Hi. I'm Nikki Cleary. I want to help YOU and your family live a healthier, simplified lifestyle. Follow me on MY journey as I transform my family, resulting in a more organized, happy, home cooked, healthier home. Ultimately allowing us to spend more quality time with each other now and down the road...
Monday, October 30, 2006
Elsie Challenge #6 (a week late)
...I am so sorry Tammy and Kim. I was so busy last week I forgot to post the 6th challenge so here it is. Sorry it is so late. The ribbon cluster is on the chipboard "A". Tomorrow the challenge is to scrapbook an artistic photo. Can't wait to see what you girls post.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Jungle Gardens
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
HIVES!!!
Riley woke up from his nap on Tuesday afternoon October 24th with these hives all over his legs. He is highly allergic to peanuts so I went back through all the foods he ate that day and still couldn't figure it out. Thank God for Dr Karen Hamad!!!! She was able to see him and get him some medicine to help with the hives and swelling. By the next morning all the hives were gone!
Monday, October 23, 2006
Breast Cancer Ribbon Cookie Recipe
On Friday night, I made some sugar cookies that were devoured early in the evening. Here is the recipe:
Sugar Cookie Recipe
3 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 stick butter
1 stick margarine
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp almond extract
Mix first 3 ingredients then set aside. Beat butter, marg. and sugar till fluffy, then beat in eggs and extract till combined. Add dry ingredients and mix till combined. Refrigerate dough 3 hours.
Bake cookies onSilpat or parchment paper at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. (the cookies should be VERY light brown on the edges).
Icing:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp milk
2 tsp light corn syrup
1/4 tsp almond extract
food coloring
ENJOY!!!!
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
Saturday, October 21, 2006
My 31st Birthday
...was filled with lots of activity and fun. It actually started on Friday when my girlfriend Tomi had a luncheon at her house with all my girlfriends. She baked me a 2 layer chocolate cake filled with strawberries and covered with strawberry icing and chocolate sprinkles. I got a great clock mug, a cool ring, the book "Living out Loud" that I have been wanting for a long time, and a gift certificate. It was such a fun afternoon. THANKS Tomi for hosting it (and my mug- which I love)and thanks to Elena, Ashley and Meghan for the great gifts!
Saturday morning , I woke to a handmade birthday card from Sean and Riley... they actually dug through my supplies and made me the sweetest card, a great way to start the day!!!
Later that morning I taught a fun ATC class at K2. That afternoon we went to my in-laws to get the cousins together to play. Then Mariann made a wonderful dinner and an ice box cake for me. After dinner we went to the beach to hear the drums...too fun to watch Riley and Kayla listen and play along.
The beautiful flowers are from Gail- Thank You so much!
Friday, October 20, 2006
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Rhonna -Autumn Leaves Paper
I had so much fun making these 2 LO's. I just loved the Rhonna papers, the Autmn Leaves and Heidi Swapp stamps, the glitter glue and the Zig Brushable pens...
I wanted Riley to remember the snacks that he liked when he was around 2 years old, that is what prompted my first LO.
In the second LO Riley loves playing with Sean's old cell phone. A couple of months ago I caught him playing with it and pretend talking on it... it was so cute. I just got around to scrapping it though.
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
My second take on Elsie Challenge #5
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Elsie Challenge #5
I am cheating a little on this challenge... I did this LO the other night, but I "lifted" the idea from another page. I took the flower and folded it in half, then folded it again and stapled it in place. There is a Heidi Swap masked tag that goes with this page, but it is not shown.
I have another idea I want to do for this challenge but I had to do paperwork all day today. I am scrappin tomorrow and will post it when I am done with it.
Make sure to check out Tammy's http://trackoflight.typepad.com/ blog and see her awesome take on the challenge!
Check out Kim's http://itsallaboutme.typepad.com/ blog in a day or two... she just got back from Memory Trends and is going to work on her challenges this week.
P.S. Remember if you want to join us each week just leave me a comment and we will include you next week. All we ask is that you link to each of our blogs in your post for the challenge day!
(Which we are trying to do on Tuesdays)
P.S.S. This is a sneak peak of one of the pages in the "she" album K2 is offering the night of the She Party in November for 45.00. It includes a beautiful 8x8 album and supplies to complete 6 pages all about YOU!!! Go and check it out at the store.
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Surgery Day and Follow up...
Our first trip to the ER
This was the worst way to spend New Years Eve last year. Riley pulled our wooden garbage can over on his big toe. He squoshed it like a grape... the surgeon had to wait a couple of days for the swelling to go down so he could perform surgery. So that is why he had to cast his foot and leg for a couple of days!
TFL
Dream, Design and Create
TFL
Dream, Design and Create
Friday, October 13, 2006
My Sleeping Beauty
Thursday, October 12, 2006
New Daisy D's Christmas Paper
The first LO is of Christmas Eve last year.
The second LO is of the Live Nativity we go to at The Tabernacle Church every year.
Cardstock: Bazzil
PP: Daisy D's Christmas Collection
Stamps: Autumn Leaves "flourishes" and "journaling", Cherry Arte "calendar
Stickers: K and Co
Pens: black Zig and green Brushables
lace: local craft store
other: DMC floss and sewing machine
TFL
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
PS you can find all the above goodies at K2 Scrapbooking Studio
YIPEE!!!!!
...my banner is back.
I went online yesterday and reactivated my account on village photos which hosts the banner photo. I do not know it that is what did it but I do not care, it is back!!!
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
I went online yesterday and reactivated my account on village photos which hosts the banner photo. I do not know it that is what did it but I do not care, it is back!!!
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
First Day of ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
No Banner????
I went to create a new post today and saw that my banner is missing!! What the heck is going on. I tried to figure out what was wrong, but I am not that technical. Yikes.
Does anyone know what could have happened? If you do please leave me a comment.
Thanks I would really appreciate it.
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
Does anyone know what could have happened? If you do please leave me a comment.
Thanks I would really appreciate it.
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
Elsie Challenge # 4
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Elsie Challenge #3
I am a total slacker!!!
I didn't post for week 2, but I have a good excuse! (ha ha)
I actually did it a couple of weeks ago... I know that is cheating but... here is the link when I posted it. http://nikkicleary.blogspot.com/2006/07/circa-1978-elsie-flannigans-challenge.html
Kim (my Elsie challenge partner) came over this morning and we both worked on our LO's for this weeks challenge!
Ok, here is week 3 challenge...ribbon border! I just love how this LO turned out... I have been wanting to do a LO that included lots of circles and when I came across this photo with the four of us lying in a circle it was perfect! TFL!
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
2 LO's I completed today...
I have been working on Riley's album the last couple of months or so, in hopes to get it up to date by the time the baby is born. I have about 30 LO's left to do... yikes I better get busy! The second LO also is my fourth Elsie challenge... make your own chipboard! I stamped (Autumn Leaves) arrows on PP adhered them to chipboard, then I cut them out. TFL!
Dream, Design and Create
Nikki
PS. Kim, am I allowed to do that? Post a challenge LO before the week it is due?
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