Thanksgiving 2007

Even after creating a Thanksgiving template earlier this week, I got caught up in the festivities and neglected to take many photos. I decided to back up and use it to scrap photos from last year instead:


Supplies: Butternut Corn and Grape Jelly papers from the Plumberry Harvest paper pack at Peppermint Creative; my Thanksgiving 8.5x11 template; Jenkins v2.0 and Teen fonts.

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PhotoHunt: Metal

This week's PhotoHunt prompt immediately reminded me of an event called Canstruction that I participated in for 4 years (2000 - 2003). It's an annual design competition for architects, engineers and design school students. Groups build sculptures entirely from cans & boxed goods. The sculptures are on display to the public for a period of time before being dismantled and the food donated to the local food bank.

Here's a 2-page scrapbook layout I created several years ago about the 2002 competition. My team built the tug boat in the upper left.


Supplies: cardstock; Making Memories buttons; 2Ps Architect font; invitation.

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Friday Freebie - Thanksgiving 2008 template

In honor of Thanksgiving, I put together a template to help scrap those photos & memories while they are still fresh. This 8.5x11 template features 9 photo layers along with background, journaling strips, journaling and the "Thanksgiving 2008" title.

Click here to download the Thanksgiving 2008 template

Enjoy!

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Thursday Thirteen #2: Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving! Here are thirteen things I am Thankful for today:


What are you Thankful for?

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21

Happy 21st birthday to my brother, Christopher!


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; miscellaneous black cardstock; Cosmo Cricket Cogsmo papers; Making Memories brad & metal rim; QuicKutz Tangerine font. Inspired by June 13th of dw2008.

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Random Photo Tag

Janet tagged me yesterday for a little challenge: Go to your pictures folder, select the 4th folder, find the 4th photo and then share on your blog. I have to agree with her - this is harder than it looks! LOL From My Pictures, I quickly hit on the 2004 folder, but inside were only more folders - no photos. So, I again selected the 4th folder (Cats) and again more folders! (Is it possible I over organize my photos?) After selecting the 4th folder for the 3rd time, I finally found photos and here is the 4th photo:


Little Chester taking a nap with Trent on the couch. The first couple of photos were a bit cuter. I imagine by this one he was annoyed with my photo taking interrupting his nap. :D

Sticking with the number 4, I'm going to tag 4 bloggers: Ter, Linda, Tina and Kerrie.

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NCSU / UNC game

Yesterday we traveled to Chapel Hill (a whole 30 minute drive) to attend the NCSU / UNC game with Trent's brother & wife. We cheered red. They cheered blue. The temperature was 40 at best, but the shade and wind made it even colder. Regardless the layers of clothes, we all had pink cheeks & noses when the game ended. And we all had good time.

The final field goal kick that sealed the game for NCSU 41-10:

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PhotoHunt: Reflection

Port Orleans Riverside Resort at Walt Disney World. I snapped this photo the morning we left.

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Christmas Cards

A couple of quick cards using scraps from the Christmas Card page I shared yesterday:



Supplies: Die Cuts with a View cards; Autumn Leaves patterned paper; Staz-On black stamp pad; Stampin' Up Happy Everything stamps; Making Memories sticker.

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2007 Christmas Card

Trying to find my scrapping mojo last night, I played around with our Christmas card from last year. The design is not my typical style, but I like the result and had a lot of fun.


Supplies: Autumn Leaves patterned paper & stamps; Hallmark card; Target felt flower; Making Memories brad; Micron black pen; Staz-On black stamp pad. Inspired by sketch on Nov 13th of dw2008.

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Things I've Done

I found this on Oceans5's blog. If you want to play along, just copy the list and highlight all the things you've done.

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee

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Happy

Over the weekend I finished my pages for the next circle journal. Toni's theme is "Happy" and she asked us to create a 2-page layout on what makes us happy and include pink. :)


Supplies: American Crafts patterned paper; Katherine Teague's Tabbed Alphabet; Making Memories letter stickers, brads, metal letter, and stitches; I kan' dee market tag; QuicKutz Tangerine alphabet; Die Cuts with a View adhesive backed cardstock; Bazzill scallop edged cardstock; Autumn Leaves buttons; fonts: Pupcat, 2Peas Blocks - Scrapbooking, Hannibal Lecter, Another Typewriter, 2Peas Silly, 2Peas Stained Glass, Caflisch Script Pro, Gregor Miller's Friends, Anna, Tall Paul, and Kristen ITC. Inspired by Nov 7th and 28th of dw2008.

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Hello 30

Thought I'd welcome the day in style. ;)

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Family

We had a wonderful Saturday visiting with family. Our first stop was with lunch with Trent's grandparents. Friday was his grandfather's birthday and grandparents' 63rd wedding anniversary!


Mid-afternoon we drove a bit further west to my dad's house. We played a bit with the adorable kittens he and his wife are fostering. Aren't they precious? The little girl is on the left - very relaxed and loves to just sit and be held. The little boy is more adventurous and mischievous. I loved his curled whiskers.


My stepbrother, his wife and daughters were visiting as well. All except the little one went to a wedding last night so Trent and I helped Dad and Rianna babysit little Violet. Trent and I hadn't seen the girls since last Christmas. I went in to get Violet up from her nap and wasn't sure what to expect being a strange face. She just grinned and reached up to me. Aww. :)

As you can see here, she enjoyed playing with her Uncle Trent.


By the time we returned home last night around 10:30, we were both wiped out and crashed hard. But it was a very fun day and we were so glad to enjoy time with our families.

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PhotoHunt: Ruin

We took a cruise in the Caribbean for our honeymoon in November 2003. One of the excursions we went on took us to the Mayan ruins in Tulum, Mexico.

