page from Jan. Creating KeepsakesHave you ever seen the sometimes cool-sometimes dorky monthly highlight in Glamour magazine called, "Hey, It's Okay." It sparked an idea for a scrapbook page where I filled thought bubbles with "It's okay..." statements. There's no doubt in my mind that you are like me and we tend to be hard on ourselves with everything we are balancing in life. That's why I am asking, no pleading, to be a little more easy on yourself. Take a break on me. hmmmm, that doesn't really work. Try this... how about some free stuff-that's way better than my virtual pep talk. :)
First up, my favorite art journal etsy shops-Evalicious! I love checking out her shop and seeing what delicious treasures Eve has cooking up. Right now she has put together some rad Coptic Journal kits and yummy embellishments that she wants to giveaway to one of you. Sweet! I also just noticed that she added some of her Everyday art journal kits similar to the cool Christmas one she had... they seriously sell like hot cakes!
the owl book is showing what the finished kit looks like but not included in kit.Next, there's the glorious Elle's Studio! You must check out the cool stuff that Elle designs. They are super easy to incorporate into scrapbook pages and projects. I recently made a mini with some of her adorable tags that I will be sharing asap. (asap meaning 'as soon as I get off my tush and finish it.') I love her date tags, calendar tags, stamps... I could go on and on. It's a rainbow of goodness I tell ya!
To be entered to win one of the prizes it is quite simple. Leave a comment with an "It's okay..." statement that relates to you. You can be serious, funny, witty whatevs... just do it & really mean it, or at least pretend just for me.Supplies:
AC: thought bubble paper, circle rubons, pen
Sassafras: bottom border, patterned paper
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 915 Newer› Newest»it's okay that I am not a perfect parent - as long as my kids know I love them unconditionally and I know how to tell them I am sorry.
It's ok to get nothing accomplished on a Sunday.
It's okay if the bed doesn't get made in the morning. Allows the sheet to air out, right?
It's okay that I'm really nervous about getting my first real job... I want to stay in school forever:).
It's okay that I have read the Twilight series four times and have seen the movie at least 20 times even though I am 35 and not 13.
It's ok to choose to do something fun like scrapbook over cleaning the house.
It's ok to have ice-cream for dinner!
Julie
It's okay to skip a workout and justify it with "no honey, I'll give the baby his bath tonight. I'll hit it extra hard tomorrow night"!
It's ok to drop my kids off at daycamp and go have a cup of coffee all by myself. Those Mom time-outs are hard to come by.
It's ok that I am 24 years old and still watch Disney movies and play video games.
It's okay... if the laundry waits another day to be done. Laundry is my least favorite thing to do!
Its okay... if sometimes I take a "mommy time out" for five minutes and just stare out the window instead of doing the laundry, playing with my baby girls.... just five minutes are OKAY!!
It's okay if I sleep for the next half of an hour. Who sets their alarm for a reason anyway?
It's okay to let this blog distract me when I should be working. I loved your class at CKU, Liz. (I'm the one with the corgi-through-the-seasons pics.)
It's OK that I am reading blogs and pretending that my baby isn't tearing pages out of the phone book, right?
It's okay to just wake up and drive to the beach for the day...sometimes you just need to lay in the sunlight and listen to the waves roll in...
It's okay that I let my kids eat chocolate cake for breakfast - we are all on summer break and need to indulge :)
It's okay to lie outside in the sun when I know the floors all need cleaned. The sun might not be here tomorrow but the floors will!
Its ok to...cry when the baby cries!
it's okay to feed the kids cereal for dinner sometimes.
It's okay to spend countless hours on the computer reading blogs & checking facebook.
It's okay that the house is sometimes left a mess to have the time to go out to dinner with your husband. It will be there when you return anyways. :)
Its ok to watch cheesy reality tv, and enjoy it!
It's okay to just SIT and relax sometimes... not multi-task with computer and tv, work on my freelance or try to straighten up the house... but just sit, relax and do nothing!
it's ok to get in a bathing suit despite the fact that you still have baby weight to loose and stretch marks.
..I wish I felt like that every day.
It's okay if I eat the entire bag of candy instead of just a couple pieces.
It's OK that I am irritated about yet another house showing today {which means I s/b cleaning right now!} instead of being greatful. I want to get the kids outside to enjoy this miraculous day God has bestowed upon us.
It's OK that I go every morning to get a coffee from the drive thru coffee shop even though I have a perfectly good coffee machine and coffee at home (it tastes better there!!)
Slobodanka
It's okay that I am so scatter brained that I constantly forget my purse with my id in it.
