PaperPajamas

First and foremost I am a Mom of two sweet boys, a military wife and a lover of our fur babies.

As stated I am a mom. We have two rambunctious boys of 5 and 9. My nine year old is Autistic and has ADHD, so you can imagine our life is full of surprises whether up or down. At the end of the day he is my boy and I just love the hyper hugs and kisses (even when from a wet drooly mouth lol). He loves to draw, play with legos and reluctantly reads books. He LOVES to play, but gets uber embarrassed if I try to hug or love on him in front of his friends... did I mention he's 9?! My he's growing too fast. My little one is just full of absolute curiosity and shyness that turns into "play with me, watch this, hey do you wanna....". He loves to learn and draw as well. He will talk your ear off about MineCraft, a game I am trying to learn how to play. I figured out to build a house and a "garden".... then I get bored lol... My boys can make all sorts of things on that game and I'm just in awe and feel so silly when I have to ask them how to make a hammer!!
We have a lab mix, a three-legged cat and of recent we adopted an Hawaiian kitty. At the moment our Nellie (lab) and Purrcie (3-legged kitty) are in Florida with my other Mom aka Mother in Law. We can't wait to be reunited with them! I'm pretty much an open book and will answer questions as long as it's not a way to "bring me down". I'm an outgoing person that surrounds myself with positivity. I keep my dirty laundry in my hamper and like to keep it there. I enjoy conversations with fellow Moms, people that are open minded and positive. Did I mention positive?!.. My husband is currently stationed at Fort Shafter. We have been here three years and I'm not going to lie, it's beautiful and I love it here. We are getting ready to PCS after summer sometime. I'm excited, but a little sad... Bitter sweet.

Music... I love anything that has a beat and I can pretend like I'm the best dancer in the whole world! If I could put a screen shot of my iTunes list I would as my music varies. It is primarily pop/hiphop with some alternative and a lot of 80's music. There is some Country music... not a lot... Growing up in Texas most of my life I tried to steer away from the stereotyping lol... Especially since I come from a small town... I got asked a lot if I rode my horse to school... to answer your question... Only on Wednesdays.

Right now my favorite songs in no particular order: *Blurred Lines *Radioactive *Ramalama (Bang Bang) *Royals *Sail *Demons *Wrecking Ball *Despicable Me *Dark Horse *Let Her Go *I'm Only Joking

At the moment my Ring tone is *Happy I have that song *Turn Down For What stuck in my head thanks to the adorable Kitten video that has gone viral on the internet.

I lalalalalalove to read! I'm primarily a Stephen King book reader. I have read Anne Rice and Stephanie Myers prior to coming out in theaters. I like books more than tv. I think my twisted mind puts on a better show lol.
At this time I am currently reading Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes.

Horror genre... easy! I love the 80's flicks much more than I do today's.

*Sixteen Candles (totally crushed on Duckie) *Pretty in Pink *St. Elmo's Fire *Ferris Bueller's Day Off *Breakfast Club *Gremlins *The Thing (this one still creeps me out) *The Goonies *Legend *Howard the Duck

to name a few.....

I don't watch a lot of tv so thank goodness for DVR, Hulu and Netflix.

*The Walking Dead (Oh yes!) *True Blood *Salem *Big Bang Theory *Orange is the New Black *BGC ( I quench my thirst for drama with this lol) *Mr. Bean

I love all crafts that can stain or possibly burn my fingers. I absolutely enjoy making cards. I have had my cards published in Papercrafts magazine and continue to submit. I love to see what different styles are out there. I wouldn't say I have a "style", but I do really enjoy whimsical and fun patterns. I have a new love for graphic45 papers. So I have been also dabbling in making mini-albums and enjoy them so much I have four of them sitting on my table that I'm struggling to let go of them lol. I'm a stamp and paper hoarder.

I have been crafting every since I was a kid. Crocheting my Barbie's clothes to sewing them. Got my first GlueGun burns on my leg when I was 12. I have been drawing and doodling since I was able to hold a crayon. I have recently been self teaching how to Tat. I started with the needle and am now trying to learn how to do so via shuttle. In my opinion needle tatting is so much easier! lol I love the world of crafting and look forward to seeing what everyone has to offer!

I love Instagram seeing people's projects and being inspired by them. You can find me: PaperPajamas *I will say, I will follow back but if you don't post shares on Instagram then I will delete... I share pictures of my life and it's just creepy if you're just "spying" lol.
I have a YouTube channel as well as a blog, but don't like to share that info too much unless someone asks how I did something ;0) My YouTube channel is mainly for my personal project shares. If you have a channel, please by all means lemme see!!!

Weatherford, Texas 1979 - 1980 Frankfurt Germany 1980-1983 Biloxi, Mississippi 1983-1987 Texas (Azle, Fort Worth, Copperas Cove, Killeen, Fort Hood) 1987-2008 Lillington, North Carolina (Fort Bragg) 2008-2010 Honolulu, Hawaii (Fort Shafter 2010-present

I'm pretty easy going. Here are some of my likes/ loves that I will update periodically. *animals, Starbucks (coffee), coffee mugs. Ink pads, stamps, stencils, wood veneer, paper, humor, glitter/bling, whimsical, bottle caps. Owls, anything with owls will steal my heart. If you make anything with anything for that matter of which I mentioned above I will be in absolute awe :0)

Quiet frankly, if you made it with your two hands I will love it. I appreciate everyone's different takes on crafting.

I have to say this list will be small as I'm not picky. Although I can update periodically and will list what I don't use in my crafting. stickers of any type with the exception of letter stickers ie Scrapbooking stickers. Although I know my boys would love to stick them on one of our many walls *giggling.