In 2019, if you asked me what my favorite colors are, I would have told you they were cobalt blue, Vikings/KSU Purple, and kelly green. They are all strong colors in the blue or neutral spectrum. What I didn’t know
Brooding as a Process
My Simple Scrapper Finishing Day project was to continue work on my Mom Trips album. It was a pocket page album, but it had been a struggle to make the photos fit into the page protectors and fill the pages.
How Scrapbooking Projects Really Work
One Saturday morning, my friend Natalie and I went on a riff about the actual steps in a large scrapbooking project. We’ve both done our fair share of large projects; there’s some serious experience behind these words. Now, for your
Time to Freshen Things Up
I’m playing around with themes for the blog. Please ignore the mess! At least it’s still readable.
Process Post: Shimelle’s Layer on Layer on Layer, Class #8 – Stamping
When I first watched this video, my thought was “Oh boy.” I’m not one to stamp on my layout, but I have been known to stamp and precision cut images to use in a layout. I decided to pass over
My March Organizing Journey
Here it is the last day of March. I’m feeling a little achy, but also a sense of satisfaction. I dedicated March to a major decluttering and reorganizing of MY spaces: the office I am writing in, a new sewing
Graphic Design Desire
Since grad school (turn of the millennium) with the encouragement from two of my profs, I’ve been trying to educate myself about graphic design. It’s been hit or miss, due to time and other constraints. Also, everything seemed to be
Wazzup Wednesday: 1-19-2022
Been a long while since I’ve made an update. Football season has come and gone, and we’re now into the heart of Winter in Minnesota. As I write this, the wind gusts from the latest cold front are rattling my
Favorite Three for June
Here it is, the last Wednesday of the month. Here are my favorites for June. Favorite Photograph A picture of all the kids, about a week before the first one left the nest. I miss these chicks. They were so
DSLR Woes
I seem to have forgotten how to use my big camera, my Canon D30. I’ve been having a hard time taking a good clear picture of the robins with it. My best pictures are coming from my Samsung S8. I’m