101 Things That Bring Me Joy

I am the queen of listmaking. My favorite list making app used to be Zenbe Lists but this year I discovered Wunderlist by 6wunderkinder. I love that with both of these programs you can edit online and on your iPhone/iPad/iPod/iwhatever and that it syncs fast and you can share lists too with other users.

Statistics show that people are the most depressed during the holiday months because of the amount of stress and memories of loved ones, family issues etc all come about. Here is something that I always have handy in my group of lists is a list of 101 things that bring me joy. Not just happiness, but Joy.

I believe that Joy is a completely different thing then happiness, there is more passion in it.
So when things start getting rough, I scroll through my list of things that bring me joy and cheer up.

Occupy Wall Street (#occupywallstreet)

Get Naked and Start a Revolution #occupywallstreet

Steve Jobs, Rest in Peace

I just have to say that yesterday seeing this on Apple's website honestly made me cry. The design is so simple and they used such a stunning photo of Steve Jobs everything about it is so bold and heartfelt.

Anniversary Treats

Part 2 of my anniversary posts. The gifts!

Andy, being as wonderful as always, reserved us a Gondola ride in Newport Beach as well as making me a Fireman Build a Bear that says "I Love You" for our anniversary. He actually made the gift certificate for the gondola ride which was totally cute and included a framed photo of us on a boat to go along with the theme.

The day after we got back from Yosemite he had the most beautiful bouquet of roses delivered to my house so I could enjoy them for the rest of the week while we were home. Smart man! I love him.

One Year Anniversary Trip

Andy and I have officially been together for a year! Our Anniversary was August 14th. We celebrated by going on a trip to Yosemite with a stop in Ojai, CA on the way up.

Our actual anniversary was on a Sunday, the first day of our trip. So we stayed the night in the most beautiful little hotel in Ojai, CA called Chantico Inn & Suites. Our room was beautiful and pretty cheap for what we got, plus there was just one other couple staying at the hotel that night so we pretty much had the place to ourselves.

We went to the most wonderful dinner at Suzanne's Cuisine where we were greeted with Happy Anniversary the wonderful service continued all the way till we were walking out the door. The food was absolutely wonderful and made us want to come back the next day for more! But off to Yosemite we went instead. =)

Blog Facelift

Its about time for a redesign!
I am on a mission to be creative and Summer Projects are a must! I have so many things I want to make, remake, bake, oh the list goes on! Be prepared for some creativity in the near future.

In the meantime what do you think of the redesign, simplicity at its best.

New Logo

Face to the Book

Yay! Christy and I finally have our Facebook up and running: http://on.fb.me/lmcpage

Check out our creativeness and be sure to post yours!

Bakerella Book Signing!

Christy and I went to the Bakerella Book Signing yesterday at the William's Sonoma at the South Coast Plaza. The wait was about an hour and a half which wasn't too bad. Christy and Lisa had to leave early to go back to work so I kept their books for them and got them signed. Angie Dudley (aka Bakerella), was really sweet and I was super excited that I got to meet her!

The book, Cake Pops. It is beautiful. I love the way it is all laid out, all the spreads are so simple and gorgeous! Love it!

Photo Re-Touch

Check it: The Before and After.

A Photo A Day

I started taking a photo every single day back in January. On the 1st actually. I always wanted to do it and start on the 1st of Jan but always forgot. This year I remembered and have made it 242 days so far this year.

SCAL Coupon Code

I've got a Sure Cuts A Lot aka SCAL Coupon Code for 10% off!!!

Use the Coupon code 8774959 and you will get 10% off. The only problem is the offer expires tomorrow, 4.12.10.

SEI April Kit

Yay!! Its always so exciting getting packages in the mail, especially when you know they are full of scrappiness

I love how every package is wrapped in tissue as if its a gift, well it kinda is =) OoooOO this month looks cute!! PINK!

Such a dancer

This is me, standing normal. Not normal to most people, but apparently it is normal to me to stand like the dancer that I am at all times. Cory took this photo without my knowledge and it made me laugh when I saw it later when I was putting photos on my computer.

Full of Scrappiness

This past weekend has been full of scrappiness which was well overdue and well needed. I had some bad news on Friday morning about my Uncle passing and everything has been crazy since. But I did get to scrap a lot this weekend, which was good. I didn't actually finish that much but when do I ever?

So my weekend started Friday night at The Scrappin Table in Placentia. That store is super cute but sad news they are closing. So they were having one last crop and Christy and I decided to pop in after work. They were pretty full which is always fun, but the store was very empty product wise which is always sad to see. We had scrapped there once before and loved it. The space was nice and open and they had tons of cute stuff to buy plus they had a Cricut and other cutting accessories. They are still going to continue their Blog that has tons of cute ideas from their amazing designers.

Oh HTML

Welcome to the new design. I feel so special I figured out how to make pages in Blogger and I also figured out how to copy the HTML from my 365 project and edit it to make it fit on a Blogger Page. Check it out.

Click the navigation bar link above that says 365 Project or the link below.

http://lauramaecreates.blogspot.com/p/project-365.html

So awesome!

Scrapped

I didn't meet my goal yesterday, but I did finish September and October! So that means I digi scrapped 4 pages, and I had less time to do it because Cory came over at 7:30 instead of 8. I was pretty proud of myself. I will have this book done by the end of this week!

Digital Scrappin'

Going to do some digi scrappin...I've been telling myself that all day since 9am and its now 4pm. Thats the only problem with digi scrapping. You get easily distracted with everything on your computer, and we all know I'm one for being distracted very easily.

My challenge, finish September, October, November and December's layouts for 2008. Thats 8 pages, I can do that by 8pm right?

We are going to the Improv tonight so I need to be done by 8 so thats my goal.

Laura Mae

365 Challenge

I have always wanted to do a 365 day challenge but I never got around to figuring out what challenge I want to do or how I'm going to do it. I'm pretty sure, knowing me, if I actually do a 365 day challenge by day 10 I'll probably forget to do it and then it will all go down hill from there. I do want to do one next year. So I'm going to FIO and will be posting back soon (hopefully) what my 365 day challenge is going to be. Give me some ideas if you have any! I don't know where to start.

Oh and as for the rest of the cards I was working on, I've finished them all (yay!) I just need to get them up here for you all to see =)

Laura Mae

The Good and The Bad

A catastrophic event just happened in my scrap corner.

So I have a box full of CM kits from when I used to be a consultant. All the kits were opened because I used to sell the sheets individually at crops and events. This box has a lid but of course with my luck the lid is no where to be found.

The story starts with me sitting here in my comfy chair, coffee in the cup holder next to me, computer on my lap, responding to emails from the weekend.

Doodlin' Around

Totally Fell in love with DCWV's Doodlin' Around paper stack. Its pretty hard to find this stack online, DCWV doesn't even have it on their website. I bought mine in store at Joanns so I know they have it for sure. Feel free to leave a comment with a link to a website that carries it. Also I'd love love love to see your creations!

I think I'm going to go buy another stack!