Window or Memories

Here is my project for Sweet Peach this month. I had a great time making this window. I will post more pictures later.

Here is a challenge and layout I did for Sweet Peach Blog.
This challenge is to scrapbook about an event or photo shoot that didn't go quite as planed. I don't know about most of you but my photo ops rarely go as planned. Either the lighting is bad, the subject is just not cooperating, or in this case I am just not prepared. I am very hard on myself about not taking enough pictures or taking tons of pictures and only haveing a few that are really great. Thank goodness for digital photography. I can take all I want unless the memory card is full and then delete the ones I don't want.

This is a layout I did about parasailing while on vacation last week in Destin FL. Below is the journaling just in case you can't read it on the layout.
I should have paid the extra $20 for pictures. They asked and I said, no thank you I have a good camera so we will be taking our own pictures. I spent the night before charging batteries for all three cameras, picked out the right one for the job and carefully picked the right lens. The day of our adventure I made sure I packed all three cameras including the DSLR, the waterproof one and my new point and shoot. I planned to have our friend use the DSLR to take our pictures and gave him a crash course. You press this button not that button, turn this dial to zoom not that one for focus since auto focus is on. Up we went and what did I do? I stuck my waterproof camera in my face to take pictures of the boat. Lesson number one if someone is taking pictures of you don’t try to take pictures of them. Upon returning to the boat I was informed he was only able to take a few photos with my camera. I had forgotten to format the card and the memory was full. Wow how could I forget to check the memory card? Lesson number two check the memory card. I was sick and wanted to cry. Thank goodness our friend grabbed his camera and took more pictures. I always wanted to parasail and my one big moment was not captured as well as I wanted all because I failed to be prepared. So if the wind gets knocked out of your sails (photos) make the best of what you have. I will go again and I will pay the extra $20 just in case something happens.

Is it hot or what? As I waited in the truck for Alan to drop something off at a friends house today the thermometer in the truck read 111 degree. Now, I know it was not really 111 degrees outside but it must have been close. The temp did drop to 98 once we started moving again. I am ready for Fall this year. I'll welcome the cool weather. I lived in the south all my life but that doesn't mean I like this heat.

Thinking about the heat today I decided to post this beach layout. This is a picture of my mother at Myrtle Beach around 1947. I am guessing she must have been around 20 at the time the picture was taken. She passed away last year from Alzheimer's at 82. Amazing how Alzheimer's can take away so much from a person. Love you Mom.

 

What a busy weekend scrapbooking. Here are the layouts I made for Sweet Peach with the August kit. I am also working on a mini album that will be revealed on the Sweet Peach blog in a few weeks. I spent the evening on Friday at Archiver's with 10 friends scrapbooking. We had a really good time as always. I have a wonderful group of friends. Saturday I spent the day home alone scrapbooking. Today I spent a big portion of the day again scrapbooking. I am a slow scrapbooker so it took me two entire days to complete and finish three layouts. I don't always spend this much time but I am slow. Take care and hope you enjoy. 

Happy Spring!

Here is the layout I made for the Sweet Peach Crop Shop blog. I worked all day on this but I think it was so worth the work. I really like how it turned out. My sweet gran daughter on her 3rd birthday flying a kite. Head over to Sweet Peach and check it out. http://www.sweetpeachcropshop.com/blog/ 

Elijah Oh baby of mine!

A friend of mine just became a grandmother for the first time. I remember that joy when my precious grand daughter was born so I wanted to make something special for their baby pictures. I spent an entire weekend working on this album and I was so happy with the end results. The patterned paper I used in the album came from the My Minds Eye the Lime Twist collection. I also used a mixture of embellishments from my stash. The pages are denim fabric that I ironed together using an iron on fusing and then sewed around the edges. I bought grommets from the sewing department for the holes and bound it together with binding rings. I now want to make one of these for each of my now grown sons since I never got around to making their baby books. There are so many pockets and tags in this book its fun just to flip through and see all the hidden spots.

