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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Goodbye Summer, Hello School!

What a wonderful summer it has been!  OK, maybe not the weather so much, but as a family we have had the most wonderful times... mostly!  But it has been busy, vacations, parks, pools, playdates, movies, camping and boating!  But I am starting to carve out some time for some serious scrapbooking.  I cannot believe how many photos I have of the summer just waiting to be cropped!

I found my good camera!  Thank the lord.  Just as I finally figured out what was wrong with the other one... but I am glad to have it back as I am just not a good photographer and I need all the help I can get.  So much for getting a new Fuji for my birthday...

My dear dad and grandma at our family reunion.  I used Curio by Basic Grey and added some Tim Holtz ribbon that I sprayed with Tattered Angels chalkboard spray (that stuff is the best), a dollar store doily, and a beautiful Kaiser Craft wooden bird that I covered with the new "sparly fluff" which is really so cool.  Then I stickled the letters in GRANDMA (but you can't really see that part).


My son's birthday at Chuck E Cheese with the Fancy Pants rocket/boy line.  As usual, the picture is bad.  I just glossy accented all the cardstock embellishments and then added some ribbon at the top and pop dotted the odd one.  I love the orange in this line though.


My son at the spray park with the Basic Grey Lauderdale line.  I sewed the side of the red piece in two different colours using the Sew Easy Blanket stitch.  I really like the look of the Sew Easy, but it definitely takes a bit of time to add to any page.  I think it is easier to add a bit here and there to the odd embellishmet, and use a sewing machine for the big jobs.  Sew not that easy, basically.  I always put flowers and sparkles on my poor boy's pages, but he loves it so far.  His dad?  Not so much.

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