the green pineapple

New Year, New Start

2012-01-19T20:03:00.000-08:00

What I'm hoping for the new year...is a lot!!

This last year has been full of a lot of roller coasters. A major car accident, a move, a new baby, and more. I haven't been working consistently since July, and honestly didn't really miss it. Until recently. I've started to feel that creative bug and desire to create again, and it feels good.

But I haven't known which direction to take my creating. I have found a great new love for quilting. It is amazing how therapeutic it can be to do something with your hands and being able to create something that will be loved and snuggled. Since about June I have spent a lot of my free time doing that. It was great to take a break and explore different ways of being creative and artistic. That has equated a long break in any real designing for scrapbooking.

We will see where the new year takes me...I have a few ideas in mind. Now to make them realities!!!

Christmas in the Air

2011-12-05T21:26:00.000-08:00

Last night I was blessed to hear my daughter lying in her bed singing Jingle Bells well after her bedtime. I finally had to go in and tell her that it was time for bed. She then informed me that her soundly sleeping sister was keeping her awake! One of those little moments I will treasure forever.

It did help encourage me to update the store with some Christmas products. So I have done just that!! And I've attached a coupon code for all through Christmas!!! Order as many times as you like, now through Christmas and get 20% off with the coupon below!

Thanksgiving?

2011-11-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

Wait I thought it was still July. When did it all of a sudden get cold and become November?!! And not only November but the 21st of November! My goodness.

We celebrated my daughters birthday on Saturday, since her actual birthday falls on Thanksgiving this year. She was sitting with me at the computer while I was perusing pinterest and saw a rainbow cake that she fell madly in love with. Now cakes aren't really my thing. Mine are always lopsided and kinda look like they were made by a 10 year old with A.D.D. But I decided to attempt this one because it didn't seem that hard. Time consuming, but not hard.

The original version looks MUCH better than mine, and can be found here.

The kids were VERY excited about the rainbow cake and I was quite impressed with myself. I made the rainbow cake! And happy birthday to my sweet little angel girl.

Since I seem to be having a very project christmas more pictures will be coming! Get excited, get very excited!

I also put up some new paper packs on the website, some perfect for fall I hope!

Have a great Thanksgiving!!!

Jesse

Time Flies - and a new Freebie

2011-10-08T19:24:00.001-07:00

Time flies. I can't believe how much busier my life has been with the presence of a 12 lb. 5 week old baby. I find it extremely hard to believe that I ever found one child to be difficult. Silly naive me! Three kids, with none of them in school is quite a busy life. I'm trying to find the time to squeeze everything in. It's coming along, but not quite there yet!

I also realize that I never mentioned what we ended up naming the baby! We named him Liam Clarke. We both liked it and FINALLY found something we could agree on!

So I loaded some Halloween products into the store. Some Printable drink labels and gift tags for halloween parties and party favors and some papers of course. I've attached some pictures of the gift tags and the drink labels.

Here is another freebie in the store as well. Enjoy!!! Click here to visit the store

Baby on Board

2011-09-17T18:33:00.001-07:00

So nothing new has been coming since I had a baby 2 weeks ago. He is a healthy little boy that weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. 21 in long. We named him Liam Clarke and are enjoying the new addition to our family. Soon I will post a new freebie and some new products.

Thanks for your support everyone!

Jesse

A Freebie

2011-08-20T21:34:00.000-07:00

I posted a freebie on my website: It's a bit different for my usual style since the papers have a vignette, but hopefully it will get some use out of it.

It's been a long week. The days seem like years at this point, even though I know that I probably have about 2 weeks left. A good friend of mine just had her baby early and her precious little girl is in the NICU. I don't know if I could bear that, so I'm thanking God that I haven't yet had to do that. Hopefully again, all will go smoothly. Hope you all have a good Sunday!!

In A Whirlwind

2011-08-09T10:27:00.000-07:00

I'm officially full term with my pregnancy now, which doesn't mean anything. I'll still be preggers for 3-5 weeks more! That's ok though. I feel pretty good considering the 100 degree temperatures here in Boise! Little guy still doesn't have a name, but soon! My 4 year old daughter is hoping for George Michael (not the singer songwriter) and she calls him Georgie. It's pretty cute. She's also still wants Carzmo, which is the name of one of her imaginary friends. Don't ask me where it came from, I have NO idea.

We have a list of names, but nothing final. A little story, my maiden name is Clarke, and I come from a family of 5 girls. So I thought it would be fun to name him Clarke, but my husband will only do it without the 'e' on the end. So here is the list. Would love to hear opinions!!

• Clarke

• Ethan

• Atticus

• George

We are slowing getting completely settled in our new little house, and I did replace my totaled car. I'm now a mini van mama, and love it!

More to come this week, plus another freebie!

One For the Books!

2011-07-09T12:46:00.000-07:00

Fourth of july was awesome and I have to share my masterpiece, that yes, deserves to be in a food museum! Here's the recipe.

Well, things have, all of a sudden, gotten really busy around my house! My husband is in the application process for graduate school right now, so we decided to go ahead and try and sell our house so that when the time came to move we wouldn't be tied to it. We sold it in a total of 2, yes 2, days! So now, in between being about 33 weeks pregnant, packing, finding a place to live, having to be out of our house by the end of the month, and then normal day to day stuff, I've been feeling a little overwhelmed, exhausted, etc.

