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Month: September 2010

  • We had a great weekend. Saturday we picked up Sarah and headed to the coast. Tuesday spots the big water (her sign for water is a finger by her mouth… she can’t quite make the “w” sign). For some reason the water was quite nasty, lots of foam, so she wasn’t able to play in it. But she sure had a blast in the warm sand. She was covered in sand, but since it was dry it was pretty easy to clean up. A great weekend.

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  • Just a few more layouts to share. My sewing machine has been getting a little tune up and will be coming home tomorrow, so maybe I’ll switch it up and sew this weekend. But for now… An 8 1/2 by 11 landscape, totally mixing it up. Actually I stamped on a 12×12 piece of paper when I was going through my ink and the top was all messed up so I decided to salvage it this way. I am loving the white on white (or color on color) layouts that I’ve seen around, and I thought…

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  • Tuesday and I had a day up in Portland today and on the drive back while she was sleeping (yeah!) I had some time to do that daydreamy thought thing. I sometimes have thoughts that maybe scrapbooking is a waste of time and supplies… like when I go on a fun scrapbook supply buying binge. Why don’t I just put the photos in the book and write a caption? I mean it would be so much easier and less time consuming. But in my musings today I decided I like spending the time on it all,…

    12 comments on Memory Keeping and Art Making

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