tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4309322044523146912024-03-05T21:06:49.024-05:00Nikki SivilsNikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.comBlogger921125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-64158306479636733902014-11-21T07:00:00.000-05:002014-11-21T07:00:01.123-05:00I have a great tip for everyone today... <div style="text-align: center;">
I love the old, tried and true Jergens lotion, I've used it since high school. Last weekend I was at my moms and she had 3 bottles all upside down in a bowl. I thought this was odd, but I had to know what she was up too (she's always up to something)! My mom told me that she drains them because one bottle has close to another several weeks worth of lotion. Hmm... I've wondered about this before, thinking that I was wasting what was left. <br />
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Once I was back home one of my bottles was no longer "pumping" lotions, I sat it upside down in a bowl over night then the next morning I hit the sides of the bottle until every last bit was out. My goodness I had a lot more left that I had been wasting!<br />
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Here is my tip....<br />
After you empty the bottle then put some lavender oil drops in the bowl, stir it well, put a lid on it (I use a small plastic bowl) and put it on or inside your bedside table to lube up those hands and arms up before bed. I love lavender lotion at night, its so soothing, calming and smells so nice.<br />
(I put the oil in bath water too.)<br />
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Have a great weekend!<br />
Our son, Henry, is coming home from college (MU) today, we are having your Thanksgiving dinner tonight and he will be with us until Monday! We are thrilled and can't wait to see him!! Being an empty-nester has been so strange for us, he is greatly missed!!<br />
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TGIF!!!</div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-37666915508819810692014-11-20T07:00:00.000-05:002014-11-20T07:00:00.747-05:00What's Your Favorite Layout That Best Represents Your Style?<div style="text-align: center;">
I was recently ask to share a single layout that best represents my style... this was a hard one for me. I love to scrapbook from sketches and make it my own, I love clean layouts and I love heavily embellished layouts too. I like to change it up when I scrapbook, I get bored easily. I ended up picking this layout:</div>
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I added these pencil lines because I wanted to keep within a square space in the center of the layout. Once the layout was finished I was going to erase them but then I decided I really liked them, they added a detail that I really loved. Simple but kind of cool too! </div>
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The little velum envelope has a bunch of mini metal leaves and fall pieces from American Crafts. I wrapped a ton of ribbon around the envelope then stuck a pin on it that was off of some clothes I bought. </div>
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The little boy in the layout is my nephew, Noah, such a little ham!</div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-67324709881904754042014-11-19T07:00:00.000-05:002014-11-19T07:00:01.056-05:00GIVEAWAY, GIVEAWAY, GIVEAWAY!! <div class="MsoNormal">
I have such a fun giveaway to offer all my followers today!
My dear friend, Pam Dunn, who is an author, life coach and owner of Your
Infinite Life has just written another book, <i><b>It's Time to Look Inside - to see yourself and everyone through the
lens of magnificence</b></i>. I’m so excited for her, I’ve always wanted to write a
book but have no clue about what and I’m not sure I have the patients for it I just love the idea of it, but more than anything I'm so very proud of Pam!! </div>
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<b><span style="color: #878787; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';">IT'S TIME TO LOOK
INSIDE: </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #878787; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype';">Take a truly
transformative journey of exploration along with author Pamela Dunn, when you
read <i>It’s Time To Look Inside</i>. Begin to see yourself and everyone in
your life though the lens of magnificence by learning to cultivate open heartedness.