Jump

I am so glad it's the weekend. I had my gran daughter spend the night last night. I love having her over. She brings a new life to my house. I need to take her somewhere today to take more pictures so I can scrapbook them. Maybe the park would be a good place but if the temps are in the 90's you can forget that idea. I may just have to find some place inside. I'll have to think about this for a little bit and check the outside temp. 

It seems some of my more simple layouts I love the most. I just love this layout. It was created using the June Juicy Sweet Peach Crop Shop kit. I love the banner and the clouds.

Have a good weekend!

Camping Trip

Here are a few layouts using some photos I took while on a camping trip. I tore a slit in the paper and sewed an X over the folded back piece. My journaling is tucked away in a pocket that I had in my stash for years. I love to look through my stash and find stuff I still like from purchases made years ago. I have to confess most items I bought from years ago I don't like. I ended up giving so much of it away so it's nice when I find things I like as much now as I did then. It's even nicer when I can find the perfect place to use them.

Here is another one from a camping trip. My son Wesley showing his daughter how to fish. I love photos that show interaction between people. I used some stickers on this one. Yes, I used stickers but I think they worked. Most everything on this layout was from my old stash. I am trying to use some of that stuff I bought so long ago that I thought I couldn't live without at the time. I made the tags from office supply tags and cut the title from my Cricut.

Play Hard / No Limits

 Here are two layouts I added to the Sweet Peach Crop Shop blog Friday. I love the papers and colors in the July kit and they worked so good with these photos. The two layouts were not intended to be a double page layout even though the papers are exactly the same. I Love my two nieces and enjoyed taking these pictures as much as I enjoyed making the layouts. My last year has been so busy I didn't even get to one of their games. I will make an effort next year to slow down and enjoy them more. After all they will be grown soon.

My son bought his first house in August of 2007. I was so proud of him. These pictures are from his house warming party in Sept.

You are not seeing double. These are duplicate pictures. I ended up with a lot of extra pictures after making a Birthday poster for Aubrey's big #3 so I had to scrapbook them. Besides, I will put some of these layouts in a book for her to keep at home. Aren't these great pictures?  This layout is really nothing to brag about just added the pictures and a few embellies. The pictures were so big and over powering not much else to do.

Here is the July Sketch #1 for Sweet Peach Crop Shop. The July kit is so awesome. The layout I did is about Aubrey's eye surgery. I wanted to try paper rolling on the edges. It didn't turn out exactly like I wanted but it will do. The rain drops didn't come out at all like I had hoped. I was going to start all over just because of this one item. I decided to keep the rain drops because they reminded me of how bad Aubrey's eyes would tear. The tears would run down her checks and it would look as if she were crying but it was just those nasty styes. They continue to treat her eyes but the styes are returning. I hope this time the medicine will remove them without more surgery. 

Another layout from a Sweet Peach kit. This one is from the April kit. Their kits are great. 

This layout was created for Sweet Peach Crop Shop with their May kit. The colors fit perfectly with this picture. 

Here is a double layout with pictures I took in my front yard one beautiful day. I used some Webster's Pages paper and flowers from some floral stems I picked up somewhere. I hope you enjoy.

I took these photos of my neice Kaitlyn and April and wanted to scrapbook them. I was really happy with how they turned out. 

We just returned from a camping trip to Desoto Falls State Park in AL with some friends. We had a really good time but very hot. I only took about five pictures the entire weekend so I'm a bit bummed about that. I must get better about taking pictures. How can I scrapbook if I keep forgetting my camera? Do you ever do that?

This is a layout of my niece and grand daughter. It was taken at my mother-in-laws house just after Aubrey started walking good. I love how my niece Stephanie was coaching her along. There were no fancy techniques here just a very simple quick layout I did in a few minutes. 

Here are a few layouts from our trip to Destin FL last September.

Finally I am adding the rest of the pictures from my mini album. This album was super fast to create and so much fun.