Facebook, Old Photo's and Memories

So lately I have been neglecting some of my scrap sites and my blog. Yes, I have become a Facebook addict!!! Don't worry though scrapping is still my main addiction. lol I am really loving Facebook though, I have a farm and I'm in the Mafia now! I've also reconnected with some old friends and family.
Now my family? I am an only child. My Mother? She is the baby of 14, YES 14. She was also a change of life baby so most of her brothers and sisters have passed on. Kinda weird that many of my aunts and uncles were the ages of most people's grandparents and kinda sad that I didn't get to know them all that well. With such a large family it's a little hard to remain close. We can't all get together at the same time and many of us have lost contact completely. There is also an age difference for me.Some of my first cousins are very close to my Mom's age, again a little weird but I have many cousins that I refer to as Aunt or Uncle.
Through Facebook I have recently reconnected to my cousin Lisa. She is my Aunt Alice's daughter whom I loved dearly. Sadly the one Aunt I spent the most time with and was very close too, passed when I was in my late teens. She was only in her 40's. I still have some issue with this. I spent every possible minute with her while she was sick and was with her when she passed. It haunts me still. She had an inoperable brain tumor and I will just say I have never seen anyone suffer the way she did and prey that I never do again.
Reconnecting with my cousin has brought back so many memories. Some good and some bad. I am so thankful to have reconnected with her though. It's like getting back a piece of myself that I didn't fully realize I lost. Lisa recently posted some old photo's and I wanted to share some of them.
This is my favorite. I love it. I of course never knew my aunt at this age and I think maybe she is about the age I was when I lost her. She looks so beautiful and at peace....I'm not sure what it is but this photo has brought me such comfort.

I have other photo's to share however today? I think I just want the spotlight to be on my dear Aunt Alice. She was a beautiful woman, inside and out.

October Afternoon

First off Happy Belated Mother's Day. I hope all you Mom's out there had a great day! Me? I lost power on Saturday night and didn't get it back until Sunday around dinner time. My plans of hubby making his penne alla vodka for dinner went down the tubes. My mom offered to cook but instead we got our scrap on and ordered from Poppa John's. Not the Mother's Day I had planned...but the most relaxing I've ever had.

I Got a page and some cards done this weekend. I finally scrapped this picture of my daughter from last summer. With her suit being a dead ringer for October Afternoon it made choosing paper really easy! lol I have some finishing touches on the cards so I'll post them another day.

Nook & Pantry

If you haven't figured it out yet...I'm addicted to Basic Grey. Yes. I admit it. Occasionally though they come out with a line that I hesitate on and I must say Nook and Pantry was one of them. I'm not sure what made me cave in and buy it. Maybe it was the cute names like Tea Cakes and Rolling Pin...but I think the whole tea thing is what really made me hesitate. I mean really...I love tea, I drink it every day but did I need an entire pack of tea themed paper? No, no I didn't and Basic Grey knew that I didn't which I why all the paper IS NOT tea themed. I made this page without using a single teapot and every stitch of patterned paper is from Nook & Pantry. So Basic Grey I apologize. You knew all along just what I needed. Sigh.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

My Sleepy Head layout that I posted in the beginning of the month? I submitted it to Cosmo Cricket aaannnnnnnnddddd holy crap! They posted on their site. I'm so excited! Go check it out!!!

Early Bird

Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird line? I love, love, loveeeeeee this line. What is it about the color saturation of Cosmo Cricket? I swear it makes me melt and those little chipboard pieces? Sooo cute.



I did a little scrap shopping yesterday (ok ALOT of scrap shopping but we really don't need to talk about that) sooo as I was saying I did a little scrap shopping yesterday and here are a few things a came home with.

Unfortunately the scrap store I was at did not have this is in stock. I'm going to have to order this!!

and of course I couldn't leave without some Basic Grey!! Ohhh now...before you think I am a total shopaholic I must tell you. Both of my LSS's have closed in the last couple of years. I now have to drive an hour to get to my closest NOT so local Scrap Store. It was well worth the trip though and I had a great time. I went with friends and we made a day of it.


Now I need to place a major picture order and get to scrapping!!!!! My how I wish Spring Break were just starting and not ending. Ho Hum.

Have a Happy Easter all!

Pink Paislee

Love me some Pink Paislee AND I'm loving this sketch from the Pink Paislee Community, Live Pink. Now granted I did not get this done in time for the contest but the sketch was so nice I decided to go ahead and do it anyway. I'm not sure how many Pink Paislee lines I used on this but hey...I used those scraps!! lol The orange flower is a plain Prima that I airbrushed with my Copics.

So, as I said the contest is over but here is the sketch if you would like to use it anyway. The Live Pink site has some great eye candy!!!

Sweet Dreams

Never too old for her baby doll! I used some Collage Press (Christmas paper) for this one. I really loved all the yummy pink and red in this pack and decided it didn't HAVE to be a typical Christmas LO.


Silly me, forgot to say Happy St. Patrick's Day!