Where in the World is Gr1-A?

Weird title? It's the album title for a few pages I made for Rogan's class. I had volunteered to "talk" about different countries in the world for Rogan's class. And the best way for me to "speak"? Why, through photoshop of course! Hehehehe. It was a FUN album --- and the kids were squealing with delight....unbeknownst to them, they were LEARNING new stuff about some countries!

{WHERE IN THE WORLD IS GR1-A?}

COVER PAGE

Credits: kit - Strawberry Shake by Rina Kroes, February 2007 Daily Download at 3Scrapateers;
word art - Simple Sayings by Eve Recinella at SSD; fonts - Chiquita Banana, SBC Stone Inscription; layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo

EGYPT

Credits: kit - Moroccan Influence by Sara Amarie at Oscraps; stamped alpha - by Michelle Coleman; Egypt photos - from Culture Focus, downloaded from the internet; notched and torn photo borders - by Terry Maruca ; bend it template - by Debbie Knorr; layered sketch - Stepping Stones 3 by Heather Heinzer at TDS; special thanks to atomic cupcake for use of the Labelmaker; font - KGD Bee

This 2-page spread on India can be found in the February RAKS Newsletter here.

INDIA

Journaling reads: The TAJ MAHAL was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his wife. The Golden Langur is an endangered Old World monkey found in the foothills of the Himalayas. Mahatma Gandhi is known as the “Father of the Indian Nation” and believed and practiced non-violence.

Credits: kit - Moroccan Influence by Sara Amarie at Oscraps; stamped alpha - by Michelle Coleman; arrow - by Kate Hadfield; photos - downloaded from Wikipedia; font - KGD Tiffany;
layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo

NATIONAL DRESS

Denmark is likewise featured in the RAKSnewsletter:

DENMARK

Journaling reads: Hans Christian Andersen is a famous Dane. He wrote fairy tales, of which The Little Mermaid is the most remembered. The Jelling Stones are said to be Denmark’s “birth certificate”.

Credits: kit - Rusty Flowers by Jeannie Papai at The Daily Scrap; stamped alpha - by Michelle Coleman; layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo; font - KGD Tiffany

THE NETHERLANDS

Credits: kit - Boyish Charm by Jeannie Papai at The Daily Scrap; stamped alpha - by Michelle Coleman; pictures - downloaded from Wikipedia; font - the King and Queen, KGD Lori;
layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo

CLOGS, WINDMILLS AND TULIPS

Credits: kit - Girly Giggles by Jeannie Papai at The Daily Scrap; stitches - Stitch Essentials Yarn Like Circles by Gina Miller; butterfly buttons - Birthday Blitz by Gina Miller; pictures - downloaded from Wikipedia; layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo; special thanks to atomic cupcake for use of the Labelmaker

This page is also in the RAKSnewsletter. Read it here.

AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

Credits: kit - Vavavaroom by Jeannie Papai at The Daily Scrap; stitches - Stitch Essentials Ziggies by Gina Miller; pictures - downloaded from Wikipedia; font - KGD Flowergirl; layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo

AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS 2

Credits: kit - Bohemian Gypsy by Berna Datema at digitaalscrappen.nl; stamped alpha - by Michelle Coleman; pictures - downloaded from Wikipedia; font - KGD Lindsay; layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo

EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN

Credits: papers - Mary's Wish Paper Set by Nina's Scraps at ndisb; stitches - Stitch Essential Ziggies by Gina Miller; word art - by Jen Wilson; element cluster - Cluster Fun by Nina's Scraps at ndisb; fonts - KGD Lindsay, KGD Tiffany; layered sketch - by Rachael Giallongo

A couple of comments by thekids that made my day:

"Thank you, thank you! Thank you for making us FAMOUS!" --- this said by 3-4 girls, with hands clasped and eyes shining.

"But....how did we get there? I don't remember going there!" --- this said by a boy classmate of Rogan as he looked at himself by the Little Mermaid in Denmark.

