Dec, 06
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...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Happy Birthday Brody
Dec, 06
Sunday, December 02, 2007
K2 Weekly Blog Challenge
Make a Christmas decoration for your home using your scrapbooking supplies. Take a look at my previous post and your will see some button and paper trees I made for my table centerpiece. Once you complete your challenge make sure you put your name in the blog challenge jar at K2 Scrapbook Studio...the drawing for the grand prize is coming up soon!!
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Christmas creations...
What could be better than hot cocoa, York peppermint patty's, and all your craft stuff surrounding you!

My button trees.
My paper tree made from Basic Grey Figgy Puddin line. I attached pom poms around the bottom and some trims around the top. I have it displayed on an upside down tea cup! TFLDream, Design, Create
Nikki
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
And the iSCRAP winners are...
I wrote down everyone's name in the order they left a comment and had my husband choose two numbers, and he chose 3 and 12!! Congrats girls. Leave me a comment with your e-mail addy and I will send you the info you will need to join for free!!!
Nikki
PS No worries if you didn't win this time...I will be giving away one more membership so check back soon!
Fun at K2
On the Friday after Thansgiving I spent the evening with some girls over at K2 for some real Scraptherapy. I was able to relax after taking care of the family all day. I spent some time organizing the rest of my digi stuff and and the rest of the time making this digi LO! TFLDream, Design, Create
Nikki
Thursday, November 22, 2007
So much to be thankful for...
-my parents, brother and his wife
-my in-laws
-my health
-my friends
-my dogs
-my home...the list could go on and on
On my run this morning as I reached the top of the Ringling Bridge, the sun was coming up through the clouds and it took my breath away at the beauty of our city. I turned my ipod off and thanked God for all that he has blessed me with. An amazing way to start my day. I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed day today too!
Happy Thanksgiving,
Nikki
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Colorful Days
I just made this LO from fotosusu's "Colorful Days" kit found here http://www.dragonflairestudios.com/store/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=34&products_id=448 at http://www.dragonflairestudios.com/Dream, Design, Create
Nikki
Sunday, November 18, 2007
A fun give away
Just in time for the holidays...I am giving away 2 free year memberships to http://www.iscrap.net/ (a year membership is normally $10). All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post and next Sunday I will pick 2 names...and if you don't win this time, in a couple of weeks I will have 2 more memberships to give away!!!!Wednesday, November 14, 2007
K2 Weekly Challenge

We are decorating the STUDIO for the holidays and we want YOU to help. This weeks challenge is to make an ORNAMENT for our Christmas tree using your scrapbooking supplies. This challenge will continue till Christmas. (Don't forget to put your name in the jar when you drop off your ornament!) My ornaments are made from wooden spools.Monday, November 12, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
An October recap
Brody wants to scrapbook with his mommy.:)
Riley having fun in the boat at Sharky's pier.
Brody loves mirrors.
Riley fell asleep on the side of his bed...
Riley wearing my rubber boots...too cute!
His two adorable bottom teeth.
Happy Halloween (Brody is a "lion")
My baby sleeping.
Sean ready to hunt pheasant.
My family.
Riley picking apples.
Looking back we had a crazy and very eventful month. TFL.Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Chat with...
Claudine Hellmuth!!! We are so excited at Dragonflairestudios.com to bring you the talented Claudine Hellmuth, November 12th between 8-10 pm Eastern, loads of prizes and win a free 6 months CK Magazine subscription.This week Specials is off 50% off selected kits in the store.
(Make sure you come over early and register on the forum, cause you have to wait for a confirmation e-mail and I wouldn't want you to miss it!!!)
Nikki
PS I saw the Holiday Planner by Jenna Nelson and it is really cool...I can't wait to make one!
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Quote of the Day!
Saturday, November 03, 2007
I'm Home.
My whole family arrived in Wisconsin last Friday and Saturday safely (that is not to say without a few glitches), and we all arrived home safely too!
I have so much catch up work to do, so I will post again as soon as I can. (I literally put life on hold for a week to just spend as much time as possibe with my family.)
xoxo
Nikki
Friday, October 26, 2007
In the blink on a eye...


