Of course I'm talking about my Cricut machine and Gypsy. I'm more than a little obsessed. If my husband wouldn't mind, and my job could do with out me for a week, I'd do nothing but scrapbook for the next 10 days. Unfortunately my family needs to eat and my job has this silly rule that you have to show up and WORK to get paid. Really...the nerve. ;)
I got it for Christmas and so far have done a few small (but fabulous) tasks. I decorated our menu box (Oh you missed that post? Find it HERE) and today I finally finished a baby project I wanted to get done before my youngest was born. Yeah...she's now almost 5 months old. Better late than never, right?
What did I do, you ask? I framed her name. I know, I know. I won't be winning any craft creativity awards, but I'm quite satisfied with these little accomplishments. And besides, isn't it cute?!?!
For those of you that are not familiar with a Cricut machine it is just about the coolest thing EVER!! I first saw it on an infomercial in the middle of the night several years ago. It was one of those pregnancy hormone induced nights of insomnia (Why is it when you need sleep the most, you can never get it?). I was hanging out on the couch while my husband blissfully slept upstairs (jerk...just kidding), when on came this infomercial about the Cricut machine. I am not one to watch an infomercial. In fact, the mere mention of doing so makes my stomach turn. But I was sucked in by the incredible display that they so cleverly put in the intro part of this brainwashing 60 minutes. Then in this crazy "the universe knows" moment, I got to use one!!
I was at an all day scrap event (Yes I have gone to those. Yes I enjoy them and yes I really do mean all day...like 8 hours. In fact I need to go to another so I can get some of these pictures off my computer and into baby books!!!), and this woman at my table had one. She was so nice to let me use it and I got my older daughter's album all done!! Okay well not totally done. The page spreads were devoid of pictures as I was 8.5 months pregnant at the time, and therefore had no pictures of her other than ultra sounds. But all the layouts were done. All I had to do was get the pictures taken and put them in the book. Which I did...notice how I did not make mention of sticking the pictures to the pages... That's because it has not happened yet. She's 2... Like I said, I need an all day scrapbooking event.
From then on I really wanted a Cricut, but never remembered I wanted it when people asked me what to get me for a gift. But this last Christmas, I remembered. And my dad and stepmother totally delivered. Oooh Yeah.
So here's my mission. To get Kaylin's scrapbook started. Not done, but started. One day I will get Denna's done. I figure that if I at least have them not done to the same degree, neither of them can get mad at me about it when they are 13 and still don't have baby books. Right?? Ha!!
I'll keep you updated on the progress...
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