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Hello Spring time

2010-03-04T20:52:00.001-08:00

Even though it will probably snow about 4 more times before I end up writing a new blog post...I still feel like spring is really coming. After all, it is MARCH!! Here's a few from the last few weeks...

a few new layouts...

2010-02-05T12:47:00.000-08:00

When I say 'new', I mean, I managed to scrap a whole 4 pages in about 2 months. Such is life! I'm heading out on my monthly trip to the 'occasional' shops in Buffalo...but first, the pages, as promised!

Here we go:

I know, Christmas is over...but here are 2 'Christmas-ish' pages!

And last but not least, my favorite layout of the year!

hallelujah!

2009-12-11T21:14:00.000-08:00

Well, I don't know if a new blog post deserves an hallelujah...or an amen...maybe just an 'it's about dang time'!
I am feeling relieved tonight. I got my christmas cards out, big weight off my shoulders. About 4 or 5 years ago I thought it would be funny to send out a 'bah humbug' letter instead of the typical 'we're a happy family' update letter. It's kind of theraputic...writing down all of the biggest idiotic mistakes and failures you've had as a family. And I think I'm doing my part to reassure all of my friends and family that whatever happens to them...I've probably done the same thing, only worse!
Anyhoo...
Here is a layout that was published (my first time) in Digital Artist Magazine!

update time...

2009-10-26T17:24:00.001-07:00

Okay, here's some fresh pages. Perhaps I'll get a chance to catch up on my scrapping this winter...still busy trying to be a working woman.

Click to See Credits at my Scrapmatters Gallery

oops, it's almost October already...

2009-09-25T16:54:00.001-07:00

So it's been a month since my last post...whatta ya gonna do?
Is it wrong that I am counting the minutes until the kids bedtime? Only a little bit longer. Just because I have a new flavor of ice cream and the season premiere of Grey's Anatomy to watch. Another exciting Friday night!

a few to share...

2009-09-03T19:38:00.000-07:00

Allright, I think I've got 4 or 5 pages done in the last 2 weeks...not too shabby!
Today was me and my hubbie's 9th wedding anniversary. We got to go out to eat tonight...it was a quick supper, at a restaurant right in town, but it was tasty AND peaceful! Can't complain.

Here we go...

These pictures are of Riley when he was about 18 months...I know I shouldn't work on pictures that I've already scrapped (paper style) but I couldn't help myself!

oh, she's finally doing a blog post...

2009-08-11T19:54:00.000-07:00

That's what Kor said when he saw me on the 'blogger' home page. Woohoo!!! Life's been moving fast over here. My kids used to see me on the computer scrapping all the time, now I'm busy proofing...
But today, we went to the beach. I was a good mom today!!! It was finally hot out, and tomorrow will be more of the same. I don't know if I can handle the beach again...if it was just the older two-that would be lovely...but the little man just can't handle it. His main goal is to get his feet nice and full of sand and water, then run as fast as he can to random strangers and their belongings...he stomps over laid out towels, rummages through bags, today he actually started to drink some ladies diet coke. Awesome.
Anyways, here's a few pages I've done in the past week or two.

Here's my new little nephew getting baptized last Sunday...

poor neglected blog...

2009-07-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

My scrapping blog has taken a major backseat to the photography blog. oops...once winter arrives, I will be posting pages every day...but until then, I'm a busy bee. Let's get right to it, huh?

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And here's one more that I did for the new colab by Britt-ish Designs and Sahlin Studio...I haven't posted it yet-but you can grab this funky kit at Scrapmatters.

Hopefully, I'll see you soon!

One day till vacation

2009-06-24T07:45:00.000-07:00

I'll share a few layouts before I head out...Tomorrow starts our 9th annual Girls Weekend. Although, after 9 years, we are hardly 'girls' anymore. We still try and act like we are 21...but we do tire out a bit sooner than we used to! I can't wait to relax on the lake WITHOUT any kids for 3 days...jealous?
After girls weekend, I get to spend a week on vacation with my family-which is equally exciting! The kid's get BOTH mommy and daddy 24/7 for a whole week...that doesn't happen often.
Have a happy Fourth of July!