a special life can be taken from you. I am so sad. I got a call saying that my dear Grandma Gladys passed away this morning. She had been in the hospital the last couple of days and I just spoke with her on the phone the night before last. She sounded good, but she told me that she was ready...I guess her body agreed with her. I miss you so much Grandma and can't wait for the day that I see you in heaven. Love you.Nikki
Monday, October 22, 2007
A few of this weeks creations

October's ephemera challenge I issued over at Scrap Galaxy was to make a LO using items you found on your desk...Here is mine. It includes a To Do list, a chocolate bar wrapper, some retail tags, miscelaneous photos, a basic grey file folder, a strip of paper from a special card...
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki
Sunday, October 21, 2007
A good ending to a crazy week...
By Saturday I was in need for a night out. We had a weddding we were going to and I was very excited. The wedding was at the Manasota Beach Club in Englewood. What an amazing place. I can't wait to go back just to spend the night there. Picture a couple of 1950's beach bungalows, surrounded by oak trees, a few short steps from the beach. The wedding was so much fun, I danced with Lori the whole night while Sean and Ryan sat there laughing at us. Great fun. Tired and exhausted today I hung out at home with the boys, and now I am going to dinner for my birthday with Tomi and Elena....like I said before...a perfect ending to a crazy week. Thursday, October 18, 2007
Do you want the spa treatment???
Then join me over at Dragon Flaire Studios (DFS) on Saturday. We are having a Spa Retreat with amazing give aways each hour!!!! From 12pm till 9pm we will be having a different DT member or guest "celebrity" leading a chat in our chat room. Some of the chats will be tutorials on how to create cards, altered journals and some of the chats will talking about inspiration, we even have a tutorial on zen scrapbooking...a how to include more relaxation into your scrapbooking routine. Does all that sound like fun??? Then head on over to DFS register today so on Saturday you can just log in and chat away, all the while making beautiful items. We are a big hybrid site so all you traditional scrappers come on over and play too! Hope to see you there.Dream, Design, RELAX
Nikki
Monday, October 15, 2007
Today is
2. the day I start my list of "things to do" for the week.
3. laundry day.
4. crazy around here...Brody is cutting in 3 teeth (he cut in one yesterday too!) poor guy.
5. the day I got to sign up for "Now You're Rockin with Photoshop" class with Jessica Sprague- Yipee...I am so excited to continue my journey of learning photoshop.
6. K2 weekly blog challenge.... and here goes. My challenge for you this week is to take 3 coordinating papers and at least one matching embellishment and make a LO and a card with them. Here are mine. I used the new Tinkering Ink papers and stickers...LOVE them!!!
Don't forget, when you complete the challenge go into the store and put your name into the K2 weekly challenge jar (and if you are from out of town,call the store and have them put your name and info in for you 941-926-1744)...there will be a great prize, when we pull a name in December!! Good Luck and have fun with this challenge. Dream, Design, Create
Nikki
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Cute as a "button"

My friend Jocie sent me an e-mail last week showing me the cutest etsy store item...anyway, she knew it would be right up my alley and boy was she right!! So instead of buying I decided to make them. Look at how cute my button flowers turned out!! Don't know if you can see, but the stems are stuck into my big jar of buttons.Dream, Design, Create
Nikki
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Piggy Tales
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I received my first kit from Paper Jam Studios (see the link on my sidebar) on Monday and it was "jam packed" with goodies from Piggy Tales. The 2 LO's are some of my fav's I have made in a while. The rub on's are amazing-I love them!!! They also came out with this new product called "barn doors" which are cardboard flaps to add dimension to your pages, very cool. All the above items are made with the "little miss muffett" line of papers, rub ons, ribbon, and letter/number stickers.
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki
Friday, October 05, 2007
Everyday Life
Does everyone have the pile of papers that you push from one spot to another, then another...??My pile is getting higher and higher so I decided that today is the day that I find all these papers a proper home or they go in the garbage!
Our island is filled with the contents of our hall bathroom as well...Sean is remodeling it, and it looks great! (I will post picts of the bathroom when it is completed!)
Lots of things to do today...laundry, play with the boys, organize, make some cards for WCMD etc...i am off!
Nikki
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
{World Card Making Day}
Dream, Design, Create
Nikki
Monday, October 01, 2007
K2 blog Challenge
Good Morning. Are you ready for another challenge?? My challenge for you this week has THREE parts.





