Born July 23rd, the only girl in a litter of five puppies — here’s Baby Macalester! Rachel and I went to see the pups for the first time tonight. Sarah has strep, so I made her stay home with John.
Experimentation
Here\’s a layout I completed for a co-worker\’s retirement scrapbook. To look at it, it is nothing special, artistically speaking. But I am very pleased with it because … I tried something old and I tried something new. The old
Scotties DO Shed
I discovered yesterday that Scotties DO shed — I have all these short, black hairs on my floor. They’re too short to belong to Sarah or Rachel. Sydney is the only culprit. And speaking of the culprit — here she
Color Forecast
‘I ran across this blog article about possible hot colors for the 2005-2006 fashion season. I mention it here because I\’ve noticed over the years that scrapbooking color trends do tend to follow fashion color trends. Here\’s the link, if
The Countdown
781 days until I no longer have to pay daycare. What will we do with all that extra money? Oh yeah, it will probably go to pay our health and dental insurance premiums…
Macalester’s Rose
As I mentioned in a previous posting to the list, we buried Macalester’s ashes between her two favorite roses. One of the roses, a Henry Hudson, was dying — I noticed it the week Macalester started to fail. At the
Class Schedule for July through September
Wednesday, July 6 at 6 pm: Versatility of VellumSaturday, July 16 at 1 pm: Gr8 StartWednesday, July 20 at 6 pm: Introduction to ScrapbookingThursday, July 28 at 6 pm: Paper Techniques Thursday, August 11 at 6 pm: Introduction to ScrapbookingWednesday,
New Class: Mini Books #2
Mini Books #3 ($18) – “Sticks & Stitching”. In Part 3 of this series, we’re ramping up the size a bit to create two journal-styled books using conventional (stitching) and non-conventional (sticks) binding techniques. You\’ll love these versatile mini books!
Did You Know…
Here’s an interesting tidbit I learned from one of my scrapping list: one inch of pattern paper represents somewhere between 75 and 100 scrapbook pages. That’s a lot of pages! I can verify that number is true (or close to
Sarah the Gymnast
Sarah does a handstand as part of her floor exercises. Her other teacher, Theresa, is right there to help.