Rae-Mark Cards and Crafts

Something else

2008-10-11T09:52:00.001-05:00

Sorry for not updating in so so so long.. Ive been horribly busy with life.
but here are some things i made like, a month ago..lol

sicky poo

2008-09-12T21:11:00.001-05:00

really, end of story, Im sick...
school is busy, and I hate spanish..

haha..

life is great though..
some awesome creations for you

A new Start

2008-08-25T12:32:00.002-05:00

School starts tomorrow, and I am SOO excited.
Of course the summer went by oh so fast, but i did find the time to make some wonderful creations.

How was everyone's summer?

all about me

2008-08-16T08:38:00.010-05:00

well i figured i would make a list about myself becuase eveyone else is, looks like fun.. and knowing me, i like to be with the cook kids. lol

1. My name is RaeAnne Denise Mason- Sanborn, but i dont use the Sanborn part.

2. I love Manatee's. its my obsession.

3. I hate dogs, worst animal ever

4. Golden Girls is the most amazing show in the entire world

5. Reba McEntire and Kathy Bates are my favorite people ever.

6. If I could make singing my career, i would.

7. Grilled Cheese, Sushi, and my mom's chili are my favorite foods.

8. I am sick at least 75% of the winter. my body doesnt seem to like the common cold.

9. History makes my world go round

10. I can not spell to save my butt.

11. I have two cats. one is Molly and the other is Big Kitty

12. I dont have a favorite color, so every year i change the color im attracted too. last year was orange, this year is Yellow

13. NO SMOKING. it kills people, trees, and our environment

14. Politics is pretty much my life. I love being a Democrat

15. hair is my biggest pet peeve.

16. I am very active in education, some day i hope to be the Secratary of Education of the presidential cabnit

17. Country music is all i listen too

18. GOD IS MY HERO

19. I sprint hurdles in track

20. I do work at Arby's

21. I hate the current president, what an A-hole

22. I can not swim

23. i love water animals, fish, sharks, wales, fish..lol

24. Old Navy is the only place to buy flip flops

25. Forever 21 is the best online shopping store ever

26. I can not stand computer language. you are = you're. not your. brb? NO Be Right Back

27. thunder storms are horrible

28. Someday i will live in a Big, White, colonial house with HUGE while pillers. (not the white house) and the most amazing fences around the property.

29. i LOVE shoes

30. I love watching women's gymnastics, knowing that i could never do any of the things they think are easy.

31. My first Concert was - Nicole C. Mullen

32. my dream is to go to Georgetown university for law.

33. I wont drink soda, it makes me sick. but the other day i accidentally drank Mt. Dew, and i almost blew chunks accross the restaurant

34. I can eat onions like apples

35. I have pinched nerves right below my butt, from sitting in the school chairs all these years. so now my feet and my whole leg falls asleep adn i dont even know it until i get up and walk, ohh and fall

36. i am a total clean freak, but you wouldnt kow it looking at my room. scrap stuff, EVERYWHERE

37. i get sick on airplanes,

38. Im often told i cant hang out with friends my age becuase they're parents think im "Too much of an adult."

39. my mom, is my hero

40. Jonny Depp is hot

41. i can be very stubborn at times

42. not only do i love shopping, but i buy things that i will most likely never wear

43. i will not spend more then 20 bucks on a pair of jeans

44. i LOVE the ocean.

45. I miss my cows, pigs, and horses.

46. i dont plan on ever having kids, not if im going to be successful in the political field

47. somday i will re-do my bed room, and make it green, not pink..

48. i'm not allowed to watch scary movies, my mommy says so

49. i have a new fasination with toasted almonds

50. When i was like, six years old, i was learing how to ride a bike, and we lived on top of a HUGE hill, well push come to shuve, i ran the bike down the hill into a barbed wire fence making my bike flip into the neighboring corn field and me in the ditch right before the fence.

51. i have a blanket that i call woobie!

52. the bear my mom got me from younkers, i named him gordmans, after another store.

53. i love plaid

54. i have 2 families, my biological, and my some what adoptive family. i live with my biological, but my adoptive family is the one i will be refering to the most.

55. i love the sexual humor of Will & Grace

56. i have a brand new fasination with the Peace sign and anything that has to do with hippies.

57. i cant seem to find anything else about me, so i guess ill keep this and write some more later..

my NYC trip, just pictures

2008-08-09T09:10:00.001-05:00

i had an amazing time with my mom, stanlee, gramma and my aunt annie,
YEPPY

Stuff

2008-07-07T10:14:00.002-05:00

It doesn't seem like this blog is the right thing for me. I'll keep it just for ideas I guess...

but here are some fabs I made...

