i had the chance to photograph an adorable little girl this past week. this is presley. presley’s mom was my neighbor, ziek’s, teacher at school last year. and ziek’s mom … my good friend ruth … would tell her about me. did that make sense? lol! ruth is determined to get me in business … i…

i gave you an extra few minutes … but mainly because i got caught up doing laundry. lol! so i used the random number generator site again … gotta love technology sometimes. here’s what it spit out for me: Random Integer GeneratorHere are your random numbers:5 12Timestamp: 2008-07-21 05:20:03 UTC Hi Laura. Recently I have…

i am in the middle of cleaning … in about 10 different parts of the house. so i came across this huge backstock of ribbon … back from when i taught classes and had stocked up on ribbon because i used so much in my kits. so i thought i’d do a super quick giveaway.…

have you been checking out the MM blog this weekend? they’re still doing tons of giveaways … and showing tons of photos and projects from the show. i thought i’d share a few more of the projects i created for the show. this was using the poolside paperie collection. this tin was made using the…

CHA is finally here … and making memories is there announcing all they’re incredible new product collection! and just because we’re not there with them … doesn’t mean we can’t join in on the fun! they are having a day of hourly updates and giveaways on their blog! you can win it before you can buy…

i was honored when megan asked me if i would host a guest challenge over on her new site, sketchbooknz. she has a great site going … lots of fun challenges and sketches … and a great place to chat. my challenge was to use ribbons and flowers in creative ways.     another thing that i love to do…

i promise i’ll be back tomorrow! been a busy few days. the annual crab and shrimp boil at my brother and sister-in-law’s house saturday … and amanda’s swimming/slumber party birthday party for the girls. sunday was a spur of the moment trip to IKEA for a shelf for our downstairs bedroom … determined to make it a…

wanted to share the card i made with the scraps from the last layout. used lots of the same ideas and products. same papers, same fun flowers, same journaling spot … and added in some fun brads, a little ribbon, and a rubon. easy-peasy! supplies:pattern paper – ki memoriesflowers – making memoriesbrads – making memories…

i wanted to scrap these photos of haley. i love those two photos on there … the ones that i took while she was sitting on my lap. holding my camera above me and not even looking … and still managing to get a great shot of her. so i made up this quick collage…

if you happen to check the MM BLOG today … you might have seen a new layout from me. here's a peek inside the flap of the layout … where i added my journaling. i had wanted to scrap these photos of the girls for a while now. and what better to use with these photos ……