by jcastles | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
We had our family pictures done the other day at The Picture People. I was so excited…I did all the normal crazy stuff I do to get everyone ready. I had to make sure everyone had matching clothes, shoes, etc. So I got to get a little shopping done.
This year we decided to go with a grey, white, black, and teal theme. And it just so happened that we all wore stripes too.
This is MY FAVORITE pic out of them all.
I was so pleased with this session but I do wish they would have used more of a prop than a Christmas tree and gift boxes. But I guess they save that for little little kids.
Here are a few others.
And I can’t wait to post the pic of our Christmas Card….we didn’t do a traditional card, lol!!
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by jcastles | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well I figured it’s about time I explained my blog’s name. When I was little I was a messy kid. I was always spilling stuff. So my parents started calling me messy jessi. It’s funny because now I’m not so messy. I hate to work in a messy place. I like clean. Plain and simple.
I like my house to be in order at ALL TIMES. Everyone is in the habit (yes even the 3 kids) to clean up after themselves. Beds are made daily and kids clean up toys before we leave the house/before nap/before bed. I also have chore charts with daily tasks for the kids. It’s not hard stuff but it’s what’s expected and they do it. We do give them a little chump change in return.
I usually vacuum my house twice a week. I do laundry twice a week. My bathroom gets cleaned once a week unless its needed sooner. The boys bathroom is cleaned twice a week. Dishes are put in the dishwasher immediately, if full it is expected to rinse the dishes off and put in the right side of the sink.
So there you go. I’m anal about how my house looks and i’m not really messy. Kinda strange huh! But what better name to go by than what my family called me by growing up and I craft…kinda fits in a weird way..
by jcastles | Nov 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Well the holidays are upon us and I’ve just been buzzing around. I’ve gotten a lot done and still have a lot to do! I’m trying to get several crafts done so that when my crafts start selling I’ll be ready. If you have nothing to do this holiday season, then you may consider fx trading online for France.
I started with ornaments. I did the mop n glo/glitter technique and WOW…that’s awesome! Then I added vinyl on them. Well I tried anyway. Every time I tried to cut my vinyl the blade would just shred it. I tried all the cleaning techniques that I found online and nothing worked! I was livid. I’ve only had my Silhouette for a few months (out of the box for only a month).
So I tried a new blade and voila! I was back in business….of course this took me and entire 24 hours to get accomplished. So after all that I was able to get 4 ornaments done today (in about 3 hours). So after a day of getting work accomplished, cleaning my house, and having a wonderful pulled pork sandwich dinner I was suppose to get a little more work done. So instead I cleaned up my work space. I’m now totally ready to dig in. I just can not work in a messy space. Funny, I know…since my site is messijessi.
Here’s a sneak peak of what I’ve been working on lately. Next up….making more burlap wreaths!!
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by jcastles | Nov 2, 2012 | Crafts, Family, Holiday Crafts, Uncategorized
They say when one door closes another one opens. Well, when becoming a mother again closed on me this amazing opportunity presented itself….and i’m am ecstatic!!
I had posted some photos of my crafts on my personal facebook page and was contacted by a friend asking if I’d like to be involved in a small business promo for the holidays for an organization she’s involved with (Sponsor Adoptions, Inc). At first I wasn’t sure I could do it. Not because of my time or the thought that I might not sell anything. I was actually afraid that I’d not be able to keep up with orders. So I guess that’s a good outlook, right? Well after a few hours worth of thinking it through I decided that I’d get involved in their Holiday Promo. The funny thing is that morning I was talking to my husband about selling cake balls for extra cash this holiday season. So i’m not doing cake balls, lol! Sorry friends!!
I am extremely excited about this opportunity. I’ve been making wreath’s and crafting on and off for years and have tossed the idea of selling my crafts but to get to actually do it is just wonderful!!
The next awesome thing is in December I’ll be taking my first Wilton Course at Michaels!! I know alot already but I hope this class will fill in the holes and make me better!
Here are a few of my favorite new items! For a better glimpse of my products visit my facebook page!
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by jcastles | Oct 29, 2012 | Crafts, Holiday Crafts, Uncategorized
I have no idea why this has NEVER occurred to me before the other night. So we get all ready to carve our giant pumpkin (biggest we’ve ever bought) and my husband asks for a bowl for the “guts”. I gave him the largest in the kitchen and thought…..I sure do hate cleaning the dried “guts” off the bowl. So it hit me! Use a grocery sack in the bowl. It fit perfectly and wow….all I did was stuck it in the dishwasher for any residue that might be on it. I seriously told my husband that I thought of this all on my own…that I didn’t even use Pinterest or Google, lol!! The other think we do that makes clean up easy is to cut open a trash bag and cover the table with it. Newspaper usually gets wet and cleaning that off a table is not fun!
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by jcastles | Oct 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve got some projects coming up and since i’m not very fast using my silhouette yet I needed some practice. I found a saying about brothers that I wanted to put in the boys bathroom and I LOVE it! It turned out great….well it is a little crooked but i’m going to replace it and make it bigger (and straight). I wasn’t sure how’d it turn out so I didn’t make it real big in case I screwed it up, I didn’t’ want to waste my vinyl!
I put it on the bathroom wall above the boys chore charts. I plan on putting a boy figure next to the saying….I’m so so very happy with this!!.
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