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  • Oh I feel so smart. I figured out how to make my own mist, which is just ink after all. Obviously I’m not the first one to figure this out, since Ranger makes these great little mister things (they come empty), but still I felt quite smart. And less guilty because I have all this random ink from a failed attempt at calligraphy. And it was at least ten years old, so if you come across old ink at a sale, pick it up, shake it up and try this out! This mist is the richest…

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  • I thought I would give a look into my process for one of my layouts. I’ve seen great examples of scrapbookers doing this. Nichol Magouirk is starting a weekly feature of her start to finish process, Marcy Penner did a post about the anatomy of one of her layouts, and most recently Christine Middlecamp just posted about her process. I thought each entry was so interesting; I liked seeing what motivated each scrapbooker and how their layout went from concept to completion. So here is my thought process on this layout. I realized tonight looking at…

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  • Oh my those were some good family days. I love that most about the holidays, being together. My lovely friend was visiting from Vermont and I squeezed in a photo shoot for her on Christmas Eve morning. It was so dark and cloudy and yuck. But some creative furniture re-arranging and popping outside for a few minutes with her little man and I think (hope) you can see some of why I love Ceara. More to come, no time for editing! I didn’t get to say a real goodbye because we were hoping to stop over…

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