tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58593410554518614032024-03-12T21:54:49.071-04:00Mooberry DreamsScrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-31971414089152954882010-12-18T10:26:00.001-05:002010-12-18T10:27:25.752-05:00LAYOUTS: October 2010I can't even tell you how much I love Love LOVE Cathy Zielski's The Monthly template kit. It has made it so easy for me to document an entire month that I've done more layouts since my daughters's been born than I have in a long while. Other than the journaling, the majority of these pages have been completed one-handed while I feed my baby. Got to love digital scrapbooking! <br />
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I realized why these work so well for me. I still have a hard time letting go and doing layouts without "meaningful" journaling. For example, I have a bunch of pictures from when DH's aunt visited. Normally, I'd put all those pics on a layout and then struggle to come up with some awesome journaling over a visit that lasted only a few hours. With this format, it's a sentence. "Aunt so-and-so came to visit and meet Baby." That's really the whole story; there's not much else to tell. It's much easier for me to journal about our month in general than it is for me to try to come up with titles and journals for every little thing.<br />
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I talk more about The Monthly kit in <a href="http://blog.mooberrydreams.com/2010/12/layouts-september-2010.html">the post with my September pages</a>.<br />
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I used papers and elements from ScrapChicStudios' Beautiful kit and SimpleCleanDigiScraps' Halloween Treats kit.<br />
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October Title Page:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266135791/" title="Oct2010 page 1 dps by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5170/5266135791_84316ee8ed.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="Oct2010 page 1 dps" /></a><br />
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Left:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266683498/" title="oct2010-titleWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5286/5266683498_be660304d6.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-titleWEB" /></a><br />
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Right:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266683342/" title="oct2010-title-rightWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5266683342_3b4ab77fc5.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-title-rightWEB" /></a><br />
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Page 2:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266135749/" title="oct2010 page 2 dps by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5266135749_05afd3fd5a.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="oct2010 page 2 dps" /></a><br />
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Left:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266075995/" title="oct2010-full-journalWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5010/5266075995_b7bf818365.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-full-journalWEB" /></a><br />
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Right:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266683246/" title="oct2010-full-journal-rightWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5162/5266683246_ab497f5f32.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-full-journal-rightWEB" /></a><br />
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Page 3:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266743128/" title="oct2010 page 3 dps by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5266743128_baebc838cf.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="oct2010 page 3 dps" /></a><br />
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Left:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266075947/" title="oct2010-page-3-leftWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5128/5266075947_3de395d621.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-page-3-leftWEB" /></a><br />
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Right:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266683186/" title="oct2010-page-3-rightWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5266683186_66f776cb91.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-page-3-rightWEB" /></a><br />
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Page 4:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266743090/" title="oct2010 page 4 dps by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5248/5266743090_9a8ebb824d.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="oct2010 page 4 dps" /></a><br />
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Left:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266683158/" title="oct2010-page-5-leftWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5266683158_0b8d12a29d.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-page-5-leftWEB" /></a><br />
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Right:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266075865/" title="oct2010-page-5-rightWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5266075865_99741efce5.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-page-5-rightWEB" /></a><br />
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Page 5:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266743058/" title="oct2010 page 5 dps by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5045/5266743058_229179f414.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="oct2010 page 5 dps" /></a><br />
