Capturing the Moments

February 17, 2014

Embrace the "Miss Priss"

I've come to a point in my life, where I no longer want to try to change who I am. It's not that I've spent my life being someone I'm not. It's more like, I've spent a lot of my life trying to be something that I thought I should be, instead of embracing me.

The truth is, I'm a prissy girl. Full on girly girl. I kinda love that now.

I am the first girl on my dad's side of the family, for 4 generations. My grandmother willed me here, by sending my Mom pink things while she was pregnant with me. When I was born on Valentine's Day, that pretty much threw her over the edge of happiness.

I refused to wear pants until I was in 2nd grade. I thought they were too boyish.

When I went to visit my cousin's in California, I would tip toe through the mud, because I didn't like getting dirty, and didn't want to get my mud boots dirty either. Drove my cousin's crazy.

I refused to wear clothes if they had any stains on them. Still do.

One of my favorite stories as a girl, is when I thought my birthday was a celebration of me, that the whole world celebrated. I actually thanked a woman at a halmark store, for decorating the store for my birthday. lol

What was so traumatizing for me in Kindergarten, was learning that EVERYONE celebrated my birthday, and I had to actually bring a Valentine for everyone in my class! I was NOT happy about that. My poor mother! lol

Then, there was an Asian boy names Kim...and from that point on, I didn't like being called Kim, so I was always Kimberly, or Kimmie, or Kimber...then later Mimi, when my little brother was young and couldn't say Kimmie.

My mom has ALWAYS called me "Miss Priss" I get it...she knew from the start, this was who I am. No denying it.

Don't mistake Prissy, by weakness though. I'm tougher than most would expect. ;)

Here is a quote that I want to leave you with...It speaks right to my heart. Life is just too short to have regrets.

With so much love...

Think good thoughts.

Feb 17, 2014 11:13:20 PM

January 14, 2014

Ah-Ha moment of the day...going deeper.

Today, while in yoga practice, as we were wrapping up for final savasana, we had a short little reflective, meditation time. I really love these moments.

Paulette, who is my sweetest, most fabulous yoga teacher, shared a little quote, that I wanted to share with all my favorite people. It gave me a really good take away.

Wisdom is Knowledge, Experienced.

Reflecting on our experience, gains knowledge, which gives us WISDOM! I love that.

The first thing that came to my mind, is my children. I am always wanting better for them. I've tried teaching from my own past experiences, in hopes, that they won't have to learn the hard way. Essentially though, we can't effectively learn through others experiences can we? With out going through each experience on our own, we can not grasp the knowledge from it, and then gain the wisom that is earned through it. I've always kind of gotten that in my head, but this just really resinated deeper in me today. I love that.

Have a beautiful day...and think good thoughts.

xoxo

Jan 14, 2014 5:00:00 PM

November 11, 2013

Getting ready for the Season with a Yummy Snack to share

I made some yummy treats for Halloween, that I got the idea for them from Pinterest. Everyone loved them, and it was so super easy to make. While shopping the other day, I came across Peppermint Oreo's, and got the idea to make Christmas treats with them, inspired from the Halloween recipe.

Ingredients I used:

Crush 2 cups of pretzels in a freezer bag and layer onto wax paper lined cookie sheet. Then, crush up a bag of peppermint oreo's in another Freezer bag, and layer them on the pretzels. I used about a half a bag of the peppermint hershey kiss candies and chopped them up with my pampered chef chopper, It worked perfectly. Add to the crushed pretzels and oreos. Combine all of the ingredients and together evenly. After that, simply melt the vanilla candy bark, and pour over everything and mix it all well to make sure the candy bark covers everything well.

Place cookie sheet in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes or until cool. Remove from the fridge, and break into bite size pieces, and share. :)

My Taste testers...my kids...LOVE them! Approved with 2 thumbs up! :)

Have a beautiful day

Think good thoughts!

xoxo

Nov 11, 2013 2:35:32 PM

October 05, 2013

Come on get Hoppy with COGC Card blog hop GIVE AWAY! :)

COGC Banner for blog hop

We're celebrating World Cardmaking Day with a blog hop and a chance to win this fabulous prize package!

