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Happy Mother’s Day

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Every Mother’s Day I am thankful for three things: my beautiful kids, my awesome husband, and that I no longer work at the flower shop!  It is such a crazy time in the flower business that, if I still worked there, I would not get to spend any time relaxing on Mother’s Day.  Ironically, all I want to do on my “day off”  is check out plants and flowers at the garden center and work in the garden!

My husband and kids did spoil me with waffles for breakfast and Jason is making steak and scallops for dinner, my favorite!!  And this is after spending all afternoon building me a raised garden for growing veggies!  I am a lucky girl!

I hope you were spoiled by your husband and kids for Mother’s Day and that you were able to have some quiet time to yourself!

Leah

Buttons, stitching, brads, letter punches, stamp from Stampin’ Up. Paper and flower from “Small Talk” by Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs.

More samples from Two Thousand and Twelve album here.

 

It is not too late!

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It is not too late right now, and it won’t be too late tomorrow… to start your 2012 Family Album!

Elements from Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs (Small Talk), One Little Bird and Sahlin Studio (grid, lay flat to dry tag), Stampin Up (tape)

It doesn’t matter if you only took three photos last month or a hundred (I think I am at 300!) because I can change any page in this book to suit your photos.  Here are a few more samples from the February pages:

Elements from Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs (Small Talk), Stampin Up (eyelet)

Elements from Fei Fei’s Stuff and TaylorMade Designs (Small Talk), Stampin Up (buttons, stitching)

So if you are still thinking about doing a family photobook and just haven’t decided yet, get your photos together and go for it!!  Next year when you receive your finished book, you will be so happy you did!

Leah

 

Winter Drink Recipe

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I started this blog to help promote my photobook business and to share some of my scrapbooking layouts.  But sometimes I have unrelated topics to share and I couldn’t figure out if I should post them here or not.  Then it occurred to me, do a scrapbook layout incorporating what I want to share.  That will make it relevant to the purpose of this blog and I won’t be making this “Leah’s Favorite Crafts and Other Things” blog.  So here is my layout sharing a recipe that my father-in-law gave me.  He is a big believer in natural remedies and this drink helps fight off cold bugs when they first start.  I thought this would be the perfect thing to share on a cold (-27 C) Alberta winter day!

elements from Biograffiti and Stampin' Up

Tomorrow I will be announcing the new 2012 Family Photobook project, so please check back for details.

Leah

My New Toy

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The one thing I have complained about all year is the terrible pictures my camera takes!  Do you know how hard it is to make a nice layout with crummy photos?  Well, let’s just say it is not any fun!!  So my wonderful husband searched all the Boxing Day deals and bought me a new camera.  We now have the Canon Rebel T3i and I am in love with it.  I barely know how to use it but the pictures it takes are amazing!!  I am excited to scrapbook one again now that I have some great photos to work with.  Here is a layout of a photo I took with Robyn and her Grandpa Kennedy:

Layout from One Little Bird, elements from Stampin' Up

Also, I am still giving away the free Wall Art from my previous post.  All you have to do is “Follow” my blog at the end of this post.

First Time in a Magazine!

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Earlier this year one of my scrapbook pages was accepted for publishing in Canadian Scrapbooker.  This was the first time I have ever submitted my work to a magazine and I was thrilled when it was accepted.   The magazine just hit the shelves yesterday and I am super excited!  It is a winter themed page that features the photography of my sister-in-law, Amber, when she and her husband were visiting a few years ago.

Featured in Canadian Scrapbooker Winter 2011 Issue, all elements from Stampin'up

Our First Family Vacation

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A few weeks ago we went to Arizona for our first family vacation.  Our Dads are snowbirds and we wanted to know what Phoenix was like and why so many Canadians spend the winter down there.  After two days we were trying to figure out how we could become snowbirds!!  I think we would definitely consider a second home in Arizona when we are closer to retirement age.

Of course, I had to scrapbook our holiday pictures.  A full 26-page photobook template just came out from Stampin’ Up (part of my winnings with MDS contest) and it was perfect for this trip.  Here are a few sample pages:

This template is called “Delight in the Day” and had all the perfect colours and embellishments for a vacation photobook.   I like creating my own photobooks, but sometimes it is nice to have most of the work done for me!

Leah

My Digital Studio Contest

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I was selected as a finalist in the Stampin’ Up My Digital Studio contest.  I had to create a card and a scrapbook page and was 1 of 10 finalists chosen from thousands of entries in Canada and U.S.  I would love to show you the entries, but they are now property of Stampin’ Up and I am not allowed to post them.  I was very proud of my entry and was honoured to be chosen as a finalist.  Unfortunately the winners were decided by voting on mydigitalstudio.net, and I was out by just 8 votes!  Thank you to everyone who voted for me and I still get to walk away with  $125.00 in downloads.

Leah