A portrait of my great grandmother

I do not do “heritage” scrapbooks. I just can’t get myself to wrap my mind around it. And honestly some the traditional ones I’ve seen are not my thing. But I have boxes of old photos from my family. I even have a few stories to go along with some of them. Unfortunately, many of [...]

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Dare 73–non scrappin supplies

This is a great dare. I have had this packing paper for a while thinking it would be great on a page, really loving the color and fiberous look of it. The stamps are some I found in a box of old photos my grandma gave me, the ledger paper is again old family stuff [...]

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balancing act

I don’t think I am the only person out there who struggles with balance. With or without kids, it can be a real struggle to keep priorities straight and remember to take care of ourselves.
This layout shows the things I need to take care of. This picture I took while standing over the start of [...]

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Organizing: tupperware style!

I am not a naturally organized person. I operate on the chaos theory of life. I try really hard to get my stuff together and it will last a few days, but eventually it just goes back to chaos. Scrapping stuff is a biggie! How to keep all the goodies that I buy (even when [...]

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too much?

My weakness: I always think I can do more than I actually can. I think I am able to do way more than a normal human being can, so then I get over whelmed and fail. Then I beat myself up for not meeting this huge expectations. vicious
circle.
So in response to the latest dare, what’s [...]

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