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10 months??!

It's really been 10 months since I've updated this thing.

Wow. That's really sad.

Well I haven't stopped crafting that's for sure.

I have so many things to share but for now I'll just have

to say hi. I've updated the look and fixed a bunch of links.

Oh and I changed the name. A friend calls me Crafty Chrissy

all the time. I figured it was well suited ;)

Hopefully I can make a real post soon!

I'm Back in the Habit Again!!!

So I took quite a hiatus from scrapbooking! But I seem to be back in the flow of things! I've been cranking out pages like crazy. I haven't posted any pages for over a year! OMG! I have been scrapping here and there since then but life gets in the way a lot lol.

I recently uploaded the rest of our California - 2008 trip to my flickr account. You can view them all here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/themalmquists/sets/72157612729232206/ It ended up being 43 pages. I finished it last weekend and was so pleased to be done!

Now I'm working on Zoe's second year starting right after her first birthday.

Without further ado:

Now I'm officially caught up... with picture posts anyway. I'll never be caught up with my scrapbooks! Baby steps lol. Hopefully you'll be seeing more of me soon!

not a craft but w/e

i know i know i haven't blogged. meh.

here's a post for you though:

I finally did it. I've been pumping myself up for a couple months now and I finally took the plunge:

Locks of Love donation:

Before & After:

My stylist says the braids were 12 inches long. i feel awesome and will definitely do it again... if my hair ever gets that long again lol.

it's still a little shocking to run my hands through it or catch a glimpse in the mirror. but i'm so glad i did it!

New Tutu

Last year for Valentine's Day I made Zoe a no sew tutu using this

Video

Here she is this year wearing the same tutu:

After seeing the video linked in one of my mommy forums again I was inspired to make another one.

Zoe Loves it and never wants to take it off ;) As you can see I knotted the ends on this one to give it a different feel. It seems to keep the strips of tulle less messy so I might go and knot the other one as well.

Not bad for under $7! and about an hour of my time!

7 pages

I've been scrapping most nights since my last post I just haven't been uploading the pics as often as I should be!

Here are my latest pages:

I'm trying to keep each event to 1 page but it is HARD! I took SO many pics! Looking at these pics again I should probably go back and journal some more... maybe =D

CA - Pages

To make up for my abandonment I will post two posts tonight!

Since I finished Zoe's first year I can move on to another subject - Our CA trip last September! I took tons of pictures (as always) and what better way to remember the trip than with a scrapbook!

I'm trying some new things with this album. Trying to break out of the standard layouts I seem to be stuck to. We'll see what happens. I don't think I'll ever be one to post only 1 photo per page with tons of embellishments. I tend to be a minimalist when it comes to the bling but I'm trying to shake things up a bit and get more artsy.

Here are the pages so far:

I picked up a scrolly stamp in the dollar section at Michael's. I thought it could make a fun background.

I had fun distressing this one. I rubbed a brown stamp pad pretty much all over the smaller sheet of PP after tearing the edges and crumpling the whole page.

And there we have it. Hopefully there will be more soon! I've been on a kick lately hooray because I have at least 5 more books I need to do!