Switching it up

The thing that takes me the longest when doing a layout is choosing what picture or pictures to use. That is, when I have a specific kit to work with. I mean I have tons of photo's (that haven't been scanned yet) but I always look at what is already on my computer. So this week when I was looking through my pictures I came across these really old photo's of my grandmother and aunt. I had gotten these pictures after my aunt had passed away and when my sister was here visiting, she scanned them. The first photo is of my grandmother when she was a young girl. She was really a beautiful girl and look at the dress she is wearing. It must have been taken in either the late 1800's or very early 1900's as my father was born in 1917 and he wasn't her first child. For my second layout I choose 2 pictures of my aunt betty. It looks like she was a toddler in these pictures. Look at her hair. She is beautiful. I wish the pictures were in color as she was a redhead and I would of loved to see what it looked like when she was this young. The kit I used for these two layouts is the February 2009 Oriental Cherry Blossoms Mega by the SAS-y Design Team. So other than that, it's still kind of chilly here, and my youngest daughter told me today thats it's 100 days until graduation day.

Cold

Oh yeah, just when I was thinking that maybe we would have an early spring, we got a blast of arctic air. It was really cold today. Well much colder than it has been. It was in the low teens. I had to go out and do a little shopping and from just bringing the packages from the car to the house my hands hurt from being so cold. I am really getting spoiled, I can't take this cold weather anymore. Thankfully it will warm up tomorrow but it said on the news tonight that we are going to get snow on Sunday. I have two new layouts to show. The kit I used is Sienna by Ashalee Wall

Time keeps on tickin, tickin

Oh yes it does. Here we are mid February, already over a month and a half into this year. Now that I am retired I don't want time to go so quickly. I am just enjoying everyday too much. I don't care what the weather is like outside, because if I don't want to, I don't have to go out in it. But even though I don't want the time to pass, and I don't care what the weather is, I can't wait for the spring. I can't wait to open my windows and let the beautiful spring air in. I think I am so aware of how quickly time is passing because I am scrapbooking. I look at these old pictures and wonder where the time has gone. Like in my first layout titled Kindergarten, these are pictures of my youngest daughter on her first day of kindergarten. Now she is in her senior year of high school. But I remember this day as if it was yesterday, not 12 years ago. I was always taking pictures and now I am so glad I was able to capture the moment. I remember going into her kindergarten class and taking these pictures, lol, I was the only parent crazy enough to do this. Anyway, for these two layouts I used the kit In Memory of by Charlie's Digiscraps, of Stone Accents Studio.

Woof Woof!

I got married very young, right out of high school. By the time I was 21, I had 2 children. So I thought for sure that I would be a young grandmother. But that was not to be. Instead I got granddogs. Below you will see them. The first layout is of Bosco and Daisy, they are my oldest daughters dogs, the next layout is of Harley, he is my sons dog. The kit I used for these layouts is Me and My Best Friend by PiggyScraps from Stone Accents Studio. Oh and I did get some grandchildren, A granddaughter in 2003 and another granddaughter in 2005. lol, Thanks for looking.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines day! Did you ever wonder who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this day of love? Today the Catholic Church recognizes at least 3 different saints named Valentine, all of whom were martyred. Well, one legend contends that Valentine was a priest who serverd during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers then those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When this was discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Anyway, I have one layout for you today. It is of my oldest Daughter on her 6th birthday. That was almost 33 years ago. Wow! The kit I used is Midnight Summer Dream by Sweet Made

At last

Wow, I can't believe it, I am finally finished with college applications. The last portfolio was sent out this week. Now we just have to wait for the rest of the responses. My daughter is 90% sure that she will choose one of the colleges that we have already received an acceptance letter for, but this is a big decision and she wants to be sure she is making the right one. I have two new layouts this week. The kit I used is Cherished by Designs by Moo.

Imagine

I had a CT assignment this week to make a layout with an Ashalee Wall kit and using the word imagine. I knew the picture I would use as soon as I saw the assignment. Believe it or not this picture was taken at Chucky Cheese. Just the expression on their faces says imagine. The kit I used was Mehndi by Ashalee Wall.

Groundhog day tomorrow

Can you believe it's February already? Well tomorrow is groundhog day. Folklore says that if a groundhog emerges from his burrow and fails to see his shadow, winter will soon end. On the other hand, if it is sunny and he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Here in Staten Island we have our famous groundhog Chuck, and tomorrow we will have our Mayor, City Council Speaker, Congressman and other bigwigs here at the Staten Island Zoo for the extravaganza. Doors open at 7 and the cermony begins at 7:30. I will be turning over in my bed at that time, lol. But I am hoping that he doesn't see his shadow and we have an early spring. So I have 2 more layouts to show. For this first layout, that's me when I was only 8. The second layout is of my youngest daughter and oldest granddaughter. The kit I used is Hung Up On Love by Sweet Made. The papers in this kit is just so pretty. Well, happy February everyone! See ya soon.