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Left:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266683120/" title="oct2010-page4-leftWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5266683120_b44f2cca43.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-page4-leftWEB" /></a><br />
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Right:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5266075803/" title="oct2010-page4-rightWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5266075803_f30e812218.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="oct2010-page4-rightWEB" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-15608632741731704142010-12-04T09:28:00.001-05:002010-12-04T09:56:54.323-05:00LAYOUTS: September 2010I love Cathy Zielski's philosophy of scrapbooking and her clean and simple style. She sells layout templates at Designer Digitals (<a href="http://www.designerdigitals.com/">http://www.designerdigitals.com/</a>) including album kits. One of her kits is called "The Monthly". <br />
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Here's some posts on her blog about it:<br />
<a href="http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/05/this-is-one-monthly-you-may-end-up-looking-forward-to.html">http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/05/this-is-one-monthly-you-may-end-up-looking-forward-to.html</a><br />
<a href="http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/the-monthly-system-a-guide-to-the-sets.html">http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/the-monthly-system-a-guide-to-the-sets.html</a><br />
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I bought the kit and finally sat down to start using it. I started with September 2010. I now have 8 pages (4 2-page spreads) giving an overview of our September. Even if I never get to scrap the details of all the major things that happened that month, I have this. I love this idea!<br />
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My plan is to use a different color scheme/set of papers for each month. For September, I used papers from SongBird Avenue. They put out a kit in benefit of Haiti back when the earthquake happened. Unfortunately it's no longer available, but here's the link to the list of the designers: <a href="http://www.songbirdavenue.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26_23&products_id=59">http://www.songbirdavenue.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=26_23&products_id=59</a><br />
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First page:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5230932483/" title="Sept2010 page 1 DPS by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5161/5230932483_413eb6b2c7.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="Sept2010 page 1 DPS" /></a><br />
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Left Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523154/' title='Sept 2010 - page 1 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - page 1' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5168/5231523154_1491cc56ab.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - page 1'/></a><br />
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Right Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523130/' title='Sept 2010 - Page 2 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 2' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5289/5231523130_ddec07e51e.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 2'/></a><br />
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Second Page:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523264/' title='Sept2010 page 2 DPS by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept2010 page 2 DPS' height='250' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5048/5231523264_60952b139b.jpg' alt='Sept2010 page 2 DPS'/></a><br />
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Left Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523114/' title='Sept 2010 - Page 3 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 3' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5004/5231523114_ff5f0d13d0.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 3'/></a><br />
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Right Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523088/' title='Sept 2010 - Page 4 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 4' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/5231523088_b1eab91b32.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 4'/></a><br />
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Third Page:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523242/' title='Sept2010 page 3 DPS by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept2010 page 3 DPS' height='250' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/5231523242_2dbd965958.jpg' alt='Sept2010 page 3 DPS'/></a><br />
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Left Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523066/' title='Sept 2010 - Page 5 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 5' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5049/5231523066_b25549ac70.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 5'/></a><br />
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Right Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523042/' title='Sept 2010 - Page 6 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 6' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5231523042_70cfabef91.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 6'/></a><br />
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Fourth Page:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523204/" title="Sept2010 page 4 DPS by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5122/5231523204_89b7afb40e.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="Sept2010 page 4 DPS" /></a><br />
