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What's On My Wrist? It's a FitBit!

NSR (non-stamping-related) post today - so like I say in the video if these sort of posts don't interest you it's OK to click out and I'll catch you next time with a card-related post/video! ;)

Anwyho - I never planned on sharing all this with everyone, but I've been getting a LOT of questions about what's on my wrist and people wanting more info - so I decided to film a video explaining what this is and why I'm wearing it!

 

You can watch directly on YouTube HERE <-----click!

EDITED to add - new links to Amazon! My old FitBit bit the dust, and now they have several new and nicer versions than the one I show here. My plan is to get one (haven't decided which one yet!) and get my steps in again! :)

If you want to get one for yourself you can get them here on Amazon <-----click!

I mention in the video my hubby now has one too and he loves it, some of his co-workers have one, and several more are interested. Even my mom has one. 

As of posting this I've lost 13lbs in 3 weeks since I started eating less and trying to hit 10,000 steps a day (some days more, some less). It's definitely a lifestyle change and it's hard - but SO motivating to see results!

So that's my story! Totally nerve-wracking to put it out there on the interwebz like this, but if I find this helps even one person out it's totally worth it! And it's working for ME which is the most important!

Do you have a FitBit? Or something similar? Let me know in the comments below whether you do or not and if it's helped you! :)

Katelyn's Birthday Card - Making a Card #67 Video

Image courtesy Little Black Dress Photography

It's hard to believe almost a year has gone by since Katelyn was born! She used to be sooooo little and now she's crawling everywhere, trying to climb EVERYTHING (neither of her older sisters were climbers but this kid is insane), has stood on her own for about 2 seconds - so walking isn't far behind.

She chatters all the time (y'all hear her in a bunch of videos chattering away in the background LOL), is starting to say actual words - "Dada" and "baba", "mama" *sometimes*, her sisters are a little more difficult to pronounce - Veronica is currently "Verdah" and Josie's is "adah" (only a couple of times she's said "Jojo" but she hasn't said it since).

The current word is "what" - everything is "what?" - the way she says it is hilarious.

I wanted to make her birthday card and had got the stamp for it months ago - I'm still loving all things watercolor lately so I went with that and just had fun with the card:

I used my new Distress Ink mini's for this entire card - smooshing them on a stencil (SO fun), watercoloring the main image, and stamping them watercoloring the balloons.

And of course I popped the images up on foam tape.

I finished off the inside with a stamped sentiment and stars from the SSS Birthday Balloons stamp set.

To see how this card came together check out the video below:

  

Or watch directly on YouTube HERE <-----click!

Art Impressions BIRTHDAY WHOOT Cling Rubber Stamp	Simon Says Clear Stamps BIRTHDAY BALLOONS	MFT Stencil Cloudy Day	My Favorite Things CLOUDY DAY Mix-ables Stencil	Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock 20/Pkg (CCD)
Tim Holtz DISTRESS WATERCOLOR CARDSTOCK Ranger Ink (SSS)	Hero Arts DYE Ink Pad BLACK	Faber-Castell COLLAPSIBLE WATER CUP	Claudine Hellmuth Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES	C.C. Designs Copic Quality White 110lb Cardstock
Tim Holtz Distress Markers BLACK SOOT	Precision Heat Embossing Emboss Tool Gun Hero Arts	American Crafts - Hemp Basics	Scotch Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape (CCD)	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent
Distress Mini Ink Kits / Kit 1	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT #1	Distress Mini Ink Kits / Kit 2	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT #2	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT #3
Distress Mini Ink Kits / Kit 3	Distress Mini Ink Kits / Kit 6	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MINI KIT #6	Fiskars Compact Stamp Press	Fiskars Compact STAMPING PRESS
Tim Holtz Tonic CRAFT KNIFE Tool Blade Retractable w Spares	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET Reusable 15 X 18

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Life Update Video April 2014

I say it every month but I can't believe this month is over! Time just flies...

Here's the newest Life Update video with me and the munchkin :)

 

To watch directly on YouTube click HERE <----click!

Life Update Video March 2014

I finally got a few free minutes to film a quick Life Update video with my munchkin. I find it funny that she is SO quiet in the video - trust me that's not how she is 99% of the time LOL!

I can't believe Katelyn's 9 1/2 months old already. Time is just flying by! :(

She LOVES seeing herself in the viewfinder in my camera - that's what she's staring at (almost) the whole time:

 

As always you can watch on YouTube by clicking HERE <----click!

And if you missed the card I posted earlier today you can see it by clicking HERE or scrolling down! :)

And like I said in the video stay tuned! I've got a whole bunch of posts coming this week!! :) :) :)

Life Update Video February 2014

Here's the newest Life Update video for y'all :)

I never did a January one - like I say in the video both me and Katelyn were sick with that awful cold and after that finally went away we were into February and just too busy to get to it (and yes my OCD is irked I didn't get one done but my then OCD was irked at the thought of doing one in the middle of the month too LOL - so I waited 'till now).

