Who Does She Take After

This is a really bad picture with the glare and everything. But I had to take it. These are the window clings that you put up. Sydney has a tendency to line everything up when she plays or colors or puts stickers on paper. To me it is very funny. She is just like her father when it comes to making sure things are in their place.

This is my scrap area in my room. It is very messy right now, because I have been in the middle of making about 50 xmas cards for work. But normally it not this messy. But this is me, creative chaos.

This is the little part of me in Sydney. this is her little area sandwiched between boxes and stuff. She has her play dough stashed here. She likes to come in my room and work while I am. She always want to help me. She has her own paper that she loves to cut up into little pieces.
She loves coloring & stickers too. It is really cute. She is just like her mom in this way. (but she better stay away from my markers)

So she is little bitty pieces of me and her dad both.

An Early Christmas Present

Mike gave me a early christmas present. I have been eying these Copic markers for a long time. They are kinda spendy, so I haven't bought any. They come in about 300 or 400 colors. Not sure how many exactly. But they are the kind that the professionals use. Like comic book artist. I am so stoked to get some of them. I don't even want all of them (thank goodness) But from what I understand, you have to have several in the same color family for blending and shading and such. The lighter colors are suppose to be used alot. I can hardly wait....gotta go. Got stuff to color. Who would have thought that markers would make someone so happy. Hope I have gotten better about coloring than I was when I was a kid. I could never stay in the lines very well.

More Sydneyisms.

When ever Sydney is being a little naughty and not minding her dad, he will tell her "your making me mad'.


Yesterday Mike kept telling Sydney No about something or another. Sometimes serious, sometimes joking with her. Part of the time, he was trying to watch football.

After one time of telling her no, she told him-

"your making mine mad"

Sydneyisms

Sydney is saying the cutest stuff right now at age 3. Her dad thinks she is just the funniest thing. We often have to turn around, so she doesn't see us laugh at some of the stuff she says. One of the last things she said that was so cute, was the other night.

We were talking about going to oklahoma. We asked her who are you going to see there.

Sydney: Papa
Mike: Who Else?
Sydney: Grandma
Mike: Who Else?
Sydney: Wandy (Randy)
Mike: Wandy who?
Mike: What Wandy?
Sydney: Hmm....Big Wandy

Alot of the time she will say Uncle Wandy or Randy. She talks often of going fishing with her Uncle Randy and sometimes talks to him on the phone. We thought it was too funny.

My Work Christmas Party

Mike and Me at my work Christmas Party last night.

Birthday Cards for Guys

For Doug

CTMH Cardstock, Ink, Brads & Ribbon

Majestic Blue Paper and New Horizons Stamp

For Bob

CTMH Cardstock, Ink, Brads and Stickease
CTMH Rustic Triails Paper
Riley Stamps from Hannah Stamps

Isn't Riley cute, sitting around the Campfire roasting his marshmellows.

I was asked by my work to make some cards for some of our December Birthday People. Here are two cards I whipped up the other night. Sometimes I have a hard time with Guy cards, because I don't have many stamps that are masculine. But I thought both of these turned out pretty good. Both of these are using my scraps and what little is left from these paper packets.

Today's Cards

I made this card for my nephew, whose birthday was in October.

A little late, but he was going camping this weekend and I thought it was appropriate.

Riley peeking out of his tent.

I have wanted to make this card for a long time.

Finally got around to it and it took me all of 3 minutes to make.

It is for my cousin Sheylong in Arizona. This reminds me of her looking for Snow.

Thankfully, I will get to see them both when we are visiting in Oklahoma for Christmas.