Digital Scrapbooking

I may have just found a new addiction... digital scrap booking. For months now I have been collecting layouts and embellishments with the hope of playing around with it.

So this morning I finally had a few minutes and did a couple of pictures. Not an actual full page but I had fun and got to try out a few things.

I became interested in it when we were working on Sydney's graduation invitations; I had so much fun with the layers and thought it would be cool to play with some pictures before printing them to put in her scrapbook. The coolest thing I think so far is the idea of being able to do a page and then print it off three times, one for each of the kids.

Often times while I was buying paper and embellishments for Syds I would go ahead and buy three of each thing if it also pertained to the boys. It got fairly expensive quickly! With digital scrapbooking I buy the set and can use it over and over for FREE plus I have found lots of sites with "freebies". The only problem I foresee is that Scott may have to give me a little more space on our server for files.

Laurel took this picture of Sydney last week at VBS and the instant I saw it I fell in love with it. Sydney has the biggest smile naturally and I love it!

Laurel does beautiful work so if you are in need of a great photographer in the DFW area stop by her site, view her work and then I am sure you will want to contact her.

So if you are wondering how I plan to spend the holiday, aside from Friday when we work on Sydney's car, I will be indoors, under the AC, playing on my computer.

Worthy Of Our Calling

That is the title of our newest devotional in the Ladies Fellowship section of the church website. It is very well written and inspirational as are the other ones we have. I hope if you have time you will stop by and read it.

Each of the devotionals you see up has been written by different ladies of our church. If you have been reading my blog long you will recognize January's because it was written by me and on my blog at the start of the year. April-June is missing because as I told my husband last night life was busy going on. Truth be told that is when I was dealing with my back surgery, planning Syds graduation and the death of my grandmother and the two ladies who were scheduled to write were also going through some major health issues with family members; I was not going to stress over it nor did I want others to.

I pray you enjoy reading them and that the Lord speaks to you through them; while there be sure to check out the rest of the site.

So Much Fabric... So Little Time

I received a request for a custom girls set so I pulled out a small fraction of fabric from my stash to send the customer some pictures to choose from and realized I have a lot of fabric to use up before the season changes again. If only I had more time!!!

The kids are with some friends so I have the house to myself until Scott gets home from work. So I am off to sew for a few hours.

Car Wreck Equals SALE

Well Sydney got her car a few weeks ago and last night on the way home she was in a wreck. She is fine and so is the gentleman who hit her however he was in a fairly big pick-up so as you can imagine her car is not ok.

Since Syd is working hard towards college and staying out of debt I want to try to help her and you at the same time so I am having a sale. I have listed lots of new items in my Etsy shop and on e-bay and for the next week if you purchase two items and mention this post in the payment section I will give you FREE shipping. If you buy three items I will give you free shipping and a free gift. I have given Sydney permission to use any and all of my fabric and trims so what she makes will be total profit towards her car. All together Sydney needs to raise about $1,500; I feel confident with some hard work she can do it. She is a great seamstress and knitter and as I type this she is hard at work making some darling pinafore and mop cap sets for toddlers so you will want to be sure to check out our shops over the next few days. Here is a link to her Etsy Shop. You can also see a preview of her work in my sidebar.

Also we would appreciate your prayers as we try to get everything handled that goes along with a wreck. This is her first one and she is a bit shaken so if you have time stop by her blog and leave her some encouragement!

SAT Scores Released

I must say in my opinion the SAT scores are released waaaaay too early in the morning! Sydney JUMPED in my bed at 6:00 this morning to give me her scores. While I am very proud of her I would have been a little more coherent say around 7:00.

I did find out though that an excited daughter can wake you faster than your morning coffee!


Sydney, I am so very proud of you!

Moms By Heart

I meant to get this up sooner but once we got home from VBS I made lunch, ran to the store and then crashed on the couch.

Lori at Moms by Heart has my Etsy store and website featured on her blog today. Every Monday Lori's blog has a section that highlights a different mom who works from home to help them get some exposure. I think it is such a great way to help out other moms! Lori's site also has a ton of information on saving money, making money and getting the most out of life! If you have never been there you need to sop by and check it out.

Thanks Lori for all the great exposure!

VBS

I am sorry I have not been around much the last few days, we have been very busy finding Syd a car and putting the final touches on our VBS stuff that starts today! Our theme this year is Passport to the Promised Land from Bogard Press

I will be teaching the 1-3 graders while for the first time Ray will be helping instead of participating as a student. He is very excited to be helping with the games.

Well I better get going I need to load up the truck and finish getting ready. I will be back this afternoon with some exciting news!