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life: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 2, 2013. If I am very very quiet, no one will notice I am in here all by myself. Heck, who am I kidding? I abandoned blogging over a year ago when I returned to work full time. I used to love having stories to tell and photos to share about my life. But then I took a new career path. Instead of working 15 hours a week as a professor, I now work 50 hours a week at the same college. What do I do? The December kit (my first! Supplies: Cardstock: American Crafts, Paper: American Crafts, Cr...
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life: September 2010
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Friday, September 24, 2010. Once upon a time. I spent a little time quilting. I made a few blankets for family, but never really found it to be the right creative outlet for me. When I discovered scrapbooking, I boxed up my sewing machines and tucked them into the closet. However, years (and several scrapping styles) later, I brought one back out and began stitching on my layouts. And it felt just exactly right. Irish by Dora Phillips. Thursday, September 23, 2010. One thing she is for certain- a total g...
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life: March 2011
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Thursday, March 24, 2011. My desk is covered with gorgeous new Crate Paper products and I could not be happier! I just adore them- every single collection. Today, I decided to try the current Crate Sketch. I flipped it on its side and worked it without flowers and using Portrait collection. I have had these two wedding photos unscrapped for 13 years now! Thanks for stopping by! Have a super day! Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Happy Hump Day- Freebie! How is your mid week treating you? Last week I was on "spr...
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life: June 2011
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Thursday, June 30, 2011. The new issues are up and going out. I love fresh magazine inspiration! Summer Issue of ScrapStreet.com Magazine:. And the July issue of GingerScrapsStreet Magazine:. Head on over to the ScrapStreet blog. Thursday, June 16, 2011. I have been on a quest to simplify this spring. It seems that I spent a good bit of my thirties adding things to my life. They were good things. Valuable things. Often even happy things. I was your girl. Need help? I love capturing moments of my children...
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life: Happy Hump Day--Freebie!
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Happy Hump Day- Freebie! How is your mid week treating you? I am looking out the window watching the crazy Chicago weather. We have had 70 degrees, rain, sleet, and snow all rolled into 3 days. Insanity! It is completely my fault. See, when my daughter was born she was completely bald. She could have doubled as Mr. Clean's love child. And she stayed that way until after her SECOND birthday. Just a little soft blond fuzz. What is a mom to do? March 23, 2011 at 11:54 AM. Thanks f...
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life: Simply Summer
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Thursday, June 16, 2011. I have been on a quest to simplify this spring. It seems that I spent a good bit of my thirties adding things to my life. They were good things. Valuable things. Often even happy things. There were an awful lot of things. I became the girl who just could not say no. Need a volunteer? I was your girl. Need help? I can lift that, do that, organize that. The thing is that I really do enjoy doing a little bit of everything so saying yes was never outside of my comfort zone. On Monday...
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life: July 2010
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010. We went to the zoo this morning and had such fun! Ok, so it was 90 degrees, but that did not stop us from loving it. Last week, each of us picked something we wanted to do this summer. We managed to do three so far- bowling, roller skating, and now the zoo. We got up early (8am which is the crack of dawn for our jr high girls) and were on the road by 8:45. Here we are at the front of the zoo at open- 9:30am. I love the this sign! How could I not take a picture here? Pretty soon ...
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life: September 2011
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Thursday, September 15, 2011. We have spent six full years working together to inspire readers all over the world and we have loved every minute. A few months ago, as I was doing some archiving, I counted up the number of published pretties in our storage. At that point, we had published more than 10,000 gorgeous scrappy creations. So we have a present. A great big scrappy present. How do you win? The luck of the randomizer. How do you enter? So glad you asked. You may have up to five entries:. 3 Blog ab...
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life: Proactive
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Sunday, September 11, 2011. On the first day of my new job as a program developer, my boss said "proactive" was the one thing he most desired in this role. He really did not seem to care what I accomplished as long as something got done. He described the many different programs that were in my portfolio and the areas that could be included. Let's see if I can make sense of this. Proactive, boss says. Pick an area and go to it. Wow. Restoration was probably my all time fave Craft Paper line (so far! A lit...
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life: Sketching Crate
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Thursday, March 24, 2011. My desk is covered with gorgeous new Crate Paper products and I could not be happier! I just adore them- every single collection. Today, I decided to try the current Crate Sketch. I flipped it on its side and worked it without flowers and using Portrait collection. I have had these two wedding photos unscrapped for 13 years now! Thanks for stopping by! Have a super day! March 24, 2011 at 5:32 PM. I like I like! Im going to have to try that sketch now. :). May 10, 2011 at 10:46 AM.