Time gets away from me

I really think the name of my blog should be "and time gets away from me again." I mean really!!! Okay, I'm done with school for this quarter (was on the 19th) and am gearing up for next quarter (January 11th.)

I didn't really make Christmas cards this year. I was exhausted when I was done with school and work both. I did make 13 cards for work, assembly line style, very simple for my co-workers. Now I'm doing a few New Year's cards to try out some new techniques to take with me up to my dad's for New Year's. One for my dad and Sue, one for Aunt Kathy and Uncle Rick, one for Aunt Karen and Uncle Mike and one for Grandpa and Grandma...hope they all can make it.

I haven't had time or energy to just be creative. These four little cards I'm making for New Year's are really for me. I mean I'm giving them away, but they are for me to be able to play a bit. I've fallen in LOVE with one of my Ranger embossing powders. It's a clear embossing powder that has GLITTER in it. It looks amazing to make snowflakes with...subtle but elegant (kind of .)

I also just got the latest stamps by Michael Strong...AMAZING of course!! They are paisley and I can't wait to use them!! I'm thinking maybe a birthday card soon.

Oh, and as I'm wrapping this brief little entry, I have to tell you that while I'm not a big TV watcher, I'm in LOVE...L-O-V-E with Glee!! I'm a total Gleek, have downloaded both season 1 CDs to my Ipod, have downloaded all season 1 episodes to my Itunes account as well...watching them on demand....love them!! It is totally my "happy" show. Every episode makes me smile!!

Got to run now, time for the kids to call their Grandma and say thank you for the books she sent them!!

sharing some photos

Thought I'd share some pictures I took in the studio this past Saturday. The one of the buildings is acutally outside (like you needed me to tell you that) of my school.

This month...

I really don't want this to turn into just a once a month thing, but life sure gets in the way of what you "want" to do sometimes!! Lots is going on in my little corner of the world. I'm still in school (quarter doesn't end until the middle of next month) we've taken a friend in with her three kids, I'm still working full time and I'm just trying to stay caught up with things. I'm still happy in school, though sometimes I allow myself to get a little overwhelmed. I'm looking forward to next quarter as well as my classes look pretty cool (more on that later.)

I've gotten A's on my color theory projects, which REALLY makes me happy as we are mostly working with paint and I am NOT a painter. They are beautiful pictures, but they are showing that I do understand the concepts, whether I do them pretty or not LOL!! This one was using a monochromatic and an achromatic color palette.
My photography class, of course, is my favorite. Rocky is so encouraging and really enjoys teaching us how to take pictures and get the most out of our cameras. No matter what I do when I graduate, what I will have learned from him will be priceless.

This is the week of Thanksgiving and things are hopping around here for sure. My work schedule is crazy as we'll be busy at CVS, and I only have one day off of school (because of my schedule) not to mention cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Hopefully I'll get some good pictures of all the festivities!!

A long time coming

I promise I've been trying to write this blog post for like, well FOREVER. It seems every time I sit down to write it all the "quietness" in the world disappears and I lose all ability to concentrate. So, right this very minute I have some quiet, so I'm going to write as much as I can!!

I know it's been forever since I've written anything...I think I'm still recovering from the Crop Out Autism event. It was so incredibly awesome and yes, really wore me out. But there are new and exciting things happening in the Snips of Time world and that's what I want to share!

I've mentioned before that I've made the decision to go back to school. Last quarter was what they call a "short quarter" where you do a quarters worth of work in 5 and a half weeks and it was an Internet class besides. LeighAnn will not be taking an Internet class again unless she absolutely HAS to. For one, it takes half the fun out of it, not being in the class room setting and being able to "share" with your classmates and instructor; but the hardest thing for me really was that because you couldn't share by talking to each other and your instructor, everything was a "written" assignment. I don't have a problem with writing assignments, but because everything was written, everything had to be cited using the MLA format...that was a minimum of 3 discussion questions, a PowerPoint presentation, and an essay every week.

But NOW I'm into the fun stuff...I'm taking classes on campus at the Art Institute of Indianapolis and am LOVING it!! This quarter (which started October 5th) I'm taking Principles of Photography, Color Theory, Fundamentals of Design and Computer Applications. Being that I'm a creativity driven person, this quarter ROCKS!! I love my instructors, and you can tell they really are passionate about what they are teaching.

