I have been experimenting with digital scrapbooking. My husband is thrilled with this.

I found a site called PicNik.com that allows you to download from Flickr and do some pretty cool things with your photos in a very fast and simple way.

Every year, we take a pumpkin picture. Or, I should say, my husband takes the picture and whatever children are around (including in utero) and I are in the picture.

I fooled around with some funky vignetting effects after m...
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In my absence from blogging here, I have been doing a little shopping. Bargain shopping that is! I have found some good deals on scrapbooking items locally. Here are my secrets to not spending too much on scrapbooking:

The Dollar store. Believe it or not, our local Dollar store has a number of scrapbooking items for, you guessed it, $1! From stickers to kits to papers and albums, the dollar can be a source for your scrapbooking addiction. I like to let my son use the Dollar Store s...
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We have done several fun family outings lately that I am looking forward to scrapbooking. The kids had a blast at Maple Sugar Days at Lake Farm Park and we have been getting out more to the playgrounds and parks as the weather is improving (slightly). I have not been online as much lately so I am looking forward to checking out some great pages on this site. I will post some pictures and pages soon.
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I have been sick again and my scrapbooking (along with my household duties) has suffered. I have so many wonderful ideas and new techniques that I have been reading about in some of the scrapbooking magazines that I want to try. Well, I have to clean off my workspace-again- and get back to work. That is, after I catch up on the laundry, cleaning and homeschooling. Well, maybe I won't wait that long!
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I was blessed to be able to spend an evening at a play at our local playhouse with my MIL earlier this week. It seems that I can not keep scrapbooking off my mind! The play was called "Intimate Apparel" and it was about a seamstress who made lady's corsets at the turn-of-the-century. The set and the costumes were rich with wonderful patterns and colors. Although I was too tired by the time I got home that night (I am not used to being out late anymore!), I jotted some inspirations in my journal ...
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