Tag: scrapbooking
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Easter Gesture {Photo Fridays}
The holidays are a wonderful time for us all to bring out our cameras. There are endless photo opportunities. Smiles, decor, food, family, friends, all full of love and excitement. Many times they’re posed, “say cheese”, “just one more”, “hey, so-and-so, get in the photo” and on and on. And these capture wonderful family memories.…
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Scrapbooking Heritage Photos {Feeling Crafty}
My beautiful grandmother was ahead of her times. In the ’50’s / ’60’s she was an entrepreneur–owning and operating a beauty salon. She was fierce–a divorcee with 2 kids who fell in love again and married my very handsome, romantic and loving Vivi (the best grandfather a girl could’ve ever wanted!). She was mother to…
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Paper, Crafts, Layouts, Tags {Photo Fridays}
Yes, I really am doing a post on my blog, about a layout, about my blog! Silly, but I really want to offer my fellow crafters some tips on photographing layouts for online posting. I created the page and took these photos early February, but haven’t had the opportunity to share them, so here we…
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Bucket List: Layout a Day {Feeling Crafty}
Do you ever look back on something you accomplished and wonder “why the heck doesn’t EVERYONE do this at least once in their life?” That’s how I feel about Layout a Day (LOAD), a month long challenge led by the super wonderful, absolutely adorable, spunky and charismatic Lain Ehmann. A few times a year, Lain leads about…
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Can a Picture Really be Worth a 1,000 Words?
Have you ever scrapbooked a page with no words? Let me tell you, if you haven’t, you should! It’s a challenge, but made me realize how important it is to capture images that can tell a story all on their own. Here we are, a week into LOAD213 and I am loving it so far! Creating a…
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Life Changer
There are certain things in life that are definitely life changers… meeting and falling in love with your soulmate, holding your baby in your arms for the first time, discovering a hidden talent, following a dream, traveling abroad – especially alone! And for me, participating in my first layout a day (LOAD) challenge, February of 2012. “Life changer”…
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