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Happy Hump Day.

2009-06-17T13:30:00.000-07:00

Nothing much going on here...the kids are sleeping (ahhhh) and Kor got home from work early to dig about 500 more tree's on our land. SOME day-we are going to be living in the jungle, but right now-it's more of a field with acres of little sticks poking up.
Here's a page that will hopefully inspire summer to make an appearance in Minnesota.

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Only 2...

2009-06-09T20:21:00.000-07:00

Man, I used to make anywhere from 5 to 10 pages in a week...now I'm lucky if I do two!
I was busy today...I actually ventured out of the house with all three kids-doesn't happen very often! We met Grandma Klatt in Buffalo to listen to a kids band...they were really good. It only took 1/2 an hour for the kids to 'warm up' enough to go dance with all the other kids!
Here's a shot I took of all 3 crazies today-the boys matched-so I had to snap a few shots...they are all a little squinty-even though it was cloudy and nearly raining...

And here are my measly 2 layouts...

This one is using Krista's (sahlin studio) 'life's a beach' kit...

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Here's one using Creashens newest kit 'squeeze'

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Waaaah, I'm getting old.

2009-06-04T12:05:00.000-07:00

Okay, I won't rant and rave too much, just feeling a little blue is all. Yesterday, Lucy graduated from kindergarten...which means I officially am the parent of a 1st grader. Also, my b-day is tomorrow, in which I will be celebrating my 29th birthday for the third year in a row. During Lucy's graduation 'ceremony' yesterday, the teacher had them stand up, and she said "announcing the future class of 2021!!!! Doesn't that sound light years away? Well, it's not-in the blink of an eye she'll be pushing my wrinkled butt around in a wheelchair. Okay, I've gone too far-here are some layouts I've done.

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Here's a picture I took a few days ago of my friends daughter...someone said it needed wings-so here's my wing attempt!

There are more pictures on my photography website....
Have a good one!

some pages to share

2009-05-25T20:46:00.000-07:00

Without further ado....some pages I've scrapped!

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Goodnight.

photography website...good to go!

2009-05-21T10:43:00.000-07:00

Okay...it took way too long for me to figure out how to create this website...but nevertheless, here it is!

photography by kelly klatt

Check it out. I will be back soon with a few scrapping pages I've done lately.

coming soon....

2009-05-08T14:12:00.000-07:00

I wish my brain understood computer code....that would make life that much easier. I've been attempting to start up an 'official' photography website, and I've gotten no further than the 'header' at the top of the page...and even that's not right. Hopefully, things will come together soon, and I will have a new web address that you MUST put in your 'favorites' folder!
But until then...
Here are 2 pages that I've done this week.

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Have a great weekend!

all aboard the blog train -woo woo!

2009-05-01T18:48:00.001-07:00

Thanks for sticking with this long blog train, you've almost reached the end! You should have just come from Sharon's http://www.digitalcreations.typepad.com blog.

After you grab my quick page, head over to Happy Scrap Girl's blog http://happyscrapgirldesigns.blogspot.com/ I believe she is the 'caboose' of this blog train!

The theme of the kit is 'paradise'. When I hear the word 'paradise', I immediately think of lush tropical beaches and fruity cocktails. But right now, I would settle for something a little less extravagent....My new idea of paradise would be to wake up at my leisure to TOTAL silence. I would then pour a bowl of cereal and eat it right in front of my computer while I checked emails and blogs. I would scrap the day away with no children present, and no guilt either. My house would magically be clean, and I would be showered and dressed. Sigh, I could keep going, but you get the idea! I won't keep you any longer!

DOWNLOAD HERE
I kept it simple, so you can use it for a boy or girl!
My little guy, enjoying a bit of paradise, right in our front yard!

Have a great weekend!

Keeping it in the family...

