My Happy Place: January 2013

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

2013 Team Intro Blog Hop is here!

Hi, My name is Janey... Here is a little bit about me!

...Janey began her journey with MemoryWorks in 2006 as a consultant and is excited to start her 5th year as a TeamWorks Member. Janey is a mother to four beautiful grown daughters, and grandmother to the now “eight is great” wonders of her world! She has an eclectic style for scrapbooking with family, her pups Caesar and Dexter and her surroundings as the sources of inspiration. She’s been married for over 33 epic years to her “Hunka, Hunka”. She lives in a small town near Lake Tahoe. Janey has a passion for scrapbooking that originated when she was a young girl. She has always been sentimental and a hoarder of craft supplies! Her hobbies outside of scrapbooking include photography, biking, cooking, sewing, and painting! She loves everything about MemoryWorks… the wonderful products, awesome customer service and a very supportive online community. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to explore her creativity here and to be a part of such an amazing company. She looks forward to making new friends who share her passion for documenting their lives through scrapbooking, paper crafts and altered art.

"Oh Christmas Tree" - Layout - In our home we have high ceiling so why not a tall tree...It takes me 2 or three days to decorate our 15 ft tree, but love the outcome!

I used products from Authentique (Festive Theme Set), My Mind's Eye (All is Bright), Fancy Pants (Home for Christmas) Farmhouse (Fair Skies), ZVA (Bling), Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Marker, Stickles, We R Memory Keepers (Baker's Twine), Popdots, Die Cut machine, scissors and adhesive.

"Happy Holidays" - Card- I am a collector of snowmen so why not send a Christmas cards to reflect that! Products I used where from this past month's MemoryWorks Express Kit, Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Marker, Stickles, We R Memory Keepers (Baker's Twine) and Chomper, scissors, crimper, popdots and adhesive.

"Madison Turns Four" - Layout - Our granddaughter wanted a sledding party for her fourth party so I created this layout with snowflakes and a popout mini-album to reflect the fun we had! The products I used included Teresa Collins (Vintage Finds), ZVA, Stickles, WRMK (Baker's Twine), Authentique (Festive Theme), Fancy Pants (Home for Christmas), Simple Stories (Handmade Holiday), Farmhouse (Fair Skies), Tim Holtz Distress Ink and Marker, Stickles, We R Memory Keepers (Baker's Twine), Die Cut machine, scissors, adhesive, embosser, stapler, popdots and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.

(showing with mini-album clipped)

"Blessed Life Clock" - Altered Project - I seem to have a love for clocks and distressing things, so here I was able to combined the two. The products used for this project were the Teresa Collins (Vintage Finds), WRMK (Baker's Twine), Tim Holts (Distress Ink, Stain and Pen), Paper Mache Book, Clock Movement, ZVA (dots), Adhesive, Scissors and Popdots.

(Showing the front of the Clock)

Thank you for stopping by!

Start Here ...MemoryWorks Blog - http://memoryworksblog.blogspot.com

Lacey Igo - http://laceybugcreations.blogspot.com

Sheri Feypel - www.thedesperatescrapper.blogspot.com

Amanda Bratu - http://amandasscrapattic.blogspot.com

Jenn Bidwell Edwardson - http://frommypapercraftstudio.blogspot.com/

Kelly Holbrook - http://kellyrholbrook.blogspot.com/

Cathie Hollins - http://cathiehollins.blogspot.com

Gia Lau - www.thepaintedcrane.com

Megan Peacock - http://PeacockPaperie.blogspot.com

Janey Pumphrey - http://nevadagal1.blogspot.com/ ...You are here

Go here next... Rosann Santos - Elliott - http://brooklyngirlnextdoor.blogspot.com/

Katie Skiff - www.katieskiff.typepad.com/

Jody Spiegelhoff - http://spiegelmomscraps.com/

I Was Kidnapped... and Other Fun Outings!

Julie, Patty and Caren with help from Norma and Laurie... swept me away for a fun birthday weekend. They surprised me every step of the way... even when boarding the plane. I didn't know where I was going or what I was doing. I was told to pack, flip-flops, cowboy boots, and comfy shoes and coordinating outfits to go with each.

Since I didn't know what the temperature was going to be or what we were doing, I came as prepared as I could. Julie and I boarded the plane and that's when I found out that I was headed to Orange County. Of course I didn't know if that was our final destination or just a layover. When we got to Orange County we were met by a lovely lady sitting behind a newspaper and it just so happened to be Patty. Then I thought we were waiting for her bags and next came Caren to my pleasant surprise.

Norma met us at the airport to take us to her house where we were met by Laurie and Shianne for a nice lunch. I was then told to dress up in my cowboy boots and outfit! First stop was in the car and I was given my first envelope with tickets to the "Sons of the Sun" tour with Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw with Jake Owens as their start up. It was so fun!

The next day we got up for breakfast and I was handed envelope number 2 and there to my disbelief was tickets to Disneyland! I hadn't been in 15+ years so I was soooo excited to go. Today was the day to wear the comfy shoes. We got to go on all my favorite rides... Pirates of the Caribbean, It's a Small World and Matterhorn. We got to go to the new California Adventures that wasn't there the last time I had been able to go. Soaring California and Scream were two of my favorites there!

On our final morning, Caren had to head back home and the rest of us went to the Beach. It was the area where Beaches was filmed. It was so cool. We walked around and saw all kinds of sea creatures and shells and had lunch. On the way to the airport, the group took me by the Newport Beach Temple to tour the grounds. It was so beautiful and special that they did that for me. I couldn't have thought of a more spectacular surprise for my big birthday!

When we got home, the celebration continued... lunch with Cindy and Julie at Minden Food Company.

This past summer we saw so many sightings of a Red Tail Hawk who frequented our roof-top. Such amazing creatures!

For my actual birthday... My Hunka, Hunka took me to my birthplace... Yosemite! We had such an incredible time. Jumping off a twenty foot bolder at Rainbow Pools for my actual big day and climbing Half-Dome a few days later. A few things to check off my bucket-list!