Latest Goodies I actually finished!

Yes, I actually got a few things done for once! LOL I finished a whole bunch of cards and two mini albums thanks to a challenge we had on one of the lists I belong to. I am planning to scrap all weekend since I am "grounded". My parents had to go home for appointments and to take care of things at their house. I am not released to drive, SO I am stuck at home with hubby and no wheels. It is over 100 degrees outside, so I might get in the pool. I think for the most part, I will be scrapping this weekend!

Check out my blog to see what I get finished!

ScrapBox - Review & Contest

I have put a number of comments out on blogs and forums. I have been asking for opinions on the ScrapBox line of products, and I know my blogs have started to sound like commercials. I really like the products, and from what I have seen (and heard) most that own them like them, too.

Not all of the comments are positive. Some have said they thought the woods were too light-weight, but I noticed they do come in a variety of material choices. I am sure veneer choices are less expensive. Friends who own them and love them say they like the organizational factor.

Most, who, like me, are dreaming of the WorkBox, can't afford it during these economic times. We all have our jars and envelopes started to "save" for the box of our choice.

As most of you know, I entered a contest on the ScrapBox website to hopefully win their new EZ View ScrapDesk. Thanks to your comments, blog posts, and votes, I am still in the running! Please remember to vote and comment daily! Your support has made the difference for me!

Thanks,

Laura

Have you dreamed of the perfect storage solution?

Well, I have. I long for a solution that will allow me to place all of my precious scrapping and craft items in one place.

I think the ScrapBox line of products may be the solution for me, but I am seriously wanting to know what others who have this think about it!

Please tell me about your ScrapBox, WorkBox or MiniBox. What do you love about it? Is there something you would want to change?

MiniBox from ScrapBox

I know my blog is becoming a ScrapBox commercial~ LOL

I really do love the product, and I was so impressed by the construction, use of space, and choices of materials. If you haven't seen it in person, you truly can't appreciate the quality.

The boxes are great! They are canvas, easy to clean, and in a great variety of sizes. If you can't fit the big ScrapBox in your house, maybe the MiniBox is for you.

While you are checking out their great products, please remember to get your vote in for my entry to win the ScrapDesk. I really appreciate it!

My entry is #267~

WorkBox from ScrapBox!

Today I want to tell you about the WorkBox from ScrapBox. The WorkBox is the biggest scrap & craft solution that ScrapBox offers. There is room to hold everything, and still have a wonderful desk workspace! This is perfect for limited space or to organize and help centralize your work products.

Mom loves this so much, and she is trying to win the ScrapDesk from ScrapBox until she can afford this wonderful WorkBox!

Please vote for her entry #267, and click above on the picture to check out ScrapBox's products!!

ScrapDesk

So have you really checked out the new ScrapDesk from ScrapBox? I love the see thru top! You know exactly what is in the drawers, even if it is the VERY back of the drawer! You can see all of your items clearly and easily. The storage on the front and sides mean no wasted space!

Why am I so excited about this product? I am trying to win one!!

My entry is number 267, Please vote and vote often!

Scrapbox & Remington's Entry

I entered myself in a contest to win the new ScrapDesk from Scrapbox.

As soon as hubby sells a million copies of his book I am buying the ScrapBox!

For now, I am doing my best to get as many votes as possible to win their amazing new ScrapDesk! Please vote for my entry with my dog, Remington. It is number 267.

Thanks!

Please see the post below for entry into my Blog Candy Drawing. Post these above links to your blog for me, and send me a comment letting me know your blog address! I will add your name and additional time to the drawing for each DAY you make a blog entry! Make one every day regarding ScrapBox and my entry, and increase your chances to win!

If your friends add it to their blogs, post your name and their blog address for more chances to win! I promise the more you post, the more I will add to the prizes. You will not be disappointed!

Blog entries are worth 5 extra entries into the Blog Candy Drawing (for your blog posts daily or your friends)! Comments are worth a single entry DAILY! Twitter posts & Facebook posts are worth a single entry - You need to send me a copy of the post.

The more you promote - the more chances to win!

Thanks, everyone! BERRY! Thank you for all of your amazing support!

ScrapDesk

So are you wondering why I am trying so hard to win this ScrapDesk? Who wouldn't want this?

I love the storage options AND you can SEE what is in the drawers! This desk looks so perfect for any craftroom, scraproom, or even child's room! You can organize your items, and see what is there.