If ONLY these kids knew about the power of Photoshop, eh? *wink!*

TTFN!

Happy 10th Birthday Reese!!!

Happy Birthday, Ate Reese!

Just a quiet day spent at the office...until we got a phone call mid-afternoon. It was Reese inviting us to have dinner at Teriyaki Boy. Yummmm!!! :) Just us, plus Elizza's side of the family. I didn't even bring Ranger, Japa wasn't there, and the 3 other kids STILL ate despite having eaten at Ayala Heights! Sheesh!

Rogan even had TWO bowls of Chicken Teriyaki!!! Hayayayayay!!!

{Some Scraps}

HO HO HO

Quote reads:
How does Santa’s garden grow?
With sugar plums & candy canes.
Row by row, tended by his Ho! Ho! Ho!

Credits: kit - Shabby Christmas by Kim Smith at Scrapping Digi Kreations; sweater ricrac, deco tree - by Gina Miller; journaling bubble - Stained Shapes by Eve Recinella at SSD; tag - Little Boy Tags by Jen Wilson; fonts - Santa's Sleigh, Arial Narrow; special thanks to atomic cupcake for the use of the label maker


STAR ENTREPRENEUR

Journaling reads: For the school’s Christmas bazaar, Raine was a cashier again, because of her Math intelligence. The Prep class had made gorgeous napkin rings, 4 to a set. Mama was in line 5 minutes before selling time, to ensure she got enough sets to give away as presents for Christmas. This was a great experience for little budding entrepreneurs!

kit - Sweet Cherry Lime by Eve Recinella at Sweet Shoppe Designs; star - Stained Shapes by Eve Recinella; fonts - KGD Lindsay, Monika; layered sketch - Everyday Templates 3 by Amy Bleser

VALENTINE LOVE

A Valentine love between Father and Daughter, a love always precious and dear.
A daughter will always hold close to her heart, where no other man can compare.

She may remain single or choose to wed, but her first love will never belong to another.
No other eyes twinkle, no smiles quite the same, as the beautiful face of her Father.

There's no one she trusts so much in her life as the one who was her first buddy,
The one whose arms, always open and safe, her first love, her valentine....her DADDY!

Credits: kit - Dancing Rainbow by Eve Recinella at Sweet Shoppe Designs; photo template - Bend It by Debbie Knorr; stitched, folded ribbons and tag - by Amy Martin; stamped alpha - by Michelle Coleman; photo filter - Vintage Actions by Kim Hill; fonts - KGD Tiffany, the King and Queen; layered sketch - adapted from Ronee Parsons

As always, you can click on the layouts themselves to leave me some love in the galleries! :)

TTFN!

The Day of LUV

Happy Valentine's day!

Normally, Japa and I don't celebrate this day of hearts. We're both practical: why subject ourselves to the crowd, the traffic, the overly expensive date? We can go out on a date anytime, if we choose to. IF we choose to, hehehe. I don't think we've been out in ...umm.....oh I don't know......too long, I guess *wink!*

Anyhoo, we do have plans for tonight.....a few days ago, we got this mysterious text message from Randy: "If you have no plans for Feb. 14, keep it open. Dinner. Just show up."

Ooooookay. Intriguing eh? Well of COURSE we said YES. Can't beat something where the only requirement was for us to show up!

Dinner was at the Malayan Plaza, opposite the Podioum. We were on the 22nd floor. Randy and Stella had arranged for RJ to cook a lovely sit-down dinner for us. As usual, they (with Elizza) took care of the details such as flowers, candles, and table settings.

A few UNEDITED pics of the night:

This is our gorgeous table centerpiece. Beautiful!!!

Our table setting, complete with charger plates and of course our placecards, courtesy of MOI! :) I used Vera Lim's LOVE kit, if I'm not mistaken, to do these. Oh, and yes, that's a real rose on my place setting!

These real roses lined our long table. Couldn't really smell them, but a worthy thing to note: Randy did these by pushing the flower stems into flower foam (?) I think.