We have a wonderful prize of goodies to give the lucky winner of this hop too...check this bundle out!

Here is my card I made for this hop

All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the creative team member's blog and go back to COGC blog and leave a comment letting us know you've visited each blog. A winner will be announced on Monday, October 7th, 2013!

Adrienne
Suz
Melissa
Jennifer
*Kimberly* You are here
Back to COGC

Good luck, Think good thoughts...and have an AWESOME weekend!

Oct 5, 2013 7:00:00 AM

August 31, 2013

September Scrapbook Circle is LIVE! :)...with a DISCOUNT to boot! :)

Hello to all my favorite friends and family!

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

I am so exicted to share with you all my September layouts for Scrapbook Circle.

Here's the BEST part! If you'd like to order a kit for yourself, or start a subscription, you can get a 10% discount by entering this code in with your order: kimberly10off

September kit: Photo Goes Here

September add on: Snapshot Add on

So don't miss out on your chance for this AWESOME discount to get this AMAZING kit! :)

Now for my creations...you can click here to check out my gallery on the website, and all the other AMAZING designer's creations

Here are my layouts and close up's below:

Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you all are enjoying a labor free weekend!

Happy thoughts to you all

Blessings,

Aug 31, 2013 4:14:07 PM

August 01, 2013

Finally get to share in full! Open and see! :)

It's finally time to reveal all the designs I created with Scrapbook Circle August kit!

I am still enjoying it thoroughly...and so excited to share these with you all.

Thank you for stopping by! :)

Now here are a couple of fun things to know about

Scrapbook Circle Kit club

1. We have an AWESOME newsletter that goes out to give you fun details of what is going to be in kits. Just sign up with your email and don't miss out.

2. Click here to view all the other talented artists designs for the month. They go up by the 31st of every month.

3. Click here to see the current months kit.

I'm so thrilled to be a part of this AWESOME team!

Have a beautiful rest of your week.

xoxo

Think good thoughts!

Loves,

Aug 1, 2013 11:01:29 PM

July 25, 2013

Surprise! Happy news to share! :)

Hey everyone! :)

I'm so thrilled and honored to share with you all that I've been asked to Design for Scrapbook Cirlce Kit club!

Can I just say...I LOVE this kit...and the group of AMAZING Talented lady's

Leslie Ashe
Jenni Calma
Melissa Mann
Adrienne Alvis
Audrey Yeager
Kimberly Garofolo

and returning team memebers:

Diana Waite
Rebecca Keppel
Jennie Blaser
Heather Leopard – Social Media
Diana Fisher – Blog Coordinator
Tessa Buys – Blog Coordinator
Sara Zenger – Communications

I'm so excited to finally get to share this and a couple of sneaks I've done with the kit.

The kit is packed full of unique and AWESOME goodies.

They have custom printable that you can print out and use on your layouts. Each kit has a variety of beautiful products that all work well together.

I'm LOVING this August kit.

Every little layout I've created has fallen together perfectly.

Have a beautiful day!

Think good thoughts!

Jul 25, 2013 11:54:42 AM | Scrapbooking

June 16, 2013

Father's Day love with Crate...

Father's Day LOVE!

Happy Father's Day to all the AMAZING Dad's out there! Happy Father's Day to my AMAZING dad and Bonus Dad! How blessed I have been to have not just one man always watching out for me and caring for me, and guiding me through life. Warning me of boys and caring for my tears along my lifes journey and lifting me back up. Making me feel like a princess my whole life! I am blessed to have had two FABULOUS men give me lifes foundation to be confident in being true to me always! I want to give honor to them every day! The bummer of this day...is I don't get to be with either of them in person...However, even with the distance, we have a strong bond. I am blessed to say they are both still alive and healthy so I am able to send love their way today.

and yet I am still blessed to have an AMAZING Father in Law to love and make me feel welcome always. I get to spend the day with him today...and that is special to my heart that words can not fully describe my gratitude for him as well.