Awesome Stuff Guys

2008-06-30T13:35:00.007-05:00

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND STAN!!
13 years babyyyy.. Congratulations...

Anyway.. I have been so busy with work, and trying to pay off for my NYC trip, [not working so hot] and I've been babysitting, and so on and so on and so on.
Summer is great, I just got home from camp a while ago. It was a magnificent time- it really was. I love camp and children and Jesus; it was great!
I hope everybody is having a great time and a great summer, don't hang out in the sun too much!

Update on flood

2008-06-22T07:30:00.007-05:00

Sorry everything hasn't been up to date and all of that.
I thought I would upload some pictures from our news website. KCRG.com. It's all pretty devastating, but the good news is, THE WATER IS GONE. The bad news is, so is my elementary school, my library the science station, our IMAX, our court house, our jail house, the best mexican restaurant in town; Gringos, pretty much everything from about a mile out from the river, it's pretty much gone only clean up is left..

This little box below, that's kinda cool looking, that's the library

Quaker Oats is pretty much under water..

both above and below are May's island where the courthouse, town hall, and jail house are.

a house that went under in Lake Delton, WI

500 year Flood of 2008. Katrina in Iowa

2008-06-11T20:01:00.003-05:00

For every year, one in five hundred chances are that a huge flood will happen and destroy half of what everyone owns. The year is 2008 and this flood hit Iowa pretty hard. Vinton, Palo, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, all under mandatory evacuation. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, my city, is the second city EVER, right next to Paris France, that has their courthouse on an island. Our island is in the middle of the Cedar River, which is taking Iowa by storm. Our courthouse is under water, and at least a half a mile in from each side of the river is under water. My house is completely out of the way. The city has shut down all bridges across the river, except for I-380 and 300. The water is going over the bridges and over peoples' houses. A half a mile in from the river doesn't sound like much, but here's an idea. The Cedar River divides Cedar Rapids in half. The East side and the West side. The City of Cedar Rapids is so big that the city is separated into four sections, NE, NW, SE, and SW; like a compass. The Cedar River also divides up Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Palo and Vinton. Vinton had to evacuate their jail house because of the flood waters.

Believe it or not, this is the biggest flood the midwest has ever seen. Years and years is what it will take to fix this mess, and a whole lot of money in sump-pumps...

If anyone from Iowa remembers the flood of 1993, this is one hundred times worse.

I hope everyone else is having a safe and fun summer.

Thanks

RaeAnne

Summmmerrr!!

2008-06-08T10:55:00.004-05:00

YEAHHH school ended Friday, and IIII got myself a summer job at Arby's... I don't like roast beef, or even fast food for that matter. But money iiiisss money..

I laid out yesterday and got the biggest sunburn of my life... all over my back and my legs.. pain pain pain..

Hope your summer is going FANTASTIC..

Teachers' Cards

2008-06-01T11:31:00.002-05:00

Only one more week left of school. I've gotten all the teacher cards ready, AND I found a summer job at Arby's.. YEPPY.. and I don't even like roast beef..lol

My friend and I went swim suit shopping today, I'm SO excited for the summmmerrrr

=D

Harley Day

2008-05-25T16:45:00.003-05:00

Here ya go! Some awesome Harley Davidson Cards. My mom asked me to make one for her cousin serving in Iraq for his birthday, so I did.. lol.. Only a few more weeks left of school and I have one more BIG project for AP - Winston Churchill. And I have one more left for Biology - Cleft Palate.. it's all self explainatory..
Hope your holiday is great

Graduation

2008-05-17T17:16:00.002-05:00

My cousin is graduating tomorrow from High School.. We're very proud of him. He plans on going to Law School, just like me, but he's going to stay around Iowa....

Hope everyone is swell.
School's out in 3 weeks =D

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T08:53:00.005-05:00

I made tons of Mother's Day cards within the last few weeks, even a Cinco de Mayo one, but my sister stole my camera before I could take pictures of some of them, so I took pictures of them with my phone, well guess what... my phone got stolen a week ago,, SOOOO.. I'm on a voyage to get a new phone and post a few of the cards I made.. I made this amazing card for my friend's mom, he can't make anything, so I volunteered... but of course I had to give it to him before I could take a picture, it was nifty too. Oh well I guess, stuff happens..

Here's the poem I found for my mom, I think it's sweet, she thought it was deep..
I love my mommmy

For all that you have given me,
I can return but love. For you
bound up the wounds I did not see
and gave me hopes and passions new.
I can return but love for you,
Whose unmoved faith my heart did move,
And gave me hopes and passions new,
And loved me till I turned to love.

Whose unmoved faith did my heart move?
The mother of my heart, not blood,
Who loved me till I turned to love.
And I became the soul I would.

