We just recently moved into a new home, in a new state and are expecting a new baby. All of these factors together have put me into hyperdrive mode to set-up house. One project that I recently conquered was painting a dresser and matching lamp for our boys’ bedroom. Since we rent our home, most [...]

It got down to the day before the Scrap Girls Convention and, lo and behold, I had finished the mountains of laundry needed to keep my family clothed in my absence. I was about packed and I had been meaning to order a really cool laptop skin, customized with one of my layouts on it, [...]

I look forward to fall every year. Living in Minnesota means that we get to experience absolutely beautiful changing of seasons and fall is the most breathtaking in my opinion. For the last two years, we’ve gone to an orchard near St. John’s College that has hayrides, a pumpkin patch, a petting zoo and a [...]

My 12-year-old son, Samuel, has decided that he is now too old to go trick or treating. Instead, he will now stay home and help hand out candy (which translates into he will try to scare the little kids while we hand out candy.) I have to say I was rather surprised to hear his [...]

Yesterday I stared at a layout of my daughter for nearly a hour. I moved a frame a little left. Then nudged it right and then back again. Added a transparency overlay, played with the blending modes, re-colored it and deleted it. Watched a couple of birds fight over a piece of food outside the [...]

Well here I am in SLC at the Scrap Girls 1st digital convention all the way from New Zealand! I’m just going to give my perspective on how I am finding this amazing venture. From the moment I was greeted by Joann I have just been loved and accepted so much by everyone. The hugs [...]

The seeds we plant in the soil of our minds are what we grow in our mental gardens. If I think that I am sad, sad, sad; then the seed of sorrow grows and blossoms, bringing to me more sorrow; a field full of sorrow, sadness and tears. If I plant the seed of joy [...]

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, we are famous for our fall colors. I know, most people think of cities that actually have trees for their fall colors. (We do have a few of those too!) But ever since I moved to Albuquerque, fall for me has been marked with a different signpost. We have a unique [...]

Recently after losing our dog of 11 years we went out on the hunt for a new puppy. Our boys had never had a dog they could call their "own" so we really got them involved in picking out the right dog. My husband and I had always said the next dog we were going [...]