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Left Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523028/' title='Sept 2010 - Page 7 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 7' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5231523028_291313bd14.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 7'/></a><br />
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Right Side:<br />
<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/5231523014/' title='Sept 2010 - Page 8 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 8' height='500' width='500'><img src='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5165/5231523014_2466ea1e0c.jpg' alt='Sept 2010 - Page 8'/></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-18324321519909273472010-09-02T09:38:00.000-04:002010-09-02T09:38:02.410-04:00LAYOUT: Falling LeavesSince <a href="http://www.persnicketyprints.com/">PersnicketyPrints.com</a> had a sale last weekend, I wanted to finish up some layouts I had waiting to be printed. Mostly they were just waiting on journaling. They were layouts I had done as part of Cathy Zielske's Design Your Life class from Big Picture Scrapbooking.<br />
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I got lazy and couldn't really think of anything to say, so for most of them I just found a quote or poem to use for journaling.<br />
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This is an 2-page 8.5 x 11 layout, created with PSE 5.0.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4950806649/" title="FallingLeavesBOTH WEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4950806649_76ce4237d6.jpg" width="500" height="324" alt="FallingLeavesBOTH WEB" /></a><br />
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Left side:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4941345407/" title="fallingLeavesLEFT PRINTWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4076/4941345407_aa3be94d9a.jpg" width="386" height="500" alt="fallingLeavesLEFT PRINTWEB" /></a><br />
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Right Side:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4941345457/" title="fallingleavesRIGHT PRINTWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4941345457_1fbb5a0824.jpg" width="386" height="500" alt="fallingleavesRIGHT PRINTWEB" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-36374749501783418052010-08-13T09:54:00.000-04:002010-08-13T09:54:10.513-04:00Yummy Flannel = Lots of Diapers!Joann's had a sale on their flannel -- always a dangerous situation for my wallet. I really restrained myself and only got four:<br />
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<a alt="IMG_0515_edited-1" height="232" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4888184872/" title="IMG_0515_edited-1 by cspeich, on Flickr, via Patr" width="500"><img alt="IMG_0515_edited-1" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4888184872_8aa2a2c060.jpg" /></a><br />
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The photo really does not do justice to their cuteness. I just couldn't get the lighting right to accurately show the colors, especially the purple.<br />
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I got 2 yards of the purple and cupcake fabrics, about 1.5 yds of the circle and frogs fabric and just over 3 yards of the green fabric (the latter two were end of bolts).<br />
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I didn't think it was <b>that</b> much fabric, really. But when I laid it out to cut, I ended up with <b>17</b> diapers -- including soakers for all of them -- and several two-layer wipes. I did have to make three cuts from a fifth fabric (yellow) to complete the set, but if I'd been able to get the full 4 yds of the green that I wanted to, I wouldn't have had to do that. I cut 4 smalls, 8 mediums, and 5 larges, all from the <a href="http://verybaby.com/ecom-prodshow/very-basic-all-in-one-diaper-pattern.html" target="_new">Very Baby Basic AIO pattern</a>. Obviously, using all flannels means they aren't waterproof but I'm OK with that.<br />
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I didn't really <b>need</b> 17 diapers, but at least I will have 17 super-cute diapers to add to my stash! :-) I will surely run out of velcro and/or elastic before I run out of diapers to sew!<br />
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I sewed the first set of 3 last night. Pictures soon!Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-58405886419898619052010-07-22T12:00:00.000-04:002010-07-22T12:01:33.709-04:00Layout: SnowpocolypseI went to a scrapbooking retreat back in April and actually created some layouts (non-Twilight layouts, even!)<br />
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This is a digital layout, created with PSE 5.0. The design is a sketch from Cathy Zielski's Design Your Life class. The class ended at the end of March and I STILL have yet to complete all the lessons.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4551540474/" title="snowpocolypseWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4551540474_3eabaaee34.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="snowpocolypseWEB" /></a><br />
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(still needs journaling, obviously)Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-75279697998844441152010-07-22T11:59:00.000-04:002010-07-22T12:01:33.710-04:00Layout: Twilight PumpkinsI went to a scrapbooking retreat back in April and actually created some layouts!<br />
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This is a digital layout, created with PSE 5.0. The design is a sketch from Cathy Zielski's Design Your Life class. The class ended at the end of March and I STILL have yet to complete all the lessons.<br />
