10 years have come and gone.

So this New Years is bitter sweet to me. It puts an end to an era for me, and that era would be my twenties. I turned thirty on Monday, and no I am not depressed about this at all, it has not even phased me, ok maybe it did a few moments ago when I signed into Youtube and it said "Age: 30" When did that happen??? Anyway I can still remember 2000, just turning twenty and just coming into my own. It was a wild ride:)

(New years eve circa 2000)


(Me circa 30th Birthday 2009)

This past year was a roller coaster of ups and downs.


We lost a friend.


I lost a great uncle



I made some great new friends through scrap booking as well as non scrap booking related:)

I traveled a bit more then I usually do, and got to see some great places. It has made me want to go and see even more, far beyond the states(one day)






I watched one of my very best friend's change in a good way and become a mom, it still feels strange. It feels like just yesterday we were trying to sneak into the house at 4 in the morning after a night out at the clubs.





I started to read a whole lot more, and now I feel lost as soon as I finish a book and must pick up a new one ASAP!



I became a commuter once again, and have had many a stressful days and then days where I sat next to someone interesting. I don't mind chit chatting with someone with something good to say!

I learned a lot as usual, and I know I have a lot more to learn.

I think I can pretty much go on and on if I really pick my brain. There were good times and of course not so good times but hey that's life!

I look forward to the New Year.

I look forward to what my thirties will bring me(I just hope they don't go as fast as my twenties)

I look forward to spending more time with all my new fabulous scrappy friends.






I look forward to new adventures, especially one in particular that will involve a 23 hour train ride to Florida in April with my boyfriend.



I look forward to being more creative, learning new skills, especially learning my new camera.



I look forward to reading more books.

I look forward to all that the new year has to offer.

I want to wish every single one of you a very Happy New Year!!! The best is yet to come:)

Last night I had a great fortune in my cookie at PF Chang's:) It said:
"Don't look for Happiness, create it"

Sounds good to me!!!! Blog ya next year!

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!! Happy Holidays!!!

To all of my friends near and far away(especially my Georgia peach in Mehico, and all of my other scissor sisters:) I put together this little photo clip video of me and my boyfriend's annual Christmas adventure in the city. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season, and I am just gonna say it, merry Christmas:) I know I should be PC(politically correct), but I celebrate Christmas and I just do not hear it often enough.

A pleasant surprise.

About a month ago I was notified by a company via Flickr that an image I took of an attraction at Coney Island was up for submission in their online travel guide! I never enter my pictures in anything because 1. I feel I do not take the best pictures and 2. I do not take the best pictures because I do not have the best camera.

Anyway, today I was notified again that they have decided to use my image in their 9Th edition New York Guide. The name of the website is called Schmap, and they offer various online interactive travel guides, which are all chock full of very informative tid bits and maps for all of your travel needs. Be sure to check them out, they have guides for USA cities as well as international cities. I just thought it was pretty cool to have my spur of the moment photo acknowledged, and as my friend Becca said "wait till you get your new camera" :)

You can find my picture by going here and just scrolling on "Coney Island"

And this is the picture they used:


You never know who may be checking out your pictures on Flickr:)

Sharing time.

Well the snow storm has come and go leaving us with about a foot or more of snow. Its all so beautiful when its coming down and its just fresh on the ground, then come the plows and the neighborhood dogs, dirtying it up, haha. Anyway, there it is, our first snow storm of the season and it was a good one.

Last night did not consist of buying my camera:( booo, the gift card I was gifted was not the actual gift card, it was just the paper work. So now I must wait for them to resend a new one. When that will be? I do not know, hopefully before this camera goes off sale.

I was able to finally empty that camera of mine, and I have edited all of my pictures to share with you:) Lets get started.

First off, I participated in the Scrap in Style "Fall" ATC swap. The theme was where you live, you had to make a card based on that and add a fact about where you live. Well I live on Long Island, NY and so I did a Long Island ATC. I used some local newspaper for the background, cut out the shape of our island, glittered it green and then just stamped Long Island, New York. My fact was that Long Island is one of the largest island in the 48 contiguous states, woo hoo, haha.