The supplies used in making these cards are all from the new The Pier line from Crate paper...Lahooooooooooove this line! This line is PERFECT for a combination of masculine and Femanine...I LOVE that!

On a side note...How are you with apps for your phone? I'm kind of a nut for them...LOVE my photography apps. Love ALL of my apps. My favorite is Jesus Calling devotionals...totally AWESOME way to start my day! :)

There is another AWESOME new app that my girlfriend Kirsten told me about. It incrypts your phone and conversations, so they can't be monitored by the government. I don't know about you, but I don't like the idea of a complete stranger being able to listen in on my conversations, or read my txts or see my data and pictures. It's Called Seecrypt.com! Check it out! WAY worth it! :) I believe everyone should be aware of this.

Have a BEAUTIFUL

and

Happy Father's Day

Have a beautiful and blessed day with love and family surrounding you!

xoxoxo

Jun 16, 2013 8:00:00 AM | All my Favorite people, Scrapbooking

May 12, 2013

Happy Mother's Day!...Winner of American Craft Blog hop! :)

Happy Mother's Day to all of my favorite special Mom's out there! I hope you all are enjoying your family and love...and feeling very honored. Being a Mom is very special indeed! I treasure it every single day! :)

My favorite...is when we are all together...and we are ALL together now!

Thank you all for playing along with this fun blog hop! I do love every sweet comment made on my blog and my layout too. It was so fun to create with PINK!I haven't done that in a long time. Even with having my girls...neither of them are huge pink fans like their mom! ;)

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Sue Morris said...

Thank you for the corrected link! I just love this layout!! SO glad I didn't get to miss it. :) Happy NSD!

Reply May 04, 2013 at 01:33 PM

Sue...I will be sending your box this full of special treasures this week. :)

May 12, 2013 9:00:00 AM

May 04, 2013

Happy NSD American Crafts BLOG HOP challenge begins!

Hello to all my favorite viewers and friends! :)

As many of you know...I've been in a HUGE process of moving back down to AZ! Bitter sweet times...I LOVE Montana and all of our wonderful friends there...Life long friends that is. But I LOVE my son even more...and I need to be with him and him me. Since his life is in AZ, it was time to come home...so Olivia and I moved back.

With that said...onto this WONDERFUL fun Blog hop! In the midst of packing and unpacking...I did manage to create a fun layout and challenge for this fun hop!

Welcome to the American Crafts National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop! I hope you'll be inspired to craft as you make your way through the 20 blogs of the design team members and participate in each of the challenges!

MY CHALLENGE: Summer and use Pink as your background.

Sweet Girl of Mine

Journaling says: Olivia puts the sun in sunshine...she's the light in our every day!

How to: Placement is everything right? What I did with my clusters in the corners of the photograph, is just played around with arranging them. I added a little bit of ric rac to help frame in the whole design for a fun effect.

Supplies: Background Paper: May Berry- Key Lime (36021), Summer Breeze (36013); Premium Ribbon (58877); Details- Cherry (85673); Thickers- Junebug Foam Letters (53469); Bits- Pie (85667); Remarks- Accent and Prase stickers- May Berry (71881)

I haven't had a chance to take a photograph of my give away, but I promise you, who ever wins...will NOT be disappointed! I'm a super generous sharer of GOOD stuff! Maybe a little surprise from me too! ;)

Leave me a comment by:

Sat, May 11th Midnight PST

I will pick a random winner and post on Sunday the 12th.

If you happen to do the challenge I've posted, please link me, I'd love to come see what you've done and leave love and praises too! :)

Here is the full hop list in case you get a little lost, or want to open up every blog in a new window right now. Make sure you go through the entire hop, leave a comment on each blog, then visit the American Crafts blog to win an extra super ginormous prize!

***Kimberly Neddo***