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Two page layout:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549675492/" title="TwilightPumpkins 2Page by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4549675492_679d764abb.jpg" width="500" height="324" alt="TwilightPumpkins 2Page" /></a><br />
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Left page:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549039251/" title="TwiltightPumpkinsLEFTWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4549039251_e6682683d0.jpg" width="386" height="500" alt="TwiltightPumpkinsLEFTWEB" /></a><br />
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Right page:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549675344/" title="TwilightPumpkinsRIGHTWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4549675344_5e11163912.jpg" width="386" height="500" alt="TwilightPumpkinsRIGHTWEB" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-70870678813094320562010-07-22T11:57:00.001-04:002010-07-22T12:01:33.711-04:00Layout: My Little Drummer BoyI went to a scrapbooking retreat back in April and actually created some layouts (non-Twilight layouts, even!)<br />
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This is a digital layout, created with PSE 5.0. The design is a sketch from Cathy Zielski's Design Your Life class. The class ended at the end of March and I STILL have yet to complete all the lessons.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549039311/" title="LittleDrummerBoyWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4015/4549039311_5d0c7805b8.jpg" width="386" height="500" alt="LittleDrummerBoyWEB" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-53713065457463818172010-07-22T11:55:00.003-04:002010-07-22T12:01:33.712-04:00Layout: Snow DayI went to a scrapbooking retreat back in April and actually created some layouts (non-Twilight layouts, even!)<br />
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This is a digital layout, created with PSE 5.0. The design is a sketch from Cathy Zielski's Design Your Life class. The class ended at the end of March and I STILL have yet to complete all the lessons.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4315773201/" title="Snow Day by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4315773201_010050bc43.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="Snow Day" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-85535529236226956642010-07-22T11:53:00.001-04:002010-07-22T12:01:33.713-04:00Layout: 5th Birthday PartyI went to a scrapbooking retreat back in April and actually created some layouts (non-Twilight layouts, even!)<br />
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This is a digital layout, created with PSE 5.0. The design is a sketch from Cathy Zielski's Design Your Life class. The class ended at the end of March and I <i>STILL</i> have yet to complete all the lessons.<br />
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Two page layout:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549675298/" title="josh's-5th-bdayWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4549675298_1cb4aa4849.jpg" width="500" height="250" alt="josh's-5th-bdayWEB" /></a><br />
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Left page:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549039499/" title="josh's-5th-bdayLEFT WEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4549039499_03f6f735a8.jpg" width="447" height="500" alt="josh's-5th-bdayLEFT WEB" /></a><br />
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Right page:<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549039577/" title="josh's-5th-bdayRIGHT WEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4549039577_3303230837.jpg" width="500" height="455" alt="josh's-5th-bdayRIGHT WEB" /></a><br />
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(actually, the page splits across the photos on the right page but for the sake of displaying on the web, I cut it in the margin.)Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-86540095394072312712010-07-22T10:18:00.002-04:002010-07-22T10:27:29.439-04:00Sewing for BabyI'm expecting my second child, a girl, in September. Although I've never been a fan of wearing dresses myself, I got hit with the bug to sew some dresses for baby. I still have a few cut waiting to be sewn.<br /><br />This dress and panties set are actually from the same fabric. One photo used the flash and the other didn't, that's why the colors look different. This is size 6 months.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4818242742/" title="IMG_0235 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4818242742_e6456b1716.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_0235" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4817619597/" title="IMG_0256 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4817619597_45081ba32b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_0256" /></a><br /><br /><br />This dress I actually sewed for a friend's baby. She will be going to a wedding in September. The fabric is just beautiful. I used this as a "practice" dress for sewing my daughter's Christening Gown. Size 3 months.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4817619497/" title="IMG_0269-copy by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4123/4817619497_66cba8bdef.jpg" width="307" height="410" alt="IMG_0269-copy" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4817619485/" title="IMG_0268-copy by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4079/4817619485_27c62fe867.jpg" width="307" height="410" alt="IMG_0268-copy" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4817619473/" title="IMG_0271-copy by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4817619473_42e91795b3.jpg" width="412" height="412" alt="IMG_0271-copy" /></a><br /><br />My baby's Christening Gown. Although in some ways easier than the pink dress above, because this was sized 0-3 months, the sleeves were a bit of a challenge!