Sorry all

Yes! And I want to say I am sorry. It seems when I really get in a good groove with my life, I get sick. And boy am I sick. I am only typing this cause I feel guilty for not posting a page. I will be closing this computer and going to sleep in a second.
I hope you are all well. Have a great day. I will post again when I am feeling better.

Twins!

The weekend was exciting for my best friend and her hubby. They ended up having their twins early. And I got the pleasure of visiting with them yesterday. The babies are very cute little men. They are doing very well, thank goodness. So is my girl friend, although she is experiencing some headaches. I hope that gets better. If it were me, I would expect headaches for the next couple years. Ha! Just kidding.
Needless to say, I didn't get any scrapbooking done. I have a page sitting on my table that I am slowly working on. I will show you all later, what I have started. Right now, it's time for me to be on my way to work at the YMCA.

I hope you all have a great day. Smile bright like the sun, you might warm someone else's day while doing so!

A day in the life....

A day in the life -
I made this page for my daughter. She is always concocting different outfits. And no one's opinion is valid but hers. She doesn't care what you think. I love that about her.
The chipboard dress form is from Dusty Attic. I absolutely love it. I added black tulle, as the dress, and then a lovely red polka dot bow as the belt.
The papers are from the MME Lost & Found 2 stack.
The vintage looking bookplate is from Tim Holtz. The red flowers are Recollections. And the file clip is from my stash of scrapbooking supplies that I am trying to use up, let me tell you, it's gonna be a long time before I am out of stuff.

 Here is a close up on the dress form. I wish you could see the tulle better, I cut it to look like a dress, but it's hard to capture it with the camera.











Here is a close up of the vintage bookplate. I love these. They are so pretty and they make perfect title holders.

Today is my daughter's birthday

Happy Birthday Pooh -
This is a pic she took with her phone. Then she added the saying and heart. (Does she know that this could be the start of her scrapbook crafting? lol)
Today, 14 years ago, my water broke, and nothing happened, around two o'clock I went to the hospital, still nothing. They induced me, still nothing, then your little heart stopped. But that didn't stop you, you came into this world, on your own terms, and you weren't about to be rushed. Same thing goes for today, you take your time, you don't like being rushed and you do everything dead last, your homework, your chores and even getting out of bed (especially in the summer). But I don't mind, my little sleeping beauty, you live the life you want, I am just here to guide you and make sure no one hurts you. I love you more then my words can ever say. You are a wonderful person, with the most beautiful smile I have ever seen. You light up my life, when you aren't home because you are at a friend's house, I miss you like crazy. I want you to know that I think you are amazing. You are beautiful. You are unique in every way. I love you my little pooh bear, and I know you are probably too old for that nick name, but you will always be my pooh bear, no matter how old you get. I love you sweet girl, I hope you have a wonderful day.

Now if I could just get you out of bed......

Senior Pictures

Well, yesterday we did a trial run for senior pictures. But being as it was hotter then heck outside, I didn't expect too much. I was happily surprised, when I ended up getting alot of good shots. Even though it was very sunny and we were sticking to everything we touched. LOL!
The kids did a great job putting up with me and they didn't complain as much as they could have, so all in all it was a good day of shooting.
This is Samantha, my son's girlfriend. She is a natural when it comes to posing, and I think this is one of my favorites of her. I didn't do any editing on this photo yet, it's in the raw form and I have to say it's pretty perfect.

I want to thank you to the kids, they let me take their pictures yesterday, and I am sorry it was so hot, but you all did a great job. We will go out again soon when it's cooler.

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Back to School

Back to School Layout -
I love this paper by Paper Loft. It's the "Dude" paper line and the color are so very masculine. It's perfect for a jump start on my son's last year of high school, first day of school page. I wanted his page to be great, and this layout turned out really good, it's even better in person. The swirls and circles at the bottom of the page were the inspiration for the rest of the page. I wanted to keep the flow going to the photo (when I place one there). I happened to have some stamps that were pretty close to the design on the page. Thanks to Fancy Pants and Inkadinkadoo. After I stamped and cut all the extra circles out. I went on the hunt, in my scrapbooking supplies for some embellishment that would work with the page. And I found it! The back to school metal embellishment is made by We R Memory Keepers. And the colors were perfect. Then I knew what this page was going to be for. Even though I am sad his last year of high school is here, and that means he will be moving on with the next phase of his life. I am proud to be the mom of such a great man. And I hope that his last year of high school is a great one. I want him to have wonderful memories to look back on.

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Good Dream Secrets

Good Dream Secrets -
I know weird title. But it works for my daughter. She has some good dreams and I am pretty sure there are some that are secrets, that I am not aloud to know. I like this page. It was made using the My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 2 collection. I really like this line of papers. They are vintage looking and have the two colors I like lately, teal and mustard yellow.
I cut the yellow sun using the Slice machine by Making Memories. It is two flowers layered on top of each other, inked with darker yellow ink around the edges.
I am trying to use things in my stash that I haven't used lately. I am trying to do it at least once, every other layout or so. So on this one, I used really old letter brads. I don't think I ever used these and if I did, I don't remember. They are a pain. lol
If you would like dimensions of everything, so that you can make this page, please use the comment section of my blog and I will post the dimensions for you.

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