Picture Perfect Creations

Card Size: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.
Stamps: Curly Cute, Bright Hopers (Retired)
Paper: Baja Breeze, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge DSP (Retired)
Ink: Cherry Cobber, Alwaysd Artichoke
Tools: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, 3D-Dimensionals
Accessories: Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Hemp Twine
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Id' love to hear what you think about them!

Not sure if you've noticed, but I figured since it was a New Year, it was about time for a new look here at PPC. I just love the colors and background design...so fun!

Hope you have a great rest of your Sunday...see you next time!
xoxoxo

Hello and Happy 'belated' Holidays!

It has been a few months since I have last posted to my blog, but I feel that January 1st is the best day to start a-new here! :) Hope you all had a fabulous Christmas and New Years! I have been quite busy with the daily life tasks of being a wife, mother, and part-time worker and I haven't saved much time for myself to do the things that I like to do. I have done a few crafty things, but blogging just hasn't been the easiest of things to get to lately. I do apologize! :)

Have you made your New Year's Resolutions or Goals yet?? Anything interesting that you'd like to share? I just completed a list of mine....20 total, I should add. It contains a wide variety of things that I would like to accoomplish in 2012 -- from completing my Wedding Scrapbook to Buying a House! Yesssss.......I know...a bit crazy, but I feel like I can do it. :)

With that said, here I am typing away at one of my new resolutions/goals. I'll be back later this week to show you some crafty creations, but until then....here's a great picture of my lil Tayton and his first encouter with Santa. It was rather entertaining, I should say -- poor lil guy! :)



Have a great day and an even better New Year!

Hello All!
Hope you're all doing well out there! Just wanted to update all of you...

First off, I'd like to apologize for my lack blogging and crafting lately. June and July are my busy months here at the Sajkowicz house and crafty playtime is far and few. This weekend (June 25 & 26) we have our Relay-for-Life Cancer Event which takes place every year, and it put on by the American Cancer Society. My mom and I have started our own team about 8 years ago named Erin's Everlasting Butterflies, in memory of my older sister who passed away from cancer almost 12 years ago. We have been super busy fundraising and getting things together for our team. The link above will explain more! :)

Next, my hubby, son and I have planned on our first family vacation and camping trip next month, as well. We'll be heading to New Hampshire on July 10th for a week with some family and friends and we couldn't be more excited! We've been getting things ready for this too...cleaning out the camper, making plans, etc.

And like all of you, everyday life has caught up with me! lol I've been working two jobs and I'm extremely busy with them, too! Along with raising Tayton (who is now almost 7 months old -- where has the time gone?!) and trying to enjoy every little bit of time with him! Oh and did I mention that I am a Stampin' Up! demo!? Yeah...that business takes up some, too! lol

Phew!!! I'm sorry if I babbled on about nothing to you all, but I just wanted to let you know where I stand. I will indeed keep posting our weekly challenges at PPC for all of you to take part in, and if time permits, I will DEF get crafty, too!

And if I don't get to blog as often as I'd like, plea take care and have a safe and very fun summer!!! :)

Thanks again and chat soon!

Hello Friends!
It's a day late, but I still wanted to share it with you...so sorry!! Since Stampin' Up! still has their National Scrapbooking Month promotion goin on till the end of this month (May 31st), I figured I would share another MDS creation with you! A layout of my lil' man and my neice, Camerin. :)


Celebrate it and try something new during this National Scrapbooking Month Campaign! There are MANY exciting promotions being offered during the month, as well as how to use the 30% OFF on select scrapbooking products! (Select stamp sets; professional print products for My Digital Studio; special digital download bundles for MDS).

Click here to see the complete list of products being offered at 30 percent off!

Download the My Digital Studio Price Guide.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

My hubby got my the My Digital Studio software from Stampin' Up! for Christmas and I haven't really had too much time to play around with it...but today I certainly did! Thank goodness for those rainy day... :)

Here's what I came up with...


I could spend hours on the computer just creating new layouts...it was so much fun!!

So it's National Scrapbooking month, and speaking of layouts and scrapbooking...Stampin' Up! has a VERY awesome promotion goin on this month! Celebrate it and try something new during this National Scrapbooking Month Campaign! There are MANY exciting promotions being offered during the month, as well as how to use the 30% OFF on select scrapbooking products! (Select stamp sets; professional print products for My Digital Studio; special digital download bundles for MDS).


Click here to see the complete list of products being offered at 30 percent off!