The mother of my heart, not blood,
Bound up the wounds I did not see.
And I became the soul I would
For all that you have given me.

Hope all of you Mom's are having a great day...

Last few days

2008-05-04T21:15:00.007-05:00

Track is pretty much over, which is good because AP is beating me up.. I have my exam in less then 2 weeks.. UGH!! But I thought since I'm waiting for my Cinco de Mayo cake to cool down I might as well post again. Trust me everything will be a little faster once the summer comes.

So the first card is the one I made for my cousin's confirmation a month ago, lol. The second one was from a set of stamps I inherited from my aunt.
I got a brand new keyboard and mouse this week.. its all wireless.. so I can sit across the house.. AKA 2 feet away, and look at the computer because it also has a zoom on the keyboard and a magnifying glass on the mouse.. nifty huh?
Well I hope everything is awesome in your lives..

fun weekend fun

2008-04-27T19:57:00.005-05:00

My mommy and I tried to win some money from our credit union, but our luck ran out. Oh Well I guess. I make a CRAPLOAD of cards this weekend, none of them are all too good, but I got bored. Everything will be GREAT after May 15th. That's when Track is officially over, AND then the AP WORLD exam is FINISHED.. no need to worry about la clase de espanol, Geometry, LA, or Biology, just AP world.. busy busy busy.
I made the cutest baby card
and a card for our spanish student teacher, even though he's not a student teacher. DAN.. he's cool beans.It's really super BIG,,, for EVERYONE to sign. He really liked it too.
Hope all is swell

I NEED HELP

2008-04-22T17:19:00.003-05:00

I NEED HELP HELP HELP.. ok, so my mom is wanting me to make a card for her cousin Ashly. He's overseas right now, and I have NO IDEA what to make him, she said nothing that has to do with military.... SOO help me with ideas,, PLEASE

Other then that, I made my cousin Paige a card for her fourth birthday, which is like, in July I think.. school's great, life's great. This Saturday my mom and I are off to clean up the highways. It's our good deed we do twice a year, ;D.. Then we are chillin' the rest of the dayyyyyyy.. Hope life is great for all of you wonderful folks.

Pretty You

2008-04-16T20:23:00.005-05:00

I got myself pretty busy lately. Track is pretty much killing me, and I also have a report to do on Eleanor Roosevelt. She's a pretty nifty person really. I also have my AP World History Exam in the middle of May, and I haven't even STARTED to study yet.. but I did have time to make a pretty card, just for my mommmy

Oh and if you want some fun, Check out Tracie-Jane's blog. She's really nifty..

Easter + pages

2008-04-10T07:00:00.004-05:00

Can't really talk now, I'm getting ready for school still. But here are some pages I did for my 2008 events scrapbook. One being Aaron moving from Chi-town to Houston. BIG move, the others being Easter. Hope you like them, and I'll get back to everyone later...

Got bored

2008-04-03T13:00:00.005-05:00

I'm not having the best spring break, but it's coming along.
Last night I got a little bored and got out stamps and went wild.

I was happy to be a little closer to summer 08 so I made this card from the swim suit at Gina K's collections, thanks for your support I also made some pretty farm cards too, just for fun. From this stamp but Gina K. Down on the Farm

nothing else much to do. Got some boy problems and I really need to talk to my mommy, but the problem is, she's in Florida for a conference. I haven't talked to her all week, and won't be able to until Sunday. Sad, sad story I know.

Hope all is swell...

First stamp

2008-03-30T10:33:00.005-05:00

So like I said a while ago, my aunt Lori gave me TONS of her old stamps, she decided she didn't want them any more, so yesterday I went through and decided to make a thank you card, not sure for who, I'm not sure if everyone goes through their paper and crafts and says "I'm going to make this card for this person, or this card for this person" I'd rather make a card for someone then make a card and let it gather dust, so I guess I'm stuck to making thank you cards because EVERYONE can use a thank you card...

Materials:
I found some blue and green paper, and I also found some off white paper I ripped, but first I stamped it then I used these chalk things, I'll put up a picture.

I'm not really sure how to use these chalks, but my aunt said just use a Q-tip to rub it on, if anyone knows what, or how to use these, please tell me.

I also need help for a card idea. My cousin Jordan is having his Confirmation at the end of the month, I'm not sure how to do this card! Plus my cousin Gavin is graduating at the end of the school year, but I have an idea on how to do this card..

Any opinions would be appreciated.