Anywho here's the video:

 

To watch directly on YouTube click HERE <------click!

Life Update Video Nov 2013

Hey everyone! I've been having modem/internet issues since last weekend so my connection has been spotty/not working/driving me insane :P - today was another one of "those" days so I wasn't able to get this video up 'till now.

 

To watch directly on YouTube click HERE <-----click!

It's been a long day - Josie's birthday party went off well - the kid cleaned up when it came to Lego Friends sets LOL! I so wish we had stuff like that when I was little :P.

Life Update Video! October 2013

So here it is finally! ;)

I basically just ramble on as usual - maybe one of these days I'll actually write a few things down before I forget and then have nothing to talk about on camera :P. For someone who's been so busy you'd think I'd have all sorts of things to say but I was struggling to come up with anything LOL! Such is my life:

 

To watch on YouTube click HERE <----click!

And if you missed my product review video I posted earlier you can check it out HERE <--click!

Gotta run!! 

3 Months Old!

Just popping in here really quick to say HI! I'm buried under stamps and dies and ribbon (great place to be *wink*) and stamping projects like CRAZY - stay tuned....

Anywho I thought I'd quickly pop on and post this pic of the munchkin as not many people follow me on Instagram (amyrysavy) where most of my munchkin pics end up (among other ones - but I can't help posting a bunch of her all the time - she IS pretty darn cute) - but I pulled out my actual camera the other day instead of my phone and got this one:

I took this one a couple weeks ago when she turned 3 months old - Katelyn's getting so big (too fast :(...). She's "talking" (a lot of you can hear her sometimes in the background of my videos chattering away) and laughing (LOVE that), and trying really hard to roll over. I have no idea what I'm going to do once she figures that out - our house is so NOT baby proof! She's definitely a mommy's girl and I love it - she loves her big sisters and her dad - her face just lights up when they get home from school and work and come straight to her :). Life is reallyreallyREALLY good.

I'll do a new Life Update video soonish - like I said I'm buried under projects and have a bunch of things going on right now. I gotta get stuff done before heading out for a much-needed hair cut - I haven't had my hair trimmed since BEFORE K arrived - needless to say it's looking pretty sad. I'm really looking forward to having all the split ends chopped off!

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Life Update Aug 2013 VIDEO

Hey everyone - gotta make this quick as I'm typing with one hand while holding munchkin with the other *grin*.

I finally got a chance to film an update video for y'all so here it is!

 

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Hello All

Can't believe my little munchkin is 3 weeks old already! I've had a lot of people asking for updates - maybe next week I will do another update video if people are interested.

For now I've just been busy caring for a newborn, *slowly* getting things moved in to the new studio (so far the salon part of it is almost done - the stamp area not so much - WAY more to do there - but it all involves heavy lifting which I can't do for another few weeks), and keeping up with my older girls (who are being pretty darn amazing and helpful with only a few spats lately LOL).

My days are pretty much consumed with little Katelyn, and some days are better than others. It all depends on her mood, or my energy level, or when her older sisters are starting to feel stir-crazy *wink*. Tim's been working pretty much constantly since we got home from the hospital and is really busy with his job - something that drives me nuts at times - he basically does what 4 or 5 people used to do before he got "promoted" - and when he's not around the work just piles up. So all the days he missed when we were in the hospital meant a bunch of extra work to take care of. Basically it just means he's just spent by the time he gets home at the end of the day and it's harder to get things done around the house (or get heavy furniture moved from one area of the house to another).

(this was posted on my Instagram account (my username on there is AmyRysavy) before I got the salon area more "set up" - it's going to be nice when it's actually done!)

So the whole studio is just going to take longer to get set up than we planned. But that's OK - not feeling super "rushed" over it all (like we were before baby arrived and trying to get it renovated!) and being able to take a bit more time getting things set up will *hopefully* make it even better in the end. 

I'm "really" looking forward to getting back to stamping though - it's been way too long!

Anywho that's a quick update for now - hopefully I'll be back with an update video soon - and I actually have a "haul" video that needs to be filmed and posted - I ordered some goodies WEEKS ago and they've been sitting in the box since they arrived before I went into labour :P. Knowing my luck everything in the order is either sold out or no longer available - I haven't had the time to check and see - heck I haven't had the time to take any of it out of the box! I'll get to it one of these days.....*grin* 

Katelyn Rosie and a (LONG) Story!! VIDEO

Well I had a lot of requests for this - and sorry but it's a REALLY long video (almost 50 minutes) - it took all afternoon to upload but it worked!

