Thankful page using Webster's Papers

Happy BIRTHDAY to my Brother John ( BUBBA to me, my sister says I should call him John.................some how that is not working for me).When she was last here from Ohio she kept talking to me about John and I actually seriously ask her who John was. When she told me I asked why she was calling him John now? Some 40 odd years later????? She told me he now has a doctor's office and she thought his name should be a little more professional and it was time for us to change.................Uuuuhhhhh No, just can not do it....sorry.

Any way John Geary was Born Jan 21 on a cold winter's day in beautiful Lake City, Fl previously know as Alligator at Lake Shore Hospital.

This is a photo of my brother and me, we are 14 months apart. My poor mother! We were both hyper kids that did not sleep alot, some things never change. My brother was known to eat pure sugar out of the sugar bowl.

He is now married and has 6 children, he never likes to be alone. I did not inherit that trait. You will see his children in lots of my pages. My daughter says they are in more of my pages than my own children.

Can we say willing subjects. Think I over exposed my own children.

Great Embossing idea shared on Scrappy Papers

Great idea Gail shared on her blog, she is an avid stamper and has great ideas.

Thanks, Gail #1
(Her family calls me Gayle #2)

http://scrappypapers.blogspot.com/

Tidbits
Take a sheet of cardboard and cover it with tin foil. Use this when you heat emboss. Place your stamped and powdered image on the foil. Heat image from the top and the foil will heat image from bottom giving you and evenly distributed heat. Your embossing will cure faster and you will have less warping of your paper.

I like to store embossing powders that I use alot of in resealable plastic containers. If the item you are embossing is small enough you can just dip it in the container and spool the powder over the paper. Great for white, clear, black or any other color that you use alot of. You can pick up Glad containers or a knock of brand for storage.


No need to try and save the excess and pour it back in to a small bottle.

Wish made with Webster's Pages

This photo is from my daughter's engagement shoot and I love this picture. I combined it with some of the Webster's Papers, they are all so beautiful if t is hard to choose a favorite.

http://www.websterspages.com
Check out their new lines that are coming out at CHA, I hope our local scrapbook shop http://scrappypapers.blogspot.com/ is ordering them or I will be shopping on line.

Whooping Crane's are an endangered species

These are Whooping Cranes and they are following the Sand Cranes. There are thousands of Sand Cranes and only 12 Whooping Cranes.

Sand Cranes at Payne's Prairie

We arrived at the park about 10 am and the weather was just beautiful in the mid 80's. Can you believe this is winter in Florida. We started at the beginning of the park, and the sounds of the birds was audible from the moment we got out of the car. This could not even prepare us for the outragous amount of birds that we would see and hear.

The trails led us on a trip of about 3-4 miles in to the marsh area, where we saw dozens of alligators of every size sunning them selves on the banks of the trail. There were alligators of every shape and size from little babies to 14 foot gators

I have so many photos of the day to share with you!

Payne's Prairie Sand Cranes

Yesterday my husband and I went to Paynes's Prairie in Gainesville Florida. He had read in the news paper that thousands of cranes had decided to winter at this location. If you can imagine seeing this many Sand Cranes in one location multiplied 100's of time over. They were every where, dancing their mating dance.


What an AMAZING once in a life time site. There were approximately 7000 Sand cranes and 12 Whooping Cranes. You could hear them long before you saw them.

Meghan and Allen will Honeymoon in Prague!!!

12.12.2008
Time to learn Czech

Allen and I are super excited...we are going to Prague on our honeymoon! Prague is the place I have dreamed about going to for years and it will happen in March! For those of you who don't know much about Prague, here a small description I found online:
"This magical city of bridges, cathedrals, gold-tipped towers and church domes, has been mirrored in the surface of the swan-filled Vltava River for more than ten centuries. Almost undamaged by WWII, Prague's compact medieval centre remains a wonderful mixture of cobbled lanes, walled courtyards, cathedrals and countless church spires all in the shadow of her majestic 9th century castle that looks eastward as the sun sets behind her. Prague is also a modern and vibrant city full of energy, music, cultural art, fine dining and special events catering to the independent traveller's thirst for adventure. It is regarded by many as one of Europe's most charming and beautiful cities."

We are going for a week and have already bought a stack of guide books to make plans about what we want to see.


Some interesting sites include:

Prague Castle (the largest castle in the world) - It includes St. George's Basilica and it one of about 2000 castles in the area.


