Haul Video Number Two!

Yep you read that right, I have another haul video for you in the same week! And I might have two for you next week as well, plus a little something extra ;)

Any who, here it is and as always leave me a comment please. I have already received such great feedback and will be using those suggestions here soon. These next videos were all recorded on the same day. It just takes me a bit to record. Ok I'm done rambling...for now anyway...enjoy!

Here are the items I purchased from Two Peas in a Bucket:
October Afternoon Thrift Shop Collection Kit (15% off right now)
October Afternoon Sprinklers in Robot Blue (Rocket Age)
American Crafts Basic Journal/Phrase Remarks Sticker Book in Super Swell (Peachy Keen)
American Crafts Phrase, Accents, Journal Remarks Sticker Book in Gee Golly (Peachy Keen)

Oh I almost forgot to tell you, next Friday I will be sharing something extra special with you so be sure to stop by. And don't forget to stay crafty!

A little treat...

So I am trying to get back into scrapbooking, especially since I found some old family photos earlier this summer. It' has been quite some time since I have actually scrapped anything, the last being some memories from my freshman year of college (I’m going to be a senior this year..AHHH) Anyway to start things off, I’ve made a couple of haul videos to share with you guys. Here is the first one:

I would love to hear what you think about it! And here are some links to the products I purchased if you were interested in picking up some yourself.


From Archiver’s (some weren’t on the website):
Doodlebug Storybook Album in Swimming Pool
American Crafts This to That Dot Adhesive
Zig Memory System Millennium Marker
Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky Twine in Together
Hometown Summer Border Stickers
October Afternoon Sticker Alpha Set in Lunchbox-Cherry
October Afternoon Sticker Alpha Set in Cupcake-Pink
October Afternoon 12x12 Paper in On the Shore (Seaside collection)
October Afternoon 12x12 Paper in Needs Paint and Collector’s Item (The Thrift Shop collection)
October Afternoon 12x12 Paper in Cherry Pie (Modern Homemaker collection)
The Paper Company 12x12 Basic Cardstock in Kraft
The Girls Paperie 12x12 Paper in Granny’s Quilt and Dutch Girl (Kitch collection)
The Girls Paperie 12x12 Paper in Frolic Rose (Jubilee collection)
Echo Park 12x12 Paper in Fabric Store (For the Record collection)
Cosmo Cricket 12x12 Paper in Remnants (Odds and Ends collection)
Crate Paper in Playhouse (Emma’s Shoppe collection

From Scrapbook.com:
Provo Craft-Cricut Trimmer Replacement Blades
Bazzill Basics 12x12 Kraft (25 sheets)

From Melissa Samuels The Art of Scrapbooking:
October Afternoon Modern Homemaker Collection Kit (will link on Monday)

Thanks again for stopping by and as always, stay crafty!

Sunday Matinée: To Have and Have Not

 

To Have and Have Not

Amazon | IMDb

 

Director: Howard Hawks

Writers:  Ernest Hemingway (novel), Jules Furtham & William Faulkner (screenplay)

Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall and Walter Brennan

 

Favorite Quote: "Was you ever bit by a dead bee?"

 

In 1944, a film was released that caught a spark between one of the quintessential couples of all times. “To Have and Have Not” catches the moment when Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall fall in love.

 

The movie is set in Fort de France, Martinique under the Vichy regime. It’s here where we find fishing-boat captain Harry Morgan trying to make it by taking out clients for some big water fishing. He is also being pressured into smuggling some people onto the island by the French Resistance. Harry keeps saying no, that is until his client Johnson is shot dead before paying him the eight-hundred and twenty-five dollars.

 

Along the way, we meet Slim a young woman who flirts with guys and ends up stealing their money. just to get buy and eventually leave the island. Slim and Harry soon hit it off and we see the two characters, and actors fall in love.

 

Other than that the movie is a lot like Casablanca or any other Bogie movie for that matter. Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy, and would watch his movies all the time, but most of them have the same over all theme.

 

So if you are like me and love Bogie’s movies, you will enjoy this film. And if you are into learning more and seeing the Bogie and Bacall relationship then you will LOVE this movie. Believe me, you really feel and see them falling for each other, and in my opinion no one can act that much happiness and passion.

 

Sunday Matinée: True Grit (1969 & 2011)

True Grit

1960 Amazon | IMDb Director: Henry Hathaway Writers: Charles Portis (novel) Marguerite Roberts (screenplay) Stars: John Wayne, Kim Darby and Glen Campbell

2011 Amazon | IMDb Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Writers: Charles Portis (novel) Ethan Coen & Joel Coen (screenplay) Stars: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon and Hailee Steinfeld

 

Favorite Quote: “You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another.”

 

Happy Father’s Day everyone! To celebrate I thought I would review the Western that my dad and I both love True Grit. And since there are two it’s going to be a “Double Feature” of sorts.

True Grit is the story about a fourteen year old girl, Mattie Ross, who sets out to get justice for her father’s death. Along the way she seeks help from Rooster Cogburn, a gruff, one-eyed man with true grit, to hunt down her father’s killer, Tom Chaney.. But that help doesn’t come easy or cheap.

While the two set off on their journey to find Tom Chaney, they meet a young Texas Ranger, La Boeuf, who is also tracking Chaney. It turns out Chaney is quite the wanted man with a fifteen hundred reward on his capture after he killed a Texas Senator and his dog.

