INTRODUCING ALFRED!

I was lovin' these colors and made this layout about our newest rescue Alfred...a Yorkie mix!! He is such a cutie pie and so very sweet. We are still trying to find the perfect home for him, but our requirements for him are VERY high, so he's with us until then. We'd love to keep him, however our Bella, hates him and picks on him all the time!! (3 fights yesterday) Bella spent most of her day in and out of "doggie" time out....her crate!!! Anyway wanted to share this l/o of Alfred, looking out the car, his favorite thing in the world.....car rides!!! Oh and Walks too!!! Happy day to all.........Nikki

CHA here we come.....

Our booth spot at CHA no longer says "reserved", it now has "Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker" labeled on it. Very exciting for us!!! We, my husband and I, are right across from Prima and behind Mayarts. I can't wait to be apart of the "scrapbooking world"!! I've worked so hard on my paper lines I hope EVERYONE likes, NO LOVES them!!!!!!!!! They are so cute, I wish I could share them with all of you... maybe a sneak peek later on down the road!! Have a great day -Nikki

I finally got to play a little yesterday....

I did this sweet little layout about Ellie, my niece, with chocolate milk on her face!! Isn't she a cutie...I just love her to death. I had a great time on this layout. I painted, did some stitching, used these cool rub-ons that have matching rhinestones, and drew a little. Love the colors and the matching pink and brown in the picture and paper. Hope you enjoy. -Nikki

Dreams really do come true....

Well.....here is my first announcement about my new scrapbook company:
I'm official, Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker LLC, is a manufacturing company that will debut in July 09' at CHA in Orlando FL!! My husband (it sure is nice to have a lawyer as your business partner/hubby) and I are very excited and a bit overwhelmed too. I have some great designs for back to school, Halloween and Christmas papers, stickers, clear stamps etc!!! We hired two ladies to join our team who have over 20 years of experience in the industry. My website is still in the "coming soon" stages, but you can check out my great illustration of me and my Willie-Bee at www.nikkisivils.com (he has been buzzing around me since the beginning of creating this company.)hehehe....
Stay tuned for more information. Oh, and thanks for checking in!!! -Nikki Sivils and of course Willie-Bee too!

You and Me

I made this layout about my mom and I. I had a bunch of ribbon scraps and wanted to use them so I made this layout using most of them. This picture was taken last summer at my brothers engagement dinner. I also hand stitched and stamped; this was a fun layout to put together.

I know....I got a little ahead of myself....

But I love Easter and wanted to do a layout about me dressed as Mrs. E. Bunny! Also I love this picture of my brother and I. He's suck a cutie-pie!!!!

Don't you love the boldness of the black which is so not an Easter color, but works great with this layout.

Valentine Cards

I made these sweet and simple cards for my nieces and nephew for Valentine's Day. They were so fun to make; the stamp set is called "cupcake" by Close To My Heart. The inside says I love you to pieces.

Miss You

I was missing my little guy so I thought I would do yet another layout about him... It's just coming on a year in March and I still miss that little fella being always at my feet! I took this picture of him in my car looking out the window...It's one of my most favorites. Miss you so much Willie-B.

Life is Merrier with a Yorkshire Terrier!!!

Just a little layout I did about Miss Bella and her "robber"!! This is her most favorite toy ever!! We've gone through several over the years and keep ordering them from eBay..hopefully they won't ran out!

Bella's update...

Well, as you all can see she is feeling a little bit better! She is out of the playpen now and has free range of the house again, however she is meaner that ever!! Starting fights with sweet Savannah and Alfred. (Mostly Alfred!!) Dan and I have both been bit in the process as well. If she was a large animal we'd have to put her down, really she has become that hateful. Our vet says she's just still not feeling well and is letting the other dogs know to leave her alone. So last week I found this t-shirt and had to get it for her...it says "I tried to be sweet but I got Bored"! Well that pretty much says it all. She now has an infection and we are treating it with antibiotics, so she still can't do her Pet Therapy visit. Hopefully next month. Thanks for all your prayers and e-mails. -Love Nikki and Bella

Bella's update.....