Next I participated in another ATC swap on SiS, this one was called "The twelve days of Christmas" and I chose 6 geese a laying. All I knew is that my card had to have an egg on it somewhere:) I used the Basic Grey Eskimo kisses line on here, I glittered my Tim Holtz grungeboard letters(big mess, the glitter not the grungeboard) and I ordered these cute egg tags from this great little shop on etsy. I thought they came out pretty darn cute:)

This year I decided to make my Christmas/Holiday cards!!! I have not made Christmas cards probably since I was like 10, and why that is, I have no clue. I had a lot of fun making these, and it felt good to give something handmade instead of bought. I really loved the Jolly By golly line by Cosmo Cricket. It was perfect for making cards for everyone no matter their religious backgrounds. A perfect all around Holiday paper. I also used alot of Marshmallow glimmer mist(I am starting to become addicted!!) and also some of the stickle products. Another fun thing I used that I love is the Crayola Glitter glue(good for temporary things like cards, not sure if acid free) So my cards were glittery without all of that glitter mess!! Score!

This one was my favorite!!!

I have a pretty big collection of paper doilies, it was time to get those out and use them. I love how I made them look like real vintage lace. Simply sweet:) I actually have to make a few more cards, I still have to send out a few more as well!! I am so behind.

Now how about some Christmas decorations!!

A Red Ryder BB gun tucked behind our tree:)

AND last but not least, how about an image of my boyfriend digging out his mother's car, haha.

Let it snow, or perhaps, blizzard??

Ok, I am back. No more hiatus. I finished out my work week, the one before my two week holiday break:) I have been crazy busy trying to make cards, finishing up all of my shopping, and just basically running around. I feel like I can now just put my feet up and relax, well sort of. At least I will not have to deal with the daily commute into the city before the holidays, it is killer. Well today was suppose to be our double date in to see the tree in NYC, followed by a nice dinner. We had to scratch that off the list today because all of sudden we are going to be hit with a blizzard, or something close to it. At first I was all go, I love snow, I love the city, and I thought it would make everything all that more the merrier. But then the thought of being trapped in the city, perhaps maybe sleeping on a cold, dirty train station floor, did not sound all that fabulous to me. So we ran around this afternoon, had lunch here on the island, did some shopping and now I am sitting here on the couch finally blogging again.

Tonight's plans are buying this wonderful camera: It was a hard decision choosing between this and the Canon Rebel Xsi, but I finally made that choice, and one of reasons I choose this one was because my friend who lives out here purchased one recently and I figured we could give each other hands on help with learning all of the features.
I was also very lucky to have been gifted a GC to B&H from my boss's to help fund this camera:) So here is to better pictures and of course free over night shipping!

Of course with a big storm coming you have to have some good flicks and of course some good beer, haha. We picked up the limited edition of Planes, trains and automobiles and some Magic Hat winter brew. I think its gonna be a good one.

I have lots of pictures to upload and show of Christmas cards I made as well as some ATC swaps I was involved in. They are currently in my camera, awaiting that magic moment. That shall be my next post. Ok, I feel good, I finally did it, I posted. Phewwwwww, the pressure from my sister is off my back, lol. I also need to catch up with everyone else out there, I feel disconnected. I miss everyone!!! Till we meet again, stay warm(if your on the east coast) Otherwise have a good one!

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Drum roll please..........................

Ok first of all I want to thank EVERYONE for buying raffle tickets, donating and helping in any way you can when it came to this fundraiser. We sent out 375 tickets, 250(we had alot of referrals and if you buy 5 or more freebies) of those which were sold, so we raised $250 dollars.

Now since it was hard for me to choose just one winner, I will be doing either 2 or 3 more giveaways for those of you who purchased tickets and helped out. I did one yesterday and I will be sending out that prize this weekend. It was so nerve wrecking to have to just choose one, thank you Random.org. Anyway, that's that.