Mattie does not like La Boeuf and despite her efforts, Rooster and La Boeuf decide to team up and split the reward to find Chaney. The two actually try to abandon Mattie but she is persistent in tagging along.

After several days, the three plan to stay at a cabin. However, they learn that Emmett Quincy and Moon, two horse thieves waiting for Ned Pepper and Chaney So the trio set a trap that does not go as planned.

The three continue their pursuit, and after a few days Mattie comes face to face with Chaney She draw her father’s pistol and yells to her comrades. As Chaney advances towards her, Mattie shoots and wounds him, but he still captures her and takes her to Ned Pepper’s.

Soon a shoot-out between Rooster and Pepper’s gang. Chaney is in charge of keeping Mattie safe, but he has other plans and tries to kill her. La Boeuf shows up just in time knocking Chaney out and taking Mattie to watch the shoot-out. After La Boeuf saves Rooster’s life, Chaney comes up from behind and hits La Boeuf in the head with a rock which is thought to be fatal. Mattie shoots Chaney, but falls into a pit and is bitten by a rattlesnake. Rooster soon arrives killing the snake and rescues Mattie with the help of La Boeuf.

As Rooster and Mattie make it back up, they can see how bad the snake bite is and decide to leave La Boeuf behind to find help.

Both movie versions are based off the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, however each takes their own few and sheds different lights on the main characters. Also there are scenes that have been changed and the endings are fairly different.

My father and I love the original movie with John Wayne. Seeing the spunk and determination Mattie has for getting justice. Plus we both love John Wayne. So when we saw that there was a new True Grit coming out we were excited, especially me with Jeff Bridges as Rooster.

We were both a little disappointed however, but that is because we went in thinking it was going to be exactly like the original. I think I need to watch the new one again and take it for it’s own movie. Then I might like it more.

 

(Update: I have watched the new version again and I have to say that it did grow on me, but only because Jeff Bridges is AWESOME! I still prefer the storyline of the 1969 version, but I love Jeff Bridges interpretation of Rooster as well. Did I mention the man is awesome?)

Sunday Matinée: Love Comes Softly

 

Love Comes Softly

Amazon | IMDb

 

Director: Michael Landon Jr.

Writers: Cindy Kelley (teleplay), Michael Landon Jr. (teleplay) and Janette Oke (book)

Stars: Katherine Heigl, Dale Midkiff and Corbin Bernsen

 

Favorite Quote: “Sometimes love isn’t firecrackers. Sometimes love just comes softly.”

The first of a series of movies made for the Hallmark Channel based on the book series by Janette Oke and directed by Michael Landon Jr., Love Comes Softly is a story about two widowers that join together in a time of need. One of the best love stories that comes from the promise land of the west!

Marty and Aaron Claridge (Katherine Heigl and Oliver Macready) set out to start a new and wonderful life in the opportunity filled west making plans for a family and farm. Sadly this is short lived when tragedy strikes leaving Marty to face a bleak future on her own. Or what would have been bleak had Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff), a widower, not suggested a "marriage of convenience."

The two make a deal that if Marty can be a mother and show Clark's daughter, Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak), how to be a child again, then in the spring Clark will help Marty get back home when the wagon train heads back east. At least that is the plan.

It takes some time for Missie to let her guard down around Marty, that the two just can’t get along. But once Marty realizes that Missie has yet to fully grieve for her loss, they realize they have more in common.

As the seasons pass we see more heartbreak happen for these people that they become closer and begin to feel like a real family. And with the end of winter comes spring’s thaw for the wagon train. It’s at this time Clark and Marty realize they have fallen in love. Which begs the question, with Marty stay or leave?

The first of a series of movies made for the Hallmark Channel based on the book series by Janette Oke and directed by Michael Landon Jr., Love Comes Softly is a story about two widowers that join together in a time of need. One of the best love stories that comes from the promise land of the west!

Marty and Aaron Claridge (Katherine Heigl and Oliver Macready) set out to start a new and wonderful life in the opportunity filled west making plans for a family and farm. Sadly this is short lived when tragedy strikes leaving Marty to face a bleak future on her own. Or what would have been bleak had Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff), a widower, not suggested a "marriage of convenience."

The two make a deal that if Marty can be a mother and show Clark's daughter, Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak), how to be a child again, then in the spring Clark will help Marty get back home when the wagon train heads back east. At least that is the plan.

It takes some time for Missie to let her guard down around Marty, that the two just can’t get along. But once Marty realizes that Missie has yet to fully grieve for her loss, they realize they have more in common.

As the seasons pass we see more heartbreak happen for these people that they become closer and begin to feel like a real family. And with the end of winter comes spring’s thaw for the wagon train. It’s at this time Clark and Marty realize they have fallen in love. Which begs the question, with Marty stay or leave?

 

I absolutely love this movie and always try and catch the whole series when it is featured on the Hallmark Channel! I am also a fan of how this series looks at faith and religion. Now I will admit, God and I have our own relationship that is not what some people would consider “normal.” I am much more of going on a hike and looking at nature in a way of my worship, much like Clark. There is also the frustration and misunderstanding of why God allows misfortunate events to happen (something I have struggled with and still do to this day). I wouldn’t say it’s an overpowering part of the movie but is enough for me to “fall back in love” with God.

 

Besides the spirituality, there is also a great love story set in the pioneering days. These two people have suffered through one of the worst losses, decide to marry out of convenience and suffer through even more hardships along the way. I mean come on, this movie has no shortage on drama. I like to think of it as a “chick-stern” (I should trademark that haha).