World Card Making Day

It was dark & raining so I couldn't get a good photo.

Card went all the way to San Diego.

For once something involving cards that Hallmark did not come up with.

Below explanation was taken off Paper Crafts website.

World Card Making Day began in 2006 as National Card Making Day. Founded by Paper Crafts magazine to bring card makers together at the beginning of the busiest card-making season of the year, it was first held on October 7, 2006. The initial celebration involved the Paper Crafts magazine audience only; however, due to the positive response it received and the worldwide popularity of card making, the holiday became known as World Card Making Day from then on.

Celebrating its fifth year in 2010, World Card Making Day is celebrated annually on the first Saturday in October. It's a day for the card-making community -- hobbyists, retailers, and manufacturers -- to unite and celebrate the connection and creativity that is the heart of card making.

NEW YORK BAR EXAM

Today is the first of three days of the New York Bar Exam for Kristen.

Please be thinking of her over the next three days !!
I gave Kristen a 6" x 6" scrapbook for her birthday last year and I continue to make pages to add to it.

Scrapbook Cheating

The album was predesigned so it's kinda like cheating.

"We were not the only ones viewing the floats." I kept my admission bracelet.
"My favorite float."

My second favorite was Vera Bradley. I love using the pom poms for scrapping.
I will cherish forever our day viewing the floats.

Today I'll be delivering this album. : )

Birthday Scrapbooking

For Mom's 74th birthday, which is today, I made 3 pages for her scrapbook. I'm not sure if this photograph is prom or graduation. When I find out I'll add the info using some kind of tag.

The first time I used my sewing machine on a scrapbook page. It's been all the rage for awhile now. It took some time to figure out the tension, once I did it was very easy. I'll be doing more sewing.
This photograph is from her bridal shower in 1955. I've loved this photo since I was a little girl!

This page I hand sewed the snowflakes.

This is not how I envisioned this page & I'm not sure I even like. Again, once I get a date, I'll add it. I do know she is front of her grandparents home in Detroit, MI.

Since Mom is hard to buy for, she needs nothing, I've been giving her pages to add to her album for her birthday, Christmas and Mother's Day. I gave her an album for her 70th birthday with lots of empty pages.

Antiquing

Mick found out about a barn sale over the 4th of July weekend. Since we were going to be in Lake Placid he made arrangements for us to go out on Friday night.

I was so excited when I found a tomato pin cushion. It is big, flat & made out of the most beautiful red velvet! What a find! I need about 5 more cushions now.

The sewing case is in perfect condition. Very unusual that I find something like this with the latch still attached.
The husband of the owner told her to throw out the drawer, it was the first thing I spotted. You can still see J. & P. Coats. I have no idea what it came out of & they didn't either. I put all my scrapbooking punches in the drawer & it's made my table much neater, "neat" as it picked up.
Just of few of my favorites from the sale. Bonnie, to bad you missed it! I thought of you when I was walking the barn.

Tip Thursday

Today would have been my fathers 76th birthday. He died of colon cancer at the age of 68. Prior to his diagnosis he never had a colonoscopy. The standard or "tip" for having a colonoscopy is starting at age 50 and then every 10 years. If you have a family history of colon cancer, you need to have a colonoscopy starting at age 40. If you fall into one of those categories make sure you get one done.

The above page is out of the scrapbook that I made for my Dad. The photo is from his Baptism taken in 1939 when he was six years old. I'd give anything to be able to show him his album.

I've already had two colonoscopies and they are truly not that bad at all. What really burns my a*s is not having a colonoscopy when there is a good chance you are preventing cancer!

Wordless Wednesday

Valentine's Gift

For the third year I've chosen scrapbooking over flowers or chocolate. Every year just before Valentine's Day Mick will always say, "I know you don't want flowers. I'll be getting you chocolate." He's knows that I think flower shop flowers are a waste of money. As much as I LOVE chocolate I would eat the entire gift, which I don't need. Three years ago I told him I'd think about what he could do & I came up with an online scraping order.

I enjoy searching all the products online, placing the order & then opening up the box when it arrives. I love Valentine's Day! The package came on Friday & this weekend I put the gift to good use. The Tonic tool is my new favorite! I'll be using it all the time. This is a new thing, both Mick & I are now receiving tools as gifts. The house album I'll be making a album for Mick filled with photos of his house projects. I'm going to try to have it done for his birthday.

Scrapbook Room

Spent my entire Saturday in my scrapbook room. Although, I didn't work on any pages. My work table is a huge mess & it was hard to craft. I would have not gotten anything done had I spent time to put everything away.

The first thing on my New Year's list will be to clean out the room.

Chipboard Mini Album

I finally took some time to scrapbook and this mini album went together fast. It usually takes my forever to finish a project. I can't show you all of the pages since the dress appears on a couple pages and the dress tag is on a page.

The entire album is in black & white, just as it appears. I won't be mailing it off to her. I'm going to wait until I see her or her parents and give it directly to them. I don't want to risk the album getting lost or damaged in the mail. : ) My next project is the collage for my last contest winner. Mickey decided on a volleyball theme. I've been putting a lot of thought into my design and so far nothing has felt right.