Several folks have asked how I made the tags for our office gifts. It really was a simple process, but it occurred to me that it might be simple because I know how to use graphic design software. Now, “know how” is a tricky term. As in – easy for me, maybe not so easy […]
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I Am Completely Unprepared
I’ve been so busy bah-humbuging the early arrival of the holidays, that it suddenly occurred to me that it’s almost the holidays. And I’m completely unprepared!!!It’s one thing to decide to forgo the holiday décor. After all, we’ve just purchased the Hayley House – it’s too much to decide how we’re going to (afford to) […]
It’s a Dirty Job, But Someone’s Got To Do It
It’s a quiet evening and I’m in desperate need of a mindless activity. What to do? How about downloading all of the photos from my digital camera, plus the photos taken by family and friends, from the last five months? (Ack! How did I let this get so far behind??) Two hours later, all 464 […]
What I Did on My Fall Staycation: Day 1
Monday (Labor Day) – a great start to Staycation. I finally scrapbooked our Ireland vacation. Not too bad, considering that we went in 2005!
Adaptive – actually reactive – Strategy
I am tired of being behind in scrapbooking. I mean, bone tired. There are just too many random things that happen to keep me from staying on task with my hobby, and there are just too many random things in life that I want to remember in a scrapbook. It’s a dilemma. I’ve decided to […]
Sample Layouts
Just a couple of layouts to give you an idea of what appeals to me, both in looks and in ease of production. The following layout is from a trip we took in 2004 to southeast Kansas. It’s actually the first of a several page layout. I built my pages by pulling color out of […]
Method to the Madness
Like many folks, I love to scrapbook. Alas, it’s a hobby that I’m not always able to dedicate a lot of time to. However, I was able to finish a ton of scrapbooking at the Hayley scrapbook studio in Tyler, Texas, last week. I think that, altogether, the finished product was around 20 pages. There […]
My Own Personal Scrapbook Shop
AKA – my mother-in-law’s house. She has every tool, stamp, glue, machine and gadget imaginable. She’s reading this blog and I’m sure she’d be quick to point out that there are several more things she has yet to get to complete her scrapbook studio. I am LOVING my time here. Helping out around the house […]