Living My Dream

American Crafts Layout and Senior Pictures

My niece was visiting from Utah over the Thanksgiving week, so I took her Senior pictures. We went to so many locations in Balboa and Laguna and made it a two day photo shoot! I made this page below with some of my favorites taken in Blue Bird Canyon Park in Laguna Beach. All the products on this layout are by American Crafts - the Amy Tangerine line. I LOVE mixtape (American Crafts brand of washi tape). I am always trying to think of innovative ways to use products, so I sat staring at it for a while yesterday. I came up with these frames. I laid the tape on the front side of the photo along each edge with... Read more →

Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!!!

Hello blog readers! I meant to add this yesterday, but I forgot - Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I doodled a few gratitude quotes to get me in the mood for the holidays. So enjoy!!! And a close up to show my new addition of glitter on my drawings. Oh and another point to make - I (((think))) I made this one up myself! I hope I never heard it somewhere and repeated someone else's wise words. If so, I apologize because I am taking FULL credit for this little masterpiece - heeeehehehehe! Sorry, this one is washed out - not sure why the picture is weird. I added some felt stickers. Now THESE are MY colors - not... Read more →

Great NEWS and Baby Cuteness!

First off, the great news! I was asked to be on the Creating Keepsakes Dream Team again this year. This is my fourth year and I'm so glad they keep me around. It is the best gig I've ever had in the industry and I really AM going to retire when it's all over. They have the announcement on their blog today. They kept the same three contributing writers and most of the same Dream Team members this year so I get to work with the same amazing girls! Thank you CK for keeping me in the industry one more year!!! Next, I would like to announce that I am back to scrapping! I actually made THREE two page layouts... Read more →

More Inspirational Quotes

After I post this next series of inspirational quotes, I promise to get back to scrapping. I have only made one page in the past couple months. I'm very worried about this. I created this blog to share my scrapping. People visit my blog (I assume) to see said scrapping. Making pages has been my part time/at home job/hobby for the past six plus years. And I don't think I will be replacing that with my current love for doodling quotes. So yes, I have just coaxed myself back to scrapping and I will START tomorrow again. If the mojo returns that is. One of my faithful blog readers (faithful as in comes by and comments regularly, but I don't... Read more →

Inspirational Thoughts

Hello Blog Readers (if I still have any blog readers after being gone so long!): I am back home after two weeks of being gone. I am happy again after two weeks of crying. And I am ready to get on with life. Thank you for all of the kind comments on my last blog post - they were greatly appreciated during a difficult time! While I sat in the hospital by my brother's bed, I needed to keep myself occupied, so I started writing inspirational quotes down and coloring them. Then it became an obsession and I couldn't stop - I really believe it was part of my grieving process. I read so many quotes online that were helpful... Read more →