Hermit Me...

I have been a hermit the past few days, enjoying (mostly) time with my new printer/scanner/copy/fax. LOVING the top document feeder. Without it I would never have been able to scan my Grandmother's wonderful geneology papers. She passed away a couple months ago and I have been designated to go through all her photos and little scraps of paper and scan them. Okay...I volunteered. I wanted to make sure I got a copy of her things and this was the best way to make sure that happened.

I have truly enjoyed learning so much more about her through her papers. I love to see the care she put into mounting newspaper clippings on cardboard and carefully wrapping them with plastic to keep them safe. She would write little notes of whatever she remembered...mostly dates for family history, and I keep finding little tidbits here and there. One of my favorite things I found in her geneology suitcase is this report card that was my great grandmother's, dated 1892.

I've learned so much about my family, and I've felt the spirit close. I'm so grateful for my wonderful Grandmother's example. She had a hard life, and always made the best of it. I love you Grandma! xoxoxox

A Fairy Tale....

I have had many requests for pictures of the dresses I made, so I whipped up a page...I DON'T like the picture of me/my dress, but look at Wynn!

(Isn't she cute!)

Any photoshop pros out there that can tell me how to improve my shadows? I can't seem to make buttons and brads more real looking...I struggle!

Girl's Camp

Here are my girl's camp pages...finally. I've had them mostly done for a long time now and just didn't spend the extra 5 minutes to get them post-ready. They aren't the cutest but I like how they show the fun, carefree spirit of our camp. The girls were so amazing, I hope I get to go next year too!

Fishies!

I'm really loving getting so many pictures on one page...

Laziness

Well, I've been rationalizing again. Rationalizing all the time I spend on the computer, that is. I tell myself that Ellie's nap can be my "me" time and I deserve it. But when she sleeps for 3-4 hours every day... I really need to use that time more constructivly! But this is what I did with yesterday's and today's "me" time...

LAZY SCRAPBOOKING

That's right, lazy. But at least it's done. I have a really hard time scrapbooking all the random pix of everyday. And I am at a point where I don't want a million pages...so here is my solution.

(and those of you pictured...I hope you don't mind. If you do, I'll fix it!)

I never thought I would like collages as much as I do.

And I know I've posted these pics but I actually scrapbooked them (finally). I love them. My family, I mean.

5 Years Old and Photogenic (when she wants to be)

Wynn helped me scrapbook her birthday...if she keeps at it she will be a photoshop pro by the end of the summer!

I loved the pics from this trip to the zoo. I had sooo many good ones of Wynn (surprise) it was hard to choose!

The Latest...

I'm not scrapbooking in any particular order. I have occasions I would LOVE to get scrappin' but I don't have pics from my siblings yet...and they inevitably have some good ones!

btw, I'm addicted to my computer...can you tell?