It's ok to take a chance on something unexpected and new!
It's okay if I hate dentists... even though my hubs is one!!
It's okay to spend an hour online {surfing your favorite blogs, sb websites and forums} when you should be doing laundry!
It's okay to be a little behind on the laundry, as long as it gets done before your big trip. ;-)
Tina
It's ok....to need some alone time when you are a Mommy...my husband and 2 year old recently went on a week long trip without me, and while I missed them terrible, it was wonderful to have some "me" time.
It's ok that I haven't called Doreen back. I really have been busy!
It's ok to go home from work and just snuggle my baby all night, I know there is a WHOLE bunch of stuff needing to be done at my house....but seriously he will only be this small for a little while.
It's ok if I need my alone time every so often to get my creative energy out!!! "It's ok to want to scrap, it's ok to want to scrap..." :)
it's okay to "just say no"....to whoever asks something of you that you really do not feel like doing. really...just say "NO".
It's okay if you turn your underwear inside out to get another day out of them before you have to do laundry.
Betsy
San Antonio, TX
It's okay to skip looking for a job online and read blogs! (as long as I eventually go back and look for a job....later, when i'm done reading blogs) LOL
I love this. I may have to create a page like this myself. Thanks for the inspiration.
Rather than working out . . . it's ok if I drop off DS at the gym for a few hours of play so that mommy can get some me time.
Its ok that I go to subway and don,t tell my husband.
It's ok to not have the house as clean as I would like and the laundry all folded and put away the same day that I wash it.
It's okay to hit the snooze button a couple of times to get some more sleep...every day! :)
It's ok... if I sometimes don't want to go to work... it's ok to allow me to make some mistakes (I'm human)... it's ok if I'm late sometimes (I'm tired of being the first to arrive everywhere!)... It's ok if during conversations, activities and all I see, I come up with ideas for scrapbooking and have to write them down... (is this really ok?)...
it's ok if i make one more hair bow for my girls... even though they already have like 200.
It's ok to cry while watching a movie you've already seen ten times. :)
It's ok that I have Diet Pepsi for breakfast!
It's OK to skip a Pilates work out and get scrapbooking inspiration from a blog instead :) Hey- I can't do it ALL.
It't okay that I have a stuffed bunny named Brioche that is my traveling gnome. She's been to Greece!
It's okay that I sit on here and read your blog while my boys watch cartoons and my 1 year old plays in the office garbage!
It's okay and perfectly normal to want a cute pair of shoes in every color.
It's okay if I wear sandles to work when it's pouring rain.
It's okay to scream during the middle of work in an office setting because your happy.
It's okay to smile just because.
It's okay :)
It's okay that I ate salad and chocolate cake for lunch yesterday. :)
It's okay that we got home from our vacation, but our luggage did not. (: Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
It's okay to laugh so hard that you wet your britches! HA HA! LOL!
It's Ok to ask for directions when lost.
It's Ok to miss my mouth when I drink & everyone sees.
It's Ok to get a gutter ball.
It's Ok to want if it makes me a better person.
It's Ok to w/ red licorice and lime chips.
It's Ok to make up a foreign language when the kids learn to spell.
It's Ok to read all these posts and think yep, yep, yep!
It's Ok to say I love these products.
Thanks for a great posting.
It's o.k. to waste a whole afternoon looking at various blogs because I LOVE to see how creative you fellow moms are!
~Stacey
csfish@roadrunner.com
It's okay for a mommy to take a time out & have a few moments alone. Terrible 2s are horrible.
IT'S OKAY to have a 'pig day' every once in awhile.
What's a 'pig day' you ask? It's where you get up in the morning, thrown on yesterday's outfit and begin and complete your day. No shower, no hair, no make-up, no teeth brushing.
Of course, I can never make it the whole day - I usually cave in mid-afternoon.
And THAT'S OKAY, too!
Tell me now (honestly!) how many of you have 'pig days?"
Its ok to stay in on a summer day to read an entire book!
It's okay... that I am not a clean freak.
It's ok that I made a bowl of fruit dip last night even though I didn't have a piece of fruit in the house. I eat it plain- with a spoon- when no one is looking :)
It's OK that dust bunnies & cat hair have temporarily taken over my home...(on 2nd thought, that's really NOT ok, but that's life right now! LOL!)
It's okay to dream about the weekend all week when I'm at work.
It's okay if my daughter and I stay in our pj's until moments before my husband gets home from work!
Thank you for the entry :)
its okay to have a really ugly cry in public, especially if your life has gone to hell lately and you are exhausted from all the stress.
