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Title: Neverhome Author: Laird Hunt Genre: Historical Fiction The book is about a wife who leaves behind her husband to be a soldier for the Union army during the Civil War. It is written in the first person through her eyes. She gets captured and jailed by the Confederates but she outsmarts them and escapes. ... Continue Reading →
Finished the Month of Challenge (MOC) digital scrapbooking at The Lilypad. It feels great! Mostly because I've got other projects that I haven't finished. This is confirmation that if I'm given a deadline, I can finish it, and on time too...lol. Here are the rest of the layouts.
Some favorites from my playlist from the last couple of weeks. "I Won't Fall" by Noctilucent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjse91nUBR4#t=83 "Mad Hatter" by Melanie Martinez https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GtPW4nB3Ro "Woman" by Breathe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZlIRxq_CX0
Title: The Infinite Sea (2nd book in The 5th Wave Trilogy) Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Sci-fi, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, dystopian, paranormal, YA [Side note] Today is the opening of the movie, The 5th Wave, and I wish I could go see it today but I've got a busy schedule. I hope to get my chance sometime next... Continue Reading →
Title: Throne of Glass Author: Sarah J. Maas Genre: Fantasy, YA This story is about an assassin who was captured and made into a slave whom was rescued by the prince and his captain of the guard. They took her to win the champion fighting for the prince's father. Turns out the prince and the... Continue Reading →
This is the most I've digi-scrapped in my life. Even when I was designing I never went as far as doing a layout a day. I can tell you that I'm wearing out though. Twelve more after this then I'm done. I've got another challenge up my sleeve. I just signed up for a sketching... Continue Reading →
Here's what I have so far for days 5 thru 12.
Title: The 5th Wave Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Sci-fi, apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic, dystopian, paranormal, YA I came upon this book because I saw the preview to the movie when I went to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens (great movie, btw, and watched it twice!) and did a search for the book to see if there was... Continue Reading →
This is a fine beauty. I've heard that it's hard to start using it. I'd have to agree. I had ideas for it while it was in transit, but now that it's in my hands, I don't know if I can do anything other than stare at it.
Just for the month of January, I'm going to give some of my time to digi-scrapping. It's been a very long time (it feels that way) since I've done any digi-scrapping. I've been purchasing digital kits since 2010 but within the last year or two I've slowly tapered down to creating nothing, but still buying... Continue Reading →
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