Ive gone there.........................

I did it! I broke out the stuff I had been gathering for scrapbooking and finally started working on a layout. I stopped lingering in cyber space admiring other people's scrapbooking creations and I have started my very own page for the first time tonight! The one thing that I find very challenging for me is all the routes you can go down when creating a layout. It took me almost an hour to decide just on the paper that I would use for the background. Tonight I pretty much just layed it all out and played around with moving items and staring out it trying to get new ideas. I have not adhered anything down yet, so it has a long way to go. The good thing is that I have a clear vision pretty much of what I am going for. I could hardly contain myself so I had to take a few snaps of it in its beginning stages(way beginning). I am using a picture of me and Will and incorporating the lyrics from a beatles song(The Beatles are Will's favorite as well as mine) The picture is going to have a button border of various colored buttons that I will eventually sew on. The letters that spell out "Love" are from a chip board letter kit I had, I do not know the specifics on everything, im really not a specific type of girl(if that makes any sense). The "Love" is all a part of the big scheme of things, it of course in one of the many words used in the lyrics I will be using and I will have the rest flowing on the page. The grass is cut out from a plain green sheet of paper that I will later detail more and it will have one single flower coming out that will lead up to the Flower shaped button that is used at the "O" in the "Love".
All of this just spewed out of my head and I apologize for any confusion, just go with me! I still have to think up a little more, im sure it will come to me in time. Im excited!!!! See Will I have finally put all that stuff I have stashed away to good use, anyway who are you to talk? You are the king of collections!!
I hope to share more with you as time goes by. I just wanted to post some images so you can see and get an idea of what I am doing. Please excuse them though for not being the greatest pictures!

The Bird and the Bee.....

Of course like many people I love to discover a great music find once in awhile. I listen to different bands all over the internet and then occasionally there comes one that just clicks and give me a "oh yay" moment. Here is one of them!

I also leave you with my newest picture of Spike standing on his platform(ottoman to be exact) that he has just realized he can jump up on to get a good view of whats going on around him(especially who is eating what). He also enjoys being pushed around the room on this ottoman, he is one silly bulldog puppy!

ear/eye candy

Love love The Radio Dept a whole lot:)

This video is pretty neat and I just felt like I should share!!! Oh and the little cloud is cute but sort of freeky with those eyes.

Blue.....

Blue is the theme for Febuary's Self Portrait Challenge.
Hmmmmmmmm, blue?! How can I go about this?? Im not feeling blue. Nothing in my room is blue. I hardly wear blue even when it comes to makeup. How can I incorporate this into a self portrait?? Well the only one thing that came to mind would be a great blue jacket that I was able to pick up just recently for a whopping 8 dollars!!!
It has a funnel neck that buttons all the way up across my chest and I adore it. The kicker is, it happens to be blue, wa la! There we have it, SPC them Blue, Patty's new pea coat with great funnel neck...................blue.
Next week I am going to have a hard time coming up with more blue.
I almost feel like I really didnt put much thought into it, but I decided that this first week of the Febuary SPC challenge will be more of an artful image then a meaningful one.

Muppet mania

I finally have uploaded the picture of my oh so awesome muppet figures Will gave to me. I begged him to let me have them rather then allow some stranger buy them from him on Ebay. So now they hang out on my dresser playing in their rocking punk rock band. Monster is my fav and of course Fonzie and his "Waka waka waka" lol.

Geisha girls

At the flea market today I found this set of perfectly good Geisha girl jewelry boxs.

Out of alot of the junk this one had, these sweet girls where waiting for me to buy them:) AND for only $3.00!!!!!!!!

Sunshiney Saturday

So I havent made a post in a few days it would appear. I just havent had it in me and I have spent more time browsing other blogs and websites trying to collect some sort of motivation I suppose.
I have to say as always these two people totally set a fire under my butt to get it in gear................................... Heidi Kenney and Leigh-Ann.

Heidi Kenney gets my sewing urges flowing because she is always whipping up some fun new plush. Most recently I have adored her Pinocchio with his natural wood grain looking fabric and a great small branch for a nose, just awesome!!!!!! Looking at all this stuff she sews up and looking at my brand new sewing machine that hasnt gotten used in about week sets the gears in motion one turn at a time:) I also enjoy her thrift finds and great recipes she posts about. Her blog is definetly a good find that I came across back in September.

Leigh-Ann gets my scrapbooking juices going. I have been gathering scrapbooking supplies like its no ones business(I think I have admitted this before). I feel like I am a squirrel collecting acorns or a bear getting prepared for its long slumber.
Well I think that time is coming especially after today when I saw this project Leigh-Ann had put together for a KI contest (which one of her pages won!!) Go Leigh-Ann. She has kept it aside on lock down untill the book was published, and she has done a good job of not showing it(I dont think I would be able to do that, at all!). You should really watch her video for when she finally exposes it to the world, so freeking funny and exciting. I think I would be acting the same if my work was published, BUT none of that will ever happen if I never get scissor to paper:)

Today I am breaking out into the world, it is just gorgeous out almost like a spring day:)
Heading off to a flea market down in New Mildford Conneticut(about 20ty minutes from here)
I think we will actually not have to use the heat in the car for the day and possibly roll down a window, or two????
Then later its Sushi, how better can a Saturday get???

Hopefully I will have some more to share with everyone, got the camera in hand and some spending cash.

I guess for now enjoy your Saturday and maybe hop on over to Heidi and Leigh-Ann to see whats brewing on their pages!!!!

OH and if you have any other things to motivate me, PLEASE DO!!!!!!