It's her birthday!

This angel, this little girl, just turned 10 today. It's hard to believe that 10 years has gone by as quickly as it has. I'm bracing myself for the next 10 and will do my best to hold on to each and every little moment for as long as I can. And I will certainly work on capturing and preserving the moments like the one below...



The annual Sandwich Fair! It wouldn't be autumn in NH without it :)

For My Mom :)

This is it. The project is finally done. Though it's just a little book it feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and my heart.
























This is the first project I've made that's all about my Mom. She died 17 years ago when I was 17 years old. That's a long time. It's a lot of grieving, a lot of tears, a lot of anger. It's also a lot of growing and living too. This little book is something that reminds me of some of the "little things" about my Mom that made her who she was. I'm also reminded that this is the reason I love scrap booking. It can be so therapeutic and preserve so much...even the "little things".

All the patterned paper used is from the Basic Grey Porcelain Collection.

Clearing the dust off...

Okay so things have gotten a little dusty around here on my blog :( (I don't think anyone reads it anyway). I spent some time at a fellow scrapper/friend's house over the weekend where she held a class and she inspired me! I need to scrap more! She has 5 children and home school's them and still finds the time to scrap, submit work for design teams and blog about all of it on a regular basis! So what if I work full time, I can find time to do this!Right?? Well I'll keep trying anyway :)

I'm actually working on a little book of my Mom. I should have started it when I posted those pictures but the avoidance monster reared its ugly head! Better late than never though, and I've been working pretty diligently so I hope to have it finished soon. I'm actually quite pleased with how it's turning out so far and can't wait to post pictures...even if no one is looking :p

Oops!

So... stupid me forgot to take pictures of the cards that I made for my daughter's teacher! :( They came out really cute too. I was just in such a hurry to get them to her that I completely spaced that I was going to post them on here! Oh well!

I realized the other day on the anniversary of my Mom's death (17 years ago) that I haven't scrapped a single page honoring or remembering her! There are several reasons for this I think. One has been avoidance, for sure. I just know that when I sit down to do it there will be many emotions stirred and I just haven't wanted to deal with it. Another big reason is, I think I have put a lot of pressure on myself to make it perfect. I feel that I can't make it perfect so why even attempt trying at all? Basically it's a bunch of psychological road blocks that I simply MUST overcome!! I mean really, 17 years is WAY to long and I don't think there will ever be a perfect time or a perfect way to do it, I have to just DO IT!


My Mom, me (I was about a year old) and my sister (6)



My Mom (not sure what year this was taken)

Back to school...

(Big huge sigh) Back to school for my daughter which means back to work for me (another big sigh). I'm struggling with this as you can probably tell! It really feels like the summer just started! It feels like we JUST got out of school. Of course I think the weather here in New England is playing a big part in all of this because the "summer" weather really did just start!

Well, at least my scrap room/office is finally done, thanks to my hubby :)
I've been working on a few projects, one for a friend and some cards for my daughter's teacher. I will share when I'm finished! :)

For Baby

Here's a few pictures of some baby onesies that I "embellished" for my daughter's dance teacher. She's due to have a baby boy a month from today!





The picture doesn't really do them justice, they came out really cute. I used Stampin' Up! Craft ink to stamp the baby and monster images (both from a muse stamps) then printed the phrases onto some iron-on transfer paper using my computer. The font is CK Curly Cursive.

I really need to work on a better way to photograph my projects! I'm still working on this room of mine, hopefully when I'm done (sometime this year!) I'll be able to create a better set up for pictures. :)

Blog name change

I've been trying to come up with a name for my blog that I really like, well this weekend it came to me (inspired by a book I was reading)...Jenniferland (that's not the title of the book by the way). So of course the name is already taken on Blogger (Jennifer is like the most common name on the earth...which I forever scolded my mother for through most of my childhood!) I had to try a bunch of alternatives and this was the closest I got, Jennifersland (they won't let you use characters). I like it though, it's a little catchier (is that a word?!) and I think it fits (I hope)!