Oldies But Goodies

I'm having fun scrapbooking these old pictures. Now I'm glad I waited because they look a lot better than they would have 5 years ago. I've been scraplifting a scrapbooker named Shannon Tidwell. I love every page she makes. The fact that she has two boys really helps too. I highly recommend scraplifting. It gives me somewhere to start and then I add my own touches. This is the page I scraplifted from her.

See, there are a lot of similiarities, but they are definitely not exactly the same. However, I would have no problem copying her exactly because I love her style!

I tried to clean my carpet today. For the most part it worked but there are little red kool-aid/gatorade/some kind of aid in a few places that will not come up. There is also a faded gray spot which used to have a big glob of grape gum on top of it. The gum came up but the spot remains. I guess that's to be expected with little kids. Well, it's to be expected when their mother isn't much of a housekeeper.

My BFF Heather is in town for the weekend. I love her. I love that she always makes time for me even though she has many people to see when she's here. Our routine is to go to lunch (must be either, Krekel's, LaGondola or Monical's) then do some shopping. We like to go to the consignment stores because you can really find some treasures. We went to one that we had never visited before High End Resale and we both found adorable little shirt/skirt outfits. Hers was $15 and mine was $13. Can't beat that! Thanks to Ms. Dawn for giving me the head's up about the store!

*Edited to answer anonymous. My layout is about the most simple layout a person could make. It's just strips of paper. I cut the pink/white stripe with scalloped scissors and punched little holes. I did the same thing with my journaling spot. The only trouble I had with this layout was getting the nerve to write "shower" at the bottom. It always feels like you are really taking a chance when you add something like ink or paint to a layout. Shannon's layout is way more complicated. She made a paper ruffle and sewed it down. She also had some fancy rhinestone rub-ons. I'm cheap so I just can't spend that much on embellishments so I almost always make my own. I hope this answered your question.