rustystars&dustbunnies

A lot to share

As you know, Mike and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary on 10/30. But, since that was Halloween weekend, we decided to go away this past weekend instead.

We shipped the kids off to school on Friday, and headed for Washington D.C. My mom kept the kids Friday night for us. THANKS MOM!

Then, Saturday morning we woke up and drove to Upper Marlboro, to the Jug Bay 5K/10K. Mike ran the 10K and I walked the 5K. 

We had SUCH a great time! We went to the American History museum, the Air and Space Museum, the Hirshorn Art Gallery, and then off to Chinatown for some dinner and a little more wandering around. We stayed in Dupont Circle at the Hotel Palomar... can you say swanky? It was soooo cool! Did I mention I had a great time? ;)

I will leave you with some pics from the weekend.

The hotel room...

The decor was modern and funky. We had fun checking out all the little details.

The Smithsonian Castle...

Our fortunes, from dinner...

 

The subway...

Mike, checking out the view Saturday morning...

and the ONLY pic of the two of us together...

I won't bore you with anymore pictures from the weekend.

But, I will tell you that I have a project posted up on the GalBlog.

Have a  great day!

etsy!

i filled up my etsy store with some lovely coffee sleeves i have been making! i have a few more things to list, but alas i must clean the house (boo!) and pack for the weekend (YAY!).

Link is up in the navigation bar, under my header.

or you can just click HERE. 

peace out!

so,  i've been making some changes and playing around with the code for my blog. its a work in progress, and i am still learning... bit by bit.

what do you think?

do you like my snazzy new navigation bar at the top? heehee.

any suggestions?

links to some helpful sites??

this gorgeous man

has put up with me for 10 years. he is my whole world. my everything. he has ALWAYS been encouraging, and loving. he has my heart. forever.

last night, he surprised me with roses, a card, and a slide show of pictures of us through the years. it was so sweet. next weekend, we are sneaking off to DC (just the 2 of us). i can't wait!

happy anniversary baby! i love you. forever.

jam packed week!...photo heavy!

this past week has been jam packed with autumnal fun! check it out!

Tuesday, Mike and I snuck off to the Catoctin Mountains while all the kids were at school.

Mike spotted this covered bridge on the way...

the photos really don't do the foliage any justice. it was just gorgeous up there!

 

he is such a goof!

 

 

i love this guy. he really is the best.

 

we had lunch by the lake before heading back home...

AND then today, we went to Baugher's (our local orchard) and took a hayride to the pumpkin patch, picked out our pumpkins, got some pies from the market, and hung out with the animals at the petting zoo...

that was soooo much fun! it's my favorite event of the WHOLE YEAR. seriously.

and then later this afternoon, the girls wanted to dress up in their costumes to take pics! how could i resist??

whew! that's a lot of pics for one post! If you stuck around for all of these, you are a trooper!

thanks for stopping by!

it's Monday

and i have a link and a layout for you!

i know you're excited!!

SketchThis! has a new sketch up! I hope you'll play along!

here's my layout using the sketch...

that kid really is a handful. good thing she's so cute!

have a great day! thanks for stopping by!

so, the new jack is up at Scrapjacked! You MUST check it out! We have 2 super awesome prizes this time! 2!!!

here are my projects...

on a non-scrabooking note:

don'tcha know that after nursing my sick family for a week, I am now coming down with what they had!  nice. huh?

oh well, such is life. I am *hoping that the rain will stop soon and it will dry out enough to get to the pumpkin patch this weekend. I have really been looking forward to it. cross your fingers for me. k?

well, i'm off to clean and run errands...per the usual Friday! Have a great weekend!

MIA

I know that I have been a bit MIA lately. I have been buried under DT assignments, volunteer work for my daughters' school, a psycho puppy, and a sick family. We all seem to be battling a nasty cold. and NO I am almost certain that it is NOT N1H1. But, to keep the school from freaking out, I have kept Piper home all week.

I had a post on the GalBlog on Monday about my Haunted House...

 

check out the link for the supplies, and techniques I used to make it. There are even quite a few more photos of it.

And today I have a review up at The Scrap Review. I reviewed some American Crafts acrylic stamps.

here's a sneek of my projects for the review...

Tomorrow, I will have my Scrapjacked and Sketch This projects to share with you!

here are a couple sneeks...

 

don't forget to come back to see the projects in their entirety!

see you soon!!

random friday blabberings...

look. here. I am sooo freakin' excited, i can't even tell you! what an honor!

and have you seen THIS? that could be my most favorite collection EVER! 6 colors of wood grain?!?!?!

 be still my heart.

Chewy seems to be adjusting well to our crazy house. the kids....well, that's another story! ugh.

here is one of my DT projects for ScrapGal. My Mind's Eye is our sponsor this month, and we are having a CONTEST.

 and check the GalBlog on the 12th for directions and pics of the haunted house i made!

Oh! and check out the Halloween Top 10 Contest over at ScrapGal. It's going to be so much fun!

tonight, I am headed to Chez's for some scrapping. and then a lazy weekend before the chaos of next week hits... Girl Scouts, no husband, new puppy, crazy kids... I'm sure you can imagine my pain... lol

Have a great weekend!

halloween goodness and a furry new friend

so, lately i have been fairly busy. i spent a few hours the other night making this...

I spray painted the wreat black and then used Cinder and Haunted Shadow Glimmer Mist to start.

I glimmer misted the Primas, and Martha Stewart leaves, used some of the new BasicGrey halloween stickers, vintage buttons and some odds and ends and hot glued it all down, then covered it all with a misting of Marshmallow Glimmer Mist.

and then I made this...

I glimmer misted the hat as well, then decorated it with some leftover stickers from making the wreath.

AND here is the newest member of my family....

 

we call him Chewy. he's a Jug (Jack Russell/Pug mix) He is so sweet and cute, and he is fitting in well. Nugget doesn't like him much, but I'm sure he will come around eventually.

Well, thats all I have for now. Have a great day!