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In a string of heartache that sometimes seems too much to bear, I found out that my friend Leslie suddenly passed away. We spent countless hours scrapbooking together in different states with the help of our webcams. She was generous and humorous, and had a contagious laugh. She was opinionated, confident and kind. She was my friend. God rest her soul. 

For those who knew Leslie (Luv2Talk) there is information on donating in her honor here.

homeschool

"How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe? How can it be broad to be the same thing to everyone, and narrow to be everything to someone? No; a woman's function is laborious, but because it is gigantic, not because it is minute. I will pity Mrs. Jones for the hugeness of her task; I will never pity her for its smallness."

-G.K. Chesterton, 'Brave New Family'

pieces of the puzzle

pieces of the puzzle

the other day my friend, stephanie, from the ckmb asked me if i would be a little part of a project she was doing. she sent out these chipboard puzzle pieces to several people for them to decorate. then we send them back to her... and she's got a super cool decorated puzzle. little pieces of your friendships. the only requirement was that we needed our names on it... and no embellishments too close to the edge (so the pieces will fit together.)

anyway, after a few weeks of minimal project making because of a busy schedule... i sat down to work on my piece of the puzzle. so here it is! :)

supplies:
cardstock: bazzill basics; pattern paper: basic gray; stamps: impress rubber stamps; acrylic flower: heidi swapp for advantus; rhinestone flourish: prima; rub-on & net overlay: glitz design; felt bird: maya road; felt flower, rhinestone brad, marker & glitter embossing powder: stampin up; letter stickers: ek success; ink: stazon (white), versamark, colorbox (brown)

free poster download

free inspirational poster download on creating keepsakes' website! as a supplement to the you can do it article by jana lillie in the march ck... they're offering several free poster downloads... and they picked a poster i made! woohoo! :)

the picture is of my mother in law painting. they also used another picture of my mother in law, and it's featured on poster #2 on ck's site.

the flourishes on the poster are by rhonna farrer from rhonna swirls v.4 available at twopeasinabucket.com