2009-05-01T13:14:00.000-07:00

Sooo, as I mentioned in my previous post, I am on a new CT. For Sahlin Studio (aka, Krista my sister-in-law) I know she is going to do well, you should see her work on the computer....it scares me. She'll call me on the phone and I know that she is talking to me while answering emails, creating new designs and commenting in the gallery. Meanwhile, it takes me 20 minutes to do a simple blog post. But I digress...
Here is a preview of her very first kit on SALE now at Scrapmatters
So This is Love

Here are some pages I've done with it!

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Here's one from Creashens...It is from her contribution to this month's Daily Digi

The girls go Urban!

2009-04-29T07:26:00.000-07:00

hi all. Just thought I would share some pictures I took this weekend of Sophie and Lucy. Had to test out my new camera, ya know? Let me know what you think. We took these down in Rochester, where there is a cool downtown area. I have searched Buffalo for a similar 'location' and it is pretty slim pickings! Oh well. Sorry there aren't many scrapping pages, this weekend is NATIONAL SCRAPPING DAY. So all my Designer gals are waiting to release kits until Friday...
This is Sophie's attempt at a 'crazy' face, but I think it looks pretty cute!

Here's my scrapping pages

I'll probably be back to share some pages on Friday...I am on a brand new CT for someone you might just know!!!

new camera-wooohooo!

2009-04-23T20:22:00.000-07:00

I finally got it...my new camera. I've always used Canon's and I made the switch to Nikon. I spent an hour this morning trying to figure out why I couldn't take a picture. That's always a good sign! I had the lens set wrong, so all is well now, I just felt like an idiot... nothing new. I still have SO much to learn...and buy-but I suppose I better make some money before I spend any more. A wise man once told me that. Allright, it was more of a cranky husband, but who's counting?

Here are a few pics I took with my new camera tonight. We were hanging out in the 80 degree wind storm, it was great.

Here's the very first pic I took, sitting at my kitchen table this morning.

Oh, in other fabulous news...Brady is a WALKER! He is so dang pleased with himself, he just toddles all around on his tiny fat feet. You would think that since this is my 3rd kid, I would be a bit more blase (sp?) about the whole thing, but I am one proud momma!
Here are a few pics to prove it!

Well, if you're still with me and not too bored, here is the one lonely page I scrapped this week. I know, I'm shocked too!

spring has arrived...finally!

2009-04-14T13:14:00.000-07:00

Well, it's finally warm enough outside to make me happy. I didn't have to put coat/hats/mittens on the kids today-and that alone makes me SO happy! The kids got a new play house/slide deal. Grandma found a good deal,(of course) so Korey brought it home last night. That should keep the kiddos busy for a while!
Here are some pages from the past week.

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

stop crying!

2009-04-05T13:19:00.001-07:00

Agghh....Brady is crying thru his afternoon nap, just like he cried thru the whole night last night. Not sure if it is teething, a cold, or just plain stubborness, but he is refusing to sleep. Instead he has adopted a new shrill screech which he executes randomly in between crying jags. Lovely.
I worked yesterday at Great Photos. I did no less than 14 portrait sessions. With bunnies. I am exhausted, I am no spring chicken anymore, I guess!

In other news...I am attempting to officially start a small photography business of my own. Probably not the BEST idea in this economy, but I feel like it's time I stepped out on my own. Plus I hate driving all the way to Golden Valley all the time. Here are a few pictures I took of a cute little 8 day old guy last week. We did these in my living room with window lighting and a black bedsheet!! Not too bad, huh? I definitely need a new camera and some real backdrops...and some studio lighting...oh the list goes on!

And here are some layouts I've done in the past week.

And here is an old picture of Lucy with her cousins Sophie and Gabe...aren't they the cutest?

birthday boy...

2009-03-27T14:26:00.000-07:00

Brady turned one years old this past week...I can't believe it! Here's a picture of my birthday boy posing so nicely for me!!!

Here's a few shots from his birthday party last Saturday...he was pretty confused when we all sang to him, but once we put a big piece of cake in front of him, his confusion quickly turned to glee!

I especially like the red frosting smeared all over...makes him look slightly cannibalistic!!!