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4733760007/" title="IMG_0353 copy_edited-1 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1248/4733760007_7dc6f034c3.jpg" width="253" height="500" alt="IMG_0353 copy_edited-1" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4734399526/" title="IMG_0359 copy by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1113/4734399526_5fba2b3f0a.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_0359 copy" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4733759907/" title="IMG_0364 copy by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1020/4733759907_1b88c84533.jpg" width="500" height="355" alt="IMG_0364 copy" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-54043523959549403272010-07-22T10:03:00.002-04:002010-07-22T10:12:54.253-04:00Cakes, Cakes, and More Cakes!This has been the summer of cakes!<br /><br />First, in May, I made a Spiderman cake for my sister's birthday. I had planned to use the frozen buttercream transfer method but ended up procrastinating so much that I just needed a faster way. So I just did the outline and fill with stars method.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4817619465/" title="spiderman cake by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4817619465_96e1d7942a.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="spiderman cake" /></a><br /><br />The next three cakes were all for my son's birthday. Yes, he had three parties. What were we thinking?! LOL<br /><br />The first one was in June for all his school friends. Not the traditional cake decorating I normally do. This is Obi-Wan and Anakin fighting on the lava planet Mustafar. The idea/design came from <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Star-Wars-Cake-Mustafar/">http://www.instructables.com/id/Star-Wars-Cake-Mustafar/</a><br /><br />The volcano is created with a blob of rice crispy treat covered in melted chocolate.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4818242808/" title="IMG_0237 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4818242808_7da4c1b7db.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_0237" /></a><br /><br />The last two parties were in July on back-to-back weekends (another mistake!). The first one was for family members and my son decided he wanted a Superman cake. This one was done with the frozen buttercream transfer method.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4818242872/" title="IMG_0370-2 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4818242872_df961e41d9.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="IMG_0370-2" /></a><br /><br />The third and final party was for non-school friends. (He just had so many friends he wanted to invite that we had to split it into 2 parties!) Back to Star Wars, and also using the frozen buttercream transfer method. This time it's Luke and Darth Vader dueling.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4817619883/" title="IMG_0435_edited-1 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4137/4817619883_f9faaa7b26.jpg" width="500" height="360" alt="IMG_0435_edited-1" /></a><br /><br /><br />Although I enjoy the finished product, I have to admit that I'm happy that I'm done with cakes for the time being!Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-29875136499633165462010-05-14T18:46:00.003-04:002010-05-14T18:53:18.804-04:00New Font: Rob's handwritingHead over to <a href="http://en.twilightpoison.com/2010/05/14/robs-handwriting-font-by-twilight-poison-com/">TwilightPoison.com </a>to download a font based on autographs from Rob. How cool is that? Not sure where I'll use it in my scrapbook, but I'm sure it will find a place somewhere!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.twilightpoison.com/2010/05/14/robs-handwriting-font-by-twilight-poison-com/"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YQe9H8WASi8/S-3UDy3t7AI/AAAAAAAAALE/vpObwoY8UIk/s400/rob_font1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471262283985185794" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-30706252670258939982010-04-26T11:21:00.004-04:002010-04-26T11:28:00.042-04:00Twilight Scrapbook: some Eclipse layoutsLong time no update, I know.<br /><br />I haven't been doing much in the way of scrapbooking lately. I just returned home from a weekend scrapbooking retreat so I did a few layouts there. Here are two for Eclipse. <br /><br />I realize the New Moon section of my album is severely lacking in layouts. What can I say? Although the movie was well done, it suffered the same problem as the book: <span style="font-weight:bold;">too much Jake and not enough Edward!</span> :-)<br /><br />I cannot wait for Eclipse!<br /><br />The movie poster:<br />I used the same smoke brush I did for the New Moon poster layout.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4549039339/" title="EclipsePosterWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4549039339_bd52075d3b.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="EclipsePosterWEB" /></a><br /><br /><br />The meadow:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4554346817/" title="EclipseMeadowWEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3634/4554346817_5d5509be1c.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="EclipseMeadowWEB" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-42319146524527354092009-12-10T11:18:00.003-05:002009-12-10T11:26:33.597-05:00Twilight Fan Fiction: The Twilight Twenty-Five (er, Five)<a target="_new" href="http://community.livejournal.com/thetwilight25/">The Twilight Twenty-Five</a> was a challenge/community on Live Journal to write 25 Twilight-themed fan fictions between September 1 and December 1 based on specific prompts. The stories could be either one-shots of at least 1000 words or drabbles of exactly 100 words.