My Blessed Life

Day Crop

2011-03-09T18:05:00.002-06:00

Okay Baton Rouge Area Croppers....who would be interested in a day crop in May? Which Saturday would be best 7, 14, or 21? What do you want at the crop? Give me your thoughts and ideas. Do you want door prizes? Do you want full tables or shared tables? Who would be interested in having a monthly Saturday day crop? How many hours, 8 or 12? Would you want a tool table available for everyone to use? Do you want snacks/food available to purchase? I'm working on getting a venue for this type of crop on a monthly basis. Let me know what you want so I can get the ball rolling! Looking forward to your suggestions. Feel free to pass this on to all your crafty friends :)

Adriana's Birthday Sleepover

2010-08-20T16:05:00.001-05:00

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Birthday Sleepover

2010-06-19T01:22:00.002-05:00

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Christine had a small sleepover for her birthday tonight. We went to the pool, had lots of yummy food, made mini scrapbooks, ate cookie cake sundaes, and watched a movie complete with a concession stand! They had a great time! And, they have all been asleep for about 30 mins. Yeah!

Cave Tubing in Belize

2010-06-15T11:12:00.001-05:00

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2010-06-15T11:03:00.000-05:00

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Happy Easter

2010-04-04T00:07:00.001-05:00

I hope you all have a Blessed and safe Easter. Enjoy time with family and friends.

Birthday - Getting Old or 40 & Fabulous

2010-03-28T23:17:00.008-05:00

I say I'm getting old, my friends say I'm 40 and Fabulous. Edwin and my two great friends Christy & Pauline threw a 40th birthday party for me on Friday (my actual bday). It was so much fun, we had a terrific time. It's the first b-day party I've ever had in my life! Terrible to wait that long to have a party, too old to do much! The party was at a local restaurant but I wanted it to be for families so I rented a spacewalk for the kids to play on....best money I've ever spent. The kids played and the adults got to visit and enjoy some time together. I just may want to start having a party every year ;-)

The Cloak

2010-02-24T08:34:00.003-06:00

We did it! The cloak is very simple but it works. Amazing what a little fabric and fabric glue can accomplish. Christine sewed the button on by herself and I cut the hole for the button. Now onto her Science Fair Project....science is NOT my thing! I'm glad she likes it, she can do it by herself (hopefully).

Sometimes I'm happy she doesn't listen to me

2010-02-23T00:39:00.002-06:00

Christine was given a book report and project to have completed for this week. She read the book and wrote the report during break last week. Then she could choose from a couple of options for the project part: a diorama, a powerpoint presentation, or a bottle buddy. She of course wanted to do the bottle buddy. I didn't even know what that was and tried to persuade her to do a diorama since we've done several of those before. She wouldn't hear of it and insisted upon the bottle buddy, which by the way is taking a 2-liter soda bottle and turning it into a character from the book. Her book was set in the 1700's with the main character being an 8-yr old girl. I finally gave up and said, fine make the bottle buddy. Well, she made it (with a little help from me and a quite costly trip to HL) and it is so precious. Meet Sarah Noble below. She has long, braided hair that was hot-glued on a strip at a time, a styrofoam head, clay nose & mouth, wiggle eyes, plastic doll arms & legs and is wearing American Girl Doll clothes and shoes. She's quite stylish!! We need to make her a cloak since she wore one throughout the story. Wish me luck with that!

Scrappin Progress

2010-02-21T23:04:00.002-06:00

Well, I managed to be somewhat productive while cropping this weekend. More importantly, I had a fabulous time. I completed 20 pages (10 double-page spreads) in Christine's 3rd grade album. I have about 10 more pages and it'll be finished, Yeah. Then I have to move onto 4th grade before she starts 5th! I'll post pictures of the LOs soon. Until then....

Most Recent Layouts

2010-02-17T10:07:00.004-06:00

These are the layouts I did for Christine's 3rd grade school album. It's a shame...she's almost finished with 4th grade and I just started 3rd.

I really need to stay organized and focused so I can get some stuff done. I'm so far behind I don't think I'll ever catch up. Let's see what I can do this weekend.

;-)

Layouts

2010-02-17T09:41:00.005-06:00

These are the last few layouts I did to complete Edwin's album.

This one is a kit designed by my scrappy friend Melanie. Thanks girl, it was perfect.

The last page is a pocket to hold the cards he received.

I did these a couple of months ago but hadn't taken any pictures to post them. I'm trying to get caught up on everything.