Then to top it off, Wednesday I was headed to a friends house to

pick up some stuff when I got rear-ended in what ended up being a 4 car pile up on the busiest road in Boise. I was the first car to get hit, then got pushed into a giant car in front of me, which hit the mini van in front of them. My car suffered the most damage and could very likely be totalled (luckily the kiddos were not with me). So not only was I standing on the side of the road on the hottest day we've had all year, but facing some quality time in the doctor's offices to insure that the baby and I are ok. The baby is ok, I have only had some bruising on my chest, and neck and upper back pain (which I'll be seeing a great chiropractor for).

So yeah, it's been a big week. But I thought I would post a freebie. I have had some people tell me that they don't know how to use patterned paper in a digital scrapbooking layout. So I thought I would put up a quick page for people to see how I use patterned papers. It's available for free here on my website

And it's up!!

2011-07-02T23:05:00.001-07:00

Ok, I think things are finally working right. The store on my website is up! Click here to view it! There is a 20% off coupon for this week, so make sure you take advantage of that! I haven't been able to post all the products that I have yet, but if there is something that you would really like to be able to purchase that I haven't added to the store please let me know and I will get it posted ASAP! Also if you have samples that I can use in the store then email me and I will get you a coupon code for 50% off!!

A post for a rainy day!

2011-06-18T17:10:00.000-07:00

Life has been so busy. We recently put our house up for sale, we had a garage sale this weekend, are getting ready for a fun camping trip (we hope it's fun - keep your fingers crossed!), oh and did I mention that I'm 30 weeks pregnant?

So between getting our house "market ready" and everything else that we've had going on, I have been a little bit less than energetic! However, there are some new things coming up. The store on my site is almost done, and some new products will be posted at Digital Dandelions on Monday! So be sure to check those out!!

*freebie coming soon**

AN ANNOUNCEMENT!

2011-06-06T10:11:00.001-07:00

I am very excited about a new phase in my life! I have changed digital scrapbooking stores! My digital scrapbooking products are now available at Digital Dandelions!

Find them on Facebook, and then check out this article about them for a discount coupon!

I'm very excited about this, and will keep you posted about new and upcoming things with them, and also with my website! It's going to be fun!

Jesse

I have to laugh

2010-04-17T19:17:00.000-07:00

because this just goes to show you how brain dead I am sometimes! I had this all ready and done and ready to post. Did I post it yesterday? obviously not. Anyway. Here are some papers for you! Personal Use only please!!!

Also, these are part of a kit coming out at designer digitals, so they will only be available for a few days.

Enjoy!

Download here

Better Late than Never

2010-04-10T16:39:00.000-07:00

Yesterday completely ran away from me, and today we were having a family Easter celebration! SO, I'm sorry I'm not getting the freebie up until now, but here you go!!

These won't be going up on designer digitals, but please still credit me and designer digitals (since that's where my stuff is available) if you use them! There is one for each month, and they are all in separate .png files! Enjoy!

Download here

Getting Ready...

2010-04-08T22:35:00.000-07:00

For a triathlon! My second actually. I did a mini triathlon through the local YMCA a couple years ago, and now I'm getting ready to do at least 2, maybe 3 speed triathlons this summer.

Now, my style of swimming is not what anyone would call competitive level. In fact I will probably swim this triathlon with the side stroke and might throw in some doggie paddle just for kicks! Whatever gets it done right? I run. I can run for hours and it is glorious to me! I've just never been a superb swimmer, and that's ok.

Well tonight I went swimming with a friend of mine, who is doing this triathlon with me. She has been waiting for this for a couple weeks now. She's a swimmer not a runner, so she has been waiting to get in her arena and out of mine! Well it worked! She kicked my trash, and hopefully can help me become a stronger swimmer in the coming months!!

Wish me luck!!!

And here is what is releasing this week at designerdigitals!

releasing this week!

2010-04-03T13:30:00.001-07:00

FREEBIE FRIDAY!

2010-04-02T19:37:00.001-07:00

I thought that since Easter is just a couple days away, some Easter eggs would be appropriate!

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Spring Inspiration

2010-03-30T21:30:00.000-07:00

My little girlie on an early day in spring!!! She was so happy!!!

Products Used:

Lila Rose Paper Pack

Lila Rose Solids

Chipboard Grid Buttons

Distressed Edge Overlays No. 7

FREEBIE FRIDAY!

2010-03-26T20:05:00.001-07:00

Here is a little freebie of papers for you all to enjoy!!! Please just credit me when you use them. These are free for your personal use. Please contact me if you have interest in using them for commercial use. These will only be available for free for a limited amount of time, then they will be available for purchase within a kit through designerdigitals!

Finding inspiration

2010-03-24T21:10:00.001-07:00

One of my guilty pleasures is children's clothes. So I find a lot of inspiration from the colors of children's clothes. This tends to lead to bright colors!! Speaking of bright colors, here is what I came up with this week! I wanted to do a non-pastel easter set of patterns, and the lost at sea collection is one of my favorite color combos so I decided to revisit it! The shoes? Well, I thought they would be fun!!! They'll be available at DesignerDigitals on Saturday Night!

PS! If you want in on my personal blog, please email me!

A Fresh Start

2010-03-22T19:50:00.000-07:00

I'm starting over with this blog!! I'll be attempting to post a weekly freebie on Friday (Freebie Friday) and posting more about what I'm doing as far as designing goes!!! Hopefully there will be lots and lots of inspiration for everyone!!! I've been wanting to do this for a long time and so now I'm really excited to get it going!!

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon!

Enjoy!!