<br /><br />Due to a variety of reasons and circumstances, I really procrastinated on this, and by November 1 I had resigned to not even bothering. For whatever reason, I decided on the last day of the challenge, with only a few hours left, to write as many drabbles as I could. <br /><br />I only got five done before I burned out. Although I originally intended to write from a variety of character viewpoints, after the first couple, I began falling back to my usual Edward/Bella and they started sounding the same. :-/ But it was good because it broke the writer's block I've been pushing against for a while. It's so freeing to know you only have to write 100 words and not have to have a complete story cycle, but also challenging to get <span style="font-style:italic;">exactly </span>100 words.<br /><br />My five drabbles are posted as a story on FF.net. Each drabble is a new chapter:<br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5550198/1/The_Twilight_25">http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5550198/1/The_Twilight_25</a><br /><br />A new Twilight 25 challenge is starting in January. I haven't decided yet if I will participate or not.Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-33976504617596530812009-12-10T10:44:00.007-05:002009-12-10T11:01:06.984-05:00Twilight Fan Fiction: Torn in TwoAnother thing I forgot to post on my blog: my latest Fan Fiction story. It's my first attempt at a non-Cullen-centric story.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.mooberrydreams.com/Blog%20Files/tornbannerfinal.jpg" width="75%" /><br />Banner created by the lovely <a href="http://twilighted.net/viewuser.php?uid=12862">annamorphos</a>. Thank you!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summary: </span> Leah Clearwater was working on moving past her heartbreak over Sam. Life was slowly getting better. Then, one day, everything changed.<br /><br />I finally created an account at Fanfiction.net. Here's the link to the story:<br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5424822/1/Torn_in_Two">http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5424822/1/Torn_in_Two</a>. It can also be found on my <a target="_new" href="http://cspeich.livejournal.com/">LiveJournal</a> and <a target="_new" href="http://twilighted.net/viewuser.php?uid=51599">Twilighted.net</a>.<br /><br />I wrote this for <a target="_new" href="http://twilightnovelnovice.com/2009/09/17/july-august-2009-fan-fiction-challenge-winners/">Novel Novice Twilight's July-August challenge</a> and took first place!<br /><img src="http://www.mooberrydreams.com/Blog%20Files/fanfiction_winner_july-aug09.jpg" /><br /><br />Although NNT doesn't usually have prizes for their fan fiction challenge, this time they did. Check out this really awesome autographed Twilight cast photo I received! You can imagine how excited I was. Totally worth delving into a little wolf fiction. :-)<br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174541158/" title="IMG_9484 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4174541158_a76d4c45aa.jpg" alt="IMG_9484" height="375" width="500" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-81347393215418473272009-12-10T10:20:00.007-05:002009-12-10T10:41:14.567-05:002009 Pumpkin CarvingsI can't believe I forgot to update my blog with my 2009 Pumpkin Carvings! Shame on me!<br /><br />Get ready, there are a lot of them...I discovered the joy carving fake pumpkins (I used the ones from Michael's), which meant trying more intricate designs since I knew they wouldn't rot away in a few days.<br /><br />Let's start with the real ones. I did two real pumpkins this year and let my son choose the pattern for both. As you can see, he went for a Batman theme.<br /><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174541266/" title="IMG_9556 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4174541266_b2ae290a6e.jpg" alt="IMG_9556" height="500" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a target="_new" href="http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/">http://www.zombiepumpkins.com/</a><br /><hr><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174541432/" title="IMG_9558 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2618/4174541432_c841339d9c.jpg" alt="IMG_9558" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a target="_new" href="http://www.spookmasters.com/%20">http://www.spookmasters.com/ </a><br /><hr><br />This one is the first fake pumpkin I did, for my husband:<br /><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4173783285/" title="IMG_9399 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2492/4173783285_c73a4a4946.jpg" alt="IMG_9399" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a target="new" href="http://www.stoneykins.com/">http://www.stoneykins.com/</a><br /><hr><br />Another one for my son:<br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/3944683389/" title="IMG_9294 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/3944683389_434b081292.jpg" alt="IMG_9294" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from: <a target="_new" href="http://www.jamminpumpkins.com/">http://www.jamminpumpkins.com/</a><br /><hr><br />And here's one for the whole family:<br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174540642/" title="IMG_9393 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4174540642_34a241bf6a.jpg" alt="IMG_9393" height="500" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a target="_new" href="http://www.stoneykins.com/">http://www.stoneykins.com/</a><br /><hr><br />And now onto mine...I think you can guess what theme mine will be. :-)<br /><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4173783435/" title="Bite Me Edward