Here is the video of who is the winner:



If that's you, please email me at coloredsprinklegirl@Hotmail.com. I have not gotten the chance to check my list and see who it was, I probably will after I post this. Congrats you lucky duck you:)

I have been mega busy, feeling a tad overwhelmed with the holidays approaching which is what always happens. SO much to do and it feels like sooooooo very little time.

Well I am off to get ready for work.

Have a nice day and stay tuned for those giveaway:)

Happy Turkey day!!!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!!! Enjoy this day:) I am off to spend it with my family and friends.

Star wars anyone???

Well for those of you who do not know, my boyfriend is a dork(nothing wrong with that as we all know:) He loves all things comic books and runs his very own site that's well known in the underground world of fan films. He goes by the name Fanboy Will and well Fanboy Will was chosen by this company called Klutz to give away a couple of brand spanking new books that teach you to draw Star Wars figures. Soooooooooooo, if you know someone who loves Star Wars and loves to draw, or even if its you who dig all things Star Wars, then head on over to his site(or his blog) and play along for a chance to win one of the 5 books he is giving away. One lucky winner will win the book which will be autographed by the artist Bonnie Burton. The contest is open for 2 more weeks, so head on over there while you can!!! AND good luck!!!

Hot cocoa for breakfast.

I think its about that time of year to starting treating myself to hot cocoa for breakfast:) I have been feeling sick this week, germs fly around fast when you work with children. I feel like I have been over exposed! So yesterday to make myself feel better I treated myself to some hot chocolate mix from Whole Foods as well as a new mug to keep my drinks warm this hopefully snowy season(so far its been a tad warm out)



I do know that the dry winter season is coming because my back is always so itchy and dry. I need to find a really good soap, so if any of you know of any, please let me know!

I cannot believe that next Thursday is Thanksgiving, where has this year gone?? I have already started Christmas shopping, feels good, one or two checks off the list.


Well, since November has flown by, that means that we are drawing to close on our raffle(phewwwwwww) I cant wait to pick that winner and get that box out of my studio room. I also cant wait to see who is the lucky person to get all of those items. If you have not bought a ticket and would like to, you have until December 1st to do so. The close off time is 12 midnight. I would say that there is well over $400 dollars worth of items to be won. You can purchase tickets over on the right hand side. I will try and snap a picture soon of the overall prize. I just need to figure out how to pull off such a large picture.
The list below is an updated list of those who have donated product!:

Making Memories,
Evalicious,
Studio Calico,
Tara Anderson of With a Twist,
Ormolu,
Stephanie Wheeler of The Living Room Floor,
Tim Holtz,
Michelle Clements of Bubbly Shnooks,
Me and my Big Idea,
Creative Xpress,
Kitchen Sink Stamps,
Font Werks,
Kiwi the Creator


So a pretty good amount of companies/people have contributed awesome kits, products and gift certificates!!!

On the flier we listed Label Tulip, however after many an emails after they originally said yes to donating, we never heard from them again:(

At this time I would have to say they are a no go and IF they happen to be reading this and would like to still donate, please feel free to email me.


I am off to relax, hope you have a great one:)

Slacking in the blog department.

Hello, hello:) So I did not go to the Yankee Parade. I was at work, did not feeling like asking for the day off(seemed silly) and was not in the mood to deal with piles of drunk people(they were everywhere) I did however watch it on the TV. The last time I attended a Yankee Parade was back in 2000 when we won our 26Th World Series, and although it was fun, it was a bit overwhelming. After the parade was over, we were pretty much herded around like cattle back to the subways. This year I was able to enjoy it on a big screen TV, in a warm place(while the baby I took care of slept) and then afterwards I got to watch the drunkards across the street over at the bar making fools of themselves all in the name of a 27Th win.

Ok, enough baseball talk!

