Good Afternoon All,

I have had a very busy and somewhat stressful last few weeks. Thank goodness I have scrapbooking as a release for the stress. I have scrapped about 15-20 layouts recently, which is a clear understanding of my stress level and would like to share some of them with you.

The first picture is of my eldest daughter and her friend in their first duet together. They did very well in all of the competitions.

The second is a picture of my brother, father and grandfather. This is a total scraplift from a friend of mine. I saw her layout and totally pictured this photo on it, so she gave me permission to scraplift it. Thanks Scrapfriggentastic.

The third is a layout with a photo of my mother on her 1st Communion Day. She is the second from the right.

And the final one is of me and my cousin both sporting new outfits that my Auntie bought us. The photo doesn't do it justice but they were both white lace and I loved mine.

Hopefully I will get another layout of two done this weekend, but we will see.

Til Later.

Good evening fellow bloggers,

Happy Family Day fellow Albertan's.  I hope everyone had a super long weekend and spent some absolutely wonderful family time together today.

Well is sure has been eventful in my life lately.  Most recently an extended family member was medi-vac'd to Edmonton due to a complication with a pregnancy.  On Thursday February 17, 2011 the world safely welcomed Isabella Angel-Feather Magun into the world. Although she was over six weeks premature she weighed a healthy 4lbs 8oz and is very healthy.
I also made birth announcements for them which I will have to add later because I forgot to take photo's of them before I gave them to the Mom and Dad.
As well I have been a scrapping fool. I did particpate in an online crop throughout this weekend and I created nine new layouts and only one was scraplifted.  I am partial to this one:

as well as:

I was also lucky enough to spend a very productive all day crop yesterday at my local scrapbooking store.  It was a very good weekend.

Next weekend is a full weekend crop, which I am so looking forward to.  I have two topic's I would like to focus on, so I will start planning and preparing for the weekend.

Tell next time.

Michelle



February 4, 2011

I haven't had much time to scrap/craft this week as work has been very busy.  I am hoping I will sneak some time this weekend.  I do have some projects I would like to get done, so hopefully I will be successful.

Progress

I am so happy, I have now figured out how to publish photo's on the blog.  Believe me this is a great achievement for me. 

I have also had the chance this weekend to take photo's of the majority of my projects to date and will now be able to post them.  I have an earlier post that refers to the cookbooks I have completed for my three daughters as well as my green eyed niece.  I am attaching photos of the covers of the books as well as samples of the pages within.

I have placed a picture of the person whose receipes follow.  The first pages of these books have photo's from my Great Grandmother,  which means that it is the girls Great - Great Grandmother.  I am so happy I have been able to do this for them.  It is my plan at this time to add to the books by at least one recipe for each birthday, Christmas or other important celebration in the girls lives.

Hope you enjoy.

Michelle

This is a sample of cards I made for a Craft it Forward Challenge.

I have attached a sample of cards that I made for a Craft it Forward Challenge.  I am donating these cards to the agency, IHUMAN. This agency is located in Edmonton AB and assists inner city high risk youths.  I do have some interactions with the agency and am very confident that the youths will truly appreciate them.  I am so grateful that I have been able to participate in this challenge.

Ezee Pzee Blog Hop

Join the blog hop and win this fun prize package from Ezee Pzee!!!!!
Just follow these rules and Go!

Ezee Pzee by Engravit

To participate in the blog hop (and maybe win some candy) is ezee! Visit each design team member’s blog and leave a comment. You will get one entry into a draw for some pretty amazing blog candy just for visiting and leaving a comment at each Dezign Team Member’s blog. Posting the picture of this candy on your own blog, along with a link back to Ezee Pzee will earn you another entry into the draw (just make sure to leave a comment letting us know that you added the link!).

 

 

So, what are you waiting for? The blog hop starts January 19th and ends on
January 25th. If you lose your way at any time here is a full list of all of the Dezign Team blogs with links:

Ezee Pzee Facebook page (you’re here)
Shelley (http://ourboringlife-shelley.blogspot.com/)
Jennifer (http://createbyjennifer.blogspot.com/)
Rena (http://roadtocreativity.blogspot.com/)
Diana (http://missusgmoments.blogspot.com/)
Dana (http://poorscrapbooker.blogspot.com/)
Katie (http://scrappinginmemoryoftuffy.blogspot.com/)

Good luck and have fun everyone

 

 

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2011 which promises to be a great year.  I have attached a layout I recently did regarding one of my greatest accomplishments in 2010.  I do not make resolutions, however I repeatedly told myself in 2010 that I would focus on quitting smoking in that year and focus on the weight issue in 2011.  Well guess what?  It's 2011.  I am not going to be fanatical about weight loss, just make some healthier choices and try to break some old habits.  We shall see how this goes.  It seems as though I am having some difficulty posting the photo of the layout.  I will try later on my home commutor.  Have a great day.

Michelle