Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Garden Fun

We've had fun with our garden this year. I wrote an eHow article on how to grow pumpkins in a container garden, if you are interested.

Joseph is anxiously awaiting ripe pumpkins. He has pumpkin pie dreams. Well, he dreams of pumpkin muffins, too. While the older two are out volunteering at VBS, we had a quiet morning here and picked a few things from our garden. Purple, white and orange carrots along with a few cucumbers and tomatoes.

The last picture shows a new little pumpkin growing next to one we think will be ready to pick soon......




Saturday, July 25, 2009

Summer in Full Swing

We've taken all of July off from school. It has been lots of fun! After returning from Camp Sunshine, we have been just hanging out and having fun. We did have a few medical things to attend to, but July has been pretty slow in that area.

We're getting ready for the next school year and the boys' bone marrow biopsies next month. They will have auditions for Cheaper by the Dozen in a few weeks and will work on the play through early spring.

Matthew has big plans for his pro-life group. The group has planned a car wash fundraiser for August 29th. This morning he went to a pro-life breakfast with a few of the Triad Students for Life members. It was a conference/fundraiser for a local doctor who works on pro-life issues around the world. Busy morning.... as soon as that was over, he had to rush over to serve at a funeral Mass along with Joseph. Sean still does not like funeral Masses. Can't blame him for that!

Next week, Matthew and Sean are volunteering for our parish Vacation Bible School. Sean will get service hours for his confirmation next year. He's not a natural volunteer like Matthew! Luckily altar serving also counts toward service hour requirements.

Sean is also preparing for the honors recital in October. Since he received a Superior rating at the state piano competition, he was invited to play at the honors recital. Of course, he and Joseph are both busy with summer baseball, too. Of course, Matthew is gearing up to start tackle football season. Once summer winds down, we will be asking where it went!

I finally switched back to blogger because it is easier to use and I can post pictures and not have to delete them later because of storage space issues. I liked the look of the other blog, but it just isn't as user friendly.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Salted Background Tutorial Video

The Salted background technique is awesome! The pictures do not so it justice. The salt creates a 3-D effect-- much like quartz. A very need addition to any hand-stamped card! I created this video for a website not too long ago and wanted to share it here. I can share it because I retain all rights to my video productions and creations. I hope you'll enjoy playing around with this technique! happy card making!

Salted Background from Pattie Curran on Vimeo.