I so love the Scrapbox, and now the ScrapDesk! What will they think up next?

SO, if you now understand WHY I am clammering for votes, giving away blog candy, and otherwise promoting the heck out of this contest -- your answer is above!

Please click here to vote for my entry to win!

Thanks for all of the support!

Scrapbox

I am in love with this product. SO much so that I am thinking I want to try to be a promoter for their products at trade shows. I have seen this at many scrap conventions and craft shows. It is simply amazing. The construction is awesome.

As most of you know, I have been trying desperately to win one of these. With all of your help, last month, I was able to qualify in 7th place. I am trying again for one of their give-aways this month. I am willing to try and try again, because I LOVE their stuff!

Please check out the Scrapbox & vote for my entry in this month's contest! Click here to vote! My entry is #267! See the boxer dog! That is our Remington! Be sure to comment and let me know you voted & what you think of the Scrapbox!

Scrapbox Contest!

Howdy folks!

I am trying once again to win the Scrapbox -- this time it is the table. Please go to the Scrapbox website and vote for #267!

I appreciate your support! Maybe this time I can win this thing!!!

I am going to sweeten this deal. You all help me with comments and votes, and I am going to give you a prize, too! For each comment left here, and each vote you place daily, you will get an entry into a drawing for my blog candy. I promise the prize will be worth a minimum of $25. I will add to the blog candy for each milestone we reach in voting. For every 100 votes, I will add another prize to the blog candy! If I win, there will be an extra bonus prize, too! To make it even more fun, I will give away a prize for each 100 votes, as well!

Is this what they call a win/win in business? LOL

Please vote, and share this blog candy with your friends. Post a link back to my blog, and get a bonus entry. Subscribe to my blog, and get a bonus entry. Leave a comment and let me know each and every thing you do to help me win this contest!

You get the idea. The more you promote, the more chances you have to win. I promise you will not be disappointed! I will begin adding pictures of the blog candy this weekend! You are gonna love the surprises!

Thanks!

Laura

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National Scrapbook Day Layout Contest - Close to My Heart

Do you want to win an amazing Close to My Heart prize package for National Scrapbook Day? Are you looking for a great CTMH consultant?

CTMH has a contest running for National Scrapbook Day (May 2nd), and you can enter using ANY products! Visit their webpage at ScrapbookandShare.com for more information!

As for the great CTMH rep? My friend, Jenn has a wonderful blog I Scrap Memories. She is a CTMH consultant, great friend, and super scrapper! Let her know I sent you over!

National Scrappin' Day Giveaway!

Go to a Chocolate Kind of Life's blog and enter to win an amazing blog candy prize! Wow, so many wonderful giveaways, and so little time!! Enter to win!

One Day Only Blog Tour!

Do you love Stampin' Up Stamps? I do! Some ladies have put together a really fun tour with lots of chances to win great prizes, and some wonderful deals, too!

Start at Lisa's Blog, and take a tour of 17 blogs. Each has a wonderful example of projects, and most have special offers and freebies. Who can say no to blog candy and freebies? Not me!

Have fun! Let her know I sent you over!

Then and Now

This layout was for another challenge. A then and now layout. The first family picture was taken in 2004. The papers, ribbon, and embellishments are all from SEI's Mimosa collection. I love the glitz and sparkle on the papers! They are so hard to capture in a photograph.



This second photo was taken at Christmas 2007. We did a wonderful family photo shoot to include three generations. Joe's parents, brothers & wives, and all of the kids. We got some great pictures that day!


The bird was die cut using my Cricut Machine Home Decor cartridge. All of the other embellishments were hand-cut or punched using my Creative Memories Circle Punch.

Hailey's Cupcakes

Both of these layouts are for monthly challenges. The first page is using journaling strips for the journaling. I computer printed my journaling using a Creating Keepsakes Font on matching paper. The first of the title is a chipboard letter I painted using Making Memories paints from my stash.



The second page is using the same technique. The challenge here was to use a "food" in the title. So for Hailey's first birthday, I made "Hailey's Cupcakes".



Thanks for dropping by to take a look!

Oh, the papers are from Quick Quotes. They came in a page kit, but I didn't care for their design, so I made my own. The rickrack is from my sewing stash. I believe it is Wright's Brand.

