A last minute entry . . . I had these Layouts almost complete, so I just had to finish them with titles and journalling . . .

These are Layouts of the photos we took when we were at

The Fountain in Forsyth Park.

The flowers were beautiful and very fragrant.

 

 

With this post, stats:	This post	March 13	January, '13	Cumulative '13
ALSB pages	4	12	62	78
. . .Digi Pages . . . Completed paper pages	0 8	2 24	0	2 32
. . Misc cards . . . ALCM (cards)	0 0	2 11	0	2 11
Projects	0	0	0	0

It's beginning to look a lot more like Spring, FINALLY ! !

I spent the better part of the weekend scrapping and ALSBing . . .
And I need to keep going on my vacation scrapbook project,
mainly because I am planning on following it with a catch-up on the grandkids books . . . all, long overdue!

But in the mean time, here are a few of the Layouts that I have made of our recent trip to Savannah, Georgia, with our friends Bob and Linda.

We visited Tybee Island, on a beautifully sunny day. towards the end of our stay. Even though the temperatures weren't the greatest, it was certainly much better than up here in "The Northland"!

The first pair of double Layouts are of our visit to The Lighthouse and Museum on Tybee Island . . .

 

Then as we were winding down our tour of Tybee Island, we stopped for a "little dinner" . . . Island style . . . The Crab Shack. This place was really great! We had a huge tray of boiled treats, like; two kinds of crab, shrimp, crayfish (crawdads), clams, some boiled potatoes, small cobs of corn, and some spicy sausages. We ordered the servings for three, hoping it would be enough and we ended up barely making it through it! (we did leave some of the sausage . . .)

We also played on the grounds outside the restaurant . . . pictures with HUGE gators, some real baby gators, and even one that Kent could wrestle . . . fake, or course . . . 

 

 

So this brings my cumulative count to :

With this post, stats:	This post	March 13	January, '13	Cumulative '13
ALSB pages	8	8	62	70
. . .Digi Pages . . . Completed paper pages	0 8	2 16	0	2 24
. . Misc cards . . . ALCM (cards)	0 0	2 11	0	2 11
Projects	0	0	0	0

(I love that those completed pages are rising !)

 

Today it is darned cold!
I believe the last time I checked, it was -13 degrees windchill!
It makes for a good day to stay inside and get some crafting done!!

Yesterday I spent the day re-organizing multiple scrapbooks,
entering past layouts from previous PSL (professional scrapbooking league)
and then actually scrapping!

I know I have a LONG WAY to catch up to Sister Lynn, . . .  
but I wonder if I have more completed ALSBs to fill . . .
and maybe a possiblity of catching up !

These are four doupble LOs that I completed and added to cumulative chart;

                                   Thanksgiving 2012, using CS Welcome  (04/11)

Another LO of Thanksgiving using CS Welcome (04/11)

Mikayla's Graduation from BB4C,  Kids USA

Using CS Scholarship (10/10)

 

Loralei's Graduation from Preschool at Faith Lutheran

Using CS Scholarship (10/10)

(These are completed except for journalling, which will be completed by the little girls parents or myself)

Todays total;

With this post, stats:	This post	March 13	January, '13	Cumulative '13
ALSB pages	0	0	62	62
. . .Digi Pages . . . Completed paper pages	0 8	2 8	0	2 8
. . Misc cards . . . ALCM (cards)	0 0	2 11	0	2 11
Projects	0	0	0	0

With this post, stats:	This post	January, '13	Cumulative '13
ALSB pages	0	62	62
. . .Digi Pages . . . Completed paper  pages	2 0	0	2 0
. . Misc cards . . . ALCM (cards)	2 11	0	2 11
Projects	0	0	0

This is an updated count including the ALCM card I made on the 14th,
I have made two more cards, one for the Birthday Card Swap at Club Scrap.
(I am always experimenting with cardmaking and will might not put them in
this count of papercrafting . .. )

Wow!
So much going on, I can hardly believe that it has been a month since I last posted !

The end of February, beginning of March we "escaped Wisconsin"
to spend a few days in Savannah, Georgia. I am working on downloading photos,
so those will be coming soon!

In the mean time, I made a few cards ;
These 11 cards were made using the Club Scrap Kit called Tie Die, from
January, 2003.
Some of the Layouts for these cards were taken from the Club Scrap kit
Up, Up, and Away (February, 2013).
These are called  Assembly Line Card Making  (ALCM).
I used a number of different stamps from my Club Scrap Unmounted Stamps,
from several different kits. 

 



**As I work on downloading and printing the photos from our Georgia trip, I am getting into the competitive mode, to start back into little competition I have with my Sister Lynn, in AZ.
She is miles and miles ahead of me in this little race, but I plan on getting back into the race !
Love you Sis ! 

 

 

What do you do with a couple of photos of childrens eyes??
You make Valentines out of them . . .

 

 

 

 

 

I got this really neat idea from a papercrafting kit I bought and when I tried it,

it turned out great! ! !

 

It is a tri-fold card that looks like this when you first see it,

 



  

Then when you refold it, it might look something like this:

 

 



Cute idea, huh??

 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ! !

    

There have been so many things keeping me from scrapping, lately,
and I thought I would take some time to post some pictures . . .

About three weeks ago, we started remodeling our kitchen.
Not that our kitchen "really needed" to be remodeled, but it has been twenty two years, with only a change in wallpaper and replacement/repair of the flooring.

These are pictures of the kitchen in mid-January, before we began the demolition:

   

From the time the counter tops were picked up, for two weeks we lived with a mess in the kitchen, and  the water being turned off for only a few days . . .

The following are now pictures of the ceramic tile work that we did:
We chose pretty neutral 3"X3" tiles with glass 1"X2" glass tiles in the middle. It has a really nice affect, and when the new floor is eventually installed, all the same colors with be duplicated there.
The "window" over the sink was an idea we came up with. because there are none in the whole room. Using a pattern made to the exact dimensions of the space above the sink to "map out" the design, we were able to create a pretty good replica!
You can also see the new counter tops here. I chose Formica that looks like granite, rather than the real thing.

        

These are a couple of pictures that show the "new kitchen" with the exception of the flooring:

       

Hope you like it, I know we sure do ! !