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Hi! My name is MaryAnn , in a nutshell , Im just a city gal who left the city to live life in the desert with dreams and a family I love very much. Im just an artists , tryin' to live my dreams , go where they take me , and just see what happens.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

check out my first youtube episode! enjoy...

For my first time puttin' a video that I did or i should say " finished " I am very happy that I accomplished something today in the arts , especially in film .




My weekend getaway !

So I had to take my nephew Mikey to his school , he is off to college in East Bay which is near San Fransicsco , we were all pretty excited , I got a new camera and I didn't have the uploader so , the video & pictures will be comin' soon of the college excursion of Mikey . In the mean time I have pictures of the journey after the college excursion . So after sayin' our goodbyes to our college bound kid , we head off to Monterey Bay and end it with carmel .

I start off by taking a picture of a sunset goin' into the journey the night before.


I realized on this long ride , that life was changing very differently than it ever had in a while. For one, Mikey was no longer our responsiblity and he was going to be on his own , well... somewhat , I knew he was still gonna need our help , but he would also learn to be on his own which was very exciting and scarry at the same time. I thought this picture was symbolic , that God would be their for my kids and keep them safe .

So this was the first time Miss.Panda Woo came on a trip with us , since the boys Cootiki and Zorro have gone to the other side bless those sweet puppies , so Panda she hasn't been the same since they have been gone , so we thought it be best that she come along , she's such a good girl and she has tolerated moving from the desert where she was born , and moving to hollywood and now back to the desert after 4years , so she deserved a trip with us , and we were so excited to bring her along , I mean she's the last of our doggies and we just wanted to spend time with her . We luckily found a hotel that allowed pets so she was allowed to be in the hotel room with us and after we went to drop of Mikey to his school , we headed on out to have some fun on the coast with our Panda Woo.

Dave and Panda , we're gettin' ready to head out on our fun day.


So we were back on the road , feeling happy and sad , worried for Mikey , no matter what your still parents and even though your kids are 18 and in college you still love them and hope their gonna be ok , and we missed him already . But! when we saw this sign , we got excited to have some fun hangin' on the beach , so it helped ease our minds and just forget our worries . Off to Monterey Bay we go with Panda Woo in tow.

So we get to the beach and we were estactic! We couldn't wait to take Miss Woo out with us and go eat at this really cool place that we saw advertised on a billboard on the highway called Bubba Gumps and Dave and I had remembered that this restuarant krystal always spoke about ,it was her favorite place to go with her friends , so we were curious to why it was krystals place.

everytime I start to want to finish this something comes up where I have to go , so I will just put up what i have and just continue the story as we go mmk? I have many things I want to tell ya that I have been up to but , little time to put it all together to show you , its been crazy around here with all the remodeling and runnin' around , i really need to slow down .







Monday, September 14, 2009

I'lL tAKe YOu 2 ThE cAnDy sHOp , I'Ll ShOW yOU jUSt WAt I gOt! "


So here is my layout for the strip tease , the first Layout for Candy Shoppe Designs.The challenge was strips of papers,and the colors are also part of the challenge , This layout is about my daughter Krystal taking pictures of her friends , that is always kyrstals ritual , everybody is her muse , so I thought this was a great layout about my lil girl .


Saturday, September 12, 2009

Hey check this out at the Candy shop!

This is a new blog , its called Candy shop Designs , I really love it and they have the challenges and tasty prizes , so Im spreading the news :


The shop is 16 days old , so we're all celebrating! so go to my side link of the candy shop and click on in and get some Candy!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

O.k. so Im behind but catchin' up! : )

So I have had a really tuff time these days tryin' to do my challenges , my remodel has been a real doozy I kid you not . So I didn't finish the colore challenge on time but I got it done and just as long as I can finish it and turn it in I still accomplished completing it so I feel good . So here is the layout I did for the color combos galore , its my friends little girl Julie at the poppy fields we went to last winter , so here ya go and sorry for the delay.




Thursday, September 3, 2009

Time for a challenge or two...

So I am soooo excited , Im about to embark on a couple of challenges , I can't wait! Im watching Rachel Ray about to go to the Food Network and put some recipes into my recipe box so I have all my recipes ready to whip out when my kitchen is done. So I am combinding two challenges into one . I usually do it with , Colors galore and Scrap out Loud! so here it is the colors are:

From Colors Galore...

So These are the colors Im gonna use and for the sketch and title will be the word of the week is:

" LISTEN "

And for the sketch is....


so this is it everyone now Im gonna continue to watch my Rachel Ray download some recipes and look at what pictures Im gonna use , talk to ya laters!



Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Well back to the scrap!

Well I helped my friends out to get out of their home due to the fires out here in cali and got to hang out with my family a lil' bit this weekend and now its the 1st again , so Im ready for a new challenge , so here is the next challenge for ,"scrapbook out loud ", the word of the week is, "SWEET", and this is the layout :

this challenge your to use your seasonal stuff like valentines ,xmas,4th of july etc.
so this should be a fun one.