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Visit: Scrapping Out Loud You can enter once per day until May 1st.

Good Luck!

My Goodness!

Time has just flown by on me. I can't believe I haven't posted since Easter! I was just checking my camera, and I realized I didn't take a SINGLE picture over the Easter weekend!

I colored eggs. No pictures. We had a lovely dinner. No pictures! That is SO unlike me!

This week my parents have been here since Friday. It was wonderful to have them here. We got so much done! They built a chicken coop and chicken run for my 6 new baby chicks. My mom cleaned my whole back patio. They helped me clean and get our inground pool in shape for the season. It is beautiful and blue already!

We had over 90 degree days for the entire weekend! I am so sunburned, and I normally don't burn. We were just outside from dawn to dusk every night doing things. I am tried to help to the best of my ability, but with my knee, I wasn't a big help. We wanted to get as much done as possible before my knee surgery.

I even was able to scrap, organize, and create while they were here. We ate SO good! My mom is a fabulous cook! We had ribs, steak, pizza, and all sorts of wonderful meals. We made all of our bread (homemade = so yummy). My dad is now so hooked on the bread that he bought mom a bread keeper and slicer, so she can make bread like I do.

Of course, we had all of these outdoor projects while they were here, and now that they went home for their appointments the temperature has dropped 20 degrees! It is overcast and much cooler today. Yesterday by now we were closing up the house and turning on the air conditioning! Today, the windows are open, and I am a bit chilled. What a difference a day makes.

Well, today I have a couple of errands, some sweeping to do, and then it is CRAFTING time! I need to finish uploading all of the projects I finished and get them posted here. New projects are coming!

Easter is coming!

Wow, thinking about Easter as it was when I was a kid, and how it is now. It is just so different.

Without all the peeps in my family now, holidays are so different. For 99% of my adult life, my grandparents were at every family holiday. Now with my grandmother gone, I hardly see or hear from my grandpa at all. It is weird.

My aunt moved to Wisconsin, but thinking back it was hit and miss for her to be around for the holidays. I think most of the time she would arrive.

My other aunt lives sort of close, but the traveling is hard for her with her job, dogs, etc.

My parents are the only constant. We try hard to be together for every holiday.

Hubby's kids are grown, and they weren't normally around for Easter. We had them for summer and every other Christmas, but then still not as much as we should have. Long story that won't change by talking about it.

I dreamed Easter would be this huge event. Kids and family everywhere. Instead, there are 4 of us and 4 dogs. No kids hunting Easter eggs. No family making so much noise you can't hear yourself think. Nothing like I dreamed of. Not bad, just not the holidays of my dreams.

Reality is, nothing is never exactly how we dream it to be.

Decopage Challenge

I did three items for the decoupage challenge. Two composition books, and one radio belt clip for work.

The floral book is covered in SEI papers, with mixed fibers, and chipboard accents.

The boxer book is covered with Boxer Photos from one of my calendars I purchased a few years ago. I think it was made by Brown Trout Publications. I cut ou the day-to-day picutes, and assembled in a hodge podge fashion around the notebook. I added chipboard accents, flowers, tabs, and ribbons to decorate it up more.

I don't recommend the tabs. They crease and scrunch too quickly. I know technical terms there).

Enjoy!

Stamping with REAL flowers

Paint Stamping with Real Flowers

Another challenge for April was to stamp using paint and real flowers. I took a stroll (okay limp) down to the mailbox, and gathered up some wild flowers on my way back up to the house. I got out my Making Memories paint set in the spring colors, and set out to try my hand at flower stamping.

I learned that you want to use a "stiffer" flower. The pansy type petals don't hold paint well, and they don't hold up to more than one or two images. They also seem to pool the paint more and the image is more of a blob than a flower.

The wild mountain lilies worked great, and the dandelions were another nice flower to use. They made cleaner and more flower-like images.

I tried a variety of paints colors to make them more interesting.

This was a fun new technique to try. I think I want to see how some summer flowers work. I think commercial flowers would be great because they are hardier than wildflowers.

April's 1st Use it Up Challenge - Inchies!!