Late Easter

2008-03-25T17:21:00.004-05:00

So this Easter I went to my Grammas house in Boone, it was a GREAT time. My mom and I hung out with my Gramma Saturday after shopping, then lunch, I bought a CUTE jacket and I dyed eggs for the first time. I know, not right, lol. Then went to night service. Sunday morning we went to church again, got back to the farm and hid eggs for the children, AND ate some amazing food, pretty much just chilled with all of my cousins and made sure I had a great time. WHICH I DID. The only sad thing is, my phone doesn't get service where my Gramma lives, and it's only my phone, so I went all weekend without talking to my guy pal. Sad, sad story I know... =[
Got home and did laundry and all the other great stuff.
I made this thing called a yoyo card I found on Simply Rae's site. She's pretty nifty I must say. I found some polka-dotted fabric I bought a LONG time ago when I wanted to be just like Vera Wang. I was so cute at 12 years old. I made my mother buy me a sewing machine because I wanted to make my own clothes, well that didn't work so hott. lol =D
Anyway, my Aunt Lori called my mom last week and asked if I wanted some older stamps, OF COURSE I said yes. I never really owned any stamps until Sunday, so I got a HUGE bin full of them, and some embossing powder and some umm, what is it called, like chalk paint, or what ever. I'll have to get a picture of it, but I got a crap load of amazing stamps and ink too. I was SOO excited, of course I'm not able to get anything done until next week, SPRING BREAK BABY..

My mom is off to Florida with her friend for a few days of fun then a conference... that meanniness, I get to stay home and chill with my guy pal. =D

I need opinions

2008-03-21T16:02:00.003-05:00

I'm having a pretty difficult time with this new relationship. Don't think I'm desperate for advice, I just want some help from other women, besides my mom, especially ones with teenage daughters and/or daughters in general.
My problem is, my guy pal thinks I am not social enough and he believes I am always studying for stupid reasons. He doesn't believe in good grades, and he sure doesn't believe in acting like an adult at 16-17 years old. I, myself, have a different view. I believe that acting more independent and responsible as a teenager will make me more prepared as an adult AND I'm social in a different way, I give speeches and presentations all the time to teachers, students, and even the 6th Judicial District of Iowa, once.
Now, my questions are.
Is it wrong to be more of an adult as a teenager and get to learn the society around oneself. Or should every teenager only play and not care about school and/or education at all?

Education is MY LIFE. I study because I enjoy it, I know and I understand it is my only way to accomplish the dreams I want to achieve. Is it wrong that I don't always go out and party with my friends? Is it wrong that I'd rather stay at home by myself and read a book instead of going to the movies with people I don't feel like hanging out with? It's not that I don't like going to the movies, or hanging out with my guy pal, once a week is fine, but he, and most teenagers at school, do this every night. I don't, is that so wrong?

Ive come to realize that I'm not like other students or teenagers, I'm very unique, outgoing, optimistic, and opinionated, I know it takes some courage for a person to admit all of that. but I know and I understand what I have to do to make myself the person I want to be. On the other hand, my guy pal thinks I work too hard. He thinks I need to chill on my classes, and he thinks I need to drink soda, GROSS.. my schooling is my life. I enjoy getting my 3.776 GPA, I enjoy being 95 out of 436 students in my GRADE, and I sure enjoy being in the top 22% in my class. Is that so wrong?

The question I need opinions on is, is it wrong for a teenage girl to be more focused on her education, instead of hanging out at the movies, the mall, and being focused on a guy? Even though I admit, I do like my guy...

Please help me out, my mom gave me amazing advice, like always, but I need other parental advice. Please gals, what would you do if your daughter was being pressured to change, when she was completely happy with the way she is?

Thank you for letting me vent a bit..
xoxoxo

Queen for a day

2008-03-19T07:00:00.005-05:00

My cousin is turning 16 on the second. I'll be chillin' with her this Easter weekend, so I thought I would make her a QUEEN CARD. At first I was looking at blogs to get my own inspiration, and I came across Enfy's blog and found this crown,THIS IS ENFY'S CROWN NOT MINE, THE TOP ONE IS MINE.. =D but then I learned it was a cricut sketch on Bitten By the Bug's blog, well first I don't have a cricut, too expensive, but I did google some stuff and found an amazing crown.
I hope you all love it, and have a FANTASTIC Easter weekend....

Sketch from Jen

2008-03-15T14:46:00.006-05:00

So I'm waiting for something to do and I spot a cool sketch to try.
So here's the sketch I got from Jen Del Muro

So I went through my pouch of stuff and found some unused paper that had cute flowers, and I found the same sheet in like, four different colors. I ripped them up and pasted them on. I also used buttons that came with one of the sweaters I bought. I thought it would be cute to add instead of more flowers. I will probably be using this card for a birthday, or give it to a grandparent for spring. I'm not really sure yet!!

