Celeb

As many of you know, my friend Jing-Jing came to visit this weekend....all the way from Minnesota!! It was wonderful to have her around. We hung out (JJ, Michelle, and I), ate too much, and scrapped a ton! We even went to the scrap convention in Somerset NJ and met Kelly Goree. Kelly was fabulous! It's a good thing she has a sense of humor b/c the 3 of us were a handful to say the least! For those non-scrappers reading this, Kelly is a scrapbook celebrity...you can't pick up a scrap mag without seeing quite a few of her creations!

Here we are with her.....

Have I Shared These?

Same papers...two very different outcomes:

My Reader

Last night, Noah and I went over to B&N to grab his free summer reading book. After reviewing all of his choices, he opted to get "Chocolate Fever". It is a chapter book that is maybe 90 pages or so long. He could have opted for a 'First Reader' sort of book but he wanted this book. Up to this point, my husband and I have read chapter books to him and he reads the "easier" books to us. Once in a while he will read a page or two of a chapter book to us but then we take over. Last night, he decided that he is going to read this entire book himself. I was so proud. He read me the first three pages last night and did a fabulous job. There were a few words he needed help with but since the book is targeted toward 3rd-5th grades (he is just going into 2nd grade), I thought he did a great job. I am an avid reader myself so I love the fact that he is coming into his own and trying to challenge himself. It may take him a month to read this book but what an accomplishment it will be!!

Scrap Challenge

As guest designer over at BPM this month, I am hosting a scrapbooking challenge. Everyone can enter so go check it out!! Hopefully it will inspire you to use up some older stash and use up some of those supplies. You will need to use:

1 -- One unusual shape -- circles and squares don't count here (I used the shape of the sun)
2 -- Two pieces of chipboard
3 -- At least three different manufacturers of paper (I used Bo Bunny, Basic Grey, and Pink Paislee)
4 -- At least four brads

Here is my creation:

Best Day Ever....

According to my son, Friday was his "Best Day Ever". He moved up a level in his swimming lessons, got pokemon cards, AND lost his very FIRST tooth!! What is better than that?!?! I was a little skittish when I had to "pull" the tooth but as it turns out, it was so loose that all I had to do was grab it with two fingers and out it fell. He is my toothless, yet handsome little man.

#100

Actually due to a miscount, this layout was actually #101! I not only met the goal of 100 layout between Memorial Day and Labor Day, I surpassed it in early August! This isn't a great photo but really, what do you expect at 2:30 in the morning!!

So much Productivity

I have just returned from a weekend away with my scrappy friends. We had so much fun at the CK convention! Late nights and many laughs...we did manage to get a lot of shopping, oops I mean scrapping, done too. I will post some of those later in the week. In the meantime, Back Porch Memories posted the Designers first layouts with their new kits! You must go check them out....www.backporchmemories.com. The kits are amazing. You can opt for either one paper line (Solo) or a mixture of three lines (Medley). I was given the opportunity to design with their Solo line -- Basic Grey's June Bug. I have more to show you but here is a first look at my creations:



To see the other designers' amazing layouts check out Back Porch Memories!!