HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DENNY...

I love you!



This is our 33rd anniversary! Who knew! lol Ours started out pretty rocky, but through the grace of God, we've weathered thru many obstacles, and are still here today. Most of our marriage has been pretty good. But the last 16-17 years have been the best! I love this stage of our life--I love that it's just the two of us. We have a lot of fun together--we still enjoy each others company--we're best friends. It amazes me sometimes, that we still have something to say to each other. Do we get on each others nerves? You bet! Would I trade it? No way! He treats me better than I deserve. Sometimes I think he got the short end of the stick. But at the end of the day, we love each other. So with this I say--Happy Anniversary, hon! I hope we have 33 more!

Weekend Crop

I finally got to crop this weekend! I guess I've missed cropping with my friends more than I thought. Zenita hosted a Relay for Life crop on Sat., and I was there from 10-9! Brandi and I went, and there were also friends that I haven't seen in a while. There were games, prizes and tons of food--what more could you ask for?! :) I brought 4 projects to work on, and just about finished them all! There are a few things that need to be tweaked, but I'm very happy with the results. I usually don't get anything done, so this was a major accomplishment for me. I had spent the whole week getting things ready. I guess it really does pay to plan ahead! lol


I'm busy working on Christmas presents. I thought I'd better get a head start this year, and not wait til "30 days and beyond"! Sound familiar, Peggie? lol I'm making the kids clocks for their rooms, and this is Dakota's. I love how it turned out! I used the frame from a Tinkerbell quick page by Just So Scrappy. I had to extract it from the paper, because the original size just was not going to work for me. The background paper is from Nicole Young Designs--that paper is so versatile! And the "D" monogram is from Kitten Scraps by Nathalie MacKay. It worked perfectly with the whole layout--I love how it matched everything! Jacob's clock came out perfectly--I'll post it next--but I have to tweak Katie's and Kelsea's a bit. Since I'm scrapping digitally now, I love how it's no big deal to fix something. I do have to reprint them after I fix them, but that's no big deal--as long as I don't make those kind of mistakes very often. Otherwise, I'll spend a fortune in ink! lol


Have a good week, and thanks again, Z, for a great crop! :)

Lost in Wonderland

Thanks for all well-wishes for the sale I did last week. It was a bust, tho! lol If it hadn't been for Zenita and Sandie, I would have just made back my $10 entry fee! Thanks, you guys! :) I won't do that one again. It was outside, and the wind was horrible! I wear my hair spikey, so it didn't affect that at all, but everything else was windblown! lol I hung in there til about 3:30--most everyone else was packing up by then, too. I had so much stuff, I was freaking out a bit on how to display it. So I just put in all into 5 vintage suitcases, and set them out on the table. Worked out perfectly! So now said suitcases are in the spare room, waiting til the next show--indoors, of course! :) I'm going to do the show at the Community Center here in Malden the first Sat. in Nov., and then the Bernie show will be at the Armory the first Sat. in Dec. What doesn't sell after that I'll go thru again, then I'm donating the rest. I'm tired of having it take up space, and I want it out of here! I'll let Katie go thru it, and Z and Sandie. After that, it's gone! I've still kept plenty of paper and embellishments to last me for ages. I still like doing projects. But most of my scrapping is done digitally now. That's the way for me! But I am working on Christmas presents....



As a matter of fact, I'm making each of the kids clocks for their rooms. This is Katie's. How do you like it? I LOVE it! The kit is Lost in Wonderland by Nicole Young, and it's so versatile! I've used it on several projects and they all look different! What do you think of the big clock? I struggled with keeping it on there or not, so you see what won! But I'm happy with it. Hope she likes it!