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Inspired by this post, I decided to look back and see what pictures were taken of us on this day. Well, we didn't have a digital camera until the fall of 2007, so that only left last year to pick from. And, no pictures were taken on June 19th of 2008. The closest were these little beauties, taken on the 17th.





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What in the world are these? They are very poorly shot pictures featuring (then) three year old Amelie covered in cheap purple lip gloss, because at the time it was funny. Sadly, these don't really hold up over time. They seem dumb now. And I don't suppose they'll ever find their way into a scrapbook.

Down

I've been feeling down the past few days. Not sure what it is exactly - maybe I'm just missing my kids. How do you beat the blues?

Here's a page I did to use as my signature on Families.com. It didn't take me too long, but of course there is no journaling or anything.

background paper, crown, and bow - Erica Zane; staples and quote - Britt-ish Designs; photo frames - Sir Scrapalot Designs; flower - Weeds and Wildflowers.

Halloween

Here they are: my little Halloween babies, as promised several days ago. I think they're pretty much adorable.

As for the picture, well, not so much. I'm thinking of asking for a flash attachment thing for Christmas. I think it was called a Puffer or something like that. Basically it's this thing that attaches to your flash and diffuses it so you don't end up with the harsh shadows like you see here. I wonder if it helps with red eye reduction? I shoot with a Canon Rebel. It generally shoots great pictures, and it has a red eye reduction feature, and yet...I mean, come on, that red eye is horrible!

I need to find some good photography blogs to stalk. I keep stalking all of these scrapbooking blogs and getting inspired, but I rarely ever harness that inspiration. I take way more pictures than I actually scrapbook. Improved photographs would improve my scrapbooks, too, right?

We had an awesome day today. We took an hour long walk on the Rose Rudman trail. It was a gorgeous day, and I love spending time together as a family. Aaron and I were reminiscing about when we were dating. It reminded me of all the fun we used to have together - carefree, crazy, spontaneous fun! We already have a plan for tomorrow which includes more outdoor fun and a trip to the library. I'm looking forward to that because we haven't been to the library here in Tyler. I hope it's cool.

I'm a show-off!

Just a quick post to let you know that I'm in the show-off slideshow on Britt-ish Designs blog today! I'm so excited! Check out her post and her new kit. It is so cute! And the other show-offs...wow! I can only hope to one day have LOs as great as those.

my LOs (so far...)

Well, I'm up late. Amelie's birthday party is on Sunday, and I'm heading to Dallas tomorrow, so you know what that means...last minute chores. I don't have much to say tonight, but I finished two layouts that I wanted to share.

First, though, here's my very first digital LO that I finally uploaded to photobucket so I could show you.

credits: everything by britt-ish designs except for the gray ribbon which was a freebie off of the catscrap blog

Now, here's the LO I did for my hybrid project (aka Amelie's birthday T-shirt).

credits: pink glitter stars and yellow rub-on swirl by britt-ish designs; star dust by ellie lash; blue stamped stars by miss mint; green cardboard stars by kylie m designs; alpha by eva kipler designs; stitches by gunhild storeide (re-colored); star brackets by sharing creations

And here's a LO that I have been working on that I finished up tonight.

credits: background paper and photo frames by lsds designs; border overlay, glitter spills, and linen flower by weeds&wildflowers design; journaling block by mandy mystiques

weekend update

Well, I finished my first digital layout last weekend...and I haven't digi scrapped since. I did finish a couple of pages in my family album. A big "thank you" to Mama for buying me that little craft table. I've finished 4 pages since I got the table. And I have another two pager in progress. I'm so thankful for having my own little scrap space (even if it's tiny) where I'm able to leave my stuff out and come back to it when I'm able. I've only been scrapping at night after the babies are in bed, but it's been nice. Several times this week Aaron and I have stayed up, drinking coffee, talking, watching movies, etc. And I've been able to scrap while I sit right next to him! :)

We had a great week. All of us went swimming several times up at the apartment pool. Mia came one day, too. Granny and Grandaddy drove out yesterday. They took Amie back with them which is turning out to be a really good thing because Aiden ran fever all night. Poor little baby.

Aaron has to work the day shift today so it's pretty quiet around here with him and Amie gone. I've been enjoying my coffee and downloading and organizing digital files. I'd like to do a layout, but I'm not sure if that will happen or not...

Hi :)

So, I doubt anyone that knows me IRL has found this (except maybe my sister - Hey, Mia!) so, for today at least, I'm not going to post about my real life. :)

I mostly wanted to at least have one post up on my blog because the site looks funny without some kind of rambling in the middle.

I guess I will set this post up as an introduction to me and why I created this blog (in case you don't read the About Me section).

My name is Amanda, and I live with my fiance, Aaron, and our kiddos, Amelie and Aiden. We are currently residing in Tyler, TX about two hours from Dallas. I am attending the University of Texas at Tyler for nursing. I'm not actually in the program, yet; I'm trying to get in for next spring.

I started this blog mostly as a place to keep all of the digital scrapbooking blogs I like together in one place. If you've stumbled across my blog, please visit the blogs listed. These are some really talented girls. I hope to one day have LOs that look as great as theirs. :)