Pretty Peony Blog
I've been meaning to post these. Card made for a cousin's wedding gift: Card made for sister's birthday: Digital scrapbooking layout: Products used: Turning Leaf Apothecary paper by Lorie Davison, Mind Over Matter kit by Scrapbookgraphics, template by Digital Design Essentials.
A couple of days ago, I took photos of the peony. It was just beginning to bloom in the first photo. I thought for some reason it would take a couple of days for it to fully bloom but by afternoon, it had already reached that point. The next day I took the second photo.... Continue Reading →
One of the hawthorns in the backyard recently bloomed. The flowers are tiny and pretty but they stink.
It took me 5 months to finish my Project Life January photos. What a relief! Documenting life is very time consuming, but when I look back at the photos and the journaling, it puts a smile on my face. It's weird to describe the feeling: kids grow, adults age, pets age, surroundings change, etc. There's... Continue Reading →
Decided to update my desktop with a digital fantasy concept I'm calling, The Carriage. I just wanted something new and quickly so it was very minimal work. To view a larger image, click here. If you're interested in how I went about putting this piece together, see below. I started out with these stock images.... Continue Reading →
My 7-year-old had this fabulous plan to make and decorate sugar cookies. I wasn't able to make the sugar cookies from scratch because of limited time so I bought premade dough. They turned out pretty tasty even thought they lost their shape in the oven.
Getting ready to plant these.
A few weeks ago we got the house tested for radon. It was above 4 pCi/L twice so we had it mitigated.
Daughter's safari team project in Spanish class. She was creative and added the grass, weeds, and pond even though it wasn't required.
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