Submit your photos by Tuesday

...for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to Dixie Pieces. A complete list of challenges can be found in the DP forum. You'll upload pics to the gallery.

I'm working on vacation scrapping and hope to post them in a few days!

two more wedding gifts

The banner is made from repurposed CDs, and the frame is another Janna Wilson printable.

Sharing a Sale...

During the month of August, at Scraptivity, buy 2 kits (already on sale for $30!) and get 1 free. Coupon code: freekit3

Also save 40% on everything else at the store... use code august40

Just thought I would let you know!

Journaling Junkie: Comforts

This fortnight's Journaling Junkie challenge is to create a layout about something that comforts you. For that, I went back to my childhood...



Journaling: When I was a baby, some family friends gave me a set of Holly Hobbie's friend "Heather" dolls. They were the equivalent of a security blanket to me (and are so worn out now that you can tell!). When we went to Cape Hatteras, I saw this Holly Hobbie doll for you. It didn't have a name, so I called it your Annie doll. I love that we have these dolls in common!

I used the Dixie Pieces November 2009 kit for this one.

Cloth Mama

I used mostly the July 2010 Dixie Pieces kit for this layout...

Portraits

I posted a challenge at Dixie Pieces today on taking portrait shots with your camera. All month, the design team is hosting photography challenges. The winner at the end of the month will receive a gift certificate to the Dixie Pieces store. Come play along!

Sisters

I completed a challenge over at Scrapdango using fussy cutting, alpha stickers, lined paper, and leaves. This one was hard for me... like higher math with all of the adding, subtracting, and rearranging that I did!

question of the day...

I'm hosting this week's questions over at Dixie Pieces... a nice little way for the girls to get to know each other better. Pop on in to the forum and join the discussions!

Journaling Junkie: Bad Habits

This challenge was to journal about one of your bad habits: something that you want to change/work on.



Journaling: What happened to that confident young mother that knew it all?!? Parenting one child seemed so easy, or maybe it was just his age at the time. I need to get back to being that relaxed mother that I was always told I seemed to be. I do feel like I am raising happy children, but I hope they realize that I am over-the-moon thrilled to be their mom, even when I feel stressed or tired. I feel certain that they will understand... someday. Until then, I'll just try to take a deep breath and count to ten.

Dixie Pieces August reveal

I am so honored to be the guest designer for Dixie Pieces this month! The August kit is a fabulous, versatile, classy blend of white, black, and red, with a little blue thrown in for good measure.

Be sure to check it out, and we would love to have you join us on the forum for a month of fun!

Here is what I came up with...