Be a Friend

Do you have a lot of friends? Do you call everyone a friend, or just the ones you stay in contact with pretty often. Or, is your idea of a friend just the people you are really close to, that you shares your good and bad times.

I think I have a pretty good mix. My friends are the people that I've met through my blog, people that read the stories of my life. I have friends that are local and I see on a regular basis, and others I talk to less often, but we talk like we were never apart. Some friends know my deepest secrets, and others I don't share anything with, unless I want to read about it in the local paper. But I consider them all my friends.

The layout I'm sharing today, titled "Be a Friend" has been sitting on my worktable for a couple of years now. I was able to  finish it last weekend, finally. This is one my dearest friends, one of the very few who has been with me through the best and worst

I love to look at this layout, and think about the trip Carylon and I took to the Longaberger factory. We drove there and back in one, very long day, and we had so much fun! My camera battery died after these 3 pictures were taken, and her computer crashed before we could print off her pictures, so these are the only ones I had. Fortunately, I had purchased postcards that day, and was able to use them on the right page. I used clear pockets, called Flip Flaps, from Close To My Heart, and have 4 postcards stacked together to be able to include several.

Maybe I'll put this page in my album, maybe it'll sit on my desk a little bit longer, not because I need to finish it, but just because it makes me smile.

Thank you my friends for sharing a few minutes of your day with me today!

Oh, Happy Day!

I didn't get to take young son to the Dr yesterday. Hubby played hookie from work, and took him himself. That made me a little nervous, I like to hear the news firsthand! But it was all good. No surgery  required, yeah! He had no tears, there is still some water on the knee, but the body should absorb it on its own. I really expected them to aspirate the fluid yesterday, glad they didn't. Today, for the first time in two weeks, he's going to try riding on the track here at home. Considering he can't bend his right knee all the way, I don't know how he thinks he can kickstart a dirtbike, but I'm not going to stop him from trying. At least I'm home to monitor for problems. I love being a nurse, knowing what I should or should not be seeing!

Since the weather is holding out for a couple of days, more rain to come in later today, I've been outside working. Haven't taken the photos that I wanted to yet, but I snapped a picture of at least one page. This was soooooo hard to photograph! I don't have a good lightbox for picture taking, and this has a black background, so it wasn't easy!

I have to admit, this photo was taken many years ago, in my fat days! I don't think I ever looked really good in our military pictures, because I was unhappy with my weight. And 8x10 photos are hard to scrap! I kept this simple, I like the focus of a page to be the pictures. The sentiment was the front of an anniversary card I had in a box, it worked well on this. With a couple of stickers, this was quick-my kind of layout! I have a lot of pictures like this, taken at military balls, time to get them out of the boxes, and into my scrapbooks.

That's it for now friends, the lawn mower beckons me! Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

Got my mojo back!

It feels so good to be back into my craft room! I think it has been weeks since I've been able to dedicate the time that I needed to create. Between my schoolwork, my son's schoolwork, and our travels, I really couldn't fit crafting in. I spent yesterday playing with paper, and created a beautiful Christmas layout that I'm anxious to share. So far this morning, I was able to quickly pull together a Christmas card using this week's Mojo Monday sketch. Boy, it feels good to cut and stamp again! Here is the card I created using Mojo Monday sketch #269:

 I used the Pear and Partridge paper pack from Close To My Heart to create my card. Cranberry cardstock was used on the background, with a small piece of Desert Sand cardstock also. The circle images were cut using Close To My Heart's Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I also accented with the Almond Glitz Glitter gel. This card came together so quickly, it may be the card that my group will create when we get together this Friday night.  My customers will also be making this two page layout that I created yesterday, using the Pear and Partridge pack. I have a couple of customers that don't have little children at home for the typical Christmas photos, so I tried to create a layout that is not so specific to Santa. I can see pictures of  a Christmas tree, or favorite ornaments added to this layout. Sometimes it's hard to see in the photos, but a few of these photo mats are popped up with foam tape for dimension. All three of the rectangles that have ribbon on them were added to the layout with the foam tape.

I have really enjoyed having the time this week to play, maybe I can get all of my layouts created before Christmas gets here! I hope you've enjoyed seeing my creations, thanks for stopping by!