I'm back!

I can't believe it's been over a month since my last post. It's been busy around our house. Alexis started 5th grade. She's in choir and orchestra and has so much homework this year! Ella is on the verge of walking. She's pulling up on everything she can get to which means she's been keeping me even more busy than normal. I also found out that my sister, Michelle and her husband Joey are expecting! The whole family is super excited. Football season started. Go Cowboys! On top of all that, we've had about a billion birthdays to celebrate.


Anyway, I did get to finish the August GGS mini. Marion sent out K & Co. Que Sera Sera. I decided to make the mini for my sister since she's expecting.

A few weeks ago, I got to go to CKC San Marcos with my sister-in-law and her aunt. It was a lot of fun. The vendor faire seemed smaller than GASC but it was definitely worth seeing. We took the class A Peek into my Week. Below is my version.

I'm working on my December Daily in the meantime. I know Christmas is a couple months off but I have a feeling that these next couple of months are going to go by fast.

August GGS mini

Just wanted to share the mini I made for my trade buddy Brenda. I used Basic Grey's Two Scoops. I also added a closure, something I had not done before. I hope Brenda likes it.

Switching things up a bit

I've been so busy working on mini albums that I haven't made a layout in ages. I thought it was about time and I had the perfect pictures to use. These pictures were taken at my parent's 25th anniversary party. It was the first picture of me and my girls so of course I had to scrap it.
I received my August GGS kit in the mail today! I'm going to try to finish my August GGS kit to trade before I start on the kit to keep. We'll see how that goes!

Stop by Stephanie's blog for a chance to win some pretty sweet blog candy.

July GGS Mini

Better late than never right? Well, this is the July mini I made from GGS. Marion sent us Basic Grey's Sugared. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was perfect for pictures of my little Ella. I had fun making this mini. And it was great to look through picture of Ella when she was first born.

I've started on my August GGS kit to trade. I'm trying something different with this mini and so far so good. I'm anxious to get my August GGS kit to make. It's K & Co. Que Sera Sera.

I hadn't worked on an actual layout for a while so I made one of me and my girls that I will post later this week. I'm also having a ton of fun playing with Tim Holtz's Grungeboard. I'm thinking about putting together a video of all the things I've discovered you can do with Grungeboard.

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It's been a while

July has been a very busy month for us. My husband and I painted our living room and reading area. We also replaced the carpeting with hardwood flooring. It was a hard task but definitely worth it.

In the midst of that, my sisters and I planned a surprise 25th wedding anniversary party for our parents. We had our grandparents from North Carolina fly in and our aunt from Indiana. Mom and Dad were very surprised! We were so happy that we pulled it off.

I did get some scrapping done. I finally finished my mini for Amanda and put it in the mail today. I hope she likes it. I used Cosmo Cricket's Everafter paper. I also finished my Basic Grey Sugared mini from Girls Gone Scrappy. I'll post pictures of that later.

Sew Grateful mini

Ever heard of evalicious? She's the one that makes the vintage flower embellishments and sells them on Etsy. You can find her store here: http://www.evalicious.etsy.com/.

Anyway, I purchased a Sew Grateful mini album kit from her and wanted to share pictures of the finished product.

I had a lot of fun putting this album together. She had me using the iron & sewing. That's the most action my iron has seen from me in years!