thanksgiving gratefulness

Give thanks every day not just on this day. I would like to share this verse with you.....

They will celebrate your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness.
1 Chronicles 29:11-13 (KJV)

many blessing as this holiday season kicks into full gear.....
anna

California Wine Party

I really meant to post back on Nov 4th or the week of....but I've been a little under the weather and haven't even been able to drink any wine. So we got to this one this weekend and I remembered how I wanted to post about it. It's a hilarious label about the California wine party.......for the independent wine drinker.... this bottle's integrity speaks for itself... hehehe. It again fits my budget and my support local farmers/growers mentality. Remember to click on the picture ( so it will enlarge the image so you can get an up-close and personal view of this "phunny" label.



Salute,
Anna

GO Champs!

My hubby is a super active guy. He plays on a softball team (when he is in town) and plays very well (although he would not admit it... he's very modest) anyhow - his team won division champs!! (unfortunately - I am clueless on what division.....) I'm stoked for him! The team when undefeated the whole season.....! It's a city league and it's coed and I have only been adventurous enough to take the boys once to see their daddy play. They were sooo proud of their dad - it was precious.. the only problem was they kept running onto the field. (woops) well maybe next season they will have better restraint? I just wanted to post a little blurb about how happy I am for him and his teammates! Yahoo!


in this pic.... he is 2nd from the left in the back row... my little monkey (marcel) is in between his legs :)

oh la la, a french atc swap.....

Here are my completed ATC's for the french swap I am hosting over at the Christian Paper Artist Yahoo Group. Thought it would be fun to show you what I made since I tried to get you to join.....

also - a few mini albums I created back in september for design team.....
first is an owl shaped - who loves you album - I still have yet to put pictures into.....

second is my fav. It's a mini file folder album that is a halloween theme. The file folders all have cute halloween shaped tags that you pull out and again - I need to add pictures.....

third - is another halloween acrylic album - not my favorite but it'll do. My sons love it.... because of the jack-o-lantern shaped cover :)

that's all for today..
amt

10 years with you......

If you would have asked me ten years ago where I would be - what i'd be doing - of course - I would have predicted the house, the kids, the pets but not much more than that. It's gone by fast, too fast. I am proud and happy to be your wife, the mother of our beautiful kids. I would not trade if for the world. Ask me now where I'll be the next ten years..... I will definitely be with you! We'll be beginning another chapter of our lives then too..... empty nesting.

For now - let's reflect present day - We spent almost all of our married years building a home and family in another state. We decided to pack up and move and be closer to family. It's been a blessing in disguise. It's hard to leave behind a support system we spent a long time building but the benefits for our family have never been more wonderful. Our children have flourished in the love of their grandparents and thrived in their school systems. We too, are beginning to build our new support system, one built on family love.

Thank you for being my rock star.... thank you for supporting me in good, bad and hard times...
Thank you for taking me to the moon and back again. I look fwd to the next ten....twenty..... thirty + yrs together.
this song is for you

My December Daily.....

I am playing along with ali..... and my friends Linda and Nathalie.... I love the way Nathalie STATED BEST.... we are having a virtual crop :)
So now I am sharing my partially completed page a day album for the month of december that is yet to happen....Right now the actual book in on display at Simply Scrapbooks as part of my design team agreement. But I plan go go pick up on November 30th so I can start having fun making it a real live daily dec diary.

front cover christmas circles transparency cut into a scalloped edge - behind it is white glimmery cardstock with red glitter stickers from fa la la line....

Details..... how I first started was by picking what I thought was the cover.... I purchased four 8 1/2 by 5/15 acrylic tab pages from creative imaginations...I used the paper from "falalala = making memories" all the numbers are from teresa collins - I cut out most of color... and where there were words I applied fa la la stickers on top of them. (as to stick with my colour theme....) There are a few pages that I HAD to use.... one glitter holly cardstock (red base with green glitter) and the other transparency of christmas circles (I can't remember who makes it...)And two sheer pages (xmas words and xmas tress.. maya road - I believe?) Lastly I used some random envelopes and post cards I had left over from previous years xmas cards..... great way to make odds and ends work together! OHHHHH - I used a few of the piggy tales SPRINGS for some real dimension and lots of foam pop up dots for the numbers.
inside front cover

pages 2 -5 there are a few acrylic and sheer pages so It may seemed as if I skipped some number but once i put my daily ephemera into the book it will be more obvious....

pages 6-8

pages 9-12

pages 13 - 19...

pages 20-22

pages 23 -25


it obviously seems very bare bones... as this is only my base.. I need to wait just a few short days to fill in all the juicy details December has to hold for my little family nest! :)

Do you want to play along to?? Come it will be fun :)
xoxo,
anna

And the winner is........

names in the fireman hat.....

Q picked a winner..... (sorry you can't read it....)

her she is.....

in my effort to reduce reuse recycle.... I used some tissue paper I had right at hand... it's hard to read.....
The winner is RAQUEL......

It's my BLOG-O-VERSARY!!!

Guys and Dolls -

Today is my blogoversary.....This is post number 145!
I can't believe it....here is the original post from DAY ONE... I pulled out from the archives.....
http://maqitremblay.blogspot.com/2007/11/st-day-blogging.html

Ya'll I have come a long way. I figured out how to post pictures.... weblinks.... you-tube videos.... and now MUSIC! Music can be distracting to some.... so I don't plan to post a song everytime. This is one of my favorite songs from the beatles... and I love to sing it to people on their b-days, mostly, my DF Sonia. (it's a sixteen candles thing) Back to the blog; I really have enjoyed the therapy that this blog have given to me. It has allowed me to share with you the goings and comings of my everyday life. It has allowed me to post some of my so called art. Lastly, and most importantly, it has helped me to keep friends(in TX) and family (up north) better connected with our little nest here in bakersfield. One super cool thing this blog has given to me is the amazing ability to make friends along the way. Linda is the one who helped me start this blog she gets all the credit :) Yet - Nathalie, Katie, Helen and Lawren have provided a lot of inspiration for my blogging journey.

Al-righty then - what is very common in BLOGTOPIA for a birthday is a give away.....I don't normally do SEW well with give-aways. It's so hard for me to pick a winner that I try to make everyone a winner (because - if you read my blog you are a winner...rofl) and then I take forever mailing my giveaways away....so on and so forth. I'm learning from the past..... SO - this time I promise - ONLY 1 WINNER. If you leave a comment before Sunday. I will compile names and draw one winner and send certain something to you. The giveaway depends on if your male or female. I like to think I am crafty SEW - I will probably make it (hint hint)
xoxo,
Anna

November Fourth!

Here we are on our drive to the polls.........

The excitement is building...... walking to the polls.....

Waiting in line to get our PAPER ballot :)
Shortly after this..... a man was very upset with me and my 4 yr old son for bring a camera INSIDE the polls..... Did I mention .....four yr old son and a FISHER PRICE CAMERA....... We were asked to dispose of the camera before voting.... minor glitch but it did not STOP us :)

OUR ephemera for this very HISTORICAL Day in modern times... I'll document this for sure....

Thanks for coming along on our adventure to the polls...... I am torturing my sons with NO cartoons today.... it's all about finding out whose's going to lead us to a BETTER future (fingers crossed!)


xoxo anna