by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2683/4173783435_dc7e09782b_o.jpg" alt="Bite Me Edward" height="319" width="380" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/_new">http://www.stoneykins.com/</a><br /><hr><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4173783409/" title="Edward Cullen by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/4173783409_baf540f2e9_o.jpg" alt="Edward Cullen" height="404" width="372" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/_new">http://www.stoneykins.com/</a><br /><hr><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174540898/" title="Twilight Movie Poster by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/4174540898_d2918a1fc1.jpg" alt="Twilight Movie Poster" height="500" width="462" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/_new">http://www.stoneykins.com/</a><br /><hr><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174540584/" title="New Moon Poster by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4174540584_74fbfaab1e.jpg" alt="New Moon Poster" height="500" width="375" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/_new">http://www.stoneykins.com/</a><br /><hr><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174541538/" title="IMG_9599 by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4174541538_6cb76559ca.jpg" alt="IMG_9599" height="375" width="500" /></a><br /><br />Pattern from <a target="_new" href="http://www.pumpkinwizard.com/">http://www.pumpkinwizard.com/</a> This one is actually not totally done, I want to touch it up some more. But I did it on Halloween day and by the time I got this far, my hand was so tired!<br /><hr><br /><a target="_new" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4174540984/" title="twilight pumpkins LARGE by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2713/4174540984_f2f1ec10cd.jpg" alt="twilight pumpkins LARGE" height="146" width="500" /></a><br /><br />This is four patterns on one pumpkin. The Twilight book cover pattern is from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/_new">http://www.stoneykins.com/</a> but the other three patterns I created myself.Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-26081258210191312812009-12-07T08:35:00.004-05:002010-07-22T12:02:19.369-04:00Twilight Scrapbook: New Moon - Cullens PosterOne of the official posters for New Moon. This one features the Cullens, which automatically makes it better because there's NO JAKE! <br /><br />I just placed the poster on a brown background and added the smoke with a brush I downloaded <a href="http://goodiebagstock.deviantart.com/art/Cloud-texture-brushes-133693332">here</a>.<br /><br />I have a pumpkin in progress of this picture of Bella and Edward. Didn't get it done for this Halloween, but I will for 2010!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4158764328/" title="NewMoon-Cullen-Poster-WEB by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2581/4158764328_e791dab859.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="NewMoon-Cullen-Poster-WEB" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-28523350975439050392009-12-07T07:58:00.004-05:002010-07-22T12:02:19.370-04:00Twilight Scrapbook: Robert Pattinson. *swoon*Hard to believe that a year ago, I didn't really care for Robert Pattinson unless he was dressed up as Edward Cullen. Not sure what changed...it may simply have been him cutting his hair off and growing it back out. Or maybe he just aged a little, in a good way.<br /><br />These photos are from the awesome 2009 Vanity Fair photo shoot. They may have even been all outtakes, I don't remember.<br /><br />I can't take any credit for this one at all. I found it here: <a href="http://thinkingofrob.com/2009/12/02/new-robert-pattinson-wallpapers-2/">http://thinkingofrob.com/2009/12/02/new-robert-pattinson-wallpapers-2/</a>and it was created by <A HREF="http://www.twitter.com/candykizzes24">@candykizzes24</A>. All I did was resize it for my scrapbook.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/4158764340/" title="VF-Web by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2494/4158764340_4d95d76bb2.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="VF-Web" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-10235392747736422282009-08-31T11:33:00.004-04:002009-08-31T11:36:31.742-04:00Twilight Fan Fiction: Body and Soul (Outtakes)I have a few scenes for <a href="http://blog.mooberrydreams.com/2009/08/twilight-fan-fiction-body-and-soul.html">Body and Soul</a> that ended up on the cutting room floor, so-to-speak. I posted them to my LiveJournal in all their un-beta'ed glory!<br /><br /><a target="_new" href="http://cspeich.livejournal.com/3039.html">See the Outtakes!</a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-74371780231954310642009-08-24T13:28:00.005-04:002009-09-16T12:12:06.847-04:00Twilight Fan Fiction: TA's September TwibbleHere is my entry for <a href="http://www.twilightersanonymous.com">Twilighters Anonymous'</a> September Twibble challenge. (A Twibble is a Twilight-related story, 250 words or less, that includes a specific quote.)<br /><br />This month's quote: "Practice makes perfect." -Bella<br /><br /><a href=" http://cspeich.livejournal.com/2691.html"><br />Practice Makes Perfect</a><br /><br />UPDATE: Won first place in the Twibble challenge!Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-9810563657204351272009-08-17T08:07:00.004-04:002009-08-31T11:37:49.852-04:00Twilight Fan Fiction: Body and SoulMy latest fan fiction, and my longest yet at just under 10,000 words. There are also 1500+ words worth of outtakes which I will post later. <a href="http://cspeich.livejournal.com/3039.html">UPDATE: Read the outtakes here.</a><br /><br />Written for <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/os_twilight/2794.html">One Shot to Twilight's Freaky Friday Challenge</a> - take two characters and switch them as in the movie Freaky Friday.