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I was inspired last night by Sketch This: 81 and Jan's Mystery Challenge at Scrappin' Mojo to finally scrap a photo I took of Trent with his grandparents in November:


Supplies: October Afternoon patterned paper; K&Company tag; Micron black pen; Making Memories definition & brad; black stamp ink; miscellaneous scrap cardstock & patterned paper; Basic Grey chipboard letters; Provo Craft chipboard number.

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Ladies Night Out

Last night was the monthly Ladies Night Out with the group from church. It's always a fun time of catching up. This month we ate at the Flying Biscuit Cafe which was perfect for my recent "breakfast for dinner" cravings. :)

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Hello card

Trent & I have put together a care package to send to our neighbor who is serving overseas right now. I made this card to include:


Supplies: Die Cuts with a View card; miscellaneous cardstock; Making Memories felt letter stickers; American Crafts letter stickers & patterned paper.

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Saturday with Family

My mom & brother are visiting my sister for the weekend. She lives about an hour & a half from us so Trent & I drove over to spend the day. While we girls went out shopping, the boys went to see Watchmen.

With Mom & Mary before going out to dinner:

Relaxing with Christopher & Trent last night:

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NC State Bib

One of my coworkers brought this nice gift to me yesterday for the baby - a bib his wife handmade using fabric for our alma mater:

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NC State / UVa Basketball

Another page for our 2008 album - we had the opportunity to attend a college basketball game with my mother & stepfather. For the Calendar Girls challenge, I included our game tickets.


Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; October Afternoon patterned paper; miscellaneous white cardstock & staples; Micron black pen; black stamp pad; EK Success border punch.

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Small Space Organization {Entry / Mudroom}

I love seeing photos of the mudrooms in houses - beautiful, well organized spaces. In our little home, the only entry is our front door. The foyer area is small which limited options, but we managed to create a little bit of a mudroom space without a cluttered look.

Front door with key rack and bench:

Directly across from the front door are the coat closet (door handle on the left) and the secretary (a wonderful catch place for my purse & other extras):

The bi-fold doors in the background house our laundry closet.

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canes hockey

I'm working on filling in missing events from our 2008 album. The photo below was taken during a Carolina Hurricanes hockey game in March last year. The design idea was inspired by Two Peas February Super Sketches class.


Supplies: Bazzill cardstock; Die Cuts with a View adhesive backed cardstock; QuicKutz Studio & Metro fonts; Signo Uniball white pen; American Crafts patterned paper; Basic Grey chipboard photo corners; Martha Stewart Crafts date tabs.

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Rob and Catherine

Photos from my cousin's wedding last May:


Supplies: miscellaneous black cardstock; Signo Uniball silver ink pen; American Crafts patterned paper & silver rub-on letters; Prima flowers; Making Memories brads, metal rim tag & metal clip; miscellaneous paper lace; Doodlebug Designs rub-on black letters. Inspired by the Simple Schemes sketch in the Jan/Feb 09 issue of Simple Scrapbooks.

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Making Room

Over the weekend we began clearing out and rearranging in our guestroom. It will become our guestroom/nursery in the coming months. Using Google SketchUp, I created a 3-D model to play around with various furniture arrangements:

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