Examine the bully/victim paradigm and learn how to recognize the innate
goodness in yourself and others to break this ugly, destructive and dangerous
cycle. You’ll learn specific and proven ways to shed old ways of viewing the
world and your place in it and integrate new ways of operating. Discover, honor
and learn to identify magnificence in those that express the opposite and learn
how to treat yourself and others more compassionately.</span></b></div>
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This Saturday, November 22<sup>nd</sup> from 1-4pm
she will be having a <i>book launch party</i> at <b>The Wolf Public House</b>, 15480 Clayton
Rd., Ballwin MO 63011. Pam will be doing a reading from the book and
introducing one of the concepts. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is
a great place if you live in the Greater St. Louis area, they have great food, a
full bar and ME… hee hee! I’ll be there to support my friend and can’t wait to
hear her read from the book; Pam has a captivating presence that will draw you
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Pam has generously given me a signed copy of her book
and one EBook too! That will be TWO giveaways… TWO WINNERS (one lucky random
winner will get a signed copy and another random winner will get the EBook)!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>1.</b> Go like Pam’s Facebook page:
<i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Your-Infinite-Life-Training-and-Coaching-Company/248080651397">Your Infinite Life-FB </a></i> <b>2.</b> If you are on
Instagram follow her account: <i>YourInfiniteLife </i>(You have to type it in with no spaces.) <b>3.</b> Then leave me a comment below that you have done
the above (one or both) and what your all time favorite book is, Fiction or Nonfiction it doesn't matter!</div>
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Lets help Pam celebrate her new book by giving her
some “Love”!! I’ll announce the winner on Friday’s blog post! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-23691542757407128102014-11-17T20:04:00.000-05:002014-11-17T20:04:17.282-05:00The November issue of Create Magazine 2014!<h3 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;">This issue of Create Magazine is GREAT! Has so many fun Fall and Christmas/Holiday layouts to scrap-lift and free sketches to download! This is a<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 20px;"> free digital magazine that has 249 pages of paper-crafting inspiration just waiting for you. An extra plus this month...getting to see layouts from each of the 36 new CREATE team members for 2015. These new girls (and the old ones too) have great style! I can't wait for next years issues! </span></span></span></span></h3>
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Here are a few sneak peeks of my layout and mini album I created for the magazine:</div>
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This is my Limo & Lights layout.</div>
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This is the mini album I created for the 12 Days of Christmas.</div>
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I can't wait to use it this year! I plan on using my<a href="http://www.fujifilm.com/products/instant_photo/cameras/instax_mini_7s/"> Fuji Flim Mini Polaroid</a> for the pictures because they take the best little pictures. (I linked the camera if you want to see what it looks like also I added a picture below so you can see the little Polaroid picture size too.)</div>
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Here is the Fuji Polaroid with the pictures it takes. </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-82268525823115154972014-11-03T22:22:00.001-05:002014-11-03T22:22:01.936-05:00Guess who's on the 2015 Create Magazine Design Team AGAIN?? ME!!! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited to announce the 2015 Create Magazine Design Team! I feel so lucky to once again be representing this great online magazine!! <a href="http://scrapbookgeneration.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=8">Here is a link</a> if you haven't looked at any of the back issues and the best part... it is FREE!! Yep... Free!! With over 200 pages of great projects, sketches and tips per issue!! </div>
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Here is a little peek of my last layout in the magazine...</div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-65531330283184832692014-03-14T08:00:00.000-04:002014-03-14T08:00:03.048-04:00THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE W/ QUICK BUTTERCREAM FROSTING!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I have to say this is one of the better chocolate cakes I've ever made! So moist and really easy to make/bake! (Recipes below.) I didn't use the icing recipe that was with the cake recipe b/c I didn't want chocolate icing I wanted Vanilla Buttercream icing!! YUM!</div>
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Tip: )most of you might know this already but I got this from my mom) Once the cakes are cooled and ready for the icing, place the first cake upside down so the rounded top is on the plate bottom, then ice the top (which will be flat b/c its the bottom of the cake). Then once iced do the same with the top cake, so the flat bottom is on top. Why do this... well its for looks only! LOL... so, it really doesn't matter, but it does make a really pretty cake, that's perfectly round and portioned. </div>
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Now that you've got a beautiful cake... its time to dig in!!</div>
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The Best Chocolate Cake Ever Recipe from: <a href="http://addapinch.com/cooking/2013/01/25/the-best-chocolate-cake-recipe-ever/#axzz2vfZU6zTR">Add A Pinch</a></div>