A new month means a new list of challenges! For this inchie challenge, I used only scraps from the Boxer Brats Scraps stash :) hehehe! These are all little cupcakes stamped with a $1 stamp I found at Michaels (on sale for $0.50). I stamped them then embossed them using Stampendous Pearlustre Embossing powder. I wish you could see how much the purple outline shines! I colored them using my watercolor pencils and crayons. (If you do this, be careful not to break the embossing powder off. I learned the hard way.) Next I punched them into 1" squares using my Creative Memories square punch. I went to the next size up and punched the light pink frame, and then a step larger to the hot pink frame. Ta Da! 27 cupcake inchies at your service!

Easter 2003 Layout

This picture was taken on Easter 2003. It was a beautiful day. It was the first time in my life I WANTED to be in front for a picture! I had my gastric bypass surgery in July of 2002, and I was happy enough with the way I looked to WANT to be up front in a picture.

When we arrived at the restaurant that afternoon for our dinner, my grandfather walked right past me. He didn't even recognize me. I had lost over 165 pounds by this time, and he didn't even know me. He kept asking where I was, because he could see my car. Every time I talked he looked surprised to hear my voice coming out of this person he didn't know.

It was a great day with almost all of our family present. Even two of our close family friends were there. It is hard to believe that 6 years later, my grandmother and our family friend, Lloyd have both passed on to heaven. I miss them both so much, but I treasure my memories and pictures.







For this layout, I used a bunch of scraps of paper from my scraps folder. I have no idea of all the paper manufacturers used. The ribbons are from Top Line Creations (no longer in business), and Walmart. The background paper is from Die Cuts with A View (DCWV) - Neutrals Stack. The photo mat is a scrap of paper, but I think it was also DCWV. The stitching on the border is real. I ran the layout through my sewing machine when I had it all in place. I inked everything with chalk inks in brown and olive.

Lassen Layout

Lassen Park

Wow, it is hard to believe these pictures were taken in 1998! They are three of my husband's all time favorite photos.

The patterned papers are from We R Memory Keepers. The solid cardstock is from Die Cuts with a View. The buttons are from my great-granny and granny's button boxes. The butterfly stickers are from K & Company. The letters are Thickers chalked with a Cat's Eye in lime green. The chipboard/matboard pieces are from various sources.

All of these photos were taken at Lassen Volcanic National Park near Shingletown, California. My "hometown" so to speak. We took the kids there during their first official stay with us in California. There was snow on the ground still near King Creek. The photos overlooking the mountain ranger were taken at over 8,000 ft. above sea level.

I hope you enjoy these layouts!

New Layouts

I have been working on more layouts for "Use-It-Up Challenges" we have been having on my scrapbook lists.


This first set is of my two step-children, Sydney & Noah. The picture of them together was taken at our local Walmart Photo Studio. They lady we had taking our pictures was great. As I scrap more of them you will see what I mean. She allowed us to take some great pictures that were definately, "outside-the-box" for a small photo place. We got a bunch of great pictures for under $50. I call that a super duper bargain!

The pictures in the park were taken by my extremely talented brother-in-law. I simply love both of those pictures of the kids. The umbrella photo of Noah was so spontaneous.







This layout is of my mom's dog, Mina. (pronounced Men-ah). Mina means little one in German, and when we got her she was the smallest puppy in the litter. Back in 1997, I took a road trip home from Texas to California (long story there), and when traveling through Nevada (I think), we found this town called Mina. It was 3 a.m., but my friends and I stopped and snapped a picture of this sign. I think the population was 40 poeple LOL. We joked that we were going to be shot standing out in the middle of no-where taking pictures of their town sign.

This wasn't the only sign we photographed on that trip. We found a city named Joseph City. One of my friends was Joe, so we took his picture next to the sign. It was actually a fun adventure. I am not sure I enjoyed it as much as I should have then, but the memories now are great.



This last layout set is of Noah at his graduation party in Missouri. Noah was accepted to KU (Kansas University) -- Go BLUE! The first set of pictures is of him opening his gifts, and the second page is one of the best pictures I have of him and his dad. They were both so happy there. That is another great memory for us. We were both so proud of Noah that day. He has grown into an amazing young man. I am so very proud of him and the person he has become.

Super Star

This is a layout I just completed today. "Super Stars" We had such fun having those pictures taken! It was a great day. Can you believe that great shot was taken at a Walmart Photo Center?!?! The lady who did our pictures was a great sport, and we got some amazing pictures!

Supply Stockpiling

I saw this article on another website :OrganizedScrapbooks.com. I found it very interesting, and I wanted to share. Credit goes to their user rockester.


