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Before our lives were so packed with sports and practices, classes and games, I imagined my kids as well rounded, balanced children. They would play soccer, go to summer camp, spend time in science and math programs learning how to build miniture volcanoes and rocket ships, and they would each learn to play an instrument. Instead, we are sports ALL THE TIME....not that there is anything wrong with that. They love their teams! They have learned how to play as a team, how to treat others, and how to be a good sport b/c yes, sometimes they loose. But, there just hasn't been time to really introduce music (not unless you count Lady Gaga on Sirius radio). As a child, I took piano lessons and while I am sure I complained about it as a kid, I love the fact that I can play. I may not be Mozart but it is nice to sit down at the piano every once in a while and try to play.

Anyway, Hannah approached me last night and asked me to teach her how to play the piano. So I taught her how to play Mary had a Little Lamb. I didn't begin to show her how to read music but I taught her the note associated with each key and wrote down the "letters" for her to practice. She is now singing Mary had a Little Lamb with only letters instead of words. :) So proud!

Will I Still Grow?

Have you seen Bo Bunny's Flower Child line? It is amazing. I just love the yellow, red, and teal color combo! It is quite refreshing and not like anything else I have ever used. And like their Mamarazzi line, it has the most amazing chipboard shapes to coordinate with the papers.

I created this layout last week. The papers and chipboard are all from the Flower Child Line. In addition, I misted the outer edge with Orange Maya mist -- that background paper is really all yellow with the outer teal edge.



As for the journaling...."I am a coffee drinker...sometimes regular and sometimes decaf. But either way, always sweet enough to taste like candy. I convinced you kids that if you drink it, you won't grow. So now everytime you take a sip you ask...Will I Still Grow?"

Go check out Bo Bunny's Blog to see more amazing layouts using the Flower Girl line.

Hello Sunshine

Another rainy (and cold if you have to sit at the soccer field for an hour) day in south Jersey! Yesterday was gorgeous. Just warm enough to not need a jacket but cool enough for jeans. I love hanging around in jeans and a t-shirt! I am not a person who dresses-up all too often.

Anyway, as my fingers and toes thaw, I thought I would share a fun Lily Bee and Bo Bunny layout. Here is wishing for summer....

Precious

I am still not completely happy with yesterday's "Attitude" layout. Jing-Jing suggested mist. I tried buttons today and didn't care for that. Hmmm, do you ever just think something is missing on your layout? It bothers me to no end. I don't expect perfection when I work on a layout but I do hope to love the end result. Of course that is unrealistic, I know. But, those that I don't love, I don't post for you to see. In my mind, the "Attitude" layout has potential I just can't figure out that "final touch" to get it where I want/expect it to be.

This layout however, I just adore. Maybe it is the picture or maybe those amazing papers (Pink Paislee and Basic Grey). Or maybe that gorgeous artisan frame that I distressed with some Glimmer Mist.

Fits the Bill

I couldn't stand it. I had to put together a layout for The Color Room challenge. I liked my other layout and I did post it to the site but it didn't seem right to have so much pink. The rules did say to only add white or neutrals to the palette. So, to make sure I had a layout that abided by the rules, I threw this one together. As I look at it now, I think it needs either some buttons or a dark brown framing line around the whole layout...not sure...maybe I will tweak it tomorrow. But for now, it fits the bill....


I am off to bed - goodnight!

The Color Room

For all of you scrappers out there, you must check out The Color Room. It is a fabulous new site featuring a new color palette and sketch to inspire you to create each week. My good friend Jing-Jing is one of the fabulous designers!

The following is this week's combo:


Isn't that a great combo?!?!?

Of course, I hadn't yet participated in their weekly challenge so without reading the "rules" I created this:



It has both shades of brown, navy blue, and white...the problem? I wasn't supposed to add any other colors and well, as you can see, mine has quite a bit of pink and some periwinkle. Oops. Oh well, so I may not get to participate in their weekly RAK but hey, it is a site to inspire us all to create and it certainly accomplished that!

Vancouver Mini

Thank you to everyone that either called, texted, or commented with Vancouver suggestions! The trip was fabulous! My legs are still aching me as I think we saw every square inch in a matter of two days. We did at least two of the recommended "in a day" tours each of the two days. It was a lot but I didn't want to miss a thing!

With the weather a little cold here, and my son out of sports of the week (which another story in of itself), I was able to sit and make a mini album of my trip. I was able to repurpose the map that came with my tour guide -- it makes for a wonderful album cover as it is a finished paper which won't show fingerprints and doesn't easily rip.

Countdown...1,2,3 days to go

In only 3 days, my sister and I are off to Vancouver. Have you ever been? While it is technically a business trip, I don't have to teach until Saturday so we have two days to see the sites. If you happen to have been there, what are the "must sees"?

Recent Pixs

With the three day weekend having just begun, I was able to not only print out a few pictures, I was also able to scrap them. These pictures were taken Monday evening just before Passover dinner. I love that the babysitter was able to get the kids into some nice clothes for a change; she even had the girls' hair all curled...thanks Samantha!!

I am totally in love with this layout. I always tend to like my layouts when I start with a sketch in hand. This sketch was from Becky Fleck's PageMaps Feb 2010...the papers are all BG as are all of the accents. As you can see, I also took advantage of my new photo printer functionality --- check out that 8"x12" photo!




The journaling reads:
"It is never easy to get a good picture of the three of you together. You are always tickling and pinching each other just as the flash goes off. It is frustrating in the moment b/c I have my heart set on that "perfect" photo but you know what, these candid photos capture so much more of who you really are than that perfect photo ever would! Keep on giggling!!"