Today I'm over on Ali Edwards' blog for her Tuesday Tutorials feature!
Giving a mini lesson on using photo masks to draw attention like I did in this layout! And the tutorial works for both PSCS and PSE!
:)
Even though we went away this week on a little mini-vacation I managed to create a number of new digital scrapbook products for the store at DesignerDigitals.com!
These are just a few of my favorites!
Alandia Tropics Kit for all your summertime pool and beach pictures!
Whimsy Words No. 2 - having a lot of fun with this series!
my new Letter Box Clusters No. 6
and continuing My Family Genealogy series with the new My Family Genealogy Family Tree Brushes!
and I did this page from my grandparent's wedding to show how I see using them within a page!
working on making a complete kit and various more element packs to continue this family history series. I've dug up loads of pictures and want to complete a book to have to pass down. Actually I think it should be a few books so I have one for my father's side and one for my mother's side! But that's going to be no small task!
we're home!
from the most remote vacation we've ever taken! Just a few miles from the Canadian border with no cell signal and no internet. But the skies were beautiful and the stars at night were amazing!
so we went moose-watching... we all saw one...
and when Kelly went out with Grandma and Grandpa she saw another, larger one!
but she only had a phone camera...
and we went in search of a waterfall... miles and miles off the paved roads... we were sure glad to not have any car trouble because I think we'd still be stuck there! But it was beautiful when we found it!
the flowers in the mountains were beautiful too!
but it is good to be home and to sleep in our own beds last night!
time to pack Kelly up for camp now!
:)
so, once again, keeping up with the blog isn't a top priority unfortunately. It's going to be a busy busy summer, but I'll do my best to check in here every once in a while.
So, this past Saturday, my cousin Molly and I had decided to go antiquing to this cute little shop up in PA that we love. But when I arrived at the farm, there had just been an accident with Ruby and a car. Not quite sure what happened and if she was okay or not. It was decided because she was struggling to breathe we'd run her to the ER vet. And when we arrived we were told how critical she was and we were really afraid we would lose her.
But after 2 days of hospitalization, Ruby came home yesterday. The only way you know anything had happened is her side is shaved from where they had to 'tap' her chest and extract the excess air around her lungs which were bruised and had internal bleeding.
And yesterday we headed over to the beach and were pleasantly surprised by the change in weather at the shore and the beautiful blue skies! But our little miss brought her teenage attitude with...
that only went away after these creatures...
decided to do their business on my arm... niiiiicceeee....
next time, hopefully, will be better! ;)
This weekend we went over to the farm to meet the newest addition...
Miss Ruby!
She is simply adorable and so far an incredibly well-behaved little puppy! Tripper [the older yellow lab on the farm] must have given her a stern talking to upon her arrival because I don't think I've ever met such a well-behaved little puppy! Definitely a much-deserved blessing for Molly's family!
and Kelly was thrilled to hear that 'Mouse' will be making the farm his home! When the kittens were born Mouse took to Kelly right away and he quickly became her favorite kitten and Molly's too since she just couldn't let him go!
I seem to work all the time but I really do love being a designer. Been at this for 24 years now and am in a really good place with it, designing for scrapbooking which is another passion. So, since I work all the time we [Randy and I] try to take time out during the middle of the week and 'go somewhere'. It's like our weekend in the middle of the week. I like it because there aren't the crowds or traffic you'd get on a weekend!
This week we headed over to Wildwood, NJ while a new hard drive was being installed on my computer and my data migrated. Randy had never been there so it was fun to walk the boardwalk as they set up for Memorial Day Weekend. I bet it's absolutely nuts there today with the great weather we're having.
I took lots of pictures of the arcade and amusement rides and ran my toes thru the sand. perfect.
And now it's the weekend and Kelly is starting a new volunteer position at Otter Creek so we're off & running! :)
Lacrosse season is winding down...
game last saturday...
game tonight...
playday [tournament] on Saturday...
and 4 weeks from now she'll be a highschool freshman!
unbelievable!
Happy Mother's Day to Everyone!
This is from 1972 with my mother and the rest of my family. I'm sporting the lovely button-up dress and standing in the back and digging my sister's brass buckle shoes ;)
Enjoy your day!
:)
So, last night's game was right out.
Practice the night before was rained out.
Practice tonight will most likely be rained out.
The game Saturday... it's not looking good.
Hoping it dries out next week...
I bought flowers to plant out front...
but it's been so rainy I haven't gotten to it yet.
:)
IF Kelly could take home a kitten from the cousins' new litter she'd take this one!
But she can't. Randy and I have allergies.
But I think this is the third litter of kittens she's gotten to adore since moving to Bel Air. There always seems to be a new litter over at the farm and for that we're grateful. Nothing makes Kelly happier than fuzzy little animals!
Tonight it's off to lacrosse practice and tomorrow evening is her birthday party!
:)