Old Town Hall and Astronomical Clock


Prague National Gallery


The Lennon Wall

The Charles Bridge




:) Can't Wait!


http://meghanalanna.blogspot.com/

My daughter is engaged

My daughter's and her boyfriend Allen announced their engagement over Thanksgiving they are planning the wedding for March. She has actually started a blog, journaling the event and everything that is going on. The wedding will be in Orlando and our families will all meet there. Meghan and Allen both attend the University of Florida.

Happiness/ December Scrap Muse kit

Created this page by misting Tattered Angels over a doily that was place on top of water color paper. I then misted the outer edges of the page. The flowers are a punch, I layered three flowers and put foam dots between each one. The top flower has a thick layer of stickles on it. TFL

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Happy Holidays from Cledus

cledus, originally uploaded by jgwm166864.

Elf Dance

Check this out you will laugh your self silly. Build your own Elf Dance!


http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/

Friends- Scrap Muse design kit December

Create flower embellishment by punching out 3 shapes in sturdy paper.

Paint the flowers or coat the entire shape with Stickles. Once they are dry , put a foam dot on top of 2 of the flowers. Layer the 3 flower shapes on top of each other. Add more Stickles and a crystals as you desire.

Scrap Muse December kit-Family

This is from the Scrap Muse december kit collection. I try and give scrapbook pages to every one in my family for the holidays and this is one of the give away pages. The photo is of my family on my second christmas. This is my moms family at our home in Lake City, Florida. TFL

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Scrap Muse- Mom and Me

This was a very small photo that I enlarged. I left some of the imperfections in the photo. This is a photo of me as a new born baby. My moms doctor would only let her gain 20- 25 pounds through the entire pregnancy. I was a 5 pound baby, what I see is how incrediably thin my mother is.

Friends

00000-freinds, originally uploaded by jgwm166864.

Some of the Collection is from The Scrap Muse December kit. The live tag is from a previous kit. Flowers can be punched out of stiff paper and covered with Stickles paint. Punch three flowers for each layer.
Paint each and then put a foam tab between each layer for added dimension. Dot sticles in appropriate areas and add jewels if you wish.
Photo is of my niece and her friend. The are cheerleaders for a team in Ohio. She is a great athlete,she plays Lacrosse weekly as well. Her gymnasitc skills earned her a position on the Varsity team even thought she should be on the Jr Varsity squad.

Train ride to Georgia

I am in the process of recording memories of which I have no photos. As a young child I rode the train to my grandmothers house. The train stopped in front of her house in Townsend, Ga and let us off the train. My grandmother walked out of her front door and over to the train track to meet us. My grandmother never drove a car. TFL

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Modish Blog GIVEAWAY- Look here!!!

Finally getting to surf the internet some and found this really great site. Check out their give away.

http://www.modishblog.com


::GIVEAWAY CONTRIBUTIONS::

peace sign TIN WINGS
"slowly" print EYEFUL by TRICIA McKELLAR
Czech glass drop earrings K KENNEDY DESIGNS
"Maya in Fall" print MATILOU
"I have many thoughts" print TANIS ALEXIS
Snowman necklace and earrings set HUMBLEBEADS
corduroy bear pouch RED MARIONETTE
"Plant a tree" print KACHING DESIGN
beaded earrings MOONDOONIE
fern clutch with vintage button MONSTER FASHION
silver drip necklace BEADS IN THE BELFRY
beer quartz "kisses" earrings JEWEL ALCHEMY
2009 calendar HAPPIFY
hand-painted silk earrings GILBEA
alphabet-o-graphic wooden earrings MOYOU
tea tree citrus scrub DANDY BODYCARE
"nectarine under cage" print FOOD CHIC
set of Brighton Buildings cards ROBIN101
blue and brown crystal drop earrings CRYSTAL ALLURE
chocolate and vanilla necklace TWINKLE
sushi mousepad HEAD BITCH IN CHARGE
green tree pendant PIECES OF ME PENDANTS
set of 12 correspondence cards 1ST COMES LOVE
love gun necklace PULP SUSHI
beaded rainbow brooch FLECTO
Needlepoint Trade Secrets, autographed book JANET PERRY
beaded bookmark DEE-ZIGNS
jungle print headband STYLISH MODE
winter finger puppet BABYSWEAR
batik zip pouch URBANKNIT
3 little birdies necklace FLAMBEAUX DESIGN
protozoan necklace STARVING ARTIST BAZAAR
"geneen earrings" MUSETTE
crystal quartz and moonstone earrings CATIE'S BLUE
mushroom zip bag OBLINAKNIT
jumper purse PHAT SHEEP
yuzen pendant A PLANET 4 CREATION
copper bead dangle earrings A PRETTY ROCK
black and white flower headband GEMDROPS





A big thank you to all the wonderful crafters and artists who contributed to this month's giveaway! The December giveaway will be announced the following week after this one ends.

