Five for Friday

I know it's been a long time since I posted a "Five for Friday."

Life has been pretty busy lately -- I would have thought I would 

be used to working full time by now.

Not that I'm not enjoying it -- I truly love my job!

But between that, and spending time with my family, my blog has been a little neglected.

So, I thought I'd give you a bit of an update on how my family is doing...




1. Austin finished his first year at Steinbach Bible College and really enjoyed it.



 He decided to spend his summer serving at Roseau River Bible camp,
and really seems to be liking that, too.
It's over an hour away from home, so he's only been home for a couple of weekends,
but he seems quite happy, which makes me happy.


2. Jonah had a busy spring.
He was involved in the school play (Dorothy in Wonderland -- a mash up of
The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland -- it was very fun!)
Jonah played the Mad Hatter and he was fabulous!



He is also busy with jazz choir, band &  jazz band, where he plays the double bass.



He's also been learning how to drive (he's quite good!) and got a job
serving at our Access Event Centre.



3. 

Sage has also had a busy spring, as she finished up Grade 8 -- singing in choirs,
being in her school play (Madagascar) and having a big role in her school's medieval feast,
where she was the lady of the feast and sang a solo.

The feast lasted an hour and I don't think she stopped smiling the whole time!

4. As proud as my children's accomplishments make me, however,
nothing gave me more joy than to watch Sage & Jonah get baptized on May 27th at our church.

5. My job at Two30Nine is going really well!

On Monday, I went to visit a client whose kitchen I designed.

Because she lives in North Dakota, we couldn't install it for her,

so she ordered it as supply only. 

I told her once it was done, I really wanted to come and see the end result.

She is so happy with how it turned out -- and so am I!

The upper cabinets are painted with White Dove & the lower ones are Hale Navy

(both of these colours are Benjamin Moore).

I love how crisp and warm this feels!

I love the framed glass doors!

I designed a custom hood so my client's husband wouldn't hit his head while he cooks.

I also designed some built-ins beside the new fireplace to replace the angled cabinets that 

were there before.

The TV is on an arm that swings out when they want to watch it from the couch.

I can't even explain how exciting it is for me to see

one of my designs on paper (or on the computer) become a beautiful kitchen in the end!

If you'd like to see more of my work, please follow me on instagram

or visit my Houzz page and follow me there.

Okay, there's my update.

We're off to Sage's awards ceremony for the Grade 8s at her school.

I'm pretty sure she'll be getting an award for making the honour roll this year. :)

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

Well, we've had another full week....

1. On Sunday, the kids and I drove to Winnipeg to attend C4:

Central Canada Comic Con.

We had a great day!

Austin wanted to wander around on his own, so for most of the day, 

it was just Sage, Jonah and me.

Here's Jonah in his Boba Fett hoodie with some fellow Mandalorians.

Sage was dressed as Rosabella Beauty:  the daughter of 

Belle (Beauty) and the Beast in the Ever After High Series.

When we saw another cosplayer dressed as Belle,

we asked if we could take a photo together.

Sage made a lot of her costume herself -- she stencilled on the roses

onto her top and her overlay skirt.

She also made all of the felt flowers and put together her headband.

  

It was very fun just hanging out together.

And I got some Christmas shopping done, too -- bonus!

2. Sage decided that she wanted to go trick or treating on Halloween,

so she and I went out together.

It was cool and raining, so we took the car and just drove around to friends'

houses to stop and say hi.

It was a nice evening together.

I dressed in my TARDIS costume and Sage was Hermione Granger from Harry Potter.

3. Wednesday was take your kid to work day for the Grade 9s,

so Jonah got to come and spend the day at my new job.

He got a safety orientation, tours of the two plants & a pizza lunch.

He also got to assemble some kids' tables and chairs

and shadow me a little and try out my design program, too, 

where he redesigned our kitchen.

4. And speaking of work.... look who got business cards!

5. And lastly, I couldn't resist making a card for

  The Card Concept #61: Pretty in Pink:

Isn't it pretty?

I love the typewriter paired with the flowers, so I pulled out a couple of older sets --

Mama Elephant's Type It and Wplus9's Fresh Cut Florals -- to make my card.

I'm sorry the colours aren't great in my photo -- it's always dark when I'm at home now!

I started by diecutting the typewriter and flowers and stamping them in Altenew inks:

frosted pink, cotton candy, coral berry, frayed leaves, forest glades and mountain mist.

I stamped a few leaves on the background, which I diecut using my new

Neat and Tangled scalloped dies.

I layered this over some sweet blush cardstock (it's lighter in real life!)

