A Layout!

After I realized how long it had been since there had been any scrapbooking done in this scraproom of mine I set out to change that.  I will say in my defense I did a mini-album for my Dad back in January for the occasion of his birthday.  Interestingly enough it was on the same subject I have now decided to scrapbook, the cross country trip we took this past fall.  So without further talking from me here is the layout.

Pattern Paper is My Minds Eye, Cardstock is Colorbok and CTMH, Ribbon is unknown I am afraid as its been in my stash for ages and ages,  Chipboard is a combo of Heidi Grace and Lil Davis, Ink is Olive from CTMH

This page will be the title page for the whole album.  So page number one done now on with the rest of the album! lol

Sara Bareilles

This is an old one however I just love this video. The song is "Gravity", and if you notice by the end it is as though you have moved away from the planet during the course of her singing. As though she has defied gravity. Love her voice and I can't think of a song she has made I don't enjoy listening to, even the sad ones, because her voice is such a joy.

Cards times three

Cards! Cards! Cards!  I scrapbook.  Really I do. lol  I simply cannot remember the last time I did a layout.  I should probably work on changing that.



This is a card I recently made for a male friend of mine and I have to say cards for gentleman are difficult.  Don't most of our papers and embellishments lend themselves to women?  Have you noticed that too?  Well I have gotten some practice in the last couple of weeks as I have been trying to make sure a mailbox in Texas is seeing something besides bills these days.  As I told him during this time I want him to get some good mail.  Something to make him smile.  I think we all like to open the mailbox and see the handwriting of a friend when we are going through something difficult.

This card uses several things I am just adoring these days...Stamps designed by Tim Holtz, new paper from MME and that bracket shape.

This is another card kept simple because again it is for a gentleman, the same friend.  I used paper from MME's Hattie paper pack that I recently picked up at Impress.  The stamp is another designed by Tim Holtz. 

My Scraproom Updated

I received a request to post some updated photos of my scraproom showing the last two shelving units that were added last week.  The shelving units added are the smallest ones in the Expedit series at IKEA.  I have the medium and the small in the room now along with the desk attachment on one of the medium ones.  I've been working in the room now for a month and I still love them.  In these photos you can also see  red boxes in some of the shelves, white in others and those are also from IKEA made to fit with these bookcases/shelf units.  So on to the the updated photos!

This one is just inside the door and to the left.  Inside its shelves are my scrapbook and card magazines.  IKEA again for the magazine holders.  I really like the white ones with the metal edging because the price was right and they are reinforced with the metal to hold up with the use I'll be giving them.  The red boxes hold some books I want to keep in my scraproom and some papers yet housed like this it makes for a very clean look and also makes keeping things clean easy.  The unit puts my paper cutter at a perfect level as well.

In this view of the room from the door you can see the unit that has been added at the end of the desk.  At first I was not crazy about this because the new unit is about an inch and a half taller than the desk.  Now though with my laptop on it and a few days to think about it I like the idea of that height difference as it protects my laptop from what I am doing on my scrap desk.  It also keeps brads, eyelets and other small items from rolling away.  Now as for what is in the unit...I got the covered white boxes here because I am keeping various stamps in these (wood mounted rubber in one and flat rubber & clear in the other) and I wanted a lid on them.  In the other two spots I have temporary containers holding inks and cards that are made and ready for mailing.  Next time I am at IKEA I will be picking up two more of those red boxes for these spots.

Here is how the desk looks now that the bookcase has been added to the end.  It is so nice to have all this space to work on.  Everything is handy and so scrapping is enjoyable and clean up is a breeze.

Greg Laswell

I got sent home several weeks ago with some new to me music to listen to. One of the songs, Comes and Goes(in waves) by Greg Laswell has become a favorite.  I am loving his voice. Between wanting to get some of his songs and Matthew Mayfield's new CD my downloads from Amazon are going to be busy the next few weeks.

Perfection On A March Day

One of my favorite movies is "Bed of Roses" and one character thanks another for a day of "too much perfection".  Well yesterday as I was on the way into Seattle that line came to mind.  It was a day of way too much perfection here in my corner of the northwest.   No matter which way you turned your head nature's beauty surrounded you.

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Here is a look back at the Olympic Peninsula as I was crossing the Hood Canal Bridge.

Leaving Bainbridge Island aboard the M/V Tacoma

Mt. Baker as seen from Puget Sound

 Mt. Rainier as seen from Puget Sound



 Downtown Seattle, the Cascade Mountains and Elliot Bay

 Close up of downtown Seattle

This shot lets you see just about everything.  On the far left is Queen Anne Hill, then the Space Needle, downtown Seattle, Qwest Field, Safeco Field and of course the Cascade Mountains behind it all.

Buttons, Buttons, and more Buttons!

A happy little card filled with buttons in honor of the first day of spring.  My favorite part was playing with the whitewash cardstock by coredinations on the tree trunk. 

Supermoon

Do you know that tonight the moon isn't just the moon but a supermoon? Yes, it comes complete with a cape, tights and all. Okay maybe not a cape or tights I made that part up, it will be very bright though. I hope you will have a chance to see it. Here is a very quick shot I managed to get as it was rising over the harbor here. The photo doesn't come even close to how beautiful it was in person. Sorry you just had to be here.

Retro Moment

Hanging out with one of my friends last night watching the Dual Spires episode of Psych, which was their tribute to Twin Peaks, somehow this song came up in the conversation.




The song is One More Try by Timmy T.  I had not thought of the song or heard it since high school. As soon as my friend, Leslie, mentioned it I HAD to hear it. The song was played a lot back in 1991 when it was number 1 on the billboard chart and I owned the cassingle of it. Just now listening to the song on YouTube and watching the video I must say I giggled. I enjoyed the retro moment and hope you do too even if you have no memory of the song I hope you can at least remember the clothes, the hair, the cars or something from those time and it makes you smile or chuckle. Thank you Timmy T for this enjoyable, albeit slightly cheesy, retro moment!

Amazing

This week has been amazing.  I can't put my finger on it just something about it has left me feeling thankful and very aware of those small things in life that keep you connected and feeling close to the important people in your life.  For me it's one those things that make life worth it and just leave me feeling happy.  You know that unexplained feeling that comes from inside and becomes a big smile lighting up your whole face.  That smile that leads people to ask you, "Why are you smiling?" and you don't have an answer for them.  Because honestly how can you explain a text from a friend saying simply "okie dokie" or one that told you that you make a friends heart happy or even another you got back from a friend in the middle of the night when you got home after a long drive glad you were there safely. To anyone else these small things wouldn't matter one teeny tiny bit.  To me these small moments with my friends have made my week amazing.  Along with a discovery of the very best corn dogs ever courtesy of one of my friends.  This is the stuff life is made of...all these small things.  Yes sometimes it is big moments that take our breath away however a lot of the time the really good stuff in life, the priceless stuff, can be found in these small, amazing moments.  So if you see me and I am smiling for no apparent reason you will know this is why.  I have great friends!

And just a small bit of left coast beauty from my corner.  The days are getting longer and spring is...well it is springing and that is just springy! lol