Recent Project

2010-02-16T22:46:00.005-06:00

I haven't had time to scrapbook but did manage to decorate composition books for the girls' teachers as Valentine's gifts. I forgot to take pictures of the backs which I decorated also. Oh well! Here they are...

Stuff the Box - A Mission

2010-02-16T16:48:00.005-06:00

My husband has been wanting to give back to the community where he grew up in Guatemala. I have been neither for nor against this idea, just very neutral. But the more involved I've become in church and prayer, the more this idea is on my mind. God has a way of motivating us! So it's time to act.....anyone that would like to donate the gently used items their children have outgrown please let me know. We will be filling boxes and shipping them to Guatemala to be distributed when we are there (we go a least twice a year). We are planning to go at the end of July and would love to give lots of children a Christmas in July they will never forget. I promise you that everything will be put to good use. There are so many very poor families in the small villages that would be absolutely thrilled to receive these items. Below is the first box that we have nearly filled with things my kids no longer wear/use. You can include clothes and toys. Unfortunately, the toys will have to be smaller items. Although the boxes are very big, they are also very expensive to ship and they need clothes more than toys.

Please prayerfully consider donating to this cause. We appreciate your assistance in ministering to the world. Thanks, Edwin & Donna

The De-cluttering Process

2010-02-16T16:35:00.004-06:00

Here are the results from cleaning out my closet. The large black spot on the left is a large black trash bag full of stuff too. Who knew transforming your body was going to cause so many other changes.

Now look at my nicely organized closet. Yeah! Which now contains clothes that actually fit me. Woo Hoo!

Why do they wait until the last minute....

2010-02-02T23:35:00.002-06:00

On the way home from school today my step-daughter informs me that she needs to MAKE a toga for the Roman Feast they are having at school TOMORROW!! Of course, she knew about this last week but forgot until today. It was definitely not the news I wanted to hear. I also had to provide a tray of grapes and nuts for this feast, which I just finished putting together at 11:40 pm. This is exactly why I constantly drill into their heads not to wait until the last minute to work on school projects. It drives me crazy! Ok, enough ranting....can't wait until the crop on the 20th. I'm hoping to squeeze in some organizing time before then. I need to be a little more productive than I was at the last crop I attended, only did 4 pages. But, I did lots of visiting and had a ton of fun. Well worth it! I feel better after my little griping session. I should be able to sleep a little better now. Actually, I shouldn't have any trouble sleeping....I'm exhausted! Good Night!

Busy, Busy, Busy

2010-02-01T18:09:00.002-06:00

Time is flying so fast and I'm so busy I can't even begin to slow down. They are killing me at Christine's school with volunteer projects. This is a very busy time at school. I'm really looking forward to the break for Mardi Gras, they get the whole week off. Of course I have some serious house cleaning projects planned for that week. I'm really needing to get things in order around here and the kids owe me lots of working time. They both have debts to pay off. Christine broke her ipod touch and Adriana infected my computer with viruses. So, they have to work off the cost of repairs! I thought that was just genius and they need to know that things aren't free. I'm hoping to go to the all-day crop on the 20th. Anyone going? I will try to take and post pics of the last LO I did at the last crop this week. I have lots to catch up on. Have a fantastic week!

Update

2010-01-15T08:18:00.002-06:00

Hello Sorry it has been a while since I posted. We were in Guatemala for a little over a week during New Years. We had a wonderful, relaxing trip in warm weather. We returned to the arctic and I got sick, yuck! Feeling better now although I'm still congested. Thankfully, I was the only one to get sick. The kids are doing great. They are taking ice skating lessons on Friday evenings and having a blast. Edwin is doing fine too. I haven't scrapbooked since Scrappin Chicks and I'm itching to get back to it. Unfortunately I have to wait another week. Hope to see some of my scrappin friends next Saturday at Co. Have a great weekend!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-29T11:30:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year I've finally made a few seconds to post. Sorry it has taken so long, the preparations for Christmas were a little overwhelming this year during recovery. The good news is...we had a wonderful, blessed Christmas with family and friends. I'm feeling much better but still not 100%. Now I'm putting the finishing touches on packing so we can head to Guatemala for New Year's. I wish you all a very Happy New Year's. Be safe and have fun. And...for all of you asking here is a picture of the "new" me on Christmas Eve.

