Work in Progress

Thought I'd share my progress on my Alice in Wonderland doll... I'm working on her in 100% gray scale. I've never done that before... but I'm liking her so far!! Hoping to make a Cheshire cat to go with her.
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It's HOT baby.

The thermometers are hopping!! Temperatures are reaching all sorts of fun numbers. 106 degrees where my mom lives, and higher according to the sign I saw while I was meeting my mom to take Ian for a few days before our family reunion!! I seriously thought I might be melting!! Right now, I'm just hoping that things cool off a bit before the boys and I head inland for the weekend!! Hope you're staying cool...

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WHAT a summer.

It's been so busy!! Today, at the coffeehouse, we had a wine and appetizer tasting... we were BUSY!! Grace makes SUCH great food... and the wine company got together with her to pair the wines with her menu for the night. I wish I had been able to TASTE instead of working!! It was a GREAT night, and I'm looking forward to the CRAB FEED we're having next month!! :) Right now, I'm sipping on a glass of wine, and thinking that my bed is seeming really nice.
I played with some of the new features of Picnik.com too!! LOVE what they've added. I'm telling you. UPGRADE to the premier user account. SO worth it.

Next week: getting ready for FAMILY REUNION!! I can't wait!!

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Phoebe le Cru

I decided to try for a more Prim doll this time around, and see if I could create something a little more rustic... I'm not sure I accomplished it, but I like her!!
Her name is Phoebe le Cru. It means Wise Vintage. I really like the way her crackle came out.

I made her skirt with some curtains that I bought at the thrift store and aged with coffee.

Off to the coffee house today... Ian's home from my mom's, and I love it.
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Wrecking Our Journals today

I toted that thing all the way to TEXAS, and didn't get anything done in it... so today, when we went to the beach, I got the boy's journals (mine's still packed) and we took them with us!!

Josh took his for an underwater swim...

These two might be my favorites of the day...

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Ca Caw!! Ca Caw!!

Seems like I haven't slept in a whole week... oh, wait!! I haven't.
Because I was staying up until 3 in the morning and getting up 4 hours later... and sitting out in the Texas heat with my friends, and making new friends... and getting tattoos and eating texas BBQ and scrapbooking about penises and staying up all night instead of sleeping just to get in those extra 4 hours of time with my best friend before I had to leave for my flight home... and then there was the flight home... cancelled flights, lost luggage (which was physically searched AGAIN...) something about those dymo label makers that makes the screener's take a closer look. Or maybe it was my doll bodies... heh heh... empty airports... LOTS more driving than I planned once I landed... NO WONDER I'm beat!!
Here's some photos from the trip!!

My new tats... got the boy's actual signatures tattooed and they think that's pretty cool!! lol
Christy and my "matching" tattoos...

That's her handwriting on the left, mine on the bottom, and my vintage typewriter's typing on both of our tats.
Evidence that we ate at the Whataburger...
I was SURE it should be pronouced
Whut
Uh
Burger.
NO. It's totally NOT.
Even the employees there say it
Whatah (with the a pronouced like the a in WATER) burger. If you shout it, it sounds best. Go ahead. You know you wanna see. This photo cracks us up... because Nikki looks like a little kid trying to pop into the picture... lol Remind you of any photobooth pictures we took in the Dells, mom?

I have more photos of course!! Will share them when I catch up with life!! lol
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Creative Day

It was a creative day all around!! I'm getting ready for my trip to Texas, and tying up loose ends all over the place...
Started the day with a senior photo shoot!! It was a blast...




I think this one is my favorite...

Three loose ends that I have around here...
The Altered Swap that I'm taking part in for one thing... three things...
Kerin's item...

Alicia's Item...

Jo's Item...

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DANG IT!!

That was Macs today, as he ran from his freshly lit firework... lol
I wish I had caught THAT on video.
Macs with our no nonsense lighting system.

Josh playing in the smoke (since I couldn't find smoke bombs...)

Ham.

It was so fun just being home, and sitting around the fire pit... watching the kids light fireworks, and just BEING as a family... Made me remember all the fun times I had as a kid doing that very same thing. It made me happy to just be with family like that.
My mommy...

My Daddy

Hubs... I love this man.

Ian

Silly Macs

Gotta get a picture with all those ground bloomers!!

I don't know WHERE they get this...

I hope your Fourth was filled with laughter and love...
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