Happy Housewarming!

I made this layout and framed it for a housewarming gift for my son and daughter-in-law. I painted the wood frame and it doesn't look so good in the picture but it looks good in person. You can't tell that I also added a little glitter pen on the scroll and on the printed paper.

The saying is what prompted me to do the frame. I lifted it from a layout I found in Creative Scrapper's gallery. Sorry that I don't know the name of the author so I can give proper credit where credit is due.

Time to wrap it up and mail it out. Hope they like it.

BFF

Gosh, it has been a long time since my last entry. Jeff and I recently went to Florida to visit his Mom. While we were there we spent an afternoon with his niece, Marissa, bowling. It was great fun and I wanted to send Marissa this frame to share the memories with her. She is just 8 years old and quite the "poser" when it comes to getting her picture taken. Thought I'd share the finished project with you.

Project 365 Week Three

One more week of 2009 gone! But...one more week documented for my grandson or perhaps my great grandchildren. I spent this particular week in Michigan visiting my family. My Mom celebrated her 85th birthday. It wasn't hard at all taking a picture a day for this week, it was harder deciding what picture to use.

I think we all have the idea of how I translated Project 365 using my stash so I won't be posting anymore layouts. Unless of course a week is so exciting that I need to share it here LOL! Lets keep up with the challenge this project holds. Only 342 pictures to go.

Project 365 Layout Update

Here is my version of Project 365 week 2 layout. I'm keeping it simple, also using minimal embellishments. Needing to fit 52 double page layouts in a 3 ring binder is going to become a trick if I get to elaborate with lots of "lumpy" stuff. I hope you all are still following through. I'm having a ball with this, it is sometimes a challenge of what my picture will be for the day but that's the fun of it.

Becky Higgins Project 365

I'm guessing by now most of you have heard of Becky Higgins kit of the month, Project 365. It seems to be the buzz on all the message boards with EVERYONE lining up to purchase the kit when it goes on sale Jan 1st. The January issue of Creating Keepsakes dedicated a few pages to the kit with idea's and suggestions to complete the project.

I really like the concept of documenting a year with a picture a day. This will condition me to carry my camera around at all times. There have been countless times in the past I could of just knocked myself for not having it and missing an opportunity. Maybe, too, this will polish my photography skills, gosh knows I need it.

It is a BIG commitment but a challenge I'm up for. I decided not to purchase the kit, at $39.95 plus $11 and change for shipping I felt I had enough stash and scraps to do my version. The picture above shows the sketch I'm choosing to use for each week in the year. I've started my week on the first of the year instead of Becky's suggestions to start it on the weekend before. I will store my layouts in a 12 X 12, 3 ring naked binder (or two). Also I've decided to do 3 1/2 X 5" sized pictures so if I chose to embellish I'll have room.

I'd love to know if any of you are starting this project and what plans you have if you're not buying the kit. Becky has started a blog specifically for this project. I'm excited to start.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Good morning all. I hope everyone is enjoying a relaxing Christmas Day with family. I'm not sure if you can tell by my picture but this is how I spent my Christmas.

My whole family lives in Michigan and I'm in Texas so holidays are sometimes bittersweet for me. This Christmas my hubby came up with an ingenious idea...Hook up the webcam with the microphone and I could then celebrate Christmas with my family via the internet. This is why I married this guy! My son hooked up his laptop in Michigan and hubby hooked up mine in Texas and WALA...Christmas!

Although the reception and sound perhaps wasn't the best, I enjoyed every minute of it. I was able to watch everyone open the gifts I sent for them. I was able to watch my 2 year old grandson do what 2 year old do on Christmas eve and that was a real treat. The picture is one I took of the computer monitor while we were celebrating ;-)

This is the first Christmas I was able to "spend" with my family in about 8 years. It turned out to be the "bestest" Christmas for me!

Advent Calendar

I am so lucky to belong to the Yahoo Group, Kerrville Croppers. This group is filled with extraordinary ladies. And talented? Oh yeah!

One of our ladies, Sally Davidson, held a class at her church to make this Advent Calendar. Now Sally is VERY talented, check out her blog at
http://sallydavidson.blogspot.com/ or take a peek at her talent here http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5169079 Sally put a ton of work into this class, she cut all the papers to size and brought each and every embellishment for us to use. She outdid herself. There were a total of 12 ladies in Sally's class and I didn't see anyone disappointed with thier end result! Sally you rock! I am so happy with my Advent calendar.

Another Completed Project

I'm so excited that I've accomplished so much this holiday season. This is a cookbook I made for my mother-in-law as a gift. I used a 9x9 BoBunny naked album and went to town. Please see the slideshow towards the bottom of this page. The envelopes in between the pages hold recipe cards or recipe clippings. On some pages I placed pictures and on other pages I added pockets to hold more recipes. Boy, I hope she likes it.