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Quick and Yummy Buttercream icing from:<a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/quick-vanilla-buttercream-frosting-recipe.html"> Food Network</a></div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-25718786623015176042014-03-12T08:00:00.000-04:002014-03-12T08:00:01.808-04:00Pictures Aren't Great But The Memories Are... Who Cares, Scrap Them Anyway!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This layout is a great example of "not" great pictures but fantastic memories!!</div>
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My nephew, Noah and I were playing with my Polaroid camera and he was amazed that the pictures, how they came out of the camera and that he could hold them too. We had so much fun that day playing outside and inside but I was so busy being an Aunt that I didn't take any really great pictures so these little Polaroids and one iPhone picture was it! So cares?! The memories will last forever so scrapbook them anyway!! </div>
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I'm so happy I decided to scrapbook these little pictures so I can always remember our time together but especially on that day! When our kids, nieces, nephews and whoever else looks back at our albums they are going to be looking at the pictures more then the actual layout so don't get caught up in the "my pictures aren't good enough to scrapbook" because really its all about the memories of that day not the quality of the photos!! </div>
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Products used: My Minds Eye, Jenni Bowlin, Little Yellow Bicycle, Am Crafts, and Glue Arts. </div>
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I'm so excited to announce the March issue of Create Magazine! </div>
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Here is a sneak of my <b>3 layouts</b> I created in this months magazine:</div>
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This one is: "It's a Party! </div>
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Go check out the great work of many ladies in this <a href="http://scrapbookgeneration.com/index.php?route=information%2Finformation&information_id=8">months issue</a>!! </div>
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Our sweet Savannah, was tied to a tree and abused, that's how I first found her. Rubber bands around her muzzle, caked in mud and her own fecal waste up to her knees. After convincing the owners that I JUST HAD TO HAVE HER THAT SHE REMINDED ME OF MY CHILDHOOD DOG (which was a wee bit of a lie because I had a German Shepherd) and many tears about why I had to have her they finally sold her to me for $30 (a few more than they had in her, so they said)! I think really they just wanted this crazy crying lady off their front porch! LOL! It worked because she was home with me and bathed within an hour of driving up, to their house. Savannah has been a blessing to us since then. She's a bit camera shy and doesn't like people or objects in her face, I'm guessing that stems from the abuse, so it's really hard to get a picture of her but sometimes when she's not paying attention I can snap a few pics. Like these that I took of her on my chair on the back porch. Savannah is a beautiful lab mix, only weights about 43 lbs loves to sun herself and hunt squirrels!</div>
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<br />Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-12138951326329278582014-03-05T22:07:00.002-05:002014-03-05T22:07:49.202-05:00My Day with Lanie<div style="text-align: center;">
Last week Lanie called and asked if I'd join her for a food tasting for her wedding that will take place this Spring. I, of course jumped at the chance to spend some time with her. We had so much fun, many laughs and I realized how much I miss having her working with me everyday! I'm so excited for her upcoming wedding. Lanie got some GREAT news today as well, she has been in the fight of her life battling cancer over the last year and half, and today she found out all the tumors in her pelvis and abdomen are gone and the other tumors are small and stable. This is such great news!! So please keep her in your daily prayers!!</div>
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Here are a few pics of our day together...</div>
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Regular and sweet potato martini's (no alcohol)! </div>
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The wedding tasting crew!</div>
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Guess who turned 9?!</div>
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Our sweet Savannah! She is such a love and requires so little, Savannah has really been the worlds best dog! Here's to another 9 years my sweet girl!! </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-33169362157632004312014-02-28T08:00:00.000-05:002014-02-28T08:00:00.610-05:00My Semi-Homemade Pizza Recipe...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh Boy! We are having homemade pizza tonight!! </div>
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I make semi-homemade pizza at least once a week, its so much better than any store bought frozen pizza you can buy. It is a bit more time consuming than a frozen pizza, but honestly its so easy! Non-cookers/bakers can make this too, super easy! I change it up a bit... I learned this from my mom as she made this pizza all the time when I was a kid! Seriously, it is so good!! </div>
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This picture is of my semi-homemade pizza. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">The Recipe:</span></b></div>
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1 box of Chef Boyardee Cheese Pizza Kit</div>
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(I buy the family size, it makes 2 pizza's.)</div>
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EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil -several tbsp) </div>
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Pizza Seasoning (in the seasoning section of grocery store)</div>
