2paws Designs

5/03/2008

National Scrapbooking Day

9:26 PM Disney, dw2008, scrapbooking 9 comments

Happy NSD! I've spent a bit of the day scrapping and enjoying some of the festivities at Two Peas. Here are two pages I've completed today for my Disney album:

Supplies: Deja Views patterned paper; Karen Foster patterned paper; Making Memories chipboard brackets & rub-on corner; QuicKutz studio classic font; Li'l Davis Designs chipboard letters. Inspired by May 1 & 14 of dw2008.

Supplies: Archiver's cardstock; Autumn Leaves Foliage line patterned paper, stickers & button; misc. scrap cardstock; QuicKutz Studio classic and Metro mini; Doodlebug rub-on letters; Provo Craft letter stickers; Sharpie markers. Inspired by May 3/4 of dw2008.

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

6:26 AM cats, humor, video 8 comments

A friend at Two Peas sent me a link to this YouTube video. As a cat person, this cracked me up. :D

AL Prize Pack

6:50 AM dw2008, scrapbooking 9 comments

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I won the March Designing With Calendar Contest at Two Peas in a Bucket. I had a choice of prizes and selected the Autumn Leaves Foliage product line. Yesterday, my package arrived. :) Thanks to Autumn Leaves for all the fun goodies!

Morning Walk

6:02 AM sports, Wordless Wednesday 14 comments

Cinderella's Crown

10:19 PM Disney 17 comments

Before our trip to Disney last November, Trent & I both did a little "research." We had fun reading up on various little trivia facts about Walt Disney World. One interesting tidbit I came across was to visit Cinderella's water fountain in the Magic Kingdom; "kneel" before her; and look up to see a crown upon her head. Sounded simple enough. So we went, we looked and saw - nothing. At the time, it frustrated me a bit but as we went about our week I forgot all about it.

On Friday while reading 101 Things You Never Knew About Walt Disney World, I was reminded again of Cinderella and her crown. The author wrote that the image could only be viewed from the height of a child. Perhaps that is why I missed it? I continued reading the book and really didn't think much further on the subject.

Last night I was thumbing through our photos trying to decide which

to scrap next. I paused to look at a photo I took of Cinderella's fountain at night. It's one of my favorite photos because of the colors & lighting. I've looked at it several times. Even scrapped it, but never noticed one little detail until last night - the crown. There it is clear as day. Cinderella's crown sits directly on her head. Neither Trent nor I made it out while standing directly in front it it. But yet I managed to capture it in a photo.

After this little discovery and the hidden Mickey in the photo on the Test Track layout, I'm starting to take a much closer look at all of our Disney photos to see what other magic we may have inadvertently captured.

Quiz of Lasts

11:30 PM quiz, tagged 7 comments

Tina tagged me this morning with this list of "lasts."

Last music you listened to - Nickelback How You Remind Me
Last thing you watched on TV - Divine Design w/ Candace Olson
Last movie you saw - Horton Hears a Who
Last book you read - 101 Things You Never Knew About Walt Disney World
Last person you spoke to - Trent
Last thing you ate - Cadbury egg
Last time you laughed - this afternoon
Last place you visited - my in-laws' house
Last website you visited - Shutterfly
Last thing you scrapped/crafted - Test Track layout

I tag Shirley, Lida, Gabrielle, Linda and Aimeslee. :)

Test Track

10:22 PM Disney, dw2008, scrapbooking, vacation 11 comments

The Test Track at Epcot is a very fun ride. Basically, you hop in a car and ride through a series of "tests." These include brake checks, 65 mile per hour turns, and "crashing" into a wall. The photo is taken right before you crash. And, even though we'd ridden this in the past, I still reacted. The expression on my face cracks me up. :)

Supplies: Scenic Route patterned paper; My Mind's Eye patterned paper; Love, Elsie embossed paper; Die Cuts with a View adhesive backed cardstock; NRN Designs letter stickers; QuicKutz Studio classic; Disney Mickey eyelet; Pussycat & Prototype Community fonts; black ink pad. Inspired by Apr 29 of dw2008.

In Progress

10:40 PM 2ps blog challenge, Disney, Helping One Another, scrapbooking 7 comments

Tonight I've been working on another page for our Disney album. Perhaps I'll finish the album one of these days. ;)

This particular page is of the Test Track ride at Epcot. It's gone in a different direction than my original thought. Going to sleep on it and see what I think tomorrow. In the meantime, here's a little sneak peek.

2ps blog challenge:
Three things you'd donate to charity right now are...
This challenge ties in perfectly with something we're already doing. Trent & I have three boxes in our guestroom that we are filling to donate to 3 different groups. The first is for Goodwill and mostly contains clothing. The second is for the local homeless shelter. I'm filling it will toiletries that I pick up during my regular CVS shopping trips. Finally, I started a third box a few weeks ago for the SPCA of Wake County using their in-kind donation wishlist as a guide. :)