Here's a few layouts I've done this week...starting with a page that shows little Brady at 1 month...

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

This last one was made entirely from products made by my sister in law Krista Sahlin...pretty impressive, huh? She is in a digital design competition over at Scrapmatters, so you can download this beautiful kit for free.

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

busy weekend...

2009-03-20T13:26:00.000-07:00

We are celebrating 3 birthdays this weekend...Tonight is CC's (my sil's) b-day. Tomorrow at lunch we celebrate my niece Sophie's 7th b-day...and tomorrow night we are celebrating my BABY boy's FIRST birthday!! I am getting a little sad about it, now that I've written it down...when they turn one, it's like the 'baby days' are over...maybe I should have just ONE more kid...just kidding Mother, just seeing if you're reading my blog!! hee hee.
In other news, I won a challenge at CatScrap, and the prize is a 3 month guest spot as there store CT. I am SO incredibly excited, I can't wait!

Here's my favorite layout of the week!

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Here's Riley when he was first learning to walk...at 8 months!!

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Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Click to See Credits and Leave Me Love

Back to Normal...

2009-03-13T20:55:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I updated my little bloggeroo...whoops! Well, Kor came home just in time for ALL 3 kids to get sick...It's been a lovely week, full of fevers, coughing, snot and more tylenol than you can shake a stick at. Last weekend, the Klatt's took us to Disney on Ice...my first time. Poor little Lucy was in such a zone, she just looked miserable. She had a fever and a cough, but I know she would have been devastated if we didn't go...I mean, we already had the tickets! She enjoyed herself, even though she literally said 3 words all night!
For some reason, Brady woke up this morning with a black eye...it must have been some battle in his crib last night...and I'm pretty sure he lost. He has a cold and is not his usual cheery self...See the creepy swollen eye...I've had to stare at that puppy all day today. poor kid.

Here's some pages I've done recently...

And last but not least, my favorite of the week! This is Lucy when she was Almost 3 years old...so cute!

all by myself...

2009-03-04T20:29:00.000-08:00

Well, it's day 2 of single parenting...not really liking it too much. Korey is with his folks in Atlanta for the Rental Convention. I won't see Kor until Friday afternoon. Today was not the best day. Riley pooped his pants, Brady fell down 1/2 a flight of stairs and bumped his tooth (he only has 3 for peets sake), and Lucy came down with some coughing/fever/achy virus...GREAT! And then, to top it off, Korey sent me a picture from his phone of the GORGEOUS looking piece of cheesecake that he was eating...at a restaurant...sans children. Okay, enough with the pity party...on with the pictures!

Here's an old picture from when Riley was a baby...and he sat still for more than a second.

my first template...

2009-02-24T14:09:00.000-08:00

I belong to the Scrapmatters Creative Team, and each month we take turns hosting different challenges. This month I hosted a template challenge, and I created my very first template! Here is the layout I made with it:

If you would like to download this template...follow this link to the ScrapMatters blog:
http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/

birthday girl

2009-02-22T12:27:00.000-08:00

Last week my friends Beth and Bill brought their daughter Ruby in to my studio for some 1st b-day pictures, so I thought I would share. I was gonna just post one, but then I got carried away...so here is a little composite of some of her pictures! Brady turns one next month, so you'll be seeing more messy cake pictures soon!

I might as well post some pages I've done this week, while I'm at it!

This last page I had to make of just myself (yikes). It's called an 'all about me' page, and sometimes designers want their CT's to have a scrapped page of themselves to put on their websites...

Happy Valentine's...

2009-02-13T13:12:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone...been awhile...let's just get right to it!
Here is a little valentine card I made...

Here's one of Lucy from at least a year and a half ago...

Here's one of her from about 2 1/2 years ago

Mr. Brady and a teddy

another old Lucy dancing...

I think that should about do it for a few days!!! Oh, on the news today it said you are supposed to eat Salmon and Sweet Potatoes to boost up that 'romantic' feeling, so get cooking! Weird combo.

Scrapaholic....

