It's a new month, which means that it's time for a new kit at the Sweet Peach Crop Shop (okay, actually a new month means all sorts of things, but I'm focusing on the new kit right now :) ). I received the Sweet kit to work with this month, and I love its fun mix of colors and patterns! I don't know that I ever would have thought to pair those particular dark shades of orange and blue with turquoise if I hadn't seen it here, but man, do I love it!

 

I'll be sharing my pages throughout the month, and I want to start with one of my favorites- one that I giggled to myself about the entire time I was making it...

One day, when my niece is a bit older, she's going to be surfing the web and stumble across all these layouts I made of her as a baby and be just a tiny bit traumatized. And then I'm sure that Beth and Jon are going to insist that I pay for the resulting therapy bills...

And this one? May be the worst (cutest?) one yet, because it documents how very adept miss Sophie is at climbing on people...and managing to always stick her little foot in a vital organ on the way up. 

She's at such a fun stage right now- walking a few steps on her own, but mostly wanting you to hold her hands while she toddles around (and if you stop for two seconds she starts crying). She's also a serious monkey-baby, climbing everything (and everyone!), and she's absolutely fearless (thanks to my brother- you'll see why when I get the Father's Day photos posted).

Speaking of things I need to get posted, those photos were taken at my Mom's birthday party about a month ago! They're in the queue to post, but my photo editing backlog is growing a tad bit faster than I can keep up with it at the moment. I'm totally not complaining, though- in my opinion there's no such thing as too many photos!

One final, parting thought...could this possibly be the first time ever in the history of kit club design team layouts that the word "spleen" has been used in a title? Hmm...

sweet peach crop shop | independence day color challenge

Good morning, and happy Independence Day to everyone! I hope you've got some great stuff planned for the day. I've already celebrated half of mine- my hometown had its annual 5K and fireworks display on Saturday, so I ran (27:23- a personal best!) and photographed fireworks with my parents then. Tonight Huntsville is having its fireworks, and Darren and I will trek out with camera and tripod in tow to get even more photos. I love this time of year!

Today I also have a color challenge posted over at the Sweet Peach Crop Shop blog (you can get a peek at the challenge palette in this layout about last year's fireworks photography expedition). If you want to get in on the challenge (and a chance to win a Sweet Peach gift certificate) head on over to their blog for all the details. You don't have to be a subscriber or even use their kits to enter, so it's a totally no-strings-attached kind of deal!

Happy Fourth to everyone, and please take a moment to remember our troops today.

geek girl | july 3 2011

Today I am one tired geek girl!! This morning I was in the midst of a baking frenzy at my parents' house. This afternoon I drove back home. And this evening? I worked over at our ex-rental house that we're hoping to put on the market soon. But you know what? It's all good, because I have a new episode of Burn Notice just waiting for me on Hulu, and I plan on diving right into it tonight after I post this.

This weeks geekery includes some revived ancient tech, a few Muppets, and lots of Star Wars. So let's get started!

 

From the top left:

• Oh, Bakerella, you know I always love you and your cake pops. But these reader-submitted Star Wars pops? They take the cake (see what I did there?). Click through the link to see Chewbacca and an adorbz Ewok.
• Remember the old Commodore 64? Wait, don't raise your hand if you don't want to date yourself!! Can you believe that it's available for purchase again?!?!? I might just have to buy one because they were really cool. At least, that's what I've been told...ahem...
• Have you ever been watching a movie and thought, "you know, if they'd just done 'x', it would end really fast?" Well, someone did that with Star Wars, and I couldn't help letting out a giggle or two as I read them.
• Speaking of giggles, this R2-D2 version of the old Operation game should be worth at least a few.
• People, this is a cake. With Muppets. And by Muppets I mean my favorites, Beaker and Bunsen. Seriously, does is get any cuter than that?!?!?
• What do you get when you pair more than 10,000 Legos and lots of spare time? How about a Lego Sandcrawler. No, seriously!! Go check it out!
• Cupcakes Take the Cake was kind enough to share these cute Yoda cupcakes, made with those awesome Star Wars cookie cutters from Williams Sonoma.
• If one giant Lego build isn't enough for this post, then you might want to check out this Lego Super Star Destroyer. Unlike the fan-designed Sand Crawler, this will be a set that you can buy and build yourself sometime this fall. Me want!
• Speaking of want, I want to go to Disney! And screw Mickey- I'll be heading straight for these too-awesome-for-words Muppet Star Wars figures that are available at Star Tours. Have I mentioned that I've never actually been to Disney?

With all the Muppets running around this post, I can't leave without sharing one of my favorite Swedish Chef clips ever...in which he shows how to make donuts. Enjoy. :)

Okay, peeps, until next time, geek out!