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Lilies

Still searching for my energy and mojo, but I managed to create one quick digital page last night using a template. I love the gorgeous blooms of our lilies. They were such a steal too - I found them on clearance for $1/plant!


Supplies: Press Plate (no. 2) template by Paislee Press; Sunburst paper from Tropical Popsicle kit at Peppermint Creative; Hyacinth paper from Tia Bennett's Spring Time Fever kit; Futura Bk and Hannibal Lecter fonts.

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Disney Mini Album

My Disney mini album which I shared a sneak peek of last week, is still a work in progress. The original idea came to me a couple of months ago when I saw the 7gypsies Envelope Album while shopping on Two Peas. I thought it would be fun to use an envelope per day to record our trip.


I added only a strip of patterned paper across the bottom of each envelope, inked the flap and added a number for the corresponding date in order to leave plenty of space for my journaling. I made sure to pack an archival pen with it so I could sit down every night and write about the day. To often I worry about my journaling looking and sounding "perfect." It was nice to relax and just write about the highlights of the day that struck me at the time.


Then, I used the pockets to stash bits of memorabilia from the day. For example, on the 2nd, we received surprise fastpasses to Mickey's Philharmagic that we didn't use so I stuck them in the album:


In the coming days, I hope to get a few photos printed to add to the back of each page and complete the album. I'll post photos of all the pages when it's complete. :)

Supplies: 7gypsies Envelope Album & photo turn; Making Memories star eyelet & puffy alphabet stickers; Creative Imaginations patterned paper.

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Ugh

I woke up Sunday morning with a sore throat. Felt worse as the day went on and attributed it to a possible cold. Afterall, I'd been on a bus and airplane only 2 days before so no telling what I had breathed in. Yesterday I was miserable to the point of calling into work and getting a doctor's appointment. Thank goodness because that "cold" is actually a sinus infection. I'm slowly finding relief with antibiotics and a neti pot (and, no, there will be no you tube videos of me using that! LOL - yes, I still have my sense of humor). Still feel like my head is going to explode. Going to try to make it a full day at work today. *fingers crossed* And tomorrow I'll share something much more interesting. Promise. :)

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PhotoHunt: Together

Trent & I at the Magic Kingdom celebrating our anniversary together. :)

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Disney Trip Envelope

An update on a project I shared last November. Prior to our 2007 trip to Walt Disney World, I made an envelope full of information to take with us.


It had 4 cards with details on front and back...

park hours/Epcot food & wine festival:


weather/rainy day activities:

FastPass rides/favorite attractions:

and stamps for postcards/addresses:

I wanted to reuse it this year and updated a couple of key sheets - the park hours and weather. The rest, for the most part, remained unchanged. Then I added one new card with table service reservations & a tip chart:


Supplies: black & white cardstock; Creative Imaginations patterned paper; Making Memories brads; Doodlebug rub-on letters; "You are Confirmed" reused from Disney print out

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Tabby {thanks} card

Our neighbor kindly stopped by several times last week while were in Walt Disney World to check on Cali & Chester. I made this card for her:


Supplies: fabric; orange thread; pinking scissors; misc. cardstock; American Crafts rub-on sentiment.

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Happy 5th Anniversary

to my wonderful husband!


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; misc. black cardstock; Fiskars threading water punch; American Crafts patterned paper; Love, Elsie charm. Inspired by Nov 10th of dw2008.

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Vacation Mini Album Sneak

A little sneak peek at what we've been up to this week and what I did with the goodies I bought from Two Peas a few weeks ago:


Supplies: 7gypsies Envelope Album & photo turn; Making Memories star eyelet & puffy alphabet stickers; Creative Imaginations patterned paper.

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Thursday Thirteen #1

Thirteen songs on my mp3 player right now:

• Lucky - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
• Men In Black - Will Smith
  
• Beautiful - Nick Lachey
  
• Not Ready To Make Nice - Dixie Chicks
  
• Last Name - Carrie Underwood
  
• Pocketful Of Sunshine - Natasha Bedingfield
  
• Yellow - Coldplay
  
• Smile - Lily Allen
  
• Fireflies - Faith Hill
  
• In This Skin - Jessica Simpson
  
• Halo - Haley James Scott
  
• B*tch - Meredith Brooks
  
• Live It Up - Sheryl Crow
  

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9 years ago today....

I met the man I would marry. :)

We were fortunate that a friend snapped this photo only minutes after we met at a party:


Supplies: Making Memories metal letters & heart; EK Success Adornments fibers, Sparkling Stars vellum, & Seashore double sided patterned paper; fortune from a Chinese restaurant.

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Baby Card

Simple little baby card I made with supplies on hand. I've had the patterned paper in my stash for about 2 years now. I adhered a strip of it on the inside of the card and cut back the front to allow it to show through when the card is closed.


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card & patterned paper; miscellaneous navy blue cardstock; QuicKutz circle die; K&Company metal embellishment; corner rounder punch. Inspired by Nov 11th of dw2008.

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Cemeteries of Charleston

In 2006, we took a trip to Charleston, SC, for our anniversary. Trent wanted to take a ghost tour so that's exactly what we did on the very first evening. We've taken ghost tours before, but this one was by far the best. Our tour guide was a lifelong Charleston resident and not only knew all the stories, but she told them with such enthusiasm and excitement. The following day we went back downtown to wander around a few of the spots she had taken us to for a view during the daytime.


Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; Archiver's cardstock; KI Memories patterned paper; Basic Grey patterned paper; Making Memories rub-ons, letter stickers and stamps; American Crafts rub-ons; Autumn Leaves stamps; Micron pen; corner rounder punch.

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Christmas Cards

Supplies: Autumn Leaves patterned paper; Making Memories rub-on sentiment and epoxy sticker. Inspired by Nov 11th of dw2008

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