It's okay to want some time to yourself, makes you a better mommy & wife!
It's okay that I love everything about summer!
It's okay to do NOTHING for a day. No housework, no cooking, no laundry!
It Ok that my house is not spotless, it shows that we play and live in our home.
(my house is not dirty, just messy)
it's okay to let my housework pile up...so I can keep doing fun things with my children! Amy M.
It's okay that I don't fix dinner every night after work.
It's okay that I have retired the flat iron for now and my hair is in a pony tail every single day! it's summer!!!
It's okay if a project does not come out perfect.
It's ok to buy that one sheet of patterned paper even though i have enough to wallpaper all the rooms 2 times over!!
i love elle's studio!
It's okay that my little boys are sometimes not my favorite people (Little Buttonpushers--ARGH!). Tomorrow is another day and a chance to start anew with my little guys!
It s ok if I have a few or more extra pounds; I just had the most precious little girl and I deserve that gorgeous piece of chocolate cake!
Its OK to admit that I can't keep up with everything...if the flower garden has weeds in it - well - it just makes it look a bit greener - right? :)
-Kristin
It's okay to have a messy house when I have small children, it shows my priorities are in the right place!
It's okay if....I stay in my pajamas 'til late in the afternoon-because I'm 8 months pregnant, and they are the most comfortable thing to wear right now!!
It's ok that I have to hire someone to keep my house clean...I'd rather do other things with my time!
it's okay if my kids and I spend the entire day in pj's, just so we can play the day away!
it's okay. . .if I choose to read some blogs rather than sweep the crumbs off the floor. . .
Hillary
It's okay to sing at the top of your lungs in the shower!!! All the time:)
It is okay....to let the dishes sit in the sink overnight!
It's okay to tell your family you'll be right back - you're going to the bathroom...and get on your computer to scan your favorite blogs:)
It's okay that I tend to scream at the top of my lungs along w/ my music in the car...while those next to me at the stoplight sit and stare. It's okay. :)
It's okay to eat 3 or 4 "snack size" snickers bars...bcuz they are so little...every once in awhile. ;)
its okay to not care that my 5 year old is wearing her pjs to daycare.
Its ok that I LOVE kids but don't necessarily want any of my own ;)
It's okay to say "NO" sometimes. Things will get done without me doing them all!
It's okay to sing and dance in the car while everyone looks. Will you see them again? No. Will you give them a good laugh? Yes!
It's ok to spend an hour reading blogs when I should be working....
It's okay to not plan meals sometimes and just "eat what you have" or use a coupon and go out. Get that milk, eggs, peanut butter... tomorrow! :)
It's okay that your husband's boss comes into town and tells everyone the office is being shut down-tomorrow!!!! Life is an adventure for sure!
It's okay to be me. Just me. The way I am now. Right now. This minute.
"It's ok to have a handbag addiction"!!!
- at least I hope it is!!
Thanks for the fun post and the fabulous giveaway!
it is okay to sleep all day after a week of no sleep, even if it includes missing part of church.
please say it is....
It's ok to eat ice cream out of the carton on a really bad day even if it is an overused chick-flick movie cliche, but only if it is Ben and Jerry's coffee-toffee heath bar crunch.
It is okay to sometimes not answer the phone. I am on the phone all day long at work and my drive home is my time for me!!
it's okay that i'm getting married in 10 days (!!!) and i haven't packed a single thing, don't have a mani/pedi appointment, and i'm not 100% sure how i'll wear my hair.
it's okay because the important thing is that i'm getting married, not all that stuff!
It's okay that my house is a mess and I have a pile of laundry sitting on the sofa and a stack of dishes a mile-high in my sink as I sit and write this...right? ;)
It's ok to turn the kitchen into a craft room!! it's ok to eat meals in the living room because the kitchen is now the craft room. it's ok to need to buy more stamping stuff to ensure that every inch of said craftroom/kitchen is overflowing into the living room. It's ok to soon have to have meals on the front lawn due to the papercraft takeover of the house.
It's okay if Iam the only one that hasn't showered for the day and it's almost noon.
it's okay to let go and just be in the now.
thanks!!!
It's ok to be addicted to scrapbook paper...I must have enough paper for 557 more LO's...but I CAN'T walk in to a craft store without buying more...especially when they are on sale! But that is OK...especially since my hubby built me my AMAZING paper holder!
Kelly
Sandy, Utah
It's okay that we didn't get the work visas to move to Australia, because now we'll be here for our daughter's wedding next summer.
it's ok to go every day on your blog !!!
it's okay if my kids watch tv every morning !!!!
it's okay if i'm addicted to october afternoon ... no ???
