E a s t e r

Won first place in a contest at Tally Scrapper. You had to use colors for a palate, use one of the toosl from a list, & use one of the words from a list as your title.
This is my basket from K & then we went to my grandma's house that afternoon for dinner & clay pigeon shooting.

looking at me.

Not a huge fan of hers, but I do like the song they chose this week at Scrapping the Music.

overjoyed.

On V day when I came home from work I was surprised to find my door decorated. I loved it. I left it up all month.

On Friday before Easter I ran errands & went to mom's & was a little annoyed that I hadn't heard from K that day. I was starting to get really mad at him when I came home to find my door decorated for Easter. I could not stop smiling. I left it up for a week or two. I hated to take it all down.

glitch.

For the All about Me challenge this week [http://itsallaboutmechallenge.blogspot.com/] to scrapbook your biggest flaw. I used the thesaurus to look up flaw because I'm not in love with that word. I like glitch better.

&& for the challenge at Handmade Love [http://handmadelovechallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/all-about-me-challenge-april-1.html] to scrap a self portrait.

I thought the two challenges went together quite well :)

completely unreal.

For a sketch challenge.

month #3 in project 3 6 5.

I actually took 17 photos this month, but in the interest of keeping it a nice square I didn't upload one. It was similar to one from last month anyway.

you rock.

For a scraplift challenge: http://handmadelovechallenge.blogspot.com/2010/03/scraplift-challenge-march-18-happy.html

personality.

Every time I take a personality test I get a different answer so I just took the parts from each the described me best...

For a challenge [http://itsallaboutmechallenge.blogspot.com/]

a day...

Every day I learn something new, whether it's something I'd like to know or something I wish I'd never heard. Every day at work I take off your shoes, empty my bag, take off my coat & everything is searched. Then sent through an xray machine. Every day I walk through a metal detector & then get patted down. I sign out keys, get a radio, flip over my chit number, & count narcs & sharps. It's different & it's definitely not something I ever imagined I'd do. Work at a p r i s o n. But I like it. Different is what I needed.

for the challenge at Scrap Fit [http://scrapfit.blogspot.com/]

month #2 in P r o j e c t 3 6 5.

I'd like to say I did better this month... but that'd only be because there were 3 fewer days. Still. I'm keeping on going & excited for March & another 31 days!

favorite.

Found a new challenge & got scrappy tonight...

[http://whatisyourfavething.blogspot.com/2010/02/these-are-few-of-my-favorite-friends.html]

my t a t t o o.

Got my first one earlier this month on vacation in Florida. I've wanted one for a while (& by "a while" I mean since this summer, due to my quarter life crisis). I always said I'd never get one because I couldn't think of anything I'd want on my body for the rest of my life. Then during my quarter life crisis this summer I went to get one done... & couldn't decide what I wanted. I wanted it on my left hip & I wanted a swirly design with stars. I printed off some pictures & then never followed through.

Before we left for Miami I decided I was getting it done down there. The whole way down we discussed what I'd get; I'd changed my mind from a swirly/star to text. I listened to song lyrics & kept dismissing everything I heard. I browsed some proverbs online & kept telling myself I'd know it when I saw it (or heard it). I was about to go with "wild at heart" when I saw "love all, trust few." It's Shakespeare & the whole quote is "love all, trust few, do wrong to none" (which I love) from his play All's well that ends well. But the last line sounds too much like the hypocratic oath doctors take.
We walked into the first tattoo shop we saw "to look" and I told the guy what I wanted. He drew it up real quick & showed me. I was in love. He said it'd take about 15 minutes & cost about $150. I said let's do it!

It took more like 30 minutes & wasn't too bad (though I didn't know what to expect) except for near my hip bone. That Fing hurt! I love it & I'm already trying to decide what & where I want my second. Mom wasn't happy. K said it was "fucking retarded." But I love it. & I decided I don't care if I have a baby & it gets stretched out. Or if when I'm 88 & have a cute, young nurse taking care of me she wonders what it's supposed to say. For now it looks good & I love it!

month #1 in Project 3 6 5.

I've wanted to do a photo a day for the past couple of years & never started it. I would've forgotten to start this year also had I not been on vacation. So I'm doing it.

I'm not pressuring myself to take a photo every single day. My goal is to take a photo more days than I don't take a photo.

So here's January. & I failed. I took 15 photos. But it's ok. February will be better!

Some I'm cropping, some I'm not. Some are horizontal, some are vertical. Some are taken with my digital camera, some are taken with my Blackberry. I have no plan for this. I have no plan for the finished project. I don't want it to feel like a work project. I don't want to think about it too much. I want it to be fun.

I fall deep.

For the All About Me challenge
(http://itsallaboutmechallenge.blogspot.com/)

perfect fit [round 2].

I was extra inspired by the category at Category Stories this month. I had saved the tags off the last few pairs of jeans I bought with a layout in mind... These jeans are my absolute favorite. They fit perfectly.