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Crushed Red Pepper (optional)</div>
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Basil (fresh or dried)</div>
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Parmesan Cheese (the powder kind)</div>
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2 Bags of Pizza cheese (it is labeled "Pizza" cheese)</div>
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Any toppings you want to add (I like simple, turkey pepperoni and onion)</div>
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<b>Directions: </b></div>
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1. Follow the box directions to make the pizza dough, I subsitute veggie oil for EVOO.</div>
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2. Once dough is raised, I spread out the dough one half on a pizza stone (I prefer stone) and the other half of a metal baking sheet (I only have one pizza stone). Then lightly brush EVOO over both pizza doughs, sprinkle the pizza season on the dough along with the a small amount crushed red pepper and parmesan cheese. This part isn't on the box this is my "add-on" step. </div>
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3. Now place in the oven until the dough is bubbly and <i>just</i> starting to brown, about 10-ish mins, but oven times vary. </div>
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4. Now add the pizza sauce (from the box kit) and all your toppings. I just add my turkey pepperoni, onion and one bag of pizza cheese per pizza. Now back in the oven until the cheese is bubbling, turning brown on the edges as well as the crust edges are browning.</div>
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5. Once out of the oven I sprinkle dried basil on top along with a small bit of the powdered parmesan cheese and let it sit for at least 10 mins for the pizza on the stone and the metal pan only 5-ish mins. </div>
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6. I love to cut the pizza in squares and gobble it down. </div>
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Tip: I use kitchen scissors to cut my pizza, they are better than any pizza slicer, learned this from my momma. </div>
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Now go make semi-homemade PIZZA this weekend!!</div>
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(Images from <a href="http://www.chefboyardee.com/">Chef Boyardee website</a>.)</div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-72445715212520376472014-02-27T08:00:00.000-05:002014-02-27T08:00:03.393-05:00Throwback Thursday! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is so fun and I love seeing everyones pictures on Facebook and Instagram from back in the day. I have a few here for you too, all these are meaningful to me in one way or another. Let me share the stories...</div>
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These two cuties are my uncles, my uncle Steve and uncle Danny. My moms brothers, that I grew up with, loved and adored. (They adored me too!) Here they are holding me, when they came back from Vietnam. These two loved and adorned me daily, they would also use me to pick up ladies too! I don't blame them tho.. LOL! I always felt very loved by them. Sadly, my uncle Steve died a few years ago to a brain aneurysm, he is the one not holding me. He is missed greatly, such a wonderful human being and man. Kindness descried him 100%! </div>
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So this picture has always cracked me up... the little toe-head boy is my younger brother Ryan and his little neighbor girl friend. Can you see that he has peed his shorts? This child wanted to play 100% of the time and was a wild-child too. I would ask him "Ryan do you need to go to the bathroom?" he'd say "no, sissy. I fine."! Really??? Look at the front of his shorts! I think he needed to go... when I asked him, but he didn't want to stop "play" to go to the bathroom. This is one of my favorite pictures growing up. Love that boy so much to this very day!</div>
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This is my little sister Emily, I just love this picture, its framed and up in my kitchen so I can see it everyday. I love my arm around her, love our similes and just love her!! </div>
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This is my very first friend, and best friend for years. We were neighbors and went to school together, and our moms where the best of friend too! We both were casted for the Bambi play here in Springfield. I was the skunk and she was the rabbit. </div>
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Sharon Arnold and Nikki Kinney in 1977.</div>
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I really need to scrapbook these and tell the stories so I'll always remember and so other will know the stories behind them. </div>
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I'm sure most of you have heard about the sweet little 10 yr old girl that was kidnapped and murdered within 3 hours of her adduction here in my hometown. It was so heartbreaking but our community has come together like nothing I've ever experienced before. </div>
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This is my candle at the walk.</div>
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At the end of the walk people that had carried candles in jars left them at the feet of Hailey's family at the vigil. </div>
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My city thought a couple of thousand might show up but we had more than <b>10,000 people</b> show up! </div>