Fantastic

2008-03-13T17:59:00.009-05:00

I have had a great week. The guy of my dreams asked me for a date. Of course I said yes, oh my! Does he ever float my boat and make my wheels turn... lol
a little lust there huh?
Well here's a creation I have made this week,, hope you love iiiittt
and I'm pretty sure I made this card for my uncle Mike, his birthday is on St. Patty's Day, and he always, well ya know,, lol.. so I made him a Happy Beer-day card.
Well I also found out that he Cammie loves Rootbeer, so I'm pretty sure this card would fit that too!!

=D
RaeAnne

I've been Tagged by Enfys

2008-03-09T18:15:00.004-05:00

I've been tagged
Here how it works: 1. Link to the person that tagged you and leave a comment on their blog, so that their readers can visit yours. Enfys tagged me (http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/)! 2. Post the rules on your blog. 3. Share 7 Random facts about yourself on your blog. 4. Tag 7 random people at the bottom of your post, linking to their blog. Let each person know by leaving a comment on their blog.
So, 7 random facts about me, hmmmm

1. Well, I have two sets of families, one being my biological family, then my mentor Roxann and her husband, and their extended family, [this is the mom/family I will talk about on the blog]
2. I change my favorite color every year. This year is yellow, last year was turquoise, the year before that was orange, and all the years before that was pink
3. I do not know how to link people or things on blogger - sad story I know
4. I'm going to be a child advocate when I grow up, or a teacher, or a lawyer, or a marine biologist
5. I'm the type of chick guys call to replace someone in a football game
6. Manatee's are my favorite animals
7. I LOVE generic brand soup with grilled cheese. Chili is my favorite food too
I'm tagging -

Dana (http://kismetartlife.blogspot.com/)
mj albright (http://mjalbright.wordpress.com/)
Lauren (http://kennyandlauren.com/blog/)
Jen del Muro (http://www.iheart2stamp.com/)
Rae (http://simplyrae.blogspot.com/)
Cammie (http://myblogbycammie.blogspot.com/)
Dawn (http://www.dawnmcvey.typepad.com/)

How can this week get any worse?

2008-03-08T20:05:00.005-06:00

Not so hot of a week.. college readiness at UNI today, I'm not in the first track meet, I guess I'm not the best hurdler, even though I am the only sophomore one. My sister doesn't respect my crap. Really makes me mad,, BUT track is going swell, Easter is coming up, so I'm going to go get my Easter hair cut.. YEPPY..
I had to do a reproductive project for biology, kinda NOT FUN.
anyways.. HERE are some fun projects....

This is the card I made for my Gramma Dittmer, she loves Easter, I had to ponder on whether or not to make a bunny card, or a religious one, so I picked the religious one.

I absolutely hate not having ANY stamps, so I go around and print off pictures I like. Then I color them. I feel like I'm totally ripping off the stampers, but it all comes down to money.. do I want to pay $20.00 on a cute stamp set, or save my $20.00 for my NYC trip, or a cute pair of shoes for the summer time.. UGH!! hard times.. lol

First page to my 2008 book

2008-03-03T20:40:00.005-06:00

My cousin Isaac was born on Jan. 14th. I'm not allowed to show babies on the computer, so I blurred his face,, but it is a pretty spiffy page.. my favorite..
I used some wire and boat buttons for the koolio design.... I also found some yellow paint and added it to some left over stencil punchouts..

PAGE

2008-03-01T15:32:00.004-06:00

Worked hard last weekend to come up with ideas.. I decided to make a 2008 scrapbook for my family.. normally we have one family event a month.. so far this year we have had babies being born, twins b-day party, and Feb. b-days... we have a few more to do yet this year.. lol.. here ya go

Over

2008-02-29T15:30:00.008-06:00

Finals are finally over, and that means I have a THREE DAY WEEKEND. I already went to track, tomorrow I'm babysitting, and I even have plenty of time for crafts.. are you just excited!! Some pages for people... me and my cousin, a great day I believe.. lol

Better and crafty

2008-02-27T20:24:00.006-06:00

It was the 24 hour bug,, kindda,, I'm pretty good and getting ready for the second day of finals... FUN STUFF!! Here are some CREATIONS>>>>>
and GUESS WHAT... Me, my mom, her husband, my aunt Annie, and my Gramma Dittmer ARE GOING TO NEW YORK IN JULYYYY

im sooo excited!!!

sickness

2008-02-25T18:06:00.002-06:00

I have a stomach virus.. not sure what really.. could be food poisoning, stomach flu, low blood sugars. who knows...

Let's just say!! Nothing tastes better the second time around...