Download the My Digital Studio Price Guide.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

WARNING -- this is a longgggg post! ;)

That's right...I've been thinking...A LOT lately...about my crafting and blogging and how I've been really slacking with the both of them!! Since having my lil guy, Tayton, things have settled down these past few weeks and months, may I add, and we've gotten on a some sort of a schedule. I've actually had some time to do some creating! The thing is, I create and get my craft-on, but I NEVER share/blog about it!  I'm determined to get my crafty things blogged, my photography and Stampin' Up! businesses more active, and my name out there even more, AND apply for some Design Team positions!  My goal is to now blog at least 3 days a week -- whether it be craft, business or family related. So if it seems like I'm slacking, yell at me...please! :)

I have also come to the conclusion that I have tons and tons and TONS of pictures that I NEED and WANT to get scrapbooked...so one of those 3 days that I want to blog, will be about a scrapbook page! I've really been into cardmaking a lot lately and haven't paid too much attention to my scrapbooks and the endless amounts of pictures and odds-n-ends that I want to scrap. I am now devoting my Thursday blogging days to my scrapbook layouts! I would love for you to join along in my challenge! :)

I'm not sure if you all remember this post, I seem to be going back to it every now and again to see what my goals were...and to say that I've made them over a year ago, kinda makes me sad and a little lazy and down-n-out. I had quite a few goals for 2010 and am very happy to say that I reached at least one of my creative goals, actually five of them (Re-organize My Creative Studio--errr I sorta did; More Blogging, Candy & Giveaways--I like to think I had quite a few this year!; Expand my Stampin' Up Business--got my first downline recruit in November; Photograph my Frst Wedding; and finally, Participate in my first Craft Fair)!

And somehow I got around to reaching 3 of my personal/family ones (Raise $200 for Relay for Life and Erin's Everlasting Butterflies Team; Become more organized; Reconnect with family and friends, near and far! :) and I'm not sure if you wanna say that this was completed or not, but we did decide not to breed Meisha...soo errr, maybe thats four things?? lol I dunno) But then, I must add in, my husband and I received the greatest blessing anyone could ask for...a VERY healthy, happy and handsome baby boy! :)

So yeah, life has been crazy lately and I love it and I'm DEF not complaining!!! But it's time to get things back in order. I work 2 days a week doing my graphic design and I'm back at the restaurant for another 2 days. That leaves me 3 days off with LOTS of LIFE-type-of-things to do (ie. being a mother, cooking, cleaning, etc..., you know the usual). But like I said, I am determind to keep this blog, as well as my Picture Perfect Creations--Crafty Challenges, still up and running! And let me just tell you, that I absolutely LOVEEE all of my blogging friends here and my ladies at PPC-CC. I don't know where the I or the blog would be without them. I am so very thankful for all of the new partipants we're getting these past few weeks, as well! You're all the best!

Ok...thanks for letting me 'vent'. Please stay tuned here at PPC where I hope to bring you more of my crafty creations, ideas and daily ramblings of my crazy LIFE! :) And don't forget, every Thursday will be a scrapbook page/layout sharing day...and I invite you to take on the same challenge! :)  (hmmm...have you noticed that this post is my 4th one already this week!? I'm starting off on a good note, too! hehehe). 

If you've gotten to the end of this post, THANK YOU! And with that said, here's a lil treat...a picture of Tayton's First Professtional Photoshoot at 4 months old -- tell me that this is NOT the cutest thing you have ever seen! I'm such a proud mother! :) hehehe


Thanks for listening!

I'm gonna share some of our Easter pictures with you! And I'm not going to break my promise...you should be SO very proud of me! :)  Sorry its a few days late tho...

Our little Easter bunny and believe it or not, he really didn't mind these ears on him! lol

Happy Valentine's Day! We have a magnificent Specialty Challenge for you this week at Picture Perfect Creations...what's better than Valentine's Day?! Your creation can be anything related to the special "love" day and what it means to you! :)

I decided to create a tri-fold layout card. I tried to get a good picture of it, but it was definitely difficult. I plan on making other cards with this layout soon, so with that I'll show a better picture! :)

Card Size: Tri-fold Layout (will have dimensions soon!)
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated.
Stamps: Filled with Love
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Basic Gray, Red Glimmer Paper, Filled with Love DSP
Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink
Tools: 3D-Dimensionals, Heart Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch
Accessories: 1/8" Pretty in Pink Tafetta Ribbon
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Hope you like it! :) We would love for you to partcipate this week at PPC!

