Going back.

Well, I've been going back through my photo boxes and getting rid of extra photos and putting the ones I know I want to scrap into sheet protectors in my albums. I've been inspired to do a layout here and there in my "older" albums. Actually, taking a break from going through photo boxes and creating layouts is a welcomed break! Here are a couple I made for my 2004 album. I love papers that I don't need to add much in order to look beautiful!

Spring cleaning.

I've been taking on a cleaning project here and there all over my house. This weekend (among yard work) I'll be cleaning out about 10 huge boxes of photos. I'll put the ones I want to scrap in the appropriate albums in sheet protectors and {gasp!} throw the rest away! Wow, did I really say that? Well, yes. My thought is that I'll scrap the great photos and keep it simple. If I want copies of the rest, I can always do that later with negatives or CDs. I will attempt to fit about 10 large boxes of photos and negatives and CDs into about 4-5 shoe box size boxes. Wish me luck! So, last night when I was going through some pictures, I found these lovelies that were taken when my mom was here for a visit in 2006. I had scrapped some of the photos from her trip, but not all the ones I wanted to. I'm keeping it simple, but still telling my story and getting these memories in albums.

Hope you're having a great SPRING! Bye for now!

thankful.

Let's see... What have I been up to? Well, spring cleaning, mostly. I've been going through drawers and closets and cleaning out stuff. In the process, the scrap room/office has suffered some neglect. This, in turn leads to creative blockage. I just can't stand the piles of stuff all over the place in here. It messes with my creating anything! So, this week, I'll be cleaning up in here a bit and listing a few things on Etsy and maybe something for eBay, too. Mother's Day and Spring stuff, I'm thinking. So, here is the only thing I've done in the past couple of weeks... We went to London about 5 years ago and I've only done about half of the photos.
In other news, the weather here is finally nice today. We had tornadoes go through a couple days ago and that was exciting. It was the first time I had to take my furry baby under the stairs and hunker down! I heard the "freight train" sound you hear so much about, for the first time. I was at peace though (thanks be to God)! I knew we'd be okay. So, the next day, there was no damage to our property and our neighborhood is pretty well intact. I'm so thankful. More soon!