Co Worker

The Author of this post is Solomon Dejesus

There is this lady that I work with who is always complaining about something. If she is not complaining about her physical ailment of the week, she is complaining about her husband. She is always upset about something in her life. I try my best to give her a good word of encouragement when I can. Most of the time, she just wants the attention. I tell her that I hope she gets to feeling better when it is something about her health. Now when it comes to her husband, the only thing I can tell her is that nobody’s husband is perfect. I know mine certainly is not. Sometimes she is complaining about the brand of coffee she buys. I don’t drink coffee so I definitely cannot help her in that area. Her topic this week was her cable TV service. I told her about our service we get at home and everything they offer at direct tv promotions. At least that was one thing that would keep her quiet for a while. You know some people cannot be happy no matter how much advice or attention you give them. Hopefully I will get moved to my new position soon and won’t have to deal with her anymore.

Anniversary Photos

Just made these quick photo displays for my Hubby for Valentine's Day (also our engagement anniversary). So very easy and I think they look really stylish. I'm going to make a whole bunch of them to display on top of our piano. The two photos above are from our wedding; on the left, a vintage mason jar votive

To make these you need:

Flat pieces of Wood
Mod Podge
Paintbrush
Black and white photo on printer paper
White Paint
Sandpaper
~Take your wood and paint it entirely with the white paint.
~Find an image you would like to use and print it in black and white on regular printer paper.
~Trim the image to fit the wood, and mod podge the image onto the wood.
~Once dry, scrape the sandpaper along the edge of the wood and the edge of the photo as well.

Ta Daa!!



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A Marvelous Mess #50 and Window Hearts and Features!!!

I've got a last minute Valentine's craft for you and your kiddo's to try!! 

It's pretty simple and looks so pretty in the window!! 

I saw these at this site, though they used contact paper instead of wax paper and glue. 

For these Window Hearts you need:

Wax Paper

Cardstock 

Tissue paper

Glue

~Take your cardstock and trim out an outline of a heart.

~Hot Glue the outline of the heart to wax paper and trim it out:

~Flip it over.

~Take some tissue paper, trimmed or torn into pieces and begin glueing them to the back of the heart.

~Cover the whole thing.

~Wait for it to dry then pop it up in the window!! It looks so pretty!!

Not bad, eh?
You guys linked up some awesome projects this past week.

Valentine Hat from A Little Bit of Everything

And, the project I'm going to feature on my sidebar is....

Shabby Chic Valentine Cards from Paperlicious Designs

Congrats to you!! If I featured you in this post be sure and grab this featured button:

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Kidlandia Free Online Game

Kidlandia is offering a free interactive game for children on their site!!

If you don't know Kidlandia, they are the most fantastic site for making personalized gifts that are creative and interesting for your children. You can find maps, cups, pillow cases, placemats and so many more items to personalize for your child. We currently own a poster for the wall and a placemat, both products are maps....the poster is of the United States and the placemat is of the world. We have loved both products....not only because they are unique but because they teach at the same time.

Kidlandia is taking "personalization" to a new level....now you can create a land AND play within in boundaries online!! 

They've created an imaginary world that is inhabited by lots of little animals (they call them Kreechurs). By using money (Kaploons....which you earn by participating in some educational games), you can fill your own personal land with kreechurs, homes, plants, and your very own Popkin (the kreechur that represents you). You can dress the Popkin in many styles:

And, you can organize the Kreechurs all over the land:

The kreechurs are really cool. And, they came with their own stories....not only can you read their story, you can add to it. This is my favorite part of this game. Being able to add to the stories and histories of the land gives the person on the game a feeling of ownership and something to be proud of!!!!

You can buy eggs to hatch Kreechurs out of. And, sometimes your kreechurs lay eggs that you can collect. You take good care of the eggs by giving them warm sunshine and kisses:

It's such an adorable game. And, it is definitely educational. I think you can your family should check it out!! You are going to love it!!

A Valentine for You: New Glasses!!!!!

One of my sponsors, Global Eyeglasses, is offering an awesome deal for Valentines Day.....

Buy One Get One

FREE!!!! 

Yahoo!! 

You've got to go check out their prescription glasses. Incredible prices on top of a great sale equals major savings for you. 

While you are shopping for your discount glasses be sure to look at the help page on figuring out frame size. They have a simple way to find your frame size so that, as you shop you can be looking for the best fit. 

Pretty important stuff, really. You wouldn't want to have very small frames show up and it just so happens that you need large ones. I always find myself a little shocked when I try on a pair of glasses that have such small frames. Some people are just kinda puny, I guess (not Amazonian like me)!!!!!

Global Eyeglasses has a great variety of lenses and frames, from single vision to progressive and everything in between. They also offer prescription Sunglasses....and I'll tell you what, I'm already planning on April vacation....and I am going to need some sunglasses for it. Yahoo!!!!!!!

So, are you going to go check out Global Eyeglasses or what?!?! 

Don't go into the store to buy your glasses, go online and get a really good deal!!!!!!

A Marvelous Mess #49 and Features!!!

I'm currently wrapped up in the Superbowl so I'm going to get right to the features for the week:

Mini Stuffed French Toast from Will Cook For Smiles

Chocolate Covered Fluffernutter Hearts from Homegrown Beanes

Delicious!! I'm really excited to give these a try!!!!!

Don't forget to check out my Valentine's Day ideas!!! 

Now, on to the Party:

My Memories Suite Giveaway!!!!

Oooo....I've got a great giveaway for all you crafty folks out there. Especially those of you who like working with paper in any way shape or form. My Memories is a scrapbooking site that offers so many products and so much information for those of you who enjoy scrapbooking. Here's a small list of what you can find on their site:

Digital Scrapbooking Kits and Downloads

Scrapbook Software

Album Templates

Design Club

I got the chance to review the newest in scrapbooking software....the My Memories Suite. I've already used it in my new job as a librarian to make a poster about a reading contest. The images and backgrounds built into the program are incredibly nice and I found the software fairly easy to use. I don't do much in the way of scrapbooking myself, only because I've never tried it. This Suite can be used for more than just scrapbooking!! It's perfect for crafting in general. You can make and print so many different images to use in framing, decoupage, gift tags, etc. 

The are many option for layouts and backgrounds. Take a look at this funky chevron:

The whole program is laid out very simply. Design your own page or choose from the prepackaged ones:

I'm totally excited to wander around some more on this program. Here is what I made in minutes for my job:

Pretty simple, right? I love the font and the image of the notebook.

If you don't find a background or layout you are looking for on the Suite, you can just skip right over to the website and download it there:

It's such a fun site. You're going to love it!!!! If you should decide you'd like to buy the software for yourself, use this code: STMMMS7470

and you'll get $10 off the My Memoires Suite V3!!!!

So, wanna win the My Memories Suit for yourself??

Here's how to do it (leave a comment for *each* entry type):

~Go to My Memories and tell me which Scrapbooking Kit is your favorite. (1 Comment)

~Follow My Memories on Twitter. (1 Comment)

~Follow My Memories on Facebook. (1 Comment)

~Follow Marvelously Messy on Facebook. 

This contest will end on the 12 of February at 11:59EST.

In return for an honest review, I received a My Memoires Digital Suite. I am also an affiliate of the company: product bought through a link on my site will benefit me monetarily.