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: