I missed quirking out over the weekend!

[jessica b]

hehehe...

I have a lot to catch up on in the gallery!!
Did everyone have a good weekend? Did you do anything artful or creative? NSD parties? Cocktail parties? What did you do? :D

I'm itching to create something just for fun, but I have several "must do" things on my list before I can play. Plus, my mom is coming by this morning, so I think I ought to get up and do some Monday morning cleaning before she gets here. blah.

[webchyck]

I went to a couple of chats at Designer Digitals and picked up the free kit at ScrapArtist--plus did some shopping for some quirky elements. So, it was a fruitful NSD for me. I created one ATC this weekend and that's about it. Did take my youngest to see R.V.--which was okay--I don't think he got a lot of the humor, but he did enjoy the slapstick stuff. DH and I had a nice dinner out at our favorite Mexican restaurant Saturday. I watched the first two episodes of Lost from Season 1. A pretty normal weekend, I guess. I really like the peace and quiet of Monday mornings though, when it's just me at home! LOL!

[Ursula]

I missed doing anything creative this weekend too. but we did have two troubled teens in our home for the weekend, so I had plenty to keep me occupied. They are great kids who are in a tough spot. YOu know, life is just plain hard.

I plan to make something interesting to look at today. I was going to say pretty, but stuff doesn't always need to be pretty to be interesting. So, I'll finish catching up on all the chat and then get busy creating.

[AmyK]

I went insane on NSD and bought way too much stuff (um, over 1.6 gigs. yeah. insane). I spent yesterday organizing. I really want to do a lot more creative work today, if the kiddos allow it.

I'm excited that I moved on in the Ultimate contest. My goal was just to survive the first week, and as I now have a *severe* aversion to competitive scrapbooking, I think I'm just going to spread the gospel of Quirk for week 2. I wimped out for my first week and did the ol' linear gig, and I really hated my layout. I'm realizing more and more that I am so drawn to this site and all the artwork here that I don't even know if I'll ever truly get back to "traditional" scrapbooking.

I've got a couple of ATCs taking up space in my brain, I hope to be able to let them out today.

[Vania16]

Congrats Amy! As for me, I bought a bunch of stuff at the NSD sales too, but didn't get much of anything created. Just needed a bit of a down weekend and I had a lot of IRL shopping to do too - we were dangerously low on groceries LOL So, hopefully this week I can play with some of my new purchases!

[Kazadoodle]

I completely avoided NSD - aren't I bad? Especially as I'm a commercial designer - LOL

Congratz Amy - woohoo! I'm happy for you.

A friend of mine missed out, and I'm really sad for her as she never seems to make the cut and her stuff is as good as anyone elses. Oh well.

[CathyRose]

I spent most of the weekend, redecorating my bedroom. We had painted the walls this almost cranberry red and Friday new furniture was delivered. I smell "change in the wind", as my walls in the bedroom have been off-white for 15 years! I have been purging my closets and throwing away or packing things up for the thrift store. Got a lot done but so much more to do. When did I get all of this "stuff"? Pics of my bedroom re-do on my blog here if you want to look.
http://cathyrose.blogsource.com/

[AmyK]

I had 3 friends who didn't make the cut, including one who is on my design team. I thought all the layouts were so good - I'm glad not to be one of the judges.

Does anybody else here play video games? We're renting one right now for xbox 360 that is pretty fun, and very quirky.

[kygirl]

I spent almost the whole weekend over at the ACOT online crop. Completed 13 layouts, played bingo, had a blast. Ended up winning $25 worth of digital kits. (That's $7.50 a day for my time.) I don't think scrapping will ever make me rich.

[AmyK]

Donna, I am LMBO (laughing my bootie off) over your last statement. I had to read it aloud to my hubby. So true! I'd be scared to even out what I make. I'm sure it would be pennies a day. :p

[Kazadoodle]

I hear you - I sold one of my kits for $5.00 and was excited and yet, it was so much more than $5.00 worth of labour and hours - can you imagine if you sold kits and included your time? LOL

Cranberry Red walls sounds wondeful! Going to check your blog right now - oh, I'm loving those walls

[Ursula]

Oh, cranberry red walls are the BEST, so rich! Can someone tell me what an NSD is? I'm acronym challenged.

[Ursula]

So I'm trying to come up with it on my own. Could it be New Scrap Dog, Nuns Scrapping Dogs, or maybe Need Scrappers Delights?????

[mishou]

LOL Ursula

National Scrapbooking Day

[AmyK]

Although many of us treated it as National Stockup Day. Or National Supplies Day.:o

[CathyRose]

Everyday is National Stock Up Day, Amy!

[Vania16]

Cathy your room is beautiful! I love the red and that lamp with the bird is awesome!

I definitely had national supplies day LOL - now if I can just use it all LOL

[AmyK]

I feel weird using all the "pretty" stuff to make quirky stuff. Does anybody else feel like that? But I love the irony of making pretty look like trash. And vice versa. It's a conundrum. Or I'm a conundrum? Anybody? Bueller?

[Cre8tvlyYrs]

Anybody? Bueller?

I'm silently LOL because it's almost 3 am here and dh is asleep!! :D

I wish I could answer your og. question but I don't know what conundrum means! :confused: :o

[kygirl]

Just an update on my earnings. ACOT sent me another $15 in kits today, so my total earnings for the crop are now up to $13.33 a day! Of course, you still can't buy groceries with that.