Me and the Jappers.....hate my dang WHITE powder. I look like a ghost!!! Grrrr!


A fave pic of mine for the night of Mom and Dad.

I've got a few scrappable pics in from tonight.....'til next time!

TTFN!

I'm a Cookie!

To get an extra Sweet Rewards Point, over at Sweet Shoppe Designs, we were asked to post what kind of cookie we were. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go over to the SSD Blog to read all about it :)

Without further ado, the results are in:

You Are a Fortune Cookie

You're a rather normal person, except that you have extraordinary luck in life. People want to be around you (even when they're a little sick of you), in hopes of being lucky too!

What Kind of Cookie Are You?

How about you? What kind of cookie are you? :)

TTFN!

Happy 9th Birthday Rielle!!!

Happy Birthday, Yeli! Hope your 9th birthday is a memorable one!

It was a pretty lazy day for us. We slept in a bit, went to mass at 9:30 am, then just basically lounged around at home. I, obviously, was at the computer practically the entire day, scrapping. Japa was also at the computer, playing The Generals. The kids were just playing or watching tv. A very relaxing, time-for-ME type of day.

{SCRAPS - Love Quotes layouts}

Towards the end of January, Rina Kroes, designer at SBE, asked her CT to rush some layouts using her awesome Always and Forever kit and Love Cards '07. I decided to do a sort of "theme-d" set of layouts:

LOVE QUOTES 1: NEVER DOUBT LOVE

Japa and me, atop the hill by Polaris, overlooking the City of Angels on a clear, crisp Sunday morning.

Quote by William Shakespeare reads:
Doubt that the stars are fire.
Doubt that the sun doth move.
Doubt truth to be a liar.
But never doubt I love.

Credits: kit - Love is a Gift by Rina Kroes at SBE; glitter ricrac - by Gina Miller; collaged date tag - by Robin Carlton; notepaper - by Rina Kroes from the Scrapper's Toolbox by SBE designers; love and heart element - Love Cards 07 by Rina Kroes at SBE; fonts - KGD Angela; inked action - by atomic cupcake


LOVE QUOTES 2: THE FROG PRINCE
Raine puckering up for a frog statue at the Quail Botanical Gardens, Carlsbad, during the Garden of Lights.

Quote reads: Fairy tales, for those who believe, are not a tale at all. The frog MAY yet change into a prince!

Credits: kit - Love is a Gift by Rina Kroes at SBE; stamped crown - by Becky Vosburg; chalked frame - Picture Perfect 2 by Gina Miller; heart tag - Always and Forever by Rina Kroes at SBE;
fonts - KGD Tiffany, KGD Joanne; layered sketch - Jiffy Stax Vol 6 by Rina Kroes at SBE; instamatic frame action - by Terry Maruca


LOVE QUOTES 3: GARDEN OF LOVE
My little godson-to-be and his grandmother. "Ama" means grandmother in Chinese.

Quote reads: A garden of Love grows in a Grandmother's heart.

Credits: kit - Love is a Gift by Rina Kroes at SBE; element cluster - Love Cards 07 by Rina Kroes at SBE; stitched heart - Always and Forever by Rina Kroes; mini tags - Tagged by Gina Miller; fonts - LD Whatever, LD Stubby; layered sketch - Jiffy Stax Vol 6 by Rina Kroes at SBE


LOVE QUOTES 4: FATHER AND SON
Boydee and his first born, his son.

Quote by Marlene Andersen reads:
As many drops that are in the ocean
and as many grains of sand
on a beach may still not
amount to the vastness of the
love between a father and his son.

kits - Love is a Gift by Rina Kroes at SBE, and Prismatic Petals by Rina Kroes at 3Scrapateers; photo border action - by Terry Maruca; fonts - Arial Narrow, Marcelle Script, Beyond Wonderland, FB Flamingo; layered sketch - Jiffy Stax Vol 6 by Rina Kroes at SBE

As usual, click on the layouts to leave me some love!

TTFN!