I'm off to relax with my 2 Valentine's this evening and I'm back to work at the office doing my Graphic Design stuff tomorrow. Ughhh! But it's only 2 days a week so that's ok! Here's a picture of my lil' man, Tayton (already 12 weeks old!) celebrating his first Valentine's Day! Chat soon! :)

Hi Friends!
Sorry it's been awhile...I'm back and ready to get crafty again! (That's only if time permits.) But life has been a bit busy but absolutely great lately with our new lil bundle of joy! He's already 7 weeks old! Here's a few pics of my lil' man, Tayton...sorry I just HAVE to show him off! hehehe

Hey Blogging Buddies!
Sooo sorry to leave you all hanging, as I'm just now getting a bit of 'me' time in. So the day finally came and my little bundle of joy has arrived! :) :) My water broke at 6am on Monday the 22nd and after 38 hours of rough labor with 1 hour pushing, Tayton Timothy Sajkowicz arrived via emergency c-section on Nov. 23rd! He weighed 6lbs 5oz and was 19.5 inches long...just a lil peanut! :) We both finally got to go home from the hospital last Friday. We are both doing very well and we're all adjusting just fine to this new family of ours. I can't believe my lil bugga-boo is already 10 days old! I attached a few pictures of my handsome lil guy for you to enjoy! :)

Hope you're all doing well and each of you had a great Thanksgiving!

Hello Blogging Friends!

So sorry for the lack of posting lately! Things have been hectic here at the Sajkowicz house with the coming of our lil guy in 6 weeks or so! Ahhh...can't believe it has gone by so fast! We've been super busy preparing for him...getting his crib built, organizing all of his new things, etc. So with all of this, my crafting has been put on the back burner...But I didn't forget about our weekly color combo challenge at PPC!

Here is this week's combo #34:

I haven't had the chance to get crafty yet with it and I'm really hoping I have the time too this week, but I still want to encourage you to head on over to check it out and participate! The PPC Creators Design Team and October Guest Designer sure have some great inspiration to share, too! Click here to go now!

I also hope to have my 12 Weeks of Halloween posts caught up this week, as well, so be on the look out for those! :)

Sorry friends, no crafty post today.


One year ago today (Sept. 12), I married the love of my life, my best friend, my soulmate. It's mine and Tim's Wedding Anniversary! I just wanted to gush out some love and emotions to him, even though he barely EVER reads my blog! But Tim, you have given me the best year of my life so far and the greatest gift yet to come! Thank you for all the love, laughter, friendship, honesty, and yes, even the tears. It's the best thing a wife could ask for! :) I love you so much today and tomorrow will be even more! You mean the world to me and I am so thankful I found someone like you to share my life with! xoxoxoxo

Sooo here's a few of my fave pictures I'd like to share from our special day...Enjoy!

Layout Size: 12 x 12
Supplies Needed:
All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise stated!
Paper: Kiwi Kiss (SU! Retired), Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Murifield DSP (SU! Retired)
Tools: Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
Accessories: Thickers
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Adios Amigos!

 
 
 

So remember this post when I mentioned the Craft Fair I was busy getting crafty for?! Well it came and went this past Sunday, Sept. 5th...and I must say it went fairly well! :) All of my Halloween goodies SOLD! And my altered Compostion Notebooks and jumbo paperclip bookmarks were also popular. Here are just a few pictures from it. Lighting isn't the greatest, but I wanted to make sure I snapped a few of them before I sold anything! lol


I have decided to partipate in another Craft Fair at my church on Saturday, October 2nd, so now I am super busy again getting things ready for that one! Making all those Halloween things that were sold, as well as some new Christmas things! I promise to share. The rest of my Halloween things will be featured in my upcoming 12 Weeks of Halloween posts.

Onto to other things...Happy Weekend to All! :) This is the first weekend in a few that I don't have to work both of my jobs! Yayyy! (Last Saturday was my last day at the restaurant...waiting on tables and waddling around at 7 months pregnant isn't easy! lol) So do we have anything fun planned? The hottie hubs and I are celebrating our First Wedding Anniversary on Sunday (Sept. 12th) so we'll be spending as much time as we can together this weekend. He has something planned for us, but won't tell me where, when or what. I can't wait to find out. but I'll let you all know when I do! teehehehe

I'm off to put my (swollen) prego feet up to relax! lol Have a great Friday night!
xoxoxo