Posted by modish on Nov 20, 2008 in Giveaway | Permalink

Live is finally getting back to normal

I have been working like crazy and on top of that we are in the process of moving to a smaller house. What a pain...... when we move in our old house there were seven us of living there. The house has 6 bedrooms and we are now moving in to 3 bedrooms. How did we ever accumulate sooooo much stuff??

I am now starting to put together my work room(s) for my scrapook and altering things. Alot is in storage, but there is just no room for all of my collections.I have decided that every one is getting scrapbooks this year. I figure I will go to my moms and let her choose what she wants and sort the rest in to individual books.

Right now it is all in storage and I am not comfortable with it there for a long time.

November Scrap Muse Collection

Card that were put together using the collection and stamp that was in the November kit. I used the stamp as an all over design on one card. Another one I trimmed out the design and the third card I used a mask design.

Calm

This another one of my layouts from the November Scrap Muse collection. The photo is of one of my nieces and this is a rare moment. Calm

walker book copy

walker book copy, originally uploaded by jgwm166864.

This is one of the projects for the Filed Away article that is published this month in Somerset Studios.

shy

This shy child is now a photographers dream, she loves to have her photo take. This grouping of papers and embellishments are from the Scrap Muse November kit. The blues are just beautiful.

http://www.scrapmuse.com

Time Changes Everything

This paper is from the Scrap Muse monthly kit, the color combination works great with this fun photo. What a difference 10 years makes.

young-love

This is one of my layouts from the November Scrap Muse kit. I love the combination of papers, fabric and elements that was put together

True Love/ Scrap Muse design team / September Kit

Photo is of my brothers youngest daughter and a very special moment.The crepe paper flowers are made from the Jenni Bowlin paper kit. http://jgwm.blogspot.com/I have a tutorial on how to make them and hope to get it completed with photo soon.
TFL

One beautiful Smile/ Scrap Muse Design Team

I love Roxy's smile, she is just one of the happiest people that you will ever be around.

I left the journaling blank so that she can add details that she remebers about this day.

TFL

Design Team Scrap Muse/ September Collection

This collection of papers is from the Scrap Muse kit. http://scrapmuse.com/
Their kit is a wonderful collection of papers and the add on are wonderful.
I have to say that they are a great kit company and the price is unbelievable.
Close up of Brittany, I love these papers, finally found some colors that would work with her uniform colors.
Intentionally left the journaling open so that she or her mother can add their own though on this photo. TFL

Brittany 6th grade cheer leader photo/ Scrap Muse design team

Brittany is my sisters middle child, she cheers for a middle school team in Ohio. Near you Valerie.

I stitched around the page with my sewing machine and then distressed the paper edges with my scissors. ( guess I need to invest in a Tim Holts distresser).

The flower is two pieces of paper torn is a (sort of) circle. One of the pieces of the paper is torn smaller than the other. I then wet the paper and scrunched them. I microwaved them to dry them quickly and then glued the smaller piece on top of the larger, then add the pearl.

The brown diamond paper is accordion folded and then glued on top the paper. I used two different pieces and attached them under the flower. TFL

Mixed Media Monday- Nature Theme

This is my first week participating in Mixed Media Monday and I have not quite finished the book but this is the cover. I have two friends that participate and I know that you have to finish your project quickly before the cut off time, so her it is.
This is the cover and there will bew different photos of birds and flowers from my garden this spring.

Scrap Muse September Kit

This is a layout that I completed using the September Scrap Muse kit. I love this paper combination. I cut the center out of the tan piece of paper and laid it over the coral paper. This months kit had beautiful embellishments, I think the black trim really makes it pop off the page.

The photo is of me with my dad on my 1st birthday. This was taken at my parents 1st home in Lake City. I do not really remember my bed room in that house, but I remember the back yard and my friends that I walked to school with. We moved from this house when I was in the 2-3 grade. TFL