Ready to Receive Jesus

READY TO RECEIVE JESUS
Raegan during her first Holy Communion. This was a picture of her standing in line outside the Church before the children's procession started.

Credits: kit - Dreamscape by Angela Sharrow at Scrapdish; ric rac - Sweater Ricrac by Gina Miller; tag - Tagged by Gina Miller; chalk and doodle frames - Picture Perfect 2 by Gina Miller; journaling block - Paintblocks by Gina Miller; font - KGD Tiffany; layered sketch - Simply Sketches 7 by Gina Miller

Click on the image to leave me some love! :)

TTFN!

February...the Month of Love!

Yup, the month of Love. Which is why I've got hearts and the color PINK on my blog header! Only for a month......

{SCRAPS...}

Feel free to click on the layouts themselves to leave me some love! :)

ENJOYING THE EVERYDAY

Journaling reads: The skyline of Los Angeles was distinct in the distance; we just HAD to get out of the car to take photos on this clear, crisp, COLD Sunday morning. It was fun, knowing that we were some of the few people up and about at that time. This was a special way of simply enjoying the everyday.

Credits: kit - Everyday by Nina at ndisb; light blue paper - from Pierre Turquin Paper Pack by Nina at ndisb; frame - Picture Perfect by Gina Miller; font - KGD Angela; layered sketch - Ready to Scrap Set 10 by Nina at ndisb


AMONGST THE GIFTS

Journaling reads: Maybe because the area under and around the Christmas tree in Polaris was much smaller than the one in La Vista, the number of gifts piled under it seemed to be endless! We had boxes and boxes and bags and bags of gifts for everyone! Wrappers came in different colors, gift tags came in all sizes. The best thing to see was the delight and anticipation in the kids’ eyes as they looked over the mounds of gifts waiting for them. They could hardly wait ‘til midnight; they kept asking “Is it time to open the gifts yet?” and “Is it Jesus’ birthday yet?”

Credits: kit - Funtastic by Lynnie Smith at Younique Photos; alpha - Sparkly Alpha by Julie Howard; gifts - Wrap it Up by Gina Miller at Funky Playground Designs; fonts - KGD Tiffany, Santa's Sleigh, Arial; layered sketch - Ready to Scrap Set 17 by Nina at ndisb and Oscraps; photo border - Newspaper/Notched by Terry Maruca; labels - by Atomic Cupcake

TILE-SLED

Journaling reads: We found a tile that was heavy enough to make into a sled of sorts for the kids. Raegan was the first on it, lugging it behind her as she went up the small hill. Squealing with delight, Raegan successfully rode down the hill on the “sled”. We were all laughing as the kids all had their turn on the Tile-Sled.

Credits: Everything by Robin Cabana at Scrapdish; papers - Feeling Festive; intertwined wires - The Chase; snowflakes - Snowflakes are Falling; alpha - Just a Memory; chalked frame - Picture Perfect 2 by Gina Miller; bend it template - by Debbie Knorr;
layered sketch - Ready to Scrap No. 17 by Nina at ndisb and Oscraps

LOVE YA, BEST FRIEND!

Journaling reads: I’m not sure how we do it, but Rina and I have remained steadfast friends ever since freshman year in high school. Now, 25 years later, we are still friends. We may not see each other every year, or even talk to each other, but whenever we SEE each other all the years just fade away and we are the BESTEST of friends....forever.

Credits: kit - Love Ya by Amy Bleser at ACOT; flowers - 29 & Co. Lil Flowers by Jen Wilson; fonts - KGD Tiffany, Cheri; layered sketch - Everyday Templates 3 by Amy Bleser

Don't forget to leave me some love by clicking on the layouts :).

TTFN!

January Ends......

and with that, here is my January Round Up, as outlined by Katie the Scrapbook Lady, author of the Amazing Month of Memories. I have a few of her lists and it contains TONS of information to get you to jumpstart your scrapping, or just to get you thinking......like saying, "ohhhhhhh....so THAT's today!".

