How long ago was Thanksgiving?  My time is not my own any more.  I didn't even get through the second sentence when the reason for this started barking at me.  Dear Maggie is now in my lap licking my fingers and making normal life difficult... again.  Tell me - what possessed me to believe I was young enough, vibrant enough and - need I say - patient enough, to be the proud parent of a nine month old puppy; who, by the way, has now turned around and is trying to bathe me while I type.  Sigh. 

All these weeks and I've only accomplished three layouts.   I have been enjoying playing with texture with two of these wedding layouts of my nephew, Cody, and his wife, Angela, as their wedding theme was country style and included burlap in their decorations.

 I finally got to use a beautiful Pion cardstock that I've been wanting to use for a very long time.  The last layout lent itself beautifully to the frame design and made for a very simple page that I am happy with.

On a different note, anyone who has hit upon my blog in surfing knows that it is related to my creative life.  A diary if you will.  I am confused as to why I am receiving anonymous comments such as the following.

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I don't use any form of advertising on this blog.  It is strictly for personal enjoyment and has no monetary value whatsoever.  If I do add a link to my blog it is  a scrapbooking or craft blog I find enjoyable.  That is what you can expect to see here.  Thank you for stopping by for a look.   Time to get to work!

Happy Thanksgiving

... a little late.  We had a Thanksgiving to remember - a new puppy joined our family this weekend.  Maggie is an 8 1/2 month old Shih Tzu and really sweet.  She wants constant attention though and is a real "talker".  Our older boy, Coco, is not impressed, however and is wondering when she will be going back where she came from.  Sigh.

We gave her a sweet potato puppy treat

Maggie is the reason my craft room finally got straightened out - it had to be Maggie-proofed.   I LOVE scrapbook retreats; but it sure does a number on my room.  Maybe now I can finally get back to finishing the pages I worked on at the retreat.  I think I got 17 pages done but I need to add journaling to them before they are really album ready. 

I've been noticing a lot of really great Halloween ephemera and clip art on Pinterest and in the stores which has me interested in making cards.   Hopefully this weekend Maggie will have settled in more and I can actually get something more done than laundry and housework. 

Here are my Halloween nails done by Cheryl of Pinkieswear:

2013 Scrapbook Retreat near Nelson, BC

Absolutely rejuvenating!  I so enjoyed our four day retreat in the Kootenays! 

Kokanee Glacier Resort was the perfect venue with the use of the breakfast room that is only used by the owners in July and August.  Shaun and Laurie were so gracious in allowing us free reign to move all of their tables, chairs and decorations around so we could set up rows of tables to work on and stations for a water colour demonstration, an embossing demonstration, a stamping/inking station and another for the Cricut and Cuttlebug.

Too bad I don't have time to play on here... do I ever have a lot of clean up to do!   But I'll be back...