It's OK that at 41 I still watch General Hospital and am crushin' on mob enforcer Jason Morgan. ;)
it's ok....
if my sisters and I don't agree on everything with how to raise our children.
it's okay if I eat chocolate every night, reading a book in my bed
i'm not guilty
it's okay to go out with he girls once in a while. this mama needs a break every now and then.
It's okay that I"m ignoring my crying baby to blog?
it's OK if i smoke just 4 cigarettes a day ... but more when i'm stressed
It's okay that my house isn't as clean as my mom's house!
... so, it's okay if i don't connect my mobile all day long when my boss want to reach me ;-)
It's ok if I don't have the cleanest house....as long as I have the happiest family!
Its Okay to sneek 5 M&M's everytime you go into the kitchen and its not your fault if the kids call you in there 10 times a day ;)
it's okay if i don't use all my kits, some papers are so fabulous that I can't cut them
it's OK... if I eat all the cheese cake myself...in on day
like you, it's okay if i buy a lot of scrap stuff and my scrap room is full of stuff !!
It's okay that I let my 9.5 year old sleep on the floor of my bedroom so that I can get a good night's sleep without having to hear her run into my room crying and scared! UGH~!
tara
It's okay...if my precious one year old grandson, Sawyer, has me wrapped around his itty bitty finger...or all ten of them...**sigh**!!
Its okay...that I cry when a stranger says "thank you for your husbands service to our country"...everytime..I cry
It's o.k. that I am on the computer instead of folding the laundry :)
Thanks for a fun giveaway!
it's okay to have diet pepsi for breakfast...
thanks for the inspiration!
It's okay to not get everything done on my list and to not do everything to perfection.
It's also okay to sing to the dog, no matter what look he gives me. Haha.
It's okay to leave the dishes in the sink until later to go play with my kiddos. They grow so fst and the dishes will still be there.
It's okay that I am addicted to entertainment gossip and read TMZ and Perez Hilton everyday.
it's ok that to want a new i-phone, camera lens, car and bigger house. it doesn't mean i will get them but that would be ok too.
Its okay to have a little grey showing in my hair....if men can look distinguished, why can't women???
It's okay that my husband caught me in the kitchen scarfing down the whole carton of oreo ice cream, right? (I had good intentions of sharing, I just forgot!)
its ok--if everyday I don't hit the treadmil!!!
It's ok to eat frosting from the can and never actually make the cake you bought it for! Such a yummy late night snack!
It's okay to fall in love with every baby you meet. All those cute little noses and toeses out there. Good think I'm an L&D nurse!
iT's OkAy To...laugh out loud in a public place when reading a great book!
It's ok to clean like a teen ~throw on a tank and yoga pants~ completing the ensemble with an Ipod and dance through my housework like I am 18 instead of 38!
~It took me 20 years as of yesterday to remember that cleaning trick!~
It's okay if I don't get my hair done all day.
It's okay if we stick to the floor because I haven't mopped yet--I am documenting my children's lives in scrapbooks, and that is way more important!
Christine
it's okay to read magazines in the checkout line of the grocery store and not buy them :)
It's okay that I don't always comb my daughter's hair before dropping her at daycare. I'd rather have her love and kiss me than get mad and throw a fit because I hit a snarl.
It's okay to have a messy house. There will be plenty of time to clean my house when the kids are grown!
It's OK if I decide to enjoy (waste?) the day reading OTHER people's blogs :)
It's okay to stay up all night reading if it's really good book, aned you know you can sleep in because it is SUMMER!
its okay to sleep in that extra 5 minutes... especially when it means you can snuggle just a little bit longer with your husband!
It's O.K. to...use the kids nap time to check my favorite blogs instead of doing the house work that I had planned!
It's okay to swallow your multi-vitamin with Diet Coke each day! :)
It's okay that I'm a neat freak and after cleaning the house want my kids to watch tv so that they don't mess anything up...for at least an hour.
It's ok to... treat myself to some new clothes (that's what I did yesterday with my mom & we had a blast)
Thanks for the giveaway
It's okay that the house is a mess, because I chose to go to outside and play with the kids.
IT'S OKAY that I screen my calls with caller ID!
It's ok to cry in movies, hehehehe.
It's okay if I feed my kids cereal instead of a real meal. Or give them milk to tie them over until the next meal instead of cooking something for them.
Its Ok....if I turn that "just five more minutes" before the kiddo's bedtime into 15 so I can finish gilmore girls!
Its Ok....if I turn that "just five more minutes" before the kiddo's bedtime into 15 so I can finish gilmore girls!
