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  • Dreaming of Spring

    The this moment photo from last week was taken at 2500 ISO with all the lights on in the room and the windows open… and it was only 1pm! It’s been quite gloomy here (with a few very welcome sunny days thrown in). Not surprisingly I’m being drawn to my spring time photos to scrap. This simple one highlights just how quickly things change once the  sun does come back out. I had really specific ideas of how I wanted the 13 to look, but none of my fonts were fitting the bill. I ended up taking the 1 from…

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  • Heart cards

    I was going to do one of those catch up posts, but am still too busy! I think it’ll be easier to tackle little projects I’ve been working. Basically Tuesday was sick, then the in-laws were here, and Thanksgiving and shopping, and trying to finish an advent, and well now all the sudden it’s almost December! So here is a project I just worked on. I talked a dear friend of mine into letting me host a baby shower for her. She didn’t think it was important as it was her third baby, but since her second “baby” is eight…

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  • Crafting for me

    Scrapbooking is totally crafting for me. I don’t know who is going to want my scrapbooks down the road, but I know I love looking at them, a lot. I love all the memories, all of the details and the fun products. Just the chance to get crafty is so fun. From the tiny bit of snow we had last year. Love this photo so I printed it big. The Tuesday on this layout is a negative from the pillowcase on craft weekend. I didn’t iron it perfectly onto the paper so it’s a little messy, but I still love…

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