Did You Know? A Word About Stockpiling Scrapbook Supplies
Submitted by rockester on May 20, 2005 - 22:00

* get organized


Did you know that an inch of pattern paper is estimated to be 100 sheets or 75 finished pages?

Did you know that one inch of cardstock is roughly 50 pages finished? How many inches do YOU have? How many pages do you do a year?

Do you have over 12 inches (1 foot) of cardstock or printed paper? Do you realise that is enough paper for 1000 pages? Are you stockpiling for someday when you already own enough paper to do thousands of pages?

Did you know that one tin/set of 100 eyelets makes and average of 20 pages? (And how many sets of 100 do YOU own?)

Did you know that many paper packs and multi sheet slabs usually have 10-20% of their patterns that will not suit you within a pack? (one sheet in 5 may not be to your taste so don't keep it in the stash--share!)

Did you know that each sticker sheet you own will do aproximately a two page layout? If you have binder full of stickers it will equal about 300 pages to use them up?

Did you know that each yard of fiber you own will make 1-2 pages? If you own a skein of knitting yarn, they contain between 100-200 yards of fiber? At that rate it will take you 100-200 pages of JUST THAT SKEIN to use up that yarn ball on layout pages? (SHARE!!)

Did you know that the average gel and writer pen ink longevity INSIDE a pen is one year before it is generally dry or unusable? (Use them up before they DRY up!)

Did you know that playing music when you scrapbook helps your creativity and productivity?

Did you know that starting with a format saves you 20 minutes PER PAGE?

Did you know there are about 500 free sketches online? Watch our links for sites. If you can't find those free ones online to print and refer to, or need ideas for crop parties, get Becky Higgins Creative Sketches book and also her Creative Companion book. Sketches are simply awesome for versatile formats of layouts.

Did you know that shopping once a week at the scrapbook store costs most scrappers an average of $25.00 each trip? (And most of those have enough items at home already to make 1000's of pages.) $25.00 times 52 weeks a year means $ 1300 spent per year.

Did you know that sticker letters cost an average of $3-$5 dollars a sheet now? Buy black so that later you can mix and match later your partial sheets for 'mixed font' titles. It will save you at least a dollar a sheet to BUY BLACK! Why? Because you will eventually get more many titles per sheet that way!

Did you know that one ABC sticker sheet usually makes only two titles before is is 'cast off' by most scrapbookers? Over half the stickers are then wasting away in binders or storage and cloggin up precious storage
space--never to be used again.

Did you know that people will pay $1 each for two punched flowers and a brad or pop dot? (Think Jolees, K and Co, and Paper Bliss) Do it
yourself for a fraction of that. It takes only pennies to make a stacked flower from your scraps and chalk the outside petals..... I know you have scraps and brads, eyelets or pop dots! LOL Pay yourself about $20 to $40 an hour and make a few dozen sets instead of buying them.

Did you know that stamping your own twill ribbon with phrases saves you $2.00 a yard? How many premade ribbon yards do you have that you need to use up? Wording ribbon usually works out to 1 foot per page. If you have a stockpile of 20 yards of worded ribbons of all kinds, that means you better get cracking and make 60 pages before you buy more!!

Blog Candy!

My friend, Jenn, is offering her very first BLOG CANDY!!!

Go check out her blog iscrapmemories . Read through her blog and check it out. Leave her a comment, and then link her blog to yours! Isn't that easy?? You could win $25 (min value) in wonderful scrapping supplies.

Trust me, Jenn has GREAT stuff in her stash!!!

Remember to check out her blog at iscrapmemories!!!!

Enjoy and GOOD LUCK!

Muir Beach Layout

These pages are of the first time my in-laws had went to the Pacific Ocean. I took them on a day trip to San Francisco. We toured around the city, and all of the famous landmarks, but they really wanted to see the beach as opposed to the SF Bay. We drove out to Muir Beach (1/2 hour or so out of SF), and we all got out and played in the ocean. It is almost impossible to read the journaling on the page, but it was almost word for word what they said. If you look from right to left, they start out tentatively wading in the water, and then they finally get out there a little way. (I did this because of the journaling). The last photo is of them running back up to the beach. A big wave came up and almost knocked them over. They were laughing so hard at the "feeling" of the waves and my MIL said, "Big, big, big wave. Big wave chase me." (Which is what the journaling strips say). My husband and I couldn't stop laughing.