2009-02-04T20:02:00.000-08:00

Okay, I seriously need to get off the computer. Every night for the past 3 nights I've been staying up past midnight dinkin around scrapping, then I can't fall asleep. It's 10pm now, I just took a sleeping pill...trying to force myself away from scrapping with medication now! I hope Kor doesn't find me drooling on the keyboard come morning! The main reason I've been so crazy is I was lucky enough to get on a few new CT's. I was recently asked to be on Scarletheels team, and I've just added Britt-ish Designs and a guest spot for Creashens. I realize this makes no sense to most of you-but in the scrapping world-it is pretty stinkin cool! Here are a few pages that I did this week.

This is poor Riley…lately he has been having quite the mood swings. On this particular day, I ‘looked at him too long’, so he freaked out. Being the sensitive mother that I am, I got out the camera! Hopefully I won’t cause any permanent damage.

just another monday...

2009-01-26T18:51:00.000-08:00

Hi all. Not much happening over here. I had to work this weekend. The studio is still open, for at least another few weeks. They still haven't started looking for a new location. I'm pretty sure it's going to be called 'rusty van photography', and it will just be the owner and a bunch of camera equipment in the back of his van. Classy.
Kor and I refinanced the house tonight...ahh debt free for at least a few days! Well, here's the latest and greatest...

Whoops!

2009-01-12T20:32:00.000-08:00

Hi all! Sunday was not a good day. First off, I woke up with the sniffles. Later that day Lucy and I were driving home from church (Kor had already taken the boys home in the truck), when I went a bit too fast around a curve in the road and lost control of my van. We went sliding right across the oncoming lane and into a huge snowbank (about 3 feet in front of a fire hydrant-glad I didn't hit that!) We were stickity stuck :( We had to wait about an hour for Kor to get a tow rope and come to our rescue. During that hour, many lovely people pulled over to see if we were okay. Lucy and I were both SO embarassed. Every car had to slow down and gawk at us! Lucy asked if we could duck down and hide under the seats so no one would look at us! Good times. Then I got home and Brady got the stomach flu. Nasty. Despite my 'trying' times, I've kept on scrappin! Here's a bunch I've done in the last week. This first one was put on a popular website called 'gallery standouts', which is kind of a nice compliment!

2009...that sounds so old!

2009-01-06T09:31:00.000-08:00

Well, things are finally getting back to normal around here. Lucy is back to school, and the boys and I are hanging out at home. We took Brady to the doctor today for his 9 month checkup, and he is 'all caught up', which is the kind way of saying he is huge! It's like he was never born 2 months early-which is pretty amazing!
here's 2 page from early in the summertime...

here's 2 pages from the kids b-day party...

and here are some other random pages!

beginning to look a LOT like Christmas

2008-12-20T18:04:00.000-08:00

So much for global warming, we are definitely having a traditional Minnesota winter, complete with 30 below windchills and lots of snow. Korey and I spent the entire day in the kitchen baking Christmas cookies, and I did a lot of taste testing...so I feel a little sick tonight! oops. Here are some pics I've done recently.
The first picture is little Brady crying on Santa's lap, he did eventually mellow out, but I had to get a few crying pictures-it's a classic!

Let it snow!!!!

2008-12-04T08:02:00.000-08:00

We woke up this morning to big huge snowflakes falling... It ended rather quickly, leaving us with a half white/half brown yard...I'm starting to get nervous that we won't have a white Christmas-but I guess it's still early. Here's a few pages to look at, some new, some I did awhile ago.

spooky...

2008-11-24T21:00:00.001-08:00

I'm not finished with this page yet, but I wanted to show you their cute halloween picture! In case you couldn't tell, Riley was Batman, Lucy was Minnie Mouse, and Brady was a frog... Brady did go trick or treating with us, but he passed out the second the stroller started rolling, so he didn't get any candy :( Not that he could eat it...anyways...

First official post...

2008-11-16T13:48:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my brand new blog!!!! I'm pretty proud of myself for getting this thing up and running...although I did have to bug Krista a few times!!! Here are a few of my recent layouts...