=[

long time no post

2008-02-24T09:06:00.004-06:00

I've been very busy this week with track, school work, homework, and finals study, and picking up after the people I live with. ugh!!. I never have time to craft. So last night after I got home from a hard day of watching someone else's children, I did my storage project. I needed more storage in my bathroom because my sister keeps taking my stuff. I hate it, I'm pretty sure the next time she takes my camera, my money, my clothes, or my SHOES, I will kick her out. It's getting way too out of hand!.

anyways. My week was great! I have some pages I need to get done before this week of stress and business. Well here are my storage pictures. I don't really like them, I never have enough crap to put anything together, and my ribbons never match. Oh well. It's the thought that counts. lol
=]

Happy Birthday to my mommy!!

2008-02-16T20:09:00.006-06:00

Tomorrow is my Mom's FLORIDY-FORTH birthday.. she's awesome.. I gave her the box of chocolate I made for her today. It's in her favorite theme. FLORIDA/TRAVEL.. lol

here ya go..
loveyoumom

not alotta

2008-02-15T17:20:00.003-06:00

I didn't do much this week, only work out, track, and umm.. SCHOOL WORK.. I hate AP right now.. I have to do a HUGE project on the sewing machine for the industrial revolution. Great stuff knowing that I only have to do one of the people who invented it.. MR. SINGER DUH!! lol

I got a lot of work to get done, AND I have another family thing this weekend!! lol

funfun

another day

2008-02-13T17:13:00.003-06:00

Not much to do or say. My cousins are feeling BETTER.. she was diagnosed with Hypoglycemia [sp?] a rare form. But this past weekend I made some cards and I haven't had time to actually post them, so I'm doing it through out the week.
Track is beginning to keep me in tiptop shape and really busy!!

Hope all is swell and spiffy
RaeAnne

busy day

2008-02-11T20:37:00.001-06:00

Not much going on today, not enough time to craft. Track started and I went to the doc. for an appointment..

My cousin, who is 2, and a twin, went into diabetic coma today, her blood sugar was like 13,, NOT GOOD> I'm a little nervous now.. not sure what's going on. I'm suppose to get an e-mail soon..

Please pray for her.

Thanks
RaeAnne

Happy Birthday Fam...

2008-02-10T16:11:00.002-06:00

Believe it or not, today was full of crafts. I made some Family B-day cards For my cousin and aunts.

TRACK STARTS TOMORROW.. Cougars Women's Track is AMAZING!! I'm so excited, I've missed my hurdles

College Readiness Homework

2008-02-08T20:19:00.001-06:00

I'm involved in a program called North Eastern Iowa College Readiness. Personally I think it's lame, but it's my second year in it, and we travel to different college around Eastern Iowa one Saturday out of the month. Tomorrow we are going to Kirkwood, but I practically live on that campus. Got the scholarship and everything at the end of 8th grade but anywhoo.. College Readiness is just a program for lower-income students to get involved with the college environment.
Well our first homework assignment out of the two years that I've been in it, was to come up with a word that describes what we want our life career to be. Last month everyone went around and said what they wanted their dream job to be. My friend Cassidy wants to be a kindergarten teacher, we had CSI's, professional basketball players, photographers, etc. My dream career is to become the Secretary of Education under a Democratic administration. I also want to be a Child Advocacy Lawyer, a supporter and carrier for the Children of Promise. My mom and I are co-trainers for the mentors of this program, [if you look down at another entry I did say this lady was my mom, but she is my mentor, my best friend that I met as a messed up child. She saved me, our job is to teach mentors how to maintain a lasting mentoring relationship. Trust me, it's amazing. This program is to pair mentor's and mentee's with incarcerated parents. I want to help children with the defects of an incarcerated relative, I want to help with teachers pay, and child involvement. I pretty much want to work with children, but personally I don't like the little ones. I want to work with teenagers or pretty much five and up. I'm not big on babies. But all wrapped up I want to be some sort of political aspect within education. Or a Marine Biologist/Special Education Teacher if nothing else works with being a lawyer and all.. well anyway. We had to choose a word to describe our future career. I picked my word forever ago, but forgot about it until today, so I got out my paper and glue and put together my word. The word I chose was 'Others.' I believe that by helping children understand their parents' mistakes that they can learn off of themselves and live a normal life. I believe that children deserve the basic education K-12, and that EVERY CHILD just needs ONE person who will listen to them..

