It's another one of those days on this journey with the Dude I'll never forget.

Today January 18th, 2012 Mav is doing very well, he's walking better. Right now we don't know what the future holds he may or may not have to have more procedures we'll see but for now we're just taking it one step at a time.

Birthday Tag Book

Here’s a fun tag book using Epiphany Crafts & American Crafts products that will keep all the family birthday’s organized and nobody gets forgotten.

This would also be great not only for birthday but for all those other important dates and would be a great gift too.

Super Easy to create: Cover both sides of tags with pattern paper. Adhere journal spots or Cardstock(place to write names/important dates).Embellish with pattern paper, stickers, doilies, etc. Using Epiphany Crafts Shape Studios make custom month embellishments stamped on paper or use an old calendar. Adhere title to front tag. Put all the tags on a ring. Add names, dates, etc.

A view of the tags off the ring.

Supplies Used to Create this tag book:
Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Button Studio
Epiphany Crafts Round 20 Button Studio
Epiphany Crafts Star Shape Studio
Epiphany Crafts Scallop Shape Studio
Epiphany Crafts Square Shape Studio
Epiphany Crafts Round 25 Shape Studio
Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Shape Studio
Epiphany Crafts Oval Shape Studio
American Crafts Amy Tangerine Pattern Papers
American Crafts Tape
American Crafts Thickers
Studio Calico Scrap Pad
Studio Calico Notions
Scenic Route Stamp
Vintage doilies
twine
Office Supplies Tags

It snowed in the Mitten

Yes it finally snowed in the Mitten state last weekend enough that we didn't have school on Friday and the kids were psyched that they could finally take a ride down the hill on their sleds. .On Saturday after Mr.K got home the whole crew headed outside for some snow fun.I'm not a big fan of the snow so I was one of the only ones pissing and moaning about the white stuff but I still went out just to have some fun with the fam. here are some fav photos I snapped.

My fav: These 2 giggling and yapping about something.

The more spills she took the funnier it got til I had to tell her to close her mouth when she got near the fence could you imagine explaining that one to the orthodontist "well we were sliding and she was giggling when she hit the fence that when the braces got stuck in....."HA

He was so happy playing in the white stuff.

This Dog absolutely loves to play in the snow & this time he got a whitewash or as Mav asked him "you carwash Duke?"He's always dozing the snow & roughing with Mr.K

Me freezing but smiling watching these guys have fun!wearing my favorite striped hat that needs a big Black flower sewn on it. Anyone know where to find one? Maybe I should ask Debbie if she could make me one she's Awesome like that. Oh Debbie :)This one wasn't in many pics she only wanted a few taken but I love this one. She likes the snow for a little while but I think she only goes out to play so she can have cocoa and marshmallows when she comes inside. That's my girl

Looks like we're getting another big blast this week.Ugh one is enough for me. Hope its warm where you are! MK

5 for Friday: The small town girl who made it on HSN

Here are 5 of my projects that were on HSN during Epiphany Crafts presentation earlier this week.I have more to share but figured I'd show a few here and there instead of all at once.I still can't believe my work and chubby face was on TV. I get giddy every time I think about it.Miss A got all excited when she saw herself on TV she was jumping up and down on the couch.
If you missed the shows on Tuesday and would like to watch them you can see the 2 Videos HERE(oval&star tools)& HERE(square&round14 tools).If you don't have these tools yet you can get some great deals on HSN!

Have a great weekend!~MK

just a few ChuckECheese favs

Remember I told you we were going to party like rockstars Friday night? Well we did with that big giant teenage rat ChuckECheese Miss A loved it! I have to admit it was a blast even with some of the words I heard come out of kids mouth holy potty mouths dude! I told Miss A um remember you don't get to use that word til your 18 ok... After the cheese fest we saw a late movie PussNBoots at Birthday girls request then went and bought a bug eyed black goldfish (that decided he'd ring her birthday in right and die the Monday morning damn fish). We had a few hours just the 3 of us on Saturday so we headed over to a small town to the browse the antique stores and just spend time together. We had fun! You're probably wondering where Teagan and Mav were and why they aren't in the photos right? well Gma & Gpa took them so that we could have some one on one time with the Birthday girl and make her 6th Birthday extra special. Mr.K and I loved doing this and have decided that this is a great idea and we're going to have Birthday dates with each of the kiddos on there Birthdays it was seriously funner(so a word!) then any birthday party I've been to(well maybe not any HA but most).We did have a small family get together this weekend and we'll still do that but I think this is our new thing.How do you celebrate Birthdays? DO you do a big huge tada thing? do you have a little shindig with just the fam?
~MK

5 for Friday: Lovin These 5 Tools Right Now

Epiphany Crafts Round 14 Shape Studio I reach for this one over and over again even when I'm not suppose to use it I reach for it and have to put it back. its a must have ! Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher I just jumped on this band wagon and not sure how I help out for so long but I love this thing! The new American Crafts Knock Out Punches. Love these! Easy to use! Great designs! Martha Stewart Ballpoint Glue Pen. This one comes in so handy for me as I create projects I only adhere parts down then I go back to adhere everything and you can't always get into the tiny spaces with the big ATG or other adhesives so this pen does the job and is super tacky!!
Singer Featherweight Plus sewing machine or Old Trusty as I call her. This is one of 3 machines I have and to be honest the only one I actually know how to use. I can move this one from counter to counter anywhere I'm working and I usually always reach for it when I create.


Have a great weekend! We're off to live it up where a kid can be a kid and a mom can be nervous as hell hangin out with a human size rat but she'll do it if it makes her favorite almost 6yr old happy. ~MK

Wordless Wednesday: Braces SUCK!

It's Tueday :A Penny For Your Thoughts

One of my goals I've set for the new year is to blog more so I'm trying to get on some kind of blog schedule and thinking that Tuesday's might be my American Crafts project days or well maybe just this Tuesday will be I'm not sure yet.I'm thinking I might change a few things up on the blog so bear with me while I figure it all out in the next couple weeks. Anywho here are the 3 projects I created for my American Crafts December Gallery.

He's the quiet one, the thinker, We always want to know what he's thinking, you get mesmorized by those big brown eyes they just suck you in, you just wish the words were there but once again the world of Autism has him....I would pay more then pennies for his thoughts that is for sure.

I love this Chap line by American Crafts so much so that I have been saving it up until now when it was perfect for this photo and of course I had to use the scraps to make some cards. Love the Jared stamps from the Chap line the grid, arrow, and round compass design are too cool. The line works well not only for boys but everything I just happen to use it on a Mav layout.

Do you have a blog schedule certain days for certain subjects or do you blog by the seat of your pants? Any suggestions or tips on how this gal should become a better blogger? if let me know. Thanks!

~MK

Happy New Year!

May this year bring you happiness & be filled with many joyous moments!~MK