I'm not going to bore you with me going on and on about how much fun I'm having, but I will post pictures from time to time of what I'm doing in photography, color theory, and design.

Here is a photo I shot for one of my photography assignments. The assignment was to shoot something with a long focal length and short depth of field (if you care about the technical stuff.) I picked it because it's the "hood ornament" from a '34 Packard V12. This is the only hood ornament that is still out there and there are only maybe 3 to 5 of these cars left. A little bit of interesting trivia about this car is that Al Capone had three of these, one of which was the same color as the car in this actual photo. Oh, the hood ornament is worth about $10,000!!

Well, that's all for today...I'll try to be better about writing and keeping you posting on all the Snips of Time "going ons." I know the news won't be as much about things I've created for scrapbooking and cardmaking as before, but hopefully things will still be interesting and creative.

Have a creative day!!

The Crop Out Autism Franklin 2009 crop

I have to share how incredibly AWESOME the Crop Out Autism Franklin was. We had a small turn out, but we had a BLAST!! That's Tricia Morris and Michael Strong. All I can say is, I don't know if we can top our "instructors" for next year!! I'm already brainstorming in who we can invite. Do you think Becky Higgins or someone like that is aiming too high?! To be honest, I really don't know if even she could top Michael and Tricia...what an incredible combination!!

We took a fantastic card class from Michael and Tricia taught us Assembly Line Scrapbooking. Both classes were amazing. I used to watch them both on the Scrapbook Lounge on TVWeekly, when it was still available ( a weekly webisode) and fell in love with them there. To meet them in person, well...there are no words and they both were so patient and real people!!

The croppers who came to support this worthwhile cause were very generous with each other and our charity. We raised a total of $519 for the Johnson County Autism Support Group and can't wait to set the date for the next crop...looks like April!! April is Autism Awareness month.

I have more to share about the crop...but I'll give it to you in bits and pieces as I don't want to go on and on in one long post and because it seems I can't sit still very long to write. So much always going on!!

School on campus starts for me this coming Tuesday and things will get crazy from there on!! I'm taking four classes this quarter and each class meets once a week for four hours each. I have two classes on Tuesdays, one Wednesday evenings and one Saturday mornings. I'm still working full time as well! I always like a challenge!

Well, now I really need to get off to bed. I have to be up at 6:00 as I have to be at work at 7:30 tomorrow morning!!

God Bless and happy crafting!!

I've been sooooo busy!!! I'm sorry!

Well, the intent of this blog was to keep you up to date on the "Snips of Time" world and what have you...I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to keep you updated!! So I'm MAKING some time right now and here's what I have to tell you about.

We are still having the crop (Crop Out Autism Franklin) on September 26th (that's a Saturday.) Things are moving right along and we're looking at it to be a blast!!
http://cropoutautismfranklin.blogspot.com/ There is the link to the blog, check out the details!!

Now in Snips of Time world, I have the crop of course, but I've always taken the plunge and went back to school. It's been about 17 years since I graduated from college!!! Yes, my brain cell still work and this old dog is learning new tricks. I'm attending the Art Institute of Indianapolis to get a bachelors in Photography. This coming quarter will be filled with Fundamentals of Design, Color Theory, Computer Applications and Principles of Photography! I'm totally excited!

Other than going back to school, work, the kids and just life in general keeps me busy. I haven't been crafting much at all lately, but that's mainly because I've been focusing on my school work!

Speaking of school work, I better get off of here and start working on my next assignment.
God Bless and happy crafting!!
LeighAnn

Check this out!!!

I haven't been posting much lately as I've had a lot going on, but this couldn't wait and I hope all of you check it out.

The website for Crop Out Autism Franklin is up and ready to take your registration info
http://www.scrapbookroyalty.com/crop_out_autism.html. So GO THERE and register for the best crop EVER!!

We have three, count them THREE amazing people coming to teach us fantastic techniques. Ana Cabrera, Michael Strong and Tricia Morris. I'm as giggly as a school girl I'm so excited!! Please register soon, we only have 30 spots total for the event, so seats are limited.

Elena from Scrapbook Royalty is just as excited as I am and we can't wait for the special Saturday to get here so we can have fun with all of you.

Check my blog Crop Out Autism Franklin to see other details.

God Bless and make something!!
LeighAnn