I believe every single one of you should give a hand out and become a Mentor. Every child needs only one person. The feeling you get inside is just remarkable when you can see a frown turn upside down. I guess it's more of a challenge, everyone can donate a can or two, maybe give some clothes to the Starvation Donation, but really. Wouldn't saving the life of just one child change the way you look at the world??. I think it would

Think about the words..lol

RaeAnne

Homemade Paper

2008-02-07T19:44:00.001-06:00

Last night I decided to try and make homemade paper. I found a site that gave me all the instructions. All I needed was a nylon screen, white glue, a bathtube, blender, and a LOT of left over paper. I didn't have the screen so I tacked some nylon hose onto an old wooden photo frame. It worked great.
Here are the instructions. I used all types of paper, I didn't want a certain color, but if you do, blend separately the greens, blues, reds, etc.

found it here
http://fun.familyeducation.com/childrens-art-activities/activity/29577.html
Homemade Paper
Age: Elementary and up
Time: An afternoon
Type of activity: Arts and Crafts
Making your own paper is fun, easy, and a great weekend project. Your homemade paper will add a wonderful touch to any card or letter.
Materials needed:
· Scrap paper (Plain, loose-leaf, or even construction paper)
· A blender
· Nylon screening
· Plant and vegetable scraps (for color)
· Staples, tacks, or waterproof glue
· A wooden picture frame (8"x10")
· Stapler
· White glue
· At least two kitchen cloths
· Large wooden or plastic spoon
· A wash basin
· A sponge
What to do:
Step One: To make paper, you must first make a paper mold. To do this, take your wooden frame and staple a nylon screen to it tightly.
Step Two: Tear the scrap paper into small pieces and soak them in hot water for 30 minutes.

Step Three: Fill a blender about three-quarters full with clean water. Take a handful of scraps from your pile and put them into the blender. Close tightly and blend on medium-high for a few seconds, until you can no longer see pieces of the paper.
Step Four: To add color to your paper mixture, add small amounts plant or vegetable scraps (such as orange peels, carrots, or flowers) and blend again. Pieces of foil from leftover holiday paper and colored thread also add a special touch.
Step Five: Fill a basin or bathtub about halfway with warm water. Add a few drops of white glue to the water and mix thoroughly with the large spoon.
Step Six: Pour the pulp into the tub or basin and distribute it evenly throughout the water.
Step Seven: Dip the wooden frame into the water and scoop up some of the pulp. Gently shake the frame back and forth to get an even layer of paper pulp on the screen.
Step Eight: Let the water drain through.
Step Nine: Lay a clean kitchen cloth on a flat table. Lay the screen face down on the cloth.
Step Ten: Lift off the screen carefully. The paper should drop out easily onto the cloth. If it sticks, gently tap the frame.
Step Eleven: Let the paper dry completely. When it is fully dry, pull gently on either side of the cloth to stretch it and carefully peel the paper off.
PS.
That last piece looks different because I flipped it over. In the end you will have one side kind of dull and the other full of scraps.

A day of no school

2008-02-06T13:15:00.001-06:00

I had no school today,YEAH SNOW DAY, so I made some cards out of regular paper, flowers, markers, and brads. It takes me about 35 minutes per card, believe it or not, I'm not very good at coming up with ideas, that's probably why it takes so long. I got this idea of regular white cardstock from someone's blog, sorry I don't remember who. I used thin colored paper from Staples. The ribbon I found on some old dolls of mine. Believe it or not, I use a lot of my older doll clothes for ribbons and sometimes backgrounds.

I need your help. I'm making something special for someone special. I need to learn how to make the pull-treat pouch, and how to make a book card like a big card that opens up into an open box. If anyone can help me, I would be highly grateful.

Thanks,
RaeAnne

Music of my Life ♪♪♪

2008-02-04T15:43:00.002-06:00

AMAZING day, started off with a two hour delay, my friend Cassidy text messaged me saying we had a late start at 5:30 AM, normally I don't get up till 6:15, but today I got up around 7:30. It felt wonderful to sleep in one more day. My day was great, I wore a cute new sweater, and I got back my AP world history test. I got 61/75, an 81%, which is FANTASTIC compared to what my other huge tests were in this class. My worse class just happens to be a college one, go figure. lol..
I finally got the pictures of my cousin's party, too bad I can't post them, but here are a few of the AMAZING ones I found.. I hope ya'll had a fantastic day too.. ♥

Valentine Sweet Hearts

2008-02-03T16:36:00.001-06:00

SO today I woke up a little upset because my kitchen wasn't that clean, I swear my OCD takes over TOO much with my kitchen, so I pretty much had a spaz attack over the kitchen. But after that I make shells and cheese and decided to create my valentine things for friends. I cut out cardboard tags and put paper on both sides, I used bobbypins, buttons, string, thread, ribbon, paper, colored pancils, zipper handles, poker chips, and beach shells to make them look amazing. I wanted to make them for my group of friends, Cassidy, Adhi, Nick, Jon, Emily, Lauren, Sami, Morgan, and Dani. Of course if you look hard, my name is really the only weird one, except for Adhi, she's from India and I really don't know her WHOLE name. But here they are!!