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Also a few motorcycle groups showed up from around the country to support the family and also keep some of the protesters away. (I don't want to say the name of the protesters because I don't want to give them a name or any publicity for the dishonorable thing they are doing.) The motorcycle men and women lined up their motorcycles and made a human chain so no one could get by them and the vigil would be protected. These riders are wonderful and so refreshing knowing they are on the side of good. </div>
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Here are a couple of my girlfriends, Tina and Kim that went with me to the candlelight walk and vigil last Saturday night. We are so thankful to be from a city that has stepped up in every way possible for the grieving family of Hialey Owens. </div>
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If you would like to contribute to the memorial fund our local bank <a href="https://www.empirebank.com/Pages/Contact-Us/">Empire Bank</a> is taking donations. Here is the <a href="https://www.empirebank.com/Pages/Contact-Us/">link</a> if you'd like to donate some money. </div>
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<br />Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-74258387348797479942014-02-21T06:30:00.000-05:002014-02-21T06:30:00.143-05:00Lake Dog!<div style="text-align: center;">
We have a Yorkie that thinks she's a water dog! Bella-Blue my little Yorkie would kill herself going for a duck in the lake! She's actually a great little swimmer but she won't come back to the shore when called so she has to wear a life jacket and someone (mainly my husband) has to be willing to go out in the lake to get her if you won't come back. She can be real difficult at times! LOL! I had to create a layout about our lake adventures with her this last summer. </div>
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These black letter stickers are so old I don't even know where they came from but I "faked" stitched with white pen to give them a new life. I think it worked!</div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-32576407968430268262014-02-19T06:30:00.000-05:002014-02-19T06:30:00.725-05:00Do you scrapbook yourself?<div style="text-align: center;">
When I use to teach scrapbooking classes around the country I would "lecture" everyone the importance of scrapbooking yourself. We are always so busy taking pictures of our family and scrapbooking them, we forget about us! (Story of your life, right!) LOL!</div>
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Every year I create a single page layout with the title "Me at... 41" (or however old I am that year) then I journal about my life at that age along with a picture of me at that age too. </div>
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I just completed my layout for this last year at age 41.</div>
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This is a pretty "clean" layout for me, but I didn't need a lot on it as it has a nice flow with all my journaling boxes. </div>
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<i><b>My different journaling titles are:</b></i></div>
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<i>Cooking</i></div>
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These are things that are either my favorite things at the moment like under "drinks" I have Diet Dr Pepper (I can't get enough of it), or what I'm feeling and wanting (like loose weight). So you get the point, I'm sure, and you can choose anything of course. I love looking back even just 5 years ago and reading what I liked then and what my thoughts and feeling were that year. I <b>wish</b> I had one of these layouts of my grandma and mom every year that they had made of them selves. Wouldn't you love to look back and see what your mom or grandma thought and felt at different stages of their life.</div>
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I challenge, all you scrapbookers and crafters out there to start doing this, just one layout a year that's just about you. Tell your family how feel this year and what your favorite things are. You won't regret this and years from now you will have left a wonderful gift to your children's, children. </div>
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HAPPY HUMP-DAY!!</div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-41719636320436678802014-02-17T06:30:00.000-05:002014-02-17T06:30:00.458-05:00My Valentine's Day and Date<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My husband sent me Chocolate Covered Strawberries for Valentines's Day (he was traveling and not in town). "Sherrie's Berries" and they were fantastic!!</div>
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Also in the box were 3 chocolate covered cookies! YUM!!</div>
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I had my father-in-law over for lunch on Valentine's Day. He had a doctors apt. and I was his ride so we had a nice Valentine lunch, with some coffee and nice conversation in my home. </div>
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Henry went to the LPA (ladies pay all) dance Friday evening, this is us before his date picked him up. </div>
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Henry's date... she was just adorable! </div>
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My Poor niece, Taylor sent most of Valentine's Day in the hospital with bronchitis and having to take breathing treatments. Taylor was home resting well that evening and feeling much better now. </div>
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Then later that evening I had a date with my sweet 10 yr old nephew, Cade!</div>
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I have to say, of all the Valentine's I received, this one from my nephew was the highlight of my day!!</div>
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Right before we left Cade's house to go to the movie he handed me a handmade paper flower an a letter. This was better than any store bought card!! </div>
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My cup runth-over with love on this special Valentine's day!</div>
