sweet new haircut and some thrifty scores!

Got a lovely new haircut, very chic and makes me all feisty feelin! Then since I had a little time to waste until I picked up the kiddies I stopped at a couple of my favorite thrift stores. My first score was at The Idaho Youth Ranch, and I found this paper punch. Took me a second [...]

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which Jane Austen are you?

Being a lover of all things Jane Austen, Regency England, Victorian Era, and yes Pride and Prejudice I saw this link and had to take the quiz.

Take the Quiz here!
So for all my fellow Austen fans, follow the link and see which heroine you are!

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givin some love

Every week I lurk on the Kwerner’s Color Challenges. I’ve made only 2 cards so far. I do use the color combos for ideas for other projects. But after borrowing the Happy Heart stamp set from the new SU holiday mini I thought I’d play along with this current challenge.

From color challenges

I bought the [...]

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lots of scrappy goodness ahead!

Last weekend I decided to do something with all of those photos I’ve printed. Ali Edwards inspired me to do my week in the life book which got me going to do more scrapping. Some of these I really love, others are needed a little bit extra. But here are 9 layouts with multiple photos [...]

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“quality” photography

I’m behind. I hate to use that word because it sounds so much like “caught up” and that invokes guilt over not getting all the scrapping down that I should. But I just haven’t been into scrapping, and I haven’t been taking near as many photos as I normally do.

From 2008 scrapbooks

Now my parents [...]

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How to preserve old scrapbooks

Last summer my Grandma Florence moved out of her house into a mobile home on my parents’ property. She was 89 and lived on her farm which is pretty isolated and my parents were worried about her being by herself. I went and helped her pack some of her things up for the big move. [...]

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simple delights mini

I was inspired by Stacy Julian’s challenge to take time to make something for myself. She suggested a mini book to remind us of our blessings. I make mini books for the grandparents and husband but not often for myself. I took this little challenge as an opportunity to make a fun mini to keep [...]

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messy book

In these uncertain times, with money stress and family stress and all the everyday stuff that we all deal with I have to remind myself that my life is really good. We are all healthy and have each other and we have each other. Last week I read off a young mother who’s husband died [...]

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Week in the Life Album

I decided to follow along a bit with Ali Edwards and her week in the life project. I’ve done this a few times in my short time as a scrapper (about 3 years) and it’s always fun to see little snippets of our life captured in one place. I have to admit I didn’t do [...]

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