Photo Op

Something unusual happened yesterday.  Meg actually called to me asking me to bring my camera.

I'm still weeding through my photo files so no new layouts but I'm sure you'll be seeing this one featured soon. Love it!

A Little Silly

I'm in the process of catching up on two years worth of photo editing.  It's a bit overwhelming but I'm trying to do a few folders every day.  I'll get caught up...eventually.    

As I was searching photo files I came across these silly little tags that I made for a friend who had major surgery this past June.  

Her favorite "adult beverage" is a vodka/Fresca cocktail so I thought it would be cute to pretend like she was receiving them IV during her stay in the hospital.  I made these sparkly, very girlie looking tags out of stuff from my scrap room and took them to her the first evening.  Even "out of it" she got quite a kick out of them.  Apparently the doctors and nurses all got quite a laugh out of them every time they entered the room too.

I particularly like the way the morphine sign rounds out her "mommy cocktail."

I'm seeing a trend...

I think the cutest photos I have right now are of Meg and Jasmine.  :)  Perhaps I should expand on my photography subjects?

Hot off the presses....

Thanks again for looking!

Another June Birthday

One of the pages I hope to make during Sept's Layout A Day (LOAD) will be about adopting Jasmine, our sweet little Maltese/Bichon Frise mix. In the 25 years we've been together Randy and I have never owned a dog and had no intention of ever doing so.  Finally, last summer, we finally relented to Meg's pleas and I am so glad we did.  This little fur ball has been such a wonderful addition to our family.  

Here's a page I did yesterday featuring a photo I took on Jasmine's first birthday.  

Yes, both "my girls" are spoiled.  

Yes, it's still 5 o'clock somewhere...

I had a special request for a salt shaker clock so here's #3.

Meggie says I need to start my own business but for now I'm happy to make them for my friends.

On the running front, I got a late start this month (out of town) and it's obvious that I'm not going to get anywhere close to my 40 mile goal.  Now that school is back in session I'm able to get out in the early mornings but I'm finding that I definitely prefer an evening run.  If I can get to 30 miles in August, I'll be happy.

Equal Opportunity Crafter

In addition to creating home decor projects and scrapbook pages I also love to make handmade cards.  I've found it to be a wonderful creative outlet that I can easily do with little bit of free time here and there. It's great to have a large stash of cards on hand to send out to family and friends as well as bundle up for gift giving.  I've given pretty card bundles out as hostess/teacher/holiday/birthday gifts, donated them for local fundraisers and now have several girlfriends who look forward to (and expect) an annual bundle on their birthday.

Here are a few of my latest ones.  Excuse the photography.  I'm still trying to figure out the whole "manual" thing with my camera.

Thanks again for stopping by!!!

It's All in a Name

A friend of mine just started a new job and asked me if I'd make her a pretty name plate of sorts for her cubicle. This is what I came up with this morning.

All of the materials were ones I had on hand, starting with a 4x8 canvas. Her only request was the color coral so I grabbed the alphas and went with it.  I think it turned out really pretty and hope she does too.