I'm Not Kidding.

I'm seriously learning it.

And you can too. You KNOW you want to.

Here's your tutorial. Or come on over to my place and we'll work on it together. It would be more fun to do with friends. :)



Loved your music, MJ. Rest in Peace. (moonwalk exit)

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy fathers day to my dad (whom I love dearly!) and to my hubby, the father of my three kiddos (whom I also love dearly). Here's my tribute to them for the day:

Hope you all have a great fathers day!

And, just because it makes me smile... here's the collection of goodies I'm playing with this week. Keep your eye out for some completed projects with this summery goodness!

FREE JS Photo Editing Class

Do you take digital photos? Then you've GOT to take this class!!!



Go to Jessica Sprague.com to sign up (on June 22). Her classes are wonderful and you'll learn so much! It's in celebration of her site's 2 year anniversary.

Hope to "see" you there!

Everyone Can Write (a little)

Cathy Zielske says so.
*Post updated on 5/8 with an additional photo*



So I joined the bandwagon and took her class.

It focuses on using microblogging (Facebook or Twitter) to record what goes on in your daily life.

(So, for those of you who are my FB friends and feel like you've had a little TMI about my life... it should slow down now that the class is ending!)


It has been so very fun to do and the result of this fun little mini album made it so worthwhile.

This is helping me work harder on telling the story behind the photos and pages I make in scrapbooks. That's what is important anyway!

More Projects for the Store

Here are a couple of sneek peeks for some layouts I did for my LSS, Paper Pals. You can see more details about all my layouts by visiting the Design Team Blog.

My favorite is the layout where I quote the verses Romans 7:18-25. A recent goal I've had is to focus more on the writing that goes onto my pages versus just photos and pretty embellishments, and I also want to share more of my faith in my pages for my kids to read in the future. This layout does both.

It's also a confession that following Christ is not easy, and I struggle with wanting to do things my way. Thankfully God "gets that" and is still there for me!

Another layout features my 2nd grader's artwork. She amazes me, and I love to make *some* of the artwork she creates important enough to feature on a layout.

When Dwayne took the kids fishing last fall (thanks Dr. Mike and Mr. Chris!), they got some great shots. Paper Pals had some fun paper that worked well for a layout to commemorate the fishing trip.

I've had some serious fun doing these layouts! What's been fun for you lately?

Scrappy Class

I don't consider myself a very good teacher. But I was flattered when a neighbor asked me to share my passion of scrapbooking with her friends.

Sooo... tomorrow is it! I'll be teaching a small group of Japanese women the basics of scrapbooking. I've put together some kits to make two layouts and a card.

I'm really looking forward to the opportunity and bringing yet more women into this fabulous hobby! I'll even get to meet some new friends (and possibly a word or two in the Japanese language). Wish me luck!

being your mother is a joy

I recently created this layout to celebrate Mother's Day. (scraplifted from Emilie Ahern)

I'm so thankful to have the role that I have as mom of these three great kids. Every day is a challenge and there is more than one occasion each week where I want to pull my hair out (just keepin' it real!), but I think my smiles and know my LOVE for them outweighs the hard stuff.

I often question my tactics and choices and definitely say and do things that I'm not too thrilled with later. But my kids love me and forgive me. And we all just try to count on eachother as we learn how to be the best peeps that we can be!

A shout out to my two sisters who are enjoying their first Mother's Day this year! I'm praying for you to to enjoy your kids and make the best parenting choices that you can. Train them up!

And, for a laugh this mother's day, check out this SNL skit. Humor makes this job better, doesn't it?


Happy Mothers Day!