Leaving well enough alone.

I made this layout back in July or so, and after much fussing and frustration with it, put it aside in the  'to be finished at a much later date' pile. I guess it looked better in my head, and I couldn't quite translate what I wanted onto paper. So it sat there for 2 months, untouched.

Then a few weeks ago, I saw Moon's awesome layout here on the American Craft blog, loved what she did with all the stickers and rub-ons, and decided to try it on my layout, since she'd used the same Teen line on her's. I ripped off the green/teal background on my layout, stuck down the stickers and rub-ons, and it now looks like this:

 I'm thinking I should have really left well enough alone. Way too busy for my taste, and none of the cool factor that Moon's page has. Scraplifting just doesn't work for me that well, I guess. ;p But my son, god love him, adores this page, sticker sneeze and all, and that's what counts, right? What the heck, I may even go all out and add a few more stickers to really fill up that page. ;p
 Definitely NOT one of my favourites.

Have a wonderful Monday- it's Indian summer here today and I'm heading outside to take full advantage of this beautiful day. :)

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Cards for Kate & a challenge to you...

Many of you probably already read Jennifer McGuire's blog and know about this card drive for Kate, but for those who don't, you can read about it here. I can't imagine the grief and stress this family must be going through having to deal with something so terrifying. Imagine if it were your son or daughter. I can't.

I think this idea of sending cards of encouragement, good wishes and positive thoughts is fantastic, and I'm sure their spirits will be uplifted when they start receiving them. Please consider taking a few minutes out of your day to make a card for Kate or her family. Also, if you have anything you'd like to donate as a prize, ( scrap related or other) then feel free to email Jennifer- I'm sure anything will be appreciated! There are some sweet prizes being given out, as an added incentive to send in those cards. :)

Here are a few cards I've made for Kate-  are they cutesy & girly enough? I hope she likes them!

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Credenza love

I haven't been very bloggy lately. I'm sorry.


Since the kids went back to school, ( so far, so good!) I've been happily enjoying my days off alone, and slowly but surely making a dent in the clutter that has invaded my house over the past year. I'm happy to say that I'm winning the battle so far. But when I'm not cleaning and sorting, I've been obsessively checking Craigslist every hour or so for one of these beautiful babies, and dreaming of the day that I find an original one in perfect condition, for under 35$ or less. Hahaha! So far no luck, but I'm patient. How I wish that the one pictured above was a photo of my living room...

You're probably wondering why I'm looking for another credenza after I posted I got this one for free back in the spring. I'm sad to say that it met an unfortunate end in my backyard, due to the copious amounts of rain we had back in June. I had covered it with a tarp, but one particularly gusty and rainy day, it blew off. I didn't notice it until a few days later, and by then the rain had sunk in, (I'm talking non-stop, huricane-like rain) warped it pretty badly, and the (yucky) veneer sides were coming unglued. I wasn't too sad though, since this wasn't a really good piece of furniture. I have my heart set on a real Danish teak credenza, and I'll keep looking for it until I find just the right one. In the meantime, I've made myself this Flickr mosaic to drool over. They're all so lovely that I can't decide which one I love best...kind of like having several children, who you love equally, even though they're all different and unique.





1. Untitled, 2. Jens Risom Credenza, 3. trendy, 4. Credenza, 5. Vintage Union Furniture MCM Credenza, 6. Jens Risom credenza!, 7. Stow Davis Credenza, 8. credenza, 9. Credenza in the morning, 10. cameras on credenza, 11. Untitled, 12. kent coffey dresser + mannequins

I'll be back soon with a challenge and a little give-away to make up for my absence... :)

thanks for reading!
xox

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