I adhered the typewriter with some dimensional adhesive

and stamped the sentiment (also from Type It) in versafine onyx black ink.

Thanks for looking!

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Five for Friday

Hey, it's been a while since I did a "Five for Friday" post,

so I thought I would share what I've been busy with lately...

1. Things have been going really well at my new job.

My photo is up on the TWO30NINE website (*click!*)
My days fly by and when I'm working, it feels the same way that
it does when I'm spending time creating in my craft space at home.
My co-workers are all wonderful, too.

I've worked with a few clients so far and have really enjoyed coming up with ideas
and designing their spaces.
And yesterday, a client put down a deposit on the designs
I made for her new kitchen renovation!
It's pretty exciting & it feels like a really great fit for me. :)

2. I attended a Grad Parent meeting on Wednesday evening,

because Austin will be graduating in June.

I know it's cliché, but I can't believe how quickly the time has flown!

He'll be 17 1/2 in a few weeks..... it seems like just yesterday that he

was little...

3. So, some of you might remember that, a couple of months ago, 

I shared a video here on my blog for the Altenew Share the Love Video Contest.

Well, they posted the winners on their blog this week and guess what?

I tied for 2nd place!

I was very excited to see this -- and will be looking forward to using the $75 GC I won, too!

4. This weekend is pretty busy -- and will include two trips to Winnipeg for me.

Tomorrow, I'm attended an all day taekwondo seminar on patterns.

And on Sunday, the kids and I will be attending C4 -- Central Canada Comic Con.

5. And lastly, I have a card to share for this month's Essentials By Ellen Pin-Sights Challenge:

I was inspired by the flowers in the middle.

I started by diecutting my large peony from Essentials by Ellen's Mondo Peony

and stamped it in Versafine onyx black ink using its coordinating stamp

and heat embossed it in clear.

I coloured it in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers and a water brush.

I stamped the solid leaves directly onto my watercolour background.

I added a strip of patterned paper from my stash and stamped

the sentiment -- from Papertrey Ink's Songbirds.

I hope you have a great weekend!

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. I asked the kids if they could pose for a photo for me

to put on my desk at my new workplace.

We went into the backyard and the first few I took, 

their faces looked a little forced.

So I said: "This is going up at my work. 

I don't want people seeing it and wondering if there's something wrong with my kids!"

This made them laugh and I got this gem:

And then when they settled, I got this one: 

I'm pretty happy with it!

2. Last weekend, Sage and I were busy in the kitchen...
We made a bunch of casseroles, lasagnas and meatballs to put in the freezer.
Each of my kids has chosen a day of the week to be responsible to make supper for the family.
On Tuesday, Sage put one of the lasagnas we made in the oven for me,
so we could eat shortly after I got home.
Last night, when I got home, Austin had barbecued a hamburger for me
and it was waiting for me to eat when I came though the door -- this was fabulous!
They've pitched in and made my transition to full time a lot easier!

3. I started my job on Monday at TWO30NINE by Decor.
where I am a Design Consultant.
I feel like I've won the lottery -- I just love it!
My coworkers are super friendly, helpful and encouraging.
I took a few photos to share...

This is the showroom upon entering the front doors.
Isn't it gorgeous?
The first time I walked through, I felt like I heard the angels singing: "Ahhh!"

This is the kitchen upstairs where I make my lunch and I 

eat it in this lovely lunch area, which doubles as a training room.

And here is my workspace, which is in an office with four other designers.

There is a lot to learn, but I'm totally loving it!

It just feels like such a perfect fit for me and my new coworkers & boss 

have made me feel right at home.

So much so that...

4. I made some butter crunch last night to take to them today,
along with a card, that I created for this month's Create Along With Us
with Papertrey Ink.
I was inspired by this card by Kay:

Isn't it pretty?

I also used this week's ColourQ #359:

Here's my card...

I started by blending aqua mist ink onto the top of a piece of white cardstock.

I stamped the outline images from Floral Sketches over top.

I diecut the panel using my Mama Elephant Femme Frames die

and adhered it to my background using dimensional adhesive.

I stamped the flowers (from Floral Sketches) onto their coordinating diecuts

and stamped the sentiment (from SSS Big Scripty Sentiments) in versafine onyx black.

5. This weekend, Austin is at his first Central Manitoba Youth Choir camp.

They have two full weekends where they rehearse and then they tour for a third weekend.

He got a ride up with some other choir members last night 

and I will drive up tonight after supper to chaperone for the weekend.

I'm going to bring my Zig Markers, a water brush and my watercolour colouring book

that the kids gave me for my birthday and see if I can get something done.

Have a great weekend!
Thanks for looking!

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