My Nemesis

2009-11-22T16:54:00.002-06:00

Will it be the recliner, my back, or these binding garments. The reasons why...the recliner is the only place I can sit or sleep for at least another week. The very site of it makes me think of starting a huge bonfire! My back because I have to walk hunched over like I'm 90 with severe osteoporosis. The binding garments because it feels and looks like they stuffed 2 lbs. of sausage into a 1 lb. casing. Not the most comfortable thing I've ever worn. I must say this was the first time in my life I wanted to stay longer in the hospital. But, I'm doing well and getting stronger each day. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers, I appreciate you all. Hope to see you soon! Donna

Watch out Chicks here I come...

2009-11-05T09:12:00.003-06:00

I can't wait until Scrappin' with the Chicks tomorrow! I'm not organized or packed, of course! I can do that when I get there, I'll just throw every thing in the big black bus and worry about the organizing later. It's going to be a great weekend, can't wait to see everyone. Here is a recent pic of my precious grandson!

Meet my "Grandson"

2009-10-16T15:58:00.005-05:00

Those of you who know me know it's not really my grandson....it's my nephew's new baby. But, my newphew is like a son to me so it's my grandson. I fully intend to spoil him as though he's my grandson. Jacob Jenri (Henry in spanish) was born yesterday, Oct. 15, at 6:05 pm. He weighs 8 lbs. and is 20 in. long. He is SO sweet and just gorgeous. He and Mom are both doing excellent. She is so sweet and going to be an awesome mother. I'm so happy to have a new member in the family, who could resist...he's so sweet!!

This is Jennifer and Jacob. Can you believe how great she looks less than 24 hrs. after delivery!?!

This is Mynor with his new family, oh, so sweet. I love them so much!

Gift Album

2009-10-14T10:33:00.010-05:00

I bought an album kit that included all papers, stickers, die-cuts, and the album. I wanted to make an album for my nephew's fiancee'. She is about to have a baby (it's a boy). I didn't want to make a traditional baby album (that's her job), just something she could quickly put the pics from the hospital, etc. in. I wanted something cute, but quick and easy. This was it!!! All you do is adhere a strip of PP and the photo mat and then embellish as you wish. I added buttons, brads, and ribbon from my stash to complete the LOs. Did the entire album in about 1 1/2 hours. Now if I could just do mine that quickly!

Thanks for looking and have a great week!

Donna

New Layouts

2009-09-22T21:34:00.009-05:00

I made these LO a while back for Edwin's album about him becoming a citizen. I did a few more but haven't taken pics of them yet. Since this was a very patriotic event and the party was on the 4th of July, I'm doing the album in red, white, & blue.

The right side is a hand-held fan from the party that I took apart and adhered to the page. I then printed the Pledge of Alleigience on vellum and put over the flag fan.

His naturalization certificate clearly states it's not to be copied or reproduced in any way. Yeah whatever, I needed a copy for my scrapbook!

On the right side I punched the large tag with a border punch to give it a little more pizzazz.

I used leftover party invitations as the PP on this page. I also cut one in half and used the inside as part of the journaling for the page.

Hopefully, I'll have many more layouts to post next week. I'm doing the marathon crop at Scrapbook & Co. this weekend. I really need to be productive, I'm way behind. The problem is I like to talk and be social a little too much. I'm determined to get lots done this weekend so don't take it personally if I'm not as social as usual.

Thanks for looking and have a great week! Can't wait for Friday!!!!

Journal

2009-09-19T00:48:00.006-05:00

This is a composition book I decorated into a journal for one of Christine's friends. We gave it to her for her birthday along with a couple of cute necklaces. She really liked it. I used Glimmer Mist on the green border (it was ivory colored). I also used GM on the large flower under the red one (it was white). I glued strips of ribbon to the inside of the front and back covers and then tied the strips into a bow.

I will try to post recent layouts tomorrow. I need to take pictures and load them to the computer. I'm too tired tonight, I've been loading pictures to my computer and ordering them online through Walgreens. I had about 500 pictures to go through and order. Guess I better get busy and do some serious cropping.

Decorated Notebooks

2009-08-25T14:39:00.005-05:00

Here are three composition notebooks I decorated to give to my three nieces in Guatemala. I think they'll like them. I think they are cute. I did the two green/brown/blue ones for the 16 yr. olds and the pink for the 14 yr. old. I thought they looked a little more "sophisticated" for the older girls. Thanks to my great friend, Christy, for the Sparkle Mod Podge, it made them very glittery! The borders along the left edge were a cream color and I sprayed them with Glimmer Mist to match the colors in my papers. The brown border I sprayed with "coffee bean" but it wasn't dark enough so I then chalked it with dark brown shimmer chalk. Thanks for looking and have a great week. I promise when I get back from the trip and get settled I'll post pics of my recent layouts!!