It's OK to eat chocolate like theirs no tomorrow; and to eat Nutella right out of the jar, like half of it.
It's ok to wear sweats and your hair in a pony some days :)
its ok that i just hurt my back, can bearly move and stand straight but still wanna scrap!
It's okay if I tear up when I saw my oldest daugter in her graduation cap and gown...it's not cring if the tears never leave your eyes! I really am happy for her!!!
It's okay if the house isn't always clean and organized. Enjoy the day, enjoy the weather, enjoy the baby and relax. The dishes/laundry/dust bunnies will be there tomorrow.
Its okay if the "to be folded" laundry pile stayed exactly where it was yesterday and my husband is saying he could go hiking on that mountain. He he. At least they're clean... it could be worse babe.
Its ok if I go golfing on my day off and don't clean the house like I should!
It's ok if sometimes I want to run away and never look back... as long as I don't, right? If just thinking it calms me down enough to not do it, then it's ok.....
-e
it's ok to serve breakfast for dinner when you forgot to go grocery shopping...or even when you didn't ;)
It's ok to stay in your pj's all day. :-D
Thanks for the chance, Elizabeth! :)
it's okay to take time for yourself...I'm a better mom if I get time to be me!!
it's okay...i'm so excited to think about the holidays with my husband in october to reunion/mauritius....quick,quick...
Sandrine from Toulouse,France.
It's okay if the dishes are not done everyday, or if the laundry's not put away. If I played with my kids and they're happy, that's all that matters!
It's okay...that my house is not perfectly clean, and there is always a pile of folded laundry waiting to be put away. I'm making memories.
It's ok that I am 30 years old next month and still love stuffed animals, gummy bears, and sleepovers.
it's ok to nap with your children even if the laundry room has had a massive explosion. We love afternoon snuggle time!
It's okay to splurge on a weekend getaway to Las Vegas for just me and husband (no kids)!!
It's ok....to release all the old baggage to start a new adventure.
It's okay to make a batch of cookies and eat most of them! Oops!
It's okay if people sometimes think I am a ditz.
love the layout!!!...
it's ok to be 39 (yeah, i am 39) and still call your Mom to ask her how long to cook certain things..lol!...
and, it is ok to get up in the middle of the night to eat that banana pudding that is in the fridge cause you don't want anyone else to eat it...yeah....i do that!...
it's ok if sometimes I leave the clean laundry on thr couch for a couple of days because I just dont feel like folding it :)
shelbyvaladez at gmail dot com
It's ok to like Mondays.
It's okay that I just munched on lots of cookies. The baby in my belly likes cookies! :)
Its ok to cry, sometimes its the best therapy.
It's okay to NOT be the perfect Joan Clever mom all the time. It's okay to sometimes let the kids fend for the selves for dinner cause you're knee deep in creavtivity and dont want to stop. It's okay to wear your pj's all day sometimes!!
Thanks for the inspiration; I needed the reminder that it's okay!!
Kyla
It's okay that I can't draw. That doesn't mean I'm not an artist.
It's okay for me to be blog-hopping while I should be folding laundry!
it's okay to forget my age and act like I feel even if it is way younger
Liz, this is a great idea. I love the layout you created. Most times we are to hard on ourselves. Thanks for the reminder to loosen up.
hmmm I think I see a sprinkler in my future :)
It's okay that I'm on the computer right now instead of folding my laundry...:)
It's okay to eat ice cream even when I am "full"...I believe it melts and fills in the cracks :o)
-Tifany
Http://inkblotsbytrd.blogspot.com/
It's Ok that I never close drawers or doors all the way. :)
It's okay to order the same thing every time from Olive Garden - its called knowing what you love!
It's ok...to throw my hair up in a cute bun, cause I don't have time.
Its okay to let the TV babysit once in awhile when I need a creative fix to get me through the day!!
it's okay to be you...whoever you may be...just be you!
It's okay if I feed my boys peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for dinner two nights in a row. It's what they wanted :)
its okay to sleep in as long as my darling baby girl is sound asleep next to me.
Its okay that even though I need to be moving I take a time out to watch Jon and Kate plus 8
It's OK to sometimes stay in PJs until naptime!
It's okay that when the batteries die in the kid's obnoxious toys I claim that they are broken...and never replace the batteries.
It is ok that I have 12 pairs of flip flops... all in different colors, yet all I wear is my black flip flops or my TOMs shoes.
It is also ok if the husband and I don't come up with a name for our baby girl until she's born (any ideas? haha!)
christen krumm
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