I have been very drained creatively, I find myself more into buying supplies then actually using them. I think I just have to many ideas in my head, so many things I would like to do, and just no energy to do it. I have been slowllllllly working on my Halloween mini, next step is actually getting the pictures printed. I have done no work on my "Twenty" mini, none at all. I think what I need to do is focus on getting rid of the supplies and papers I wont use and then I wont feel like I am drowning in to much to choose from.

My mind is just somewhere else, I think it may also be the onslaught of the holidays, it sort of gets to me. My head gets in that "oh my gosh, I have to get this done and this done" sort of mode. Breathe in, breathe out. Maybe I need a mini get away, really badly.

I have been so behind on The Creative Type as well, I finally started to put that back in action. We are now a week behind, which sort of works out for the better. With Thanksgiving only like two weeks away, it will allow everyone to not worry about finishing up a prompt during that busy time.

I have been so worried and carried away with the Fundraiser, that in a way I cant wait for it to be over!!! Cant wait to find out who wins such a great prize. The box is so packed, my boyfriend keeps teasing me about the shipping cost, might have to be like two smaller shipments, I will see.

Speaking of Scrapbook for Cecilia, I have a new video of three more contributions from three very lovely and creative ladies. So go and take a look:





AND we still have more rolling in, maybe like one or two more. We had one today that I will show probably tomorrow and Kenner Road has written me to let me know that they will be sending a kit:)

I am looking forward to the weekend!! Looking forward to being home and not away(although I love to go and visit friend's and family) We will be spending Saturday with our friend's, off to see Where the Wild things are and some shopping. Sounds good to me:)

Hip hip Hurray!!

After nine years we did it, the 27th time, back on our own turf in our new stadium:)



You bet your bottom dollar that I will be at that parade(unless I have to work, boo hoo)!!!!

Way to go Yankees.

Halloween short video.

And there ya have it:)

I am alive once again:)

So how was your Halloween?? Our Halloween was pretty awesome. My friend threw a great party, there were lots of cocktails(my newest favorite being a Hennessy Pina Colada) great food, fantastic company, and a really great attraction in the bath tub done by our friend.

The night before Halloween I tried out my makeup, I wasn't all that amazed with how it came out so I headed on over to Youtube and watched some Zombie makeup tutorials. The next evening I winged it and I think I pulled it off. One person didn't even recognize me until an hour into her being there. I think I was a real trooper to, because the liquid latex and fake blood was so sticky and gross, and my face was itchy and I couldn't scratch it. I kept it on until about 11pm, not bad.

Lets do a before and after, shall we??




ewwwwwwwwww!!!!


I even had a hand to chew on!!!!




Will as a Red shirt from Star Trek(not so sure about these guys, I never watch the show)



I also like cupcakes, not just hands.



Me and DJ Tanner from Full House.



Body in the bath tub.




Becca and Dan in their couple costume. They were attached at the hip, organs and all. Cute costume that they came up with and made!




And then the makeup came off, and the guests left(except for us) and we watched The Lost boys, one of my all time favorites:)


Now I think its time to start getting ready for the holidays, yikes!! I said to Will "its time to start watching Christmas movies now" after we have been watching horror movies all month long. I feel like holidays get rushed so fast, in the store they had an aisle of Halloween stuff and right next to it Christmas stuff. Its crazy. I think its important they we just slow down and really ignore all of these corporate stores, and refuse to move at their pace. Hey I am in still in Halloween land:)


I wanted to say a very BIG Thank you to all of you who have purchased tickets, I was blown away after I got home from our Halloween weekend. If I were to end the drawing today, I would be very proud of what we have raised, I mean even 5 dollars is something. It just makes me very happy:) I also want to thank everyone for spreading the word around, I appreciate every single one of you!!

Ok, well the Yankees are surely not winning this game tonight, so we are about to pop in a movie. Just wait though, once we are back in our house, we will bring them Phillies down!!!

Happy Halloween!!!!!

Boo!!!!


Here is some Halloween loving for you all:)

My favorite Halloween movie of all time!!!

Ok, well I am off to become a Zombie!! Hope you have a safe and fun Halloween:)