<br /><br /><br />Summary: What if Bella Swan and Jessica Stanley switched bodies?<br /><br />Rated: R for language and some sexual themes (pretty mild)<br /><br />Posted at <a href="http://cspeich.livejournal.com/2486.html">LiveJournal</a> and <a href="http://simplytwilight.com/eFiction35/viewstory.php?sid=303&warning=7">SimplyTwilight</a>. Twilighted and TwilightArchives to come.Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-9987281384498730942009-08-11T18:34:00.004-04:002009-08-11T18:51:43.611-04:00Twilight Fan Fiction: Gone Too Soon<img src="http://www.mooberrydreams.com/Blog%20Files/GoneTooSoon.jpg" border=1><br /><br /><br />The story is available on LiveJournal and Twilighted right now. Twilight Archives and Simply Twilight are soon to come.<br /><A target="_new" HREF="http://cspeich.livejournal.com/2260.html">Live Journal</A><br /><A target="_new" HREF="http://www.twilighted.net/viewstory.php?sid=7156">Twilighted</A><br /><br /><br />Shortly after Michael Jackson's death, <a target="_new" href="http://hellacullen.livejournal.com/">hellacullen</a>, a member of the Twilight Fan Fiction community, started a <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/thrillerseries/">community of stories</a> that are inspired by one of his songs. <br /><br />I decided to contribute a story for her series. Looking over a list of MJ's songs, <span style="font-style:italic;">Gone Too Soon</span> triggered a lot of memories. I used to follow Ryan White's story and how MJ was involved. In fact, one of the first fictional stories I wrote, back in high school, was inspired by Ryan White. So I felt it fitting that I write a piece of Twilight Fan Fiction inspired by this song that MJ wrote about Ryan White. <br /><br />It shouldn't come as a surprise, if you read the lyrics, that this is a sad song and thus I wrote a sad story:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Like A Comet<br />Blazing 'Cross The Evening Sky<br />Gone Too Soon<br /><br />Like A Rainbow<br />Fading In The Twinkling Of An Eye<br />Gone Too Soon<br /><br />Shiny And Sparkly<br />And Splendidly Bright<br />Here One Day<br />Gone One Night<br /><br />Like The Loss Of Sunlight<br />On A Cloudy Afternoon<br />Gone Too Soon<br /><br />Like A Castle<br />Built Upon A Sandy Beach<br />Gone Too Soon<br /><br />Like A Perfect Flower<br />That Is Just Beyond Your Reach<br />Gone Too Soon<br /><br />Born To Amuse, To Inspire, To Delight<br />Here One Day<br />Gone One Night<br /><br />Like A Sunset<br />Dying With The Rising Of The Moon<br />Gone Too Soon<br /><br />Gone Too Soon<br /></span>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-70051323578490313752009-08-11T18:23:00.006-04:002009-08-11T18:32:58.286-04:00Twilight Fan Fiction: Links to My StoriesIt's been over a month since I posted any Twilight fan fiction, but I have been hard at work at some new stories.<br /><br />I've also created a LiveJournal account where I am posting all of my fan fiction, as well as some Twilight fan fiction-specific websites. From now on, when I post my fan fiction, I'll be posting links to these sites instead of posting it directly here.<br /><br />My LiveJournal is the most up-to-date listing of my fan fiction. As soon as a story is ready for public viewing, I post it here. :-)<br /><a target="_new" href="http://cspeich.livejournal.com/">http://cspeich.livejournal.com/</a><br /><br />Here are the Twilight Fan Fiction sites I post to. Because each of these sites has a validation process each story goes through, they may not have the most recent stories right away.<br /> <a target="_new" href="http://www.twilighted.net/viewuser.php?uid=51599">Twilighted</A><br /> <a target="_new" href="http://www.twilightarchives.com/viewuser.php?uid=10921">Twilight Archives</A><br /> <a target="_new" href="http://simplytwilight.com/eFiction35/viewuser.php?uid=278">Simply Twilight</A><br /><br /><br />If you are a member of any of those sites and read my fiction, please leave me a review and let me know what you think!Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-17590449418388949172009-07-24T09:17:00.004-04:002009-07-24T09:22:29.351-04:00Twilight Cake!I have wanted to make a Twilight cake for so long, so when my son asked for a Twilight party I finally had an excuse! :-)<br /><br />I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. It's hard to tell in the photo but the white parts of the car (hubcaps, mirrors, etc.) are actually sparkly silver.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/3751527241/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2505/3751527241_4ecbba915f.jpg"></img></a><br /><br />Close up:<br /><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/3751527265/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2497/3751527265_7eafb721ff.jpg"></img></a><br /><br />Original photo:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YQe9H8WASi8/Smm1Cr_ustI/AAAAAAAAAKc/Cs_tsJcHJVE/s1600-h/twilightcar.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YQe9H8WASi8/Smm1Cr_ustI/AAAAAAAAAKc/Cs_tsJcHJVE/s400/twilightcar.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362015889135678162" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5859341055451861403.post-81893179394676860212009-07-09T13:33:00.000-04:002009-07-26T13:35:14.963-04:00Cake Decorating: Transformers CakeI made this cake for my son's 5th birthday party. He chose the pictures of the transformers to use on the cake. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/cspeich/3758062049/" title="transformers cake by cspeich, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3758062049_2280d96b10.jpg" width="500" height="371" alt="transformers cake" /></a>Scrappin' Natural Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377828173061785977noreply@blogger.com0