For the Art of it ...

Marin Girls' Trip Project

Here are a few pictures of the girls' trip I took with my Mom and sister in May of 2008.  

Yes, I am that far behind in my scrapbooking projects ... tee hee, but I know that some of you are too and you know who you are!

Front cover

Inside front cover ... journaling the upcoming pictures

Stop 1 ... Timeless Treasures in San Francisco where I picked up several letters that are yet to be hung up in the house.  Yes, they have been laying around for two years and I am okay with that ...

Stop 2 ... Heath Ceramics where Mary Jon picked up tiles to use on her back splash.

Stop 3 ... Downtown Marin with an awesome view of the bay.

Stops 4 and 5 ... San Anselmo where we hit a couple of garden centers and antique stores.

Back cover ... a beautiful ending!    

   

Remains of the Day Album

Sorry that I have been remiss in updating my blog, but this time of year is always hectic for me. 

I am enrolled in a really cool internet class called Remains of the Day that is being taught by Mary Ann Moss.  Here is a link to her website ... Dispatch from LA ... check it out!

Here are a couple pictures of my album from this class and I will be sure to post more of the album over the next couple of weeks as it evolves through the class.

 
Front of album

Back of Album

Inside of Album

A Quick Halloween Album

I did a quick Halloween album for my nieces - Kate and Kirby.  Here are a couple of pictures of the album ...

Here is the album cover that I made using a Making Memories album and predominantly Daisy D's Halloween paper for a couple of years ago ... using the stash that I have ... yeah!  I made the tag last year using techniques taught by Tim Holtz.

And here are a couple of the pages in the album ...

 
 
 

My Fall "Fill In" Mini Album

Today I finished up my fall "fill in" mini album and I am so excited to share it with you guys this evening.  I can hardly wait to start filling it in with pictures and other items that I pick up along the way this fall.

I used mostly Hambly overlays and Scenic Route paper with some vintage book pages and stickers.

It was hard to get a good picture of the cover because of the overlays, but you can get the idea of what it looks like in the picture above.

Here is a picture that shows the entire album:

Below are a couple of pictures from the inside of the album:

The Lids ...

I have never understood the fascination that my younger brother Scott and my brother-in-law Craig have with hats or "lids", but it appears the gene has been tranferred to my nephews as well. 

I started this mini album over a year ago because the pictures it contains are some of my favorites and I absolutely love the other supplies that were used ... Tinkering Ink paper, Hambly overlays, and Seven Gypsies Zany stickers.

So, another project completed ... yeah!

 

San Diego Mini Album

I am so excited as I just finished up the mini album that I started for my sister a couple of weeks ago.  It went together fairly quickly at first; however, the creative juices began to run dry about a week into the project.  I plodded along every day trying to do just one thing and this afternoon it picked up again and I was able to complete it ... or at least to the level that I will be giving it to her so that she can journal about the trip herself.  The album I used for the project was a Creative Imaginations Bare Elements Peek-A-Book album and all of the paper and embellishments were Basic Grey Lime Rickey.

 

For this family trip, we rented a house in San Diego that was right on the beach.  The boys loved it as they were able to roll out of bed every morning and head to the beach to play in the sand and water.

MJ and the little boys came in first, so we headed to the beach to wait on the other to fly in for the week.  Miles and Cole had a blast on the beach as they were the only ones there.

Next up are a couple of pages about the fabulous zoos that we visited there.  The kids had a ball at each of them and they both had a very different feel to them, but both were amazing in their own way.

The kids loved the Wii that I brought down for the week .. both the little kids and the big kids (i.e. - Craig and Scott).  Every night we had a tournament ... bowling, shooting, tennis, etc.  It was a great way for the kids to have fun so that all of us gals could sit around and talk.

Uncle Scott even made a sand turtle with all of the kids.  Isn't it the coolest!

One day we headed down to Tijuana for a little shopping and some great photo ops.  The boys wanted wrestling masks and boy where they plentiful there.  We even took the family Christmas card picture there, but the one above was of just my sister's family. 

On one of the final days there, we piled into the cards and drove up to La Jolla and headed to the beach to take a few family photos.  They are some of my favorite photos to date!

The last pull out is of Mary Jon and the little boys on Coronado Beach.  Such a fun place to see!

So, another project off the to do list and only a couple hundred more to go ...

Another mini album ...

I decided to make a mini-album / journal for both my Mother and sister (Mary Jon) for our upcoming Italy trip.  I don't want to have to capture their thoughts in my journal ... tee hee! 

I will complete the album tomorrow and will be sure to post it.

I got a late start today as I slept in until almost 1 p.m.  Guess it was my body's way of telling me to slow down, huh?  After I finally dragged myself out of bed, I rolled a lot of change.  Can you believe that my pocket change from the past year added up to more than $500?  I was shocked ...  needless to say it is going into my bank account on Monday so that I can purchase something fabulously lavish (without any guilt) during my upcoming trip ... pretty good plan don't you think?

This evening I headed to church and we are currently doing a series on Psalms 23.  It is really a good series and if you would like to check it out ... go to itunes.com and type in Big Valley Grace to download the pod cast.  You won't be disappointed!

After church I picked up some food at Tasty Thai and came home to watch a few Italy episodes from Rick Steves.  Talked to Mom and we decided to stay longer in Florence and take day trips out.  However, we both stated that we reserve the right to change our mind once we arrive in Florence.

Only a couple of more days until we leave for Italy, but tons of work that needs to be done prior to my departure ... never enough time in the day ... until tomorrow ...

Journal for Italy

One of my goals for Italy is to capture daily all that I have done or seen ... okay ... maybe just the highlights of the day.  Since I probably won't take the time to access this blog every day, I thought that I needed to create a place to capture all of these fabulous thoughts that I will be having while on vacation.  So, here are a couple of pictures of the journal  that I created ... enjoy ...

 

 

 

back of each page

Baby Book for Petra & John

At the baby shower yesterday, I gave John and Petra a small book that can quickly be filled in with pictures when Lia arrives later this month.  Below are pictures of the album ... enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supplies:  Small Red SEI album, Basic Grey Offbeat paper, Making Memories Baby Metal Charms, Hero Arts Adorable Baby stamps, various colors of seam binding and assorted colors of Stickles