Happy Easter weekend!! Hope everyone has a blessed holiday!

My oldest son is turning 14 on Sunday. I can't believe that I will have a 14-year old! It's crazy how fast the time has gone by! I am taking him and a couple friends to go see Furious 7 tomorrow. I am going to try and not cry in front of them when I see the tribute to Paul Walker. He was such a great actor, and taken far too soon!

One of the new things I have been doing lately is selling Stampin Up! It is hands down one of my favorite companies! I just love their stuff! Starting Monday of next week they are offering free standard shipping!! That is a value that just can't be beat! If you have anything you want or need ;) feel free to contact me! I would love to help you earn free product!
You can check my website out here.www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/marylizsstampinplace/

Also feel free to contact me for all your other needs, scrapbooks, cards, home decor, party decorations! I would love to help you create the items you will cherish forever. You can contact through my website here, or on my facebook page here: www.facebook.com/marylizcreations :) I would love to help you with all your needs and my goal is to make sure it is affordable for you.

Have a great Easter weekend everyone!!!!

Lots of Changes!!

Wow! I cannot believe I have not posted in over five years! Crazy how the time just passes us by so quickly! My family has grown by one more boy, two cats and a dog. ;) I have also dabbled in a lot more crafts than just scrapbooking and stamping! This past year I have been very lucky to even make some money with my craft skills! I have a wonderful friend who built me a website, which I hope very much to be able to grow into a successful business like many of my favorite crafters have! You can check my website out here.
I plan on sharing some of the creations I have made, as well as other fun details in this crazy beautiful life we have. I am very blessed in my life, and I can't thank God enough for that.
My goal is to update this blog about three times a week if not more. :)
I am keeping my fingers crossed I won't let another five years go by without posting!

Stay Crafty!!
Maryliz

New Toy!!!

It's been awhile since I posted. I have been very busy! I started homeschooling and even though it has been stressful, I have really enjoyed it. I hope it will make a difference for my boys' education! I will post more about that soon.
 Right now though, I want to talk about my new toy!! I bought the new Cricut Imagine! HSN had a great deal, and being a part of the Cricut circle, I get a free cartridge too. I am super excited about the Imagine.
It looks like it will be a great new addtion to the Cricut family. I have played with it a little bit since it arrived here on Monday.
I am hoping I will be able to put a project together soon. I will be sharing my journey with this new toy here. :)
I am really excited about crafting again!! No more creative blocks for me!! Hopefully I will be back to my old habit of getting all my scrapbooks caught up, and keep them that way..
More on the Imagine soon..
Hope everyone has a wonderful start to a new fall season!!!
:) :)

One year later...........

A year ago today, I was being told that the baby I was carrying wasn't "viable". I never in my life had heard crueler words. I knew today was going to be hard since it has only been a year. But in a cruel turn of events my dear cousin and his wife, had to face today what I faced last year. I don't know how much more cruel life can be. The fact that we are now intertwined forever losing beloved children, and the very fact it happened exactly one year later, is soo unnerving and numbing.
I am here on vacation trying to wrap my mind around not having a 6 month old baby to chase after, and to deal with my cousins having the very same problem.. Sometimes life is a cruel thing, and I know that it will get better, and the pain will be less, but I just wish that we could all have our angel babies.
You were never in my arms little one, but you are always in my heart.. 

Happy Independence Day!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July!! I also hope that everyone takes a moment, and remembers what today means. Our freedom is a right bequeathed to us, by our heavenly Father, and the founding fathers knew what that meant, and they secured our rights for us. Don't forget to thank a soldier when you see one too. They continually sacrifice their lives, and time with loved ones so we can continue to be free. We are a blessed nation because of their sacrifices.
God Bless The USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I pray you all have a wonderful Independence Day!!! God Bless!!

Creative Juices are flowing!!

I have been busy lately working on layouts and some mini-albums. My little cricut is steadily humming alongside me....
Hopefully I will have all my projects posted by the first of the week, if not sooner.
I sure am enjoying the weather today. We are having thunderstorms and it makes it perfect weather for scrapbooking and napping. No naps today but I am getting a lot done.
I sure hope everyone is having a wonderful friday afternoon.
Happy Crafting!

a little poem I wanted to share..

I wrote this about a week ago. It is still in it's raw form, I need to go back and change a few things to make it sound better. I was up late, and this just popped in my head. I am soo glad I am able to still think of poetry! It has been 15 years since I have written anything! :)

Waves crash on the forlorn shore
Loves memories scattered among the sand.
Her gaze out to the ocean covered in tears.
Long too long has this sadness been.
Sand falls from her fingertips as she gently rakes the beach
Slowly, surely with a tender cry she gives her last memory life.
Gone is the hurt, the numbness, and strife, for a love soo long gone.
Loves whispers left this place long ago, evenso she held tight to the memory of it's birth.
Always longing for a return of what never can be.
Slowly she rises the waves crashing in on the shore, she gathers what remains of love's loss.
Steady she goes, relief flooding her as she gives her memories to the sea.
Loves no more.
She turns to go, and the floods of pain release she is finally free. A prisoner to it no more.
Long she walks that night, feeling the wind caress her cheek, whispering to her of love so pure and so right.
The glistening water reflects the beauty of pain and love so deep.
She breaks the calm as she steps in, flooding relief envelopes her
Loves last whispers to her
Goodbye, Goodbye, love is no more.

Still need to do some editing and stuff, but that is it. Just was soo good to write something when it has been soo long. I used to write soo much.
Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend.

This is soo beautiful.. God Bless America!!

Summer!!!!!

Nicholas only has three more days of school left this week, and I am excited. I really have enjoyed having Connor home as long as I have, and I wish I would have waited to put Nicholas into school until a little later.
We have some big changes in store for next year, and I think it will really bring us all closer together as a family.
Will hopefully post a couple pictures tomorrow of the awards he gets. I know he will have one for having the most AR points in his class.. My boy is an avid reader.. So happy about that.. :)

Hope you all have a wonderful start to your week!!!

My Goals. :)

I have realized I am letting my blog fall to the wayside again.. So I have decided to make myself a list of goals I can hold myself accountable to, and maybe by doing so, I will get a little more traffic to my pitiful blog.. lol..
I am trying to come to terms with my upcoming 30th birthday. I just can't believe I will be crossing the threshold into my middle age.. lol.. So because of that I figured I really need to get my life in order..
So here are my goals in no particular order.
Keep blog updated daily. With pictures, poems, and projects.. Just need to keep my creative juices flowing..
Be a better friend. I have been blessed with soo many friends, in real life and online, so I would really like to keep those friendships intact.
Lose weight!!! lots of it! gotta get on the treadclimber and work out at least 30 minutes a day.
Make at least 2 layouts a week. I would love to add to that number, but that is an attainable goal for right now.
Get my house in order to start homeschooling my older son Nicholas. He has been in public school, and I am just not happy with the way things have been going, so I intend on homeschooling him next year.
The last and most important goal of all. To spend more time reading the bible, and applying it to my life fully..
It really does change your life, and helps fufill so many voids in life.
I hope you all have a blessed weekend, and  wish me luck on attaining my goals. :)