I don't know if any of you have seen the movie with John Candy, "The Great Outdoors", where he runs in the cabin being chased by the bear. He says, "Big, big, big bear. Big bear chase me." Anyway the humor for us was in the journaling. I used real sea shells that we collected on the beach that day for the actual page accents. I cleaned them well in the sink and sprayed them with Archival Mist.

I really like the simplicity of this challenge layout, and the use of the white space on the pages. Thanks for looking!

OMG! I won a BLOG CANDY!

Okay so now I cannot stop dancing around the house because I won a wonderful blog candy from scentmycards! This stuff is amazing (so I hear). I have wanted to try it, and all of the ladies on my card making blogs just swear by it! I am so excited!!!!

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I can't wait to make new cards that have great smells!!

~happy dance~

Thank you again, Cindy!!!

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Love scented cards?

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Thank you Cindy & Dawn for this great blog candy!

Blog Candy!

Wow, a friend from my Bella List has an amazing blog candy offer on her blog. She just made 20,000 hits on her blog, and she wants to celebrate in STYLE!

Go check out her blog, and her amazing offer of some wonderful blog candy! Who knows? You may win!

The only catch is you have to share with me!!! HAHAHAHA! Can you tell I would LOVE to win her amazing package offer?

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Share her blog with your friends, too! Who knows. We may help her get to 30,000 blog hits!

Ribbon Tying Trick

I read this today on another list. I found it funny because that is exactly what I did to apply the ribbons on the Ruger I love you layouts.


Ribbon Tip:

As a bonus here one of my favorite ribbon tips. Make the perfect ribbon knot by tying your ribbon around a spare brad. Decide where you want your knot (or bow) and attach brad through ribbon and paper. This give you leverage to tie the ribbon and makes a really pretty end product. Use any old brad too - especially ones you don't care for especially - the color will be hidden under the ribbon!

It makes bows quick and easy, and you have a simple way to attach them to your page.

{Ruger & Noah -- I love you}

This was a glitter/bling challenge for March on my group list.

This is my beloved dog, Ruger, and my step-son, Noah. They bonded quickly, and Ruger was Noah's protector.

More Layouts!

This layout is done on a transportation or car them, and again it is for a challenge. I has a great time finding some good pictures of my first two trucks. The 76 Chevy my dad bought when I was 13, and I always called it my truck. He always teased me and said "yes" when you get your license!

My second truck, the 1955 A Series Chevy was purchased a year later for me when I was 14. It was exactly the kind of truck I had dreamed of! I was so excited that dad let me take my savings and spend it on this beautiful piece of Detroit metal!

Are you surprised to know that I still have BOTH of those vehicles today! My two first trucks are still mine, and they still run. Both do need a little work and TLC. Their age is starting to show again!








I have been trying to get a lot of layouts down, and also get a jump start as we move into some new challenges for March:

This layout is about my best friend, Eddie -- He is a great guy. The 1982 picture was taken before we left for my Junior Prom. He was the best date, and we had a wonderful time. The 1989 picture is from my wedding to my now ex-husband. Eddie stood up with me that day, and it meant the world to me. He also had the honor of walking my mother down the aisle.

We have been friends since I was 12, and he was 14. We may be miles apart and not talk for days, months, and sometimes years, but we pick right back up where we left off. I know if I need him, he will never be more than a phone call away.

The cute little guy in the second picture is Eddie's son Zach. I often got told that he looked exactly like me whenever we were out in public. That was always a hard one to explain to people. They just would never believe he wasn't my son. He is a grown man now! Wow, those pictures are dated!





This is page two of that layout. Here he is pictured with his son, Zach.



And an attempt to get a nice overhead view of the two pages together.

BLOG CANDY WINNER!!

SUZANNE!!!

I put all of the names in the hat. For those of you that posted a link to my blog on yours, you all got two entries into the drawing!

This is really a LUCKY day for Suzanne! She won another drawing on one of the scrappin' boards I belong to! She better go buy LOTTO tix tonight!

Suzanne, there is a big ol' envie of goodies on its way to you VERY very soon!

I hope you like it!

Thank you all for entering. There will be more blog candy to come in the not too distant future. Please bookmark my blog and keep coming back~

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