The new Martha Stewart seashell/sand dollar punch and circle journal pages

I lucked out and found one of the newest Martha Stewart punches - the seashell/sand dollar punch. I used my 40% off coupon on it so I was happy. Here is my latest circle journal pages for Chris' circle journal and I like how they came out ...

We all survived the prom and lived to tell about it ...

I think all the kids had a wonderful time and we had the prom this year at the Speedway Club at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord. 175 seniors came with dates and I think we had a grand total of about 212 kids. I started off the morning by helping to decorate. It was on the 5th floor at the Speedway Club so we decorated the entrance going in and then the whole 5th floor. The theme was Diamonds are Forever and everyone did an AMAZING job decorating!!! After doing that for several hours, then I met up with Emily to get her hair done. It took Amanda an hour and 1/2 to do her hair and it came out beautiful!! I then had to head to one of her friend's houses for pictures. They had a beautiful backyard with a pool and a waterfall. Notice I don't have a single picture in front of the waterfall because we had 20 kids there to take photos of and it was impossible to fit that many in front of that waterfall. After there, we all drove to the Boys & Girls Club where they waited for the limo to arrive. It started to rain just before the limo pulled up so then I wasn't able to get a photo of all of them outside of the limo but I did take 2 inside the limo. These are some of my fave pics I took. They all went to Bravo to eat dinner while I went back home, ate a Lean Cuisine and then back I went to the Speedway Club where I was one of the 20 chaperones. We each had a 2 hour shift and I was supposed to leave at 9:30 but stayed till 10:30 as they hadn't announced the Prom Queen and King yet and Emily was one of the 4 the kids and teachers voted on. Unfortunately she did not win but Emily was happy that Sheree won. I finally collapsed around 12:30 after telling Charlie everything that happened. It was sure a fun night and I got some great pics to share.. I hope you enjoyed the slide show :).

Scrabble necklaces

I have been wanting to try these cute Scrabble necklaces for a long time. I finally did and I think they are so cute. They are super easy to make too!!! You can buy replacement scrabble tiles here (and I think they have free shipping) or use an old Scrabble game you have laying around the house (this is what I did). I also did not use any glossy sealer on the top. I just went over my image with Modge Podge and let it dry. I tried using some Glossy Accents on mine but I think I put it on too thick as it looked really milky. I have made several for Easter, Valentines Day, and I even made one with a spider on it since Emily's school are the Concord Spiders. They make cute gifts!!

Prom is ALMOST here.

2 more days !!!!! Emily went today after school and had our hairdresser "do a practice run" on her hair. This is what she came up with ...

After there, we went and both got pedicures (my first french pedicure - see photo) and Emily also got a manicure.

Homemade flower soft??????

My friend Chelsea was telling me she learned how to make homemade flower soft so I wanted to try it. Take a white styrofoam ball (I got this package of 2 from Walmart for $3 I think) and a cheese grater. Grate it and put into container. I stamped my image, then added some aileene's glue to the paper where the "snow" would go and add the homemade flower soft. Let dry. I only made white but Chelsea said they were shown how to add color. Put homemade flower soft in a ziplock bag, add a little bit of re-inker ink, shake and set out to dry for a couple of days. I will have to try that next. It was a little on the messy side so I'm not sure its worth it to do it this way but I love trying new techniques, especially easy ones :). Try it and let me know how it works.

I need some organization ...

Look what I found at BJ's - or was it Costco? Anyway, this is magnetic and sits on my desk and holds all sorts of things that otherwise I had thrown every where... I think it was $19.99. I like it so far. It helps me stay organized! :)

Amuse Challenge #4 - Mother's Day card

We are to make a Mother's Day card for a mom we know. Doesn't have to be for our mother but any mother. So this is my card for the last challenge :). ALL stamps by Amuse.