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Right before bed I had to take a "selfie" with my little Bella-Blue! </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-47908072944911112172014-02-14T06:00:00.000-05:002014-02-14T06:00:07.307-05:00Happy Valentines Day! <div style="text-align: center;">
Ahh... Valentine's Day! </div>
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This one will be a bit different this year. Dan will not be around tonight, so my nephew, Cade (11 yrs old) will be my Valentine Date. We are going to eat dinner at Steak-n-Shake, then going to see the movie "Nut Job", I can't wait, we will have a great time together! </div>
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I should be showing off some beautiful Valentine cards that I made, but I haven't made any yet! Oops! Hopefully, I can whip a few up here in a bit! However, I do love making cards, always have! A small canvas to work on and a quick project that you can accomplish in just a short period of time. </div>
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Here are a couple of cards I made for "winter-time" for my dear friend, Lanie, who is battling the fight of her life with cancer. </div>
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Both these cards I created for Lanie are featured in <a href="http://issuu.com/sgcreate/docs/create_-_issue_1_-_january_2014"><i>Create Magazine's, January issue</i></a>. </div>
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Products (both cards): all Bella Blvd except the snowman and snowballs which were EK Success. </div>
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I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day! </div>
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(And if you get to see a movie on your Valentine Date, I recommend "Labor Day", it was so good!!)</div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-51376232982929392772014-02-12T06:00:00.000-05:002014-02-12T12:05:33.902-05:00A little "Puppuccino" with my Alfred!<div style="text-align: center;">
HAPPY HUMP-DAY!</div>
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I can't help but think of that darn camel every time I see or read anything "hump-day"! I love that commercial! So, so funny! </div>
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I have a little layout I created for the <a href="http://issuu.com/sgcreate/docs/create_-_issue_1_-_january_2014"><i>Create Magazine, January's issue</i>,</a> that I wanted to share. It was a little heartbreaking to make this layout because I had to put my Alfred down last August. God, that was hard! Anyway, that little fella, loved Starbucks "Puppuccions" and yes, its a real thing for dogs that go to Starbucks. Who wouldn't love a little cup filled with whip cream!! </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-40340194781500752562014-02-10T18:00:00.001-05:002014-02-10T18:00:35.303-05:00February's Issue of "Create" Magazine...<div style="text-align: center;">
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Hope everyone had a great weekend, we had a very LAZY weekend. No sun plus very cold temps equalled staying inside in our PJ's all day Saturday. It was wonderful, and the Olympics started last week which is so much fun to watch. We watch every sport that takes place. Just love the olympics! </div>
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Put together by the ladies of Scrapbook Generation!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://issuu.com/sgcreate/docs/create_-_issue_1_-_february_2014">February's</a></span></span> Issue ready for viewing! </div>
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I had to creating a project, for a color challenge, that was really challenging for me! The colors were great but for some reason, I struggled with them. It might just be because I don't want to be told what colors to use!! LOL!! </div>
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I can't tell you how much fun I'm having scrapbooking again! </div>
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Look at my little cute, Yorkie, Bella-Blue all in her "hunting" pose! </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-28931249239027315392014-02-05T07:00:00.000-05:002014-02-05T07:00:01.818-05:00Teaching Henry to Cook Before...<div style="text-align: center;">
He leaves the "nest" for college next Fall. We are so excited that Henry has picked a college, MU, same college his dad attended law school. I started thinking about what I needed to teach him before he left home, and cooking is always a good one to learn. I bought him this cookbook for Christmas and once a week, he picks a recipe he'd like to cook with me. </div>
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All the recipes are made in 30 minutes and so far they are great!</div>
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Our second meal was homemade potato soup.</div>
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Last weeks meal was my favorite one we've cooked so far!</div>
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We are having so much fun, at first I felt like Henry wasn't overly excited about this plan of mine. Which I understand, most 18 yr boys don't want to cook with their step-mom... but he has really started enjoying the process. As well he is so proud of our meals. I love it because a few of these meals I wouldn't have made on my own so I get to learn some new recipes along the way. Mostly we are creating great food and memories together before he leaves home. </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-84824710169627436672014-02-03T07:00:00.000-05:002014-02-04T11:50:09.836-05:00My Favorite Holiday Card Layout<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Every year I scrapbook our families Christmas card and I pick a couple of my most favorite cards and scrapbook them too. I love doing this so I alway my favorite cards scrapbooked and also how I know the person who sent it to me. This year, Katrina Hunt's Christmas card won me over! Is was both funny and adorable!! Jillibean Soup papers seemed to be the perfect fit for this card. </div>