My January 2007 Round Up

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

Yikes? Did I even have TIME to read this month? Let's see...I have a huge spiral-bound book (?) of Sudoku on my night table. It goes with me wherever I go. Actually, I've got a couple of these spiral-bound babies on my bedstand :) Love these brain teasers!

What movies and/or tv shows did I watch this month?

I'm a huge fan of Grey's Anatomy, House and Desperate Housewives. I don't watch them on TV; I don't like having to wait for the next episode. So I have them on DVDs, and for the current season, my brother downloads them from the show's site (I think) and watches it on his computer. Which reminds me, I have to copy those from him! ;)

Of course, having the 4 kids, we always have the Disney Channel and other Disney DVDs blaring at home. We have The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, High School Musical (still!), and Pokemon on TV. Other TV faves include The Fairly Oddparents (I love this, too! hehehe), Kim Possible, Raven, Unfabulous, and Hannah Montana.

As for movies, we did go to see Night at the Museum with the kids. It was a lot of fun and they were asking me when we could go to the Museum of Natural History in New York! Wish I knew when.....I would LOVE to go, too!

What special days did I celebrate and how?

January 1 - New Year's Day. Since we were in Las Vegas at the time, we didn't do our usual huge family lunch and dinner, thank goodness! It was a nice break. For the day, we trooped into our rented minivan and drove 40 minutes to Mount Charleston just so the kids could see and play in the SNOW for the very first time! They had a blast!

January 3 - Tita San turned 50!!! Huge milestone for my favorite aunt. We celebrated by having dinner at Black Angus in Burbank. Loooove the 7-lb chocolate we had for dessert!

January 24 - Tita Belen's birthday! I'm not sure how old she is, nor am I sure that she'd want that fact plasterd all over online-land, hehehe. Texted her, chatted with her via YM, and said a short greeting over the phone.

What illnesses or health concerns did I have?

Ahhhh......for this month and a few months before, my persistent back ache and leg ache were ever-present. On January 12, I had a procedure done at the Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena -- this was an epidural, a spinal injection of steroids into the spaces between the bones in my spine (I think! hehehe). It was a lot different from the epidural procedure I got from the Philippines--after waking in the recovery room, I WALKED out, pain-free! Of course, it was due to the anaesthesia, but I was happy for the first few days.

Towards the end of the month though, there was a slight twinge in my leg whenever I sat down for a long period of time.

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?

We celebrated the coming of the New Year at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. Together. The ENTIRE family. We also watched the fireworks from the 21st floor of the hotel.

Mount Charleston to play in the snow. We found a few cardboard pieces and the kids used those as a "sled" of sorts, hehehe.

Disneyland on January 4!!!

Korean BBQ buffet in Irvine (or was it Tustin?), our absolute fave place to have dinner after a trip to the Magic Kingdom!

Light and Healthy. Mom and Dad actually sat with us for the buffet and ate sushi for the VERY FIRST TIME! We just didn't have a camera to record this never-happened-before event!

What special or unusual purchases did I make?

I got some Benefit Cosmetics Bathina Lotion for me and to give away as gifts. Heavenly!

Got me some Disney Holiday dishes on sale, yeah!

And of course, Digital Scrapbooking schtuff! Bought a lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-t from Gina Miller's 6-month birthday of GMD! My absolute fave place to shop. I swear, I may have close to having her entire store!

Bought a 2" Memory Foam for our bed. I figure this is cheaper than the Select Comfort mattress I REALLY want; the Memory Foam will give my back a little bit of cushion while our firm mattress underneath will make me happy.

What were this month's disappointments?

Raegan's teacher talked to me about her behavior/attitude when it comes to homework. Apparently, Raegan has, more often than not, forgets her Homework Journal at home. She writes her HW on a piece of paper, which of course gets lost enroute to the house. The result? No homework! Grrr!

My back and leg are still hurting a bit. I expected them to be almost gone after the second epidural, enough so that I could start physical therapy properly. Maybe I should just start Yoga.

