It took a little longer than planned.......

but here I am (finally) and ready to post and share again.

This particular project took a little longer than I thought too. Which is just fine by me, because I think it turned out better than my first plan. I thought it would be nice to make a little book about how my DH and I met, and all of those details close to my heart. It's hard to remember the details 17 years back. So I kept it simple and I am happy with it.
I used this set ,this, and I love how it turned out!!




Here's the first page. I kept it simple and to the point. There is so much more infomation and details I could have added, but these sum it up nicely. I decided to add a little snipet of crocheted lace that my Mother-in-law made for my wedding dress, it's tucked under "The Beginning".



This is the second (middle) page.This is the picture that my mom took of us just before leaving for our first read official date (just the two of us). He took me to the Phantom of the Opera. I spent just as much on my dress and he did the tickets. At that time, the dress cost me $120.



This is the last page. It describes the details about our first date.



This is the back.



Here it is, displayed in my room. I decided to decorate the frame as well. It says,
"there's no remedy for love,nothing can change the way I feel. I'm head over heals, for worse or for better."
That was from the song that was played at our wedding. I added here, the remainder of the crocheted peice, and placed it under the 'LOVE'.


That was my Vanlentines gift to my Hubby.

Sincerely,
Sonja

I made myself.....

play tonight. With the help of some goodies from a dear friend, I had everything I needed to play tonight. I really needed to take a break from the constant go-go-go! and force myself to slow down and play a little.

Last Sunday morning was a beautiful morning. My DD had the table all set for breakfast, and we had time to spare before piling in the van and heading off to church. I wish ever morning was like this. The kids were out in the glorious sunshine playing while I washed up dishes. I love moments like these that touch my heart,make me stop, grab my camera and record it. It was a timeless Sunday morning. Divine in all the sense of the word. And I managed to scrap it. Yeah!!

Enjoy!



Journaling reads: It's moments before we all pile in the van and head off to church.This is the view through my kitchen window doing dishes. It's a beautiful, timeless Sunday morning. June 2008.

Sincerely,
Sonja

It's a wonder....

that I even get to blog as much as I have. So I hope you will pardon me when I seem to get so busy that,well, something has to give! LOL. I have been busy (multi) party planning, getting ready to finish up another homeschooling year. Just met with our facilitator yesterday! WHEW! Getting ready for the next year (shopping, more shopping, and researching. It was also our anniversary this month. BIG 12. Well, ok. maybe not so big in the grand scheme of things, but a wow, still. I need not bore you with how busy we are, chances are you are just as busy yourself, right? If we get a chance to blog, it's to check out all the action, get inspired and create something. I wish I could play a little tonight. But tonight has a list of things to do that will fill the evening quiet well. So here's a little bit of an oldy.
Do you scraplift? I think we all do at some point. Let's face it, when a design works, you got the pictures, and don't have the time. It's a perfect fit. I like the satisfaction that creating something myself brings, but before I get too excited, chances are that someone else has already done the samething. You know that old saying, "Great minds thing alike!". It's true in the scrapworld too. So here is one of my scraplifts last year. This was our anniversary page I made last year of a little trip My DH and I managed to take last year.
And since I am being such a terrible blogger, I might as well add to the fact that I don't even have the reference as to who I scraplifted it from. I know it was a magazine, I want to say "Paper Trends", but I am not sure. If you have the magazine and can recall it for me, that would be great. Let me know, I would love to give them the credit as it does not belong to me.



The quote around the side of the layout says,"What's the earth with all it's art, verse, music worth - compare with love, found, gained and kept. Robert Browning

Have a great night.
Sincerely,
Sonja

the night delights of a blogger, scrapping MOM!!

Tonight was just a hoot all around!! It was a good school day, and I was hankering to get down and "play" a little tonight. I had BIG plans, and wanted to get two ideas I had onto paper tonight. Did that happen? NOPE!!!! Am I happy, YEP!! Tonight turned out better than I had planned. {love it when that happens}. As I was pulling things out and getting things ready to get started on my ideas, I ended up taking a pleasant turn and changed my focus for the evening. I meant to do two cards, and ended up on a layout with pictures I didn't even have in my to do box. I needed to pause my work and go put my boys into bed. What a delight to put them into bed. Only Dylan would go to bed with knee pads on. He says he needs them just in case he falls out of bed,LOL. What's a Mom to do. Well, a scapbooking mom takes pictures of it and (desperately) intends on scrapbooking it. Here's the picture.....



And if you think that's funny.........after I got the boys tucked in and settled in...I returned to my scraproom where my daughter was. She was left with all my creations for this evening, (and because a true crafter will have many things on his/her table to create with} she had decided to play a little herself. Now, she's old enough to basically know how to play safe, lol. But this is what I came to on my page..............






Isn't that hilarious!!!! No harm done, gave me a good laugh though. Hope it gave you a jiggle too.

So I did manage to get it all done. These were pictures of me, (I won't say how many years ago) and I am pleasantly surprised how I can start out on one path and end up on an even better one.


Hope you have a fun night crafting too.

Sincerely,
Sonja

Summer can't come fast enough!!

I am longing for Long Summer Days, hot sun, picnics and everything else that goes with it. I've wanted to do this layout for awhile. And it's got me longing for summer. There are some of my fav's from over the years. And it feels good to have it done and in the album.

Sincerely,
Sonja

Before I call it a night.....

I want to share a layout I just finished. I love these pictures of my little darling. I remember back to these days. Those shoes, they were like a size 2 or something. SO small. She's in much bigger shoes now. These pictures just remind me of the priveldge and delight of being her mom.

{I had to incorporate the little buckle on her shoes somehow. So I took a chipboard ribbon slide from Close to My Heart and embossed it in silver. I think it did the trick.}

Have a great night, mine is ending.

Sincerely,
Sonja