A day of no crafts

2008-02-02T21:08:00.001-06:00

SO I woke up this morning with tons of snow on the gound. My mommy and I traveled to Des Moines for my cousins birthday party, I saw my Aunts Regina, Rebecca, Rhonda, Rachelle, and Rheann. My cousins, Allisa, Jordan, Kylie, Paige, Isaac, Lucy, Zoey. My gramma Dittmer, and some more people, including Uncle Jim, Ryan, and Jeff. [oh trust me, that's not even close to all my family]
I passed out school pictures and gave Lucy, Zoey, and my aunt Chelle their cards. And my so called 'nothing' project to Kylie. It was all fun. Ate some no wheat, eggs, and other stuff in a cake. My cousins are like allergic to everything. Sad story. My uncle Jeff and I had a HUGE conversation on politics, I had to listen to his right-wing stuff, but then my mommy saved me. My mom, Roxann, is AMAZING!! for sure. Paige and her were playing doctor. So I had to save my mom, when really she was saving me from the hell of Jeff's conservative views.. lol
i love my mommyyy.. The Strongest, most AMAZING woman I know. My hero, my angel. lol. This is my mommmmm... AMAZING, thats about the only word I can put to her. I didn't seem to get any pictures of her today, so I put in one I found from my cousin's wedding
[I haven't gotten any pictures from today yet. So I'll post them later]

Have a great night, I guess.. I have homework to do..

Very first love sketch!!

2008-02-01T16:56:00.002-06:00

Today was a RAE-FABULOUS day. I finished my homework early, because we got an early out, AND that meant I got to do a little bit more crafty creative things. Like make my VERY FIRST CARD SKETCH THING!! YEAHHZZ...SO I went to Verve Visual and I saw this sketch! so decided I wanted make my own creation after looking at some other peoples' blogs and their very magical creations. SOOO I walked off to my room, laid out some paper, got some beads out and opened my jar of rubber cement. AMAZING STUFF... and started putting crap together. I absolutely LOVE glue and beads and paper.. AWESOME STUFF. sooo here's my Valentine Card for this sketch.. I used beige paper that I got from some scrap-pack over Christmas. Red silky ribbon that my parents bought last year in some rose petal thing. Most of everything else is from TARGET!! best place EVER!!

I might not be posting anything tomorrow. I'll be in Des Moines visiting family for my cousins' second birthday party. They are turning two. Me and my mommy are heading out tomorrow morning, I'm not sure if I'll be back Saturday night-ish, or Sunday. It all depends on the sky and the snow on the roads. UGH I hate driving on Iowa roads.

xoxo

RaeAnne

Older Creations

2008-01-31T15:41:00.000-06:00

I found some older creations of mine!! well really I made them a Few weeks ago!! I found all everything on the internet and cut some out of other cards I had. Today was FANTASTIC, a little headache was the only thing keeping me down. Took myself a few tests in school and came up with some AMAZING ideas for my younger sisters bed room!! i will most definatly be posting pictures after our house in done being renivated in about three thousand years from now. I made this journal for my cousin Kylie for helping me pick out some beautiful paper for my other cousin's birthday cards.

I made this BEAUTIFUL baby card for my new baby cousin.. Just some blue and green paper of the same design, some yellow mis-match paper underneither homemade clay animals. you could even see the fingure prints on them. some fuzzy string and a yellow dotted brad to put it all together!!

these cards i made for my twin cousins turning two!! cute huh?

this last card was made for a friend of mine!! her favorite color was orange

The START of it all

2008-01-30T17:39:00.001-06:00

Hey there!! My name is Rae, I'm a starter here at blogger and I haven't yet figured everything out and I probably won't for the next few days. But first I would like to introduce myself. Like I said my name is Rae, just a shorty for RaeAnne. Unique I know. I started a blogger to document my crafts and fun-doings. Hopefully it all works out. I know everyone has their own way of contests and fun things todo. I just hope I can do it all too. I'm a teenager, and I'm currently in small town Iowa, love it too but very cold!! I'm very interested in politics and the arts. I love scrapbooking and card making and debates are always fun. Manatees are my favorite anaimal, and kiwi is my favorite fruit. God is my savior and my mom is my best friend. I'm not that fantastic at card making, or scrapbooking, or stamping, or anyting like that, I also don't have the professional tools most do, or a workshop for that matter. I work off of an old cutting board on the floor with paper, stickers, glue and glitter right next to me. In fact I just bought my FIRST exacto knife. [If I even spelled that right]

I would be highly grateful if I could get some feedback on what I could do better. Any suggestions would be fantastic.

thanks

--RaeAnne