I haven't lost any weight at all!

What were my accomplishments this month?

Finished my CT requirements, yay! Some on the very last day, but they were done!

Finally installed a new Anti-Virus program to protect my laptop!

Anything else noteworthy to record?

I can sit down for a much longer period of time than before. That second spinal injection did a lot of good for me!

I am practically OFF pain killers! Instead of the usual round-the-clock-every-4-to-6-hour cycle, there have been days when I didn't need to pop a pain killer in my mouth!

Our internet at home is just humming! Whoohoo!

And although I didn't lose weight, I didn't gain any at all, considering we were in the States, with the whole family, and it was during the holidays!

January Layout Count: 25

***End of Round Up***

So what do you think eh? Pretty good month, lots of things happening that I never realized! Good prompts for the Round Up --- it really does get you to record the stuff that happened. I had my pictures and my blog to help me, but it is with a sense of accomplishment that I listed everything down for my 2007 January Round Up! Whoohoo!!!


{Some January Scraps}

Feel free to click on the layouts themselves to leave me some love! :)

MY SANTA

Journaling reads: For the third year in a row, Rogan was chosen to play Santa in their class program. Mama decided that it was time he had his own Santa suit, just in case he would need one again. Rogan was the cutest Santa ever!

Credits: kit - Christmas Charm by Jessica Dixon at The Daily Scrap; santa - Christmas Essentials by Jessica Dixon; glitter border - by Gina Miller; journaling tag - Just Like Him Journal Hot Spots by Jen Wilson; fonts - KGD Lindsay, Rusted Plastic

SHOE TESTER

Ranger loves to wear big shoes....the bigger the better! :)

Journaling reads:
Job Description: Shoe Tester
Job Site Location: any pair of shoes found lying around

Tools Required:
1. size 8 feet of boy
2. shoes - the bigger,the better
3. even, smooth flooring

Skills Needed:
1. balance
2. confidence
3. attitude
4. a big smile
5. cuteness

Credits: kit - Doo B Dude by Eve Recinella at Sweet Shoppe Designs; stitches - by Christine Nash; chalked frame - by Gina Miller; journaling tag - Just Like Him Journal Hot Spots by Jen Wilson

SIBLINGS

A couple of favorite photographs taken during Christmas day last year of the 5 of us.

Credits: kit - Always and Forever by Rina Kroes at SBE; mini tags - Tagged by Gina Miller; alpha - Stamped Alpha brushes by Michelle Coleman; layered sketch - Jify Stax Vol 5 by Rina Kroes at SBE


CHRISTMAS GIRLS

Raegan and Raine with their Lola Belen, wearing matching Christmas outfits of red and black.

Credits: kit - Always and Forever by Rina Kroes at SBE; black paper and star overlay - Light Up the Night by Rina Kroes at SBE; font - KGD Kim Script; layered sketch - Jiffy Stax Vol 5 by Rina Kroes at SBE


CHRISTMAS KISSES

Journaling reads: The air was filled with joyful yells of “Merry Christmas!” as everyone started kissing and hugging everyone else.

These pictures are of me puckering up (with closed eyes, hehehe); giving Dad a peck on the cheek to start the kissing rounds; kissing Mom, who was still doing something in the kitchen preparing for our Noche Buena; and of course giving Japa a great big buss on the lips.

Christmas kisses. They’re the best kind to give!

Credits: kit - Candy Giggles by Eve Recinella at Sweet Shoppe Designs; font - KGD Tiffany; special thanks to Atomic Cupcake for the labelmaker

Don't forget to leave me some love by clicking on the layouts :).

TTFN!

Scraps, Scraps, and MORE Scraps!

Trying to catch up here (this is where I left off with my layouts):

2006: The Year in Review

Our entire year, summarized with important events, on ONE PAGE!
Credits: kit - A Fresh Start by Gina Miller and Vera Lim
glitter ricrac - by Gina Miller
font - KGD Tiffany
layered sketch - by Gina Miller

Sr. Luz

Rielle during her First Holy Communion.
Journaling reads: Sr Luz Soriano was her usual bubbly self as she congratulated Rielle her on her First Holy Communion. She was especially proud that Rielle was one of the soloists during the Responsorial Psalm and remarked that she had such a sweet voice to go with her beautiful face.

