An Actual Finished Layout!

It has been a little too long since I completed a layout.  It feels good to get back to scrapbooking.  I made this layout of my son at age 3 (2007).  I think that it is actually better for me to scrapbook things a year or so later.  There are things that I notice and appreciate in the pictures from a couple of years ago that I do not think I would have noticed at the time the picture was taken. 

Week in Review

This week my daughter lost her ninth baby tooth.  She stayed up two hours past bedtime wiggling it until it was loose enough to come out.  I was making bread for the next morning and I heard a shriek from upstairs...not a scarey shriek, but a totally excited one.  Her brother quickly got in on the excitement.  He is 6 and has not lost a baby tooth yet.  After seeing her bloody mouth he declared "I do not want to ever loose a tooth EVER!"

I have been trying to learn how to use my camera (that I have had for four years).  I took photography classes in high school and used a 35mm camera (can't even imagine it now) and I even had my own black and white darkroom.  I really enjoyed it and I am hoping to get back to photography now.

Here are some pictures I took of my kids yesterday while I was trying to remember everthing I learned in high school photography 16 years ago :)

Have a great weekend!

Just testing...Again

Craigslist Table: Before and After

I bought this table, a similar coffee table and end table on Craigslist for $120.00!  I sanded the top down, restained it, and put polyurethane.  For the legs, I painted them with brown semigloss paint.  The chairs were stripped down and repaired with wood glue and wood bondo and then painted brown to match the table chairs.  I then reuphostered the seats.  It came out really nice if I do say so myself!

Before:

After:

Acrylic Word Book

I can't believe we are already heading in to the last full week of August!  I am not sure where the summer went.  The kids and I went to their new school today to meet their teachers.  I can't believe that they will be going to 3rd and 1st grade!  I am so excited for them -  making new friends and learning all kinds of things (I am sure both good and bad, but hopefully way more good).  Have a great weekend everyone.

This is a project that I made last year, but I had some requests for pictures so here it is.  If you have any questions about how it is made, etc. just leave me a comment.

Thanks for stopping by!

Test

Just testing something out.

Baby Rattle Shaker Card

Here is a super cute shaker card I made for my good friend Marie.  She is due to have her baby Ryan anyday now and I can not wait to see the pictures of him!