It was quite the "adventure" bringing my little girlie into the world - but we both made it OK and it *could* have been so much worse - so I'm thankful that with everything that happened she's more than perfect and we're both at home and recovering nicely :).

 

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Welcome Katelyn Rosie :)

Not the most flattering pic of me - but this was taken over 8 hours after giving birth via emergency c-section June 19 to our little Katelyn Rosie. This was the first time meeting her and getting to hold her (long story).

Needless to say her rather abrubt and chaotic arrival is taking some time to recover from - but I wanted to pop on here now that I'm home and starting to get a bit settled in and give an update as I've had people e-mailing and whatnot.

Also people have been worried about the flooding in Alberta and if that was why I was quiet on here. No - I'm about 300 miles from Calgary and live in the middle of tons of fields - so their devastating floods haven't affected us (in that way - but Calgary is a major hub of everything for western Canada so we're ALL affected by it in some way or another). My heart goes out to all the people that ARE suffering and have lost homes/lives/business/etc in those floods - what I did see in the news updates while I was in the hospital was just surreal.

Thank you all for the concern though! Me and baby girl are doing well - I'll prolly have a video update coming SOON (maybe within the day or two) as it'll be easier for me to just do a video than type everything out!! :)

I'm gonna go take a nap and snuggle my new little munchkin ;) :D :D :D

 

AmyR's 36 Week Update! VIDEO

Can't belive it's 36 weeks already! Time is literally just flying by!!!

In case anyone missed them here are links to all the previous update posts:

Where Have I Been and Some BIG News

17 Week Update Video

AmyR's 22 Week Update! VIDEO

Regarding Baby Cards, Gifts etc...

AmyR's 28 Week Update! VIDEO

AmyR's 33 Week Update! VIDEO

 

To watch directly on YouTube click HERE <-----click!

Don't forget to check out my ETSY Shop! Prairie Paper & Ink on ETSY

Prairie Paper & Ink Facebook Page

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I'm on Pinterest too! Click to find me.

I'm also on Twitter now

aaaannnnddd Instagram as well - amyrysavy

AmyR's 33 Week Update! VIDEO

OK time for another update. In case you're just checking in and have missed what all has been going on the past several months you can start at the beginning:

Where Have I Been and Some BIG News

17 Week Update Video

AmyR's 22 Week Update! VIDEO

Regarding Baby Cards, Gifts etc...

AmyR's 28 Week Update! VIDEO

 

To watch directly on YouTube click HERE <----click!

Don't forget to check out my ETSY Shop! Prairie Paper & Ink on ETSY

Prairie Paper & Ink Facebook Page

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I'm on Pinterest too! Click to find me.

I'm also on Twitter now

aaaannnnddd Instagram as well - amyrysavy

I got published!

Some of you may remember THIS CARD I posted a while ago that I had made for a friends birthday. I was so happy with how it turned out and funny thing was I wasn't the only one. It caught someone's eye and I ended up getting an e-mail asking if it could be featured in the UK magazine Papercraft Inspirations :).

TOTALLY made my day. The *only* issue was that they needed full resolution files in order to be able to put it in the magazine (b/c the ones I post on my blog I've edited down to save bandwidth) - and do you think I still had said files? Nope I'd deleted them from my computer. AND I didn't have the card anymore b/c I'd given it to my friend already (who doesn't live nearby of course).

So I ended up re-making the card so that I could re-photo it and all that fun stuff (so thankful this sort of card wasn't one with lots of detail coloring and embellishments that I only had one of sort of thing - that would normally be my luck LOL).

Anyway I did all that, sent the file and just got the e-mail today that the magazine has hit the stands in the UK! It will be available there until the 6th of May and then be available internationally for about 6 weeks after that? I've never come across this magazine here in Canada but then I've got a *really* limited selection of stamping/scrapbooking magazines to choose from here (my local grocery store carries a couple of the big issues like PaperCrafts etc, then Michaels has a better selection but I rarely get there).

Now I just need to get my hands on an actual issue :) I have a PDF of the page I'm featured on but it's not the same. 

Cool eh? My first publication :). I've submitted here and there over the years but nothing's came of it and after a while I stopped (as I'd rather just "publish" everything on here LOL). Any of the magazines that require cards/samples to be mailed in are pretty much out for me b/c the shipping costs from Canada are insane if there's a tight deadline (heck they're expensive just to mail regular), and with online submissions you usually have to mail the card in on the chance it DOES get accepted, which again gets expensive. So I've just chosen to not submit and accepted that I'd prolly never get published.

But now I have been - and it feels pretty good *grin*.

Don't forget to check out my ETSY Shop! Prairie Paper & Ink on ETSY

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I'm on Pinterest too! Click to find me.

I'm also on Twitter now

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