Credits: kit - Shabby Chic by Andrea Designs
deco stitches, glitter ricrac - by Gina Miller
fabric element - Cool Lime by Andrea Designs
kraft dates - by Lyndsay Riches at PDW
font - KGD Lindsay
layered sketch - Ready to Scrap Set 14 by Nina at ndisb

Blowing Bubbles

Raine and Ranger enjoying some time in the garden.

Quote by Margaret Hillert reads:
Dip your pipe and gently blow.
Watch the tiny bubble grow
Big and bigger, round and fat,
Rainbow-colored, and then-- SPLAT!

Credits: kit - Cool Lime by Andrea Designs
alpha - Hanging by a Thread by Manda Bean
fabric tag, round tag, staple - Moments of Life by Nina
fonts - Porcelain, KGD Chubbygirl, KGD Tiffany
bend it template - by Debbi Knorr
layered sketch - Ready to Scrap Set 14 by Nina at ndisb
photo filter - Purty Pics by Holly McCaig

Calendar Photo Shoot - Black Shirts

Raegan, Rogan and Raine during our at-home photo shoot for the CD Calendar. DS2 isn't in the picture because he wouldn't cooperate during the black-shirt outfit shoot, lol!

Credits: kit - Serenity by Stacie Prinzo at The Digi Shoppe
ricrac - Sweater Ricracs by Gina Miller
stitches - by Gina Miller
layered sketch - Build a Book 1 by Sherri Tierney at the Digi Scrap Shak
bend it template - by Debbie Knorr

This should be it for today...gotta save SOME layouts for the days that I can't blog and a layout should suffice *wink!*

TTFN!

Officially............

I am now blogging under the New Blogger system! Whoohoohoo!!! I finally figured out how to put an image into the header area, many thanks to this site. I stumbled upon it while surfing at DST and it was fate, I tell you!

SO, whatcha think of my new look? I must have spent the entire day doing this, hehehe. I've fixed the layout of the blog which, I might add, is SO much easier with the new blogger's Layout feature of pretty much drag and drop.

Just a little bit more of tweaking until I'm finally satisfied with the entire look, I guess.....any suggestions would be helpful, so suggest away! :)

I'll be back to post a few layouts later........

My 2007 Calendar Pages

I am proud of this particular project. I really really REALLY wanted to make a calendar for this year and I wasn't sure if I was able to pull it off, what with my back and all.

But I was granted a reprieve and was able to actually "schedule" ---- ok, FORCE --- the kids for a photo shoot. The photographer? Why, little ole moi of course! I took a total of 97 pictures....and used 12! Hehehehe. Thank God for digital!

Without further ado, I present to you my 2007 Calendar:














How CUTE are these, eh? *wink, wink!* hehehe. I just LOVE my calendar! They oh so PROUDLY grace my desk at work. And I'm actually having more made so I can have at least another set at home :)

Just a super duper SLIGHT wish list for calendar designers for next year: I WISH you fine ladies would make the spaces for photos a LI-I-I-I-TLE bit bigger for those of us with more than ONE child. It was HARD to try and squeeze in all 4 kids for some of the frames! Sheesh! I had to cut and paste and clone a few of the pages to get my little sweethearts into the frame :) But hey, I think it was all worth it in the end! I am HAPPY with the results of my little project!

Now, to press publish before my wonky connection (grr!) and blogger trip out on me.

TTFN!

Just Had to Share.....

have you m&m'd yet? I have! Check it out:

That's me, resplendant in RED (of course!) and wearing my red crocs, hehehe.

Ok, I need to access some layouts from my EHD (that's external hard disk to those who are slightly-technologically-impaired, hehehe) to share with you. Stay tuned!