I'm back

2009-08-12T17:04:00.010-05:00

That was a long couple of days....sorry! My laser eye surgery was a breeze. I am now without glasses or contacts and can see better than ever. We've been extremely busy and were on vacation. We had the most amazing time in Niagra Falls, Canada. It was so beautiful and the weather was perfect. I have managed to do a few things in between all the chaos. I will try to take pics and post in the next couple of days, when all the kiddos are back to school. Hope all have been well. It's good to be back!

This is us getting ready to go on the Maid of the Mist boat ride. They take you as close to the Falls as you can get. It was so cool!!!!

This is Christine holding a Loorikeet at the Bird Aviary. I was lucky enough to snap the picture at the exact moment the bird bit her on the neck. She was done with the birds after that.

We went to the Butterfly Conservatory and we were all lucky enough to have butterflies land on us. Christine was gettting a little anxious because it took a while for one to land on her. Thankfully it finally happened (it's on the front of her shirt right above the document holder she's wearing).

This is Adriana with her butterfly. She was the first one to get one on her.

This is a picture of the American Falls and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls taken from our hotel room. The American Falls are to the left. We could hear the roar of the water from our room when we opened the window.

This is a close up of the American Falls.

This is all of us preparing to take a carriage ride through the beautiful gardens that surrounded the Butterfly Conservatory. It was so peaceful and beautiful.

We did lots more stuff but it's too much to post here. You'll have to wait for the scrapbook to be finished.

out of commission for a couple of days

2009-07-09T13:22:00.002-05:00

I had laser eye surgery this AM and about to pass out from the abundance of drugs (valium, vicodan, & sleeping pills). Will be back up to speed next week hopefully. Appreciate your prayers for a speedy recovery. Thanks and have a fantastic weekend.

Congrats Party

2009-07-06T16:22:00.002-05:00

These are pics from the party I threw for Edwin in honor of him becoming a citizen. It was such a blast. I didn't think we'd have a very good turnout since I did it on July 4th. What a surprise.....we probably had about 75 guests. Edwin and I were so honored that everyone took time out from their holiday plans to come and celebrate with us. It was such a blessing to share such a special moment in our life with so many wonderful friends that are like family to us. I took the drink cups and filled them with candy wrapped in flag wrappers and put a pinwheel and two small flags in it. I used those as table centerpieces. They came out so cute. The tables were covered in either red, white, or blue tablecloths with the pinwheel cups and handheld fans with the flag on them. This is the cake and my cute hubby.

A pic of us with our dear friend Mike.

Edwin & me with our youngest son (really, nephew, but they are more like sons to us), Danilo.

Christine with our oldest son (nephew), Mynor.

Us, together and having a blast.

Christine and Adriana were the welcoming committee. They stood by the door and gave star-shaped necklaces to everyone as they came into the party. They thought that was so cool!

Me and my dear friend, Pauline, and her niece, Mercy.

Our girls with a couple of their friends.

Me and one of my best buds...Christy!

Edwin with a bunch of the guys that work for us.

Edwin with several guests.

The Oath

2009-07-06T16:07:00.000-05:00

Here are a few pics from Edwin's Oath Ceremony. It's still a little unbelievable to us. We went today and applied for his new US Passport (we need it right away to travel to Canada at the end of the month). They call out each country and the people from that country stand up. Edwin was the only one from Guatemala (out of 48 people). He's taking the actual Oath in this picture. He's reading it from the back of the handout.

He's saying the Pledge of Allegience for the first time as a US Citizen. It was so awesome! Then he actually received his certificate. He was called first and I wasn't quite prepared with the camera. The lighting was terrible in the room too. Finally, the happy family.

What? I can't hear you....

2009-07-02T09:00:00.000-05:00

I had forgotten how LOUD concerts are, especially ones with hundreds of young girls screaming as loud as they can. But my inability to hear was all worth it, Christine had a fantastic time and says I'm the coolest Mom ever! Although, I've opened a "can of worms" because she wants to know when we can go to another concert!! Maybe after I regain my hearing and forget again how loud it was this time and recover from paying $30 for a T-SHIRT (outrageous!). I'm off to get ready to go to Edwin's Oath Ceremony. We are so excited and can't wait to see him complete this journey. Will post some pics from the concert and ceremony later. Have a Great day!

Couldn't stand it....

2009-06-30T22:41:00.000-05:00

I just couldn't wait, I had to use my great "new" space to create something. So, I threw this LO together. It's from our trip to Vegas a couple of years ago. One more LO and I'll be finished with Vegas. Yeah!!! It's amazing how "easy" it is to create in a clean space. I did this LO in less than 30 minutes (including picking paper, embellies, etc.). That's unbelieveable for me! You can't tell from the pic (unless you click on it to make it larger)....I ran the PP through a paper crimper and to make "bubbles" all over it. The center of the flower is an acrylic tile that says "fun". I didn't journal b/c the pics have the place and date printed in the corners. Now I need to get some sleep, it's almost 11:00. A long day tomorrow, I'm taking Christine to the Demi Lovato concert in Lafayette. I didn't get much sleep last night, Christine talked Edwin into letting her sleep with me and he went to her room. Well, she apparently had lots of dreams because I was startled awake several times from a swift kick to the head!!!! Now that's a great way to be awakened ;-)

Disbelief and Relief

2009-06-30T21:26:00.000-05:00

I can't believe it.....I finally finished cleaning and organizing my scrap stuff. It was a huge task and it feels so good to be finished. My office/scrap room looks so clean and inviting. It makes me want to sit in there and actually crop (still doesn't make me want to work though). Now I will be able to crop at home when I have a few minutes. Maybe I can get almost caught up (I don't think I'll ever be really caught up). It took me forever to finish because I actually went through every box, bag, container, etc. and cleaned out and organized my supplies and put them either in my Scraprack in the closet or in my ScrapBox. I'm so excited and can't wait to use everything now.

This is a shot of my scrap desk. I should have taken a before pic, you couldn't see the top of the desk.

The table at the end of my desk if where Christine crops, you couldn't see it either.

Another shot of our clean and clutter free work space. This is my ScrapBox. It holds all my paper and some other supplies. It also has a work space but I find it a little too small. The table can be folded down flat against the front of the box and the box can be folded up to look like an armoire.

Yeah, I did it!!!!!!! Now I need to add some cute decorative touches to my room and it'll be complete. Not sure what I'm going to do yet. I'll post pics when I decide and finish. Thanks for checking it out. Have a great night!

New Look

2009-06-30T16:20:00.000-05:00

I changed the look of the blog. The old background was too distracting for me. What do you think about this look? I think it makes the pics I post stand out better. Let me know your opinions.

2009-06-28T13:07:00.000-05:00

I went to Co. on Saturday during the day with Christine and managed to get a few pages done. She wasn't into cropping yesterday and just listened to her IPod while I worked. These are the pages I did.

This was a kit I purchased from 2Scrappin Chicks. I changed the title, inked the PP, and outlined the title and die-cuts with black marker to give a little more pop.

This is my creation. I love the paisley print paper. I added some buttons and bling.

Another orignal, I inked the edges of the Santa paper and added some sparkly poinsettia flowers for embellishments. This was from a class I took at MM. The right side is a sheet protector with 4x6 openings to be decorated or just slip in pictures.

Awesome News

2009-06-26T12:31:00.001-05:00

As most of you know, my hubby is from Guatemala. We've been working on his application to become a US Citizen for 6 years (immigration is an absolutely crazy agency). Well, it's finally over....he has been approved and will take his Oath on July 2. We are SO excited and relieved. Now we can all breathe a little easier knowing that he'll be able to stay here with us forever. And, traveling just got a whole lot easier. I'm working on putting a party together on July 4 to celebrate this joyous occasion. Had to share another amazing Blessing, God is so great!!

Father's Day Card

2009-06-20T12:01:00.000-05:00

Christine wanted to make Edwin a card. She chose everything from my stash. The only assistance I gave was hints on placing embellishments. She is so proud of her card. I told her I was going to take pics and post to the blog. She was SO excited about that. She said she would be famous because a blog is on the internet and lots of people look at the internet. She's so funny! I love her card too and I know Edwin will be so touched by it. The quote at the bottom says "Any man can be a father, it take someone special to be a dad".

I love this picture of them together. We were at a wedding reception (she was the flower girl) and I caught them just sitting together all snuggled up. I had it printed in B/W because I love the elegant, classic look it gives to special occasion photos.