Well, we have Bella home; however she is still a very sick girl! We have to keep her down so she has to be in a crate or playpen all day and night. (Unless we are holding her.) So because no one would want to be confined to a small crate all day we put her in a child's playpen and she seem to be fine with it. But when we put her in her crate, that by the way she's had since puppy-hood and was fine with it before, is now hating it. And I mean HATING IT!!! So the playpen it is! Bella is on a strict diet with very little water and a 3 medicines that she has to take every 30 minutes before she eats her food twice a day. We have to start giving her medicine a hour and a half before meal time. We'll be doing this for several weeks, but we don't care as long as we have her with us!! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!

It's been a rough start to 2009!

Well the pictures should say it all...our little Bella is one sick girl!! Our vet thinks it's her pancreas, but we are still waiting for those test results to come back from the lab. Bella was at the vet hospital all day Wednesday and we were able to bring her home last night but it was just for the night, they wanted her back at the hospital at 7:45 the next morning. Then our night took a turn and Bella started to look really bad and not responsive to our voices so we took her the ER night vet hospital. She had to stay the night there and then go straight to our vet the next morning. So now we are just waiting, and waiting and waiting, to see if she'll keep her fluids down today! If she does then we get to take her home tonight but she'll have to go back again in the morning for more IV fluids. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers. -Nikki

Working at the Askinosie Chocolate Factory...

Dan, Henry and I all worked at the our friend's, Shawn and Karen's chocolate factory the Saturday before Christmas. We all had a great time but ate too much chocolate, it's so good it's hard to stop!! Dan and Henry worked a few different stations and I helped with some Christmas packaging.

I made this for my sister and her baby.

I made this for my sister for Christmas! I gave it to her today and she loved it! It was so fun to make too. The wall hang is made by Maya Road, I painted it white and added all the embellishments, ribbon and pictures.

Christmas time at the Sivils...

I love Christmas and everything about the holiday! Decorating, baking, shopping, parties, Christmas movies and songs. Christmas starts at our house starts the Saturday before Thanksgiving and runs until January 2nd when I take everything down. Here are a few photos of "everything" Christmas at our house. Be Jolly.....

Happy Hanukkah...

I made this for the sweet lady who had to give this little guy up. My hubby and I have deciced to keep him, but he started out as a rescue that we were going to "fix up" and find a home for him. We've done this kind of thing many, many times but this time we fell in love with him. His name is Alfred and his mom had 5 dogs and was going to an assisted living and could only keep one of her dogs. (So that's how we got Alfred.) Then when we found out she was Jewish I made this little page to send to her for the holidays. She loved it and said it will be by far the best gift of the holiday for her. So here it is...and Welcome Alfred!!

I love Nutcrackers...

I love nutcrackers and I wanted to do a layout about my favorites. My most favorite is one that my step-son drew for me several years ago. He told me he couldn't afford to buy one so he drew one for me. I framed it and love bringing it out every year. It is my most favorite of all!

A little project I did last night....

My December To do... List!! I had an old mini note book I was using for all my Christmas to do lists and thought "I could really make a cute cover for that"... and so I did. I uncoiled the spiral wire and took the cover off and recovered it!! Now I'm all ready to go!!! Oh, and I watched a great Christmas movie while making it, which made it even more fun. Have a great day!!

A few Christmas layouts...

I've been in the Christmas spirit the last few days, watching Christmas movies, making Christmas cards for all the little ones in my family, and of course drinking hot coco!! So I wanted to share a couple of my Christmas layouts with everyone.

The 1st one of Henry I did last year, I just love it so much that I wanted to share it again. I love that it reminds me of a much younger Henry!!

The other one I just did of Willie-B; who is not with us this year. But he loved his Christmas stocking, mainly b/c it was filled with great dog treats and squeaky toys!! He'd sit on on his back legs and wait for you to give him his stocking, of which he'd stick his entire head into to get his goodies!! We'll miss you this year Willie-B! -Anyway, b/c the rest of the picture of Willie-B wasn't great I cut him out and had him sitting on the page looking up at a bird swinging instead. I like the way this layout turned out, I wasn't sure at first but loved it by the end!! -Nikki

My city...New York City!!

This picture of part of Central park was from our room. We had a great view!! The picture of Dan and I was at the Macy's Day parade, along with the Smurf balloon. And a few others from the city.