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I created a little hand stitching, I love stitching on my layouts even if its fake stitching, I love the look it gives the project. </div>
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My cute little burlap buttons coordinate with Jillibean papers perfectly!</div>
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Most all of the product on this layout is Jillibean Soup.</div>
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We love this picture, my yorkie, Bella, is so mad at her much bigger and younger brother, Nico, my GSD. He seems to want to drink out of her bowl not his own, this really makes her mad. She will attack if the opportunity presents itself. LOL! Love these two and their silly relationship they have created. </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-71164206371703618282014-01-31T07:00:00.000-05:002014-01-31T14:16:51.067-05:00Scrapbooking Again! <div style="text-align: center;">
I'm so happy to be scrapbooking again! </div>
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I went to a scrapbook retreat in St. Louis and scrapbooked the entire weekend with a few of my closest scrapbooking buddies, Katrina, Steph and the Scrapbook Generation ladies! We all stayed in the same hotel and scrapbooked, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. It was so much fun!! Here are some pictures from my weekend as well as a fun layout I made too.<br />
Steph and I.<br />
I love this girl!!<br />
(We met on the CK message board about 6 yrs ago!)</div>
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My Friend Katrina had never eaten at Hooters, so I had to</div>
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take care of that! We had a great lunch! We ALWAYS<br />
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We left Springfield, where we both live, and it was cold </div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-69626305511597917082014-01-13T19:29:00.000-05:002014-01-15T22:13:02.320-05:00Create Magazine... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm so happy to announce I'm on the<b> Create Team</b> for the NEW online <b><a href="http://scrapbookgeneration.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3915&search=Create#container">Create Magazine</a></b> by Scrapbook Generation!! I've always been on the other side of this industry, so being on a design team is really FUN!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here are some fun facts and info about the <b>FREE ONLINE <a href="http://scrapbookgeneration.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3915&search=Create#container">CREATE MAGAZINE</a></b>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The magazine focuses on sketches -- providing four <b><i>free</i></b> layout, card, and tag sketches designed by Allison Davis and Debbie Sanders each month -- but there is so much more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Head over to Scrapbook Generation's newly expanded online store and check out the first issue of <b><a href="http://scrapbookgeneration.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3915&search=Create#container">CREATE</a></b>. It's free, and it's fabulous!</span></div>
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Nikki http://www.blogger.com/profile/15058266648366804079noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-430932204452314691.post-12195695286937508672013-12-31T13:21:00.000-05:002013-12-31T13:21:12.255-05:00Saying goodbye to one chapter & HELLO to a new chapter…<div class="MsoNormal">
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closing Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker LLC down permanently. This has been an
extremely difficult and heart wrenching step for me but I also know that this
needs to happen, it’s just hard to say or type the words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve done everything to close the
company down except make the formal announcement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was waiting for the right time and that’s today, the last
day of 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to go into
2014 fresh, with no baggage holding me back from starting a new chapter and new
career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Which, by the way, I
don’t know what that will be just yet, but I’m working on it.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">I want to thank all the wonderful “fans” and supporters of my
company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You all have been so inspiring, supportive and wonderful!! I can never thank you enough and yet “thank you”
doesn’t seem to be enough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want
to thank everyone that worked with me, my husband, Dan, my leading lady, Lanie,
my graphic bee, Heather, my everyday helpers and extra pair of hands, Catlin, Nick and Marla, my online social and constant contact gal, Mollie, Andrew who taught
me the value of good selling and managed my sales reps, all my sales reps
across the country (especially Pat my awesome FL rep) and last but certainly
not least all my design team girls! You all helped grow the business beyond my
greatest expectations. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Please know that, yes, I’ve been sad and torn up about this decision for
some time now but I’ve worked hard to get to this moment of excitement about my
new future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stay tuned for more
blog posts about my “doghouse” adventures, all that is going on in my life
and what the future has in store for me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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