Birthday month at Dixie Pieces

July has been birthday month over at DP. The one challenge I completed was to create a 2-page birthday layout...

My sister is adopting...

a lovely little girl from China. They are looking for a little help with travel expenses and holding an amazing raffle. If it's in your heart and budget, please consider making a donation here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

Holy flowers, Batman!

Have you seen this from Sassafras?!?!?

SunnyGrls: Family Fun kit

Oh my goodness, I made a digi page!

I loved playing with the Family Fun kit over at SunnyGrls. Look at that flower! I was going to print the elements and create a traditional page, but my printer needed new ink cartridges, so I used what I had... my computer!

The kit is currently 30% off, so go check it out now.

New Family messy book

A friend of mine is getting married in a few weeks. He is blending himself, his son, and his daughter (my daughter's best friend) with his future wife and her two daughters. His first wife died last year of a brain tumor, the same thing that I lost my father to. He was a rock through her entire illness, and his children have come through that tragedy better because of it. They are so excited to start their lives as this new family. I created this book mostly for the kids to document times when they are awestruck by this journey. The album is a mixture of acrylic and chipboard, so forgive the rather strange way that some pages show through others.

Journaling Junkie: Friends

Challenge 84: We all have a group of friends, those we turn to when stuff happens, those we rejoice with, those we can be ourselves with...thos especial few - the inner circle. Journal about these special people in your life and the traits that you admire in them.

Journaling: For a year or so in college, I virtually swore off friendships with girls. I could just relate better to no-drama guys. In Andrea, though, I found a fun, non-catty, would-do-anything-for-you friend. I think because of her, I kept lots of guy friends, but was able to work girls back in, too.

This layout was made with the awesome July kit from Dixie Pieces!

How have I not shared this?!?!

I'm going to be the guest designer for Dixie Pieces in August. I received my kit last week and have already completed three layouts and a project with it. You'll NOT want to miss this! Stay tuned for August 1, the day kits go on sale and the day that I can share my work.

Snow Pizza

Clearly, I am trying to escape the heat with my projects this week!

I created this layout for a challenge at Scrapdango, using winter pics with warm colors...

What I'm doing

I'm having a slow, lazy, fun week. It's going to be over 100 degrees here for most of it, so I pulled out this kit from Christine Middlecamp that I received months ago and haven't worked on yet. I figured thinking about Christmas and winter would help to stay cool! I selfishly hope Christine will eventually come back around to creating kits, although I know she is going through some exciting changes with going back to school. She is just so inspiring! If you aren't familiar with her work, check her out!

Journaling Junkie: In My Bag

I loved this challenge at Journaling Junkie.

We were to document the stuff we had in our bag at a certain point in time.

At this time, I carry a diaper bag as my purse.

Here is my list as journaling:

wallet and pen
mini sewing kit
crayons
book for Mom's group
reusable snack bags
Campbell's labels picked up from school
coupons
certificate that Z got at school
program from Kristen's ordination
tag from Annie's doll
VBS forms
doctor receipts
ephemera from Hatteras trip
Baby stuff: nursing cover, orajel, hand sanitizer, sunscreen, toy, hairbow, apple
snacks, 3 pairs of socks (!), extra outfit, hat, cloth diaper and storage bag, two
disposable diapers, wipes, changing pad
Missing? My cell phone and point-and-shoot camera... both on the kitchen island and not actually in my bag at the time.