I was Framed!

Today I packed up some scrapbook items and loaded up the car.  Scrapbook Retreat here I come!  We were asked to bring our very first scrapbook to compare with our current pages.  This will show how far we have come, or not come, since we started.  Another thing we were asked to bring is an unusual photo.  These will be given to other scrappers who will then create a layout with them.  They won't know any details about the photo.  This might be very interesting.  I hope I get a photo I can actually do justice to.  I dug through my photos to try to find some good candidates.  This could be very interesting!

With all of the time going through pictures, I was inspired to create another Frame Cluster.  I do hope you like it and can use it.  Click on the Preview to download. 

Granny Smith Kit by Scrapbookingdom and Freebie

Deanne Gow-Smith from Scrapbookingdom has just revived and old favorite Kit called Granny Smith.  Although this Kit centers around Apple Pie, it can be used for many types of pages or cards.  If you like to make recipe pages or cards, this Kit is a must have.  Check out her Etsy Store for this Kit and all of her gorgeous Kits.

Here are some pages I made using this adorable Kit.

I love Apples.  I try to eat one every day.   Growing up I always heard the old saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away".  Who knows how much truth may be in that saying, but hey, we all need to believe in something, right?  Apples inspired today's freebie.  Click on  the Preview to download.

End of another season is upon us

It is officially Fall where I live.  We have been so blessed and fortunate to have had an extended period of warmer weather.  Flowers in bloom, gardens still producing and providing nutritious healthy food to feed us.  We had a hard frost a few nights ago which ended our growing season.  I finally turned off the soaker hose to my straw bale garden.  I picked all of the peppers available, one last meal of green beans, and some more tomatoes, whether green or ripe.  In all honesty, I left the Kale.  At this point I am all kaled out for the season.  I got a late start to my garden this year and I was blessed with an extended growing season so that I could enjoy a full season and harvest.  I still have flowers in bloom that somehow survived the hard frost.  What graceful beauty we are gifted with.  Time for cleanup and on to the compost bins for my garden of love.

Flowers are such a gift of beauty and love, aren't they?  That is what inspired my gift to you today.  I put together a mini kit for you today.  It is personal use only, and I hope you enjoy it and can add your love and touches to capture your beautiful memories.

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A girls work is never done

I have been helping my daughter remodel her house for over a year now.  We are tackling everything ourselves that we can, to a point.  She does contract the plumbing and electrical.  We spent the day today finishing off several small items.  We hung her new pocket door to her master bath, hung my granddaughters new bigger flat screen tv, painted touch up spots in three rooms where drywall plugs were put in and texture added, hung a new towel ring, towel rack and framed mirror in the main bath, and changed the furnace filter.  All small and easy, but now checked off of the never ending list.  A girls work seemingly is never done.

Today I had a relapse and made another Cluster.  Sorry!  Click on the Preview to download.

It is a small world after all

I mentioned a couple days ago that girls from my class in school get together once a month.  I had a conversation with one of them about how we probably see other classmates around town and don't recognize them.  She agreed and gave an example of a situation where that happened to her.  The class mate she ran into recognized her.  They ran into each other quite frequently at a particular shop in town.  He knew that she did not recognize him so he just let it go.  At our 45th reunion a couple years ago, there he was again, much to her surprise.  They struck up a conversation about it and now when they run into each other in town they exchange greetings.  Isn't it fascinating how those things happen?

I attended an all day scrapbook crop today at a location I have never gone to before, with a group of ladies I have never met. I am trying to get to know more of the local scrappers in my community.  It was a small group.  We had great conversations, we went to Stacy's for lunch - a popular local restaurant.  As the day progressed I asked the ladies where they went to school.  The lady sitting directly across from me said she went to Warsaw.  I then asked her what year.  She said 1969.  I said No Way!!!!  I am Warsaw '69 - who are you?  She told me her name, I told her mine, and we were both just amazed.  I then told her about the conversation that I just had with another classmate two nights ago, and bam! It is a small world isn't it?

Most of us were working on Christmas cards.  I know, it isn't even Thanksgiving yet!  So with that in mind, I created this Christmas quick page for you when I got home.  Just add your photos behind the page and you are all done.  I hope you enjoy it.  Click on the preview to download.

Friends are a gift from God

Once a month Girls from my Class in school get together for dinner.  We never know who will be able to join us.  It has varied from two to maybe fourteen or so.  It is such a joy to reconnect with each and every one who is able to attend.  Tonight was the night for November.  We were so surprised to have such a great turnout.  We will begin planning our 50th Class reunion in another year or so.  Wow!  Where has the time gone?  We had around 365 or so in our graduating Class.  We have lost so many over the years.  We treasure the friendships and opportunities to spend time with each other.  Friends make the world such a beautiful place.  That was the inspiration for tonight's Freebie.  It is just a simple Word Art about Friends.  Click on the Preview to download.

All we need is love!

I have been rummaging around today finding lots of things I can use to start my first Junk Journal or Art Journal.  I have watched lots of videos, done my research and I want to try my first one.  I am not sure exactly which type or size I will do just yet.  Here are some things I pulled together.  I have all sorts of other items I pulled together as well, just didn't take pics of them.  Napkins, cards, doilies, recipe cards, manila envelopes, etc.

I have lots of old books that I can use both for the paper and the hard back covers.  I love old music sheets.  This book is an old Mitch Miller Book.

Today I put together a little Word Art sentiment for you.  I hope you like it.  Click on the Preview to download.