Sick Husband

2009-06-20T08:09:00.000-05:00

Okay - my husband was gone for a week to Mexico with a friend (even though I said it wasn't a good idea to go there right now). So, he comes back and starts feeling sick. I sent him staight to the doctor (told him if he has swine flu or some other weird disease and it doesn't kill him, I will). The doctor says everything is fine just a reaction to the change in temperature, altitude, etc. She gave him a shot and said if he's not better by Monday to go back. Well, now he's getting worse and is driving me crazy. Like most men, he's a pain in the neck when he's sick. Of course, he doesn't stay home and rest, he's at work running around in this heat and wonders why he's getting worse. Aaagghhh, I'm trying to be patient but it's not working out too well. But, you will notice I didn't put "sick OF husband" as the title!! ;-)

What I've Organized so far...

2009-06-18T18:30:00.000-05:00

Here it is ladies.... I have (finally) finished organizing my ScrapRack. It holds all of my stickers, chipboard, bling, and some seasonal paper. It's all organized by category in pouches. The great thing ... it's completely portable for those wonderful weekend crops!!! I can take the entire thing or just a section. The sections are on 3-ring binders that velcro to the rack. I have a small walk-in closet in my office to store my supplies. The rack sits on a shelf in the closet, out of sight.

This is the bottom of the closet. Those boxes hold my flowers, ribbon, and buttons. My crop luggage is stored on the floor under the shelves.

These are the top two shelves that hold my albums, new and completed.

Another shot of the scraprack. Trying to show how much stuff I have in it (trust me it's a lot).

The remaining pictures are piles of stuff I have that still need to be organized. All of those things need to be incorporated into my Scrapbox (a large armoire). I'm hoping to get that finished soon. I'll post photos when I finish.

I obviously have way too much stuff. But, I love it! I welcome any suggestions for staying better organized.

Seller Beware

2009-06-14T03:18:00.000-05:00

I know the term often heard is buyer beware but in this instance it's seller beware......I took a bunch of stuff to Scrap & Co this morning for the New 2 You sale and was "mobbed" upon entering the store. I had a large armful of stuff and was immediately surrounded and people started grabbing things out of my hands before I could put it on the table. My daughter was with me and they did the same thing to her. When we went back to the truck to get more stuff she told me "Mami, those ladies are a little scary and crazy, they were grabbing stuff from me". Needless to say it was interesting. I'm thankful that my stuff sold. It was funny in the end, we all had a good chuckle. I wish I had pictures to post along with the story, you almost had to see it to believe it. Next time you're in the store ask Denise, she was as surprised as I was.

Proof I'm Blessed

2009-06-11T21:51:00.000-05:00

This is the comment my soon to be 9 yr old daughter posted on my blog earlier while I was doing something in the kitchen. She is SOOOOO sweet. She just melts my heart everyday. She is the most loving, affectionate, and kind child. I'm so proud of her! I LOVED! YOUR LO. I THOUGHT THEY WERE AWESOME! LOVE, CHRISTINE P.S. XOXOXOXOXOXO!

Getting Organized

2009-06-10T19:41:00.000-05:00

Does anyone have as much trouble as I do getting and staying organized? My scrap supplies always look like a bomb went off in my closet. Well, no longer....I am almost finished organizing everything. I'm planning to finish this weekend while my hubby is out of town. I'll take some pics and post when I'm done. Maybe posting it on here will make me actually follow through and finish. It's been a work in progress for 2 or 3 weeks. The problem with organizing my supplies is looking at and touching everything makes me want to scrap instead. Have a great evening.

Album I made for my niece

2009-06-08T21:18:00.000-05:00

I made these pages for my nieces 15th birthday party. I premade the album and took it to Guatemala and showed her how to add the pictures and journaling. She loved it and I had a great time completing it with her. Sorry some of the pics are not too great. I will get better at photographing LO eventually. I covered a large chipboard "L" with PP and tied ribbon around it. I added some jewel brads to this die-cut paper to give it a little pop, you can't see it in the pic.

The yellow "tabs" are folded pieces of ribbon.

At the top is punched circles with brads in the center.

Folded over the corners, set eyelets, and tied ribbon through them.

This is one of my favorite layouts. I used magic mesh between the PP and ribbon.

I used strips of PP and cut like ribbon as background.

I loved this page. I didn't have the flowers I wanted so I inked white flowers and adhered with brads.

Hello

2009-06-08T21:16:00.001-05:00

I'm new to this blogging thing. I've recently gotten into following a couple of friends blogs and have enjoyed it. So, thought why not. It may take a while for me to get the hang of it, bear with me. Thanks for stopping by.