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This has really been a rough couple of weeks for my family. I mentioned in my post last week that we just attended the funeral for one of my uncles, and then on Monday we got the news that another of my uncles had passed away. We’ll be attending his funeral tomorrow. They both led long full lives, but it is still so hard to let go and say good-bye. I have no doubt that those two and my dad are filling Heaven with some serious laughter!! Oh my, the stories those boys could tell. All of us could sit and listen to them for hours! I need to take some time at some point to tell some of their stories.

I guess that goes back again to why I take time to scrapbook. To tell the stories, even if it is only with pictures sometimes. I’m not the best journaler, but I am trying! I am thankful to find a little down time tonight to come by and share new layouts with my designers amazing new products for this week!

At The Lilypad, Etc. by Danyale has a new chapter in her Lifetime Stories series. I used the original in this layout as well and everything works so beautifully together.

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Chapter 3 – Being Me by Etc. by Danyale Lifetime Stories by Etc. by Danyale

Also at The Lilypad, Just Jaimee has a gorgeous new collab that coordinates with the April Storyteller. Her collab partner this time is the amazing Creashens!

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Storyteller 2016 – A Sweet Life Bundle Collab by Just Jaimee and Creashens Storyteller 2016 – April Templates by Just Jaimee

At The Digital Press, River~Rose has a beauty of a new kit called My Best Me

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My Best Me by River~Rose

And also at The Digital Press, and her personal shop, Sahin Designs has an absolutely amazing collection called Recorded.

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Recorded | Bundle by Sahin Designs Press Plate No. 40 by Paislee Press

I also got my Life in Pockets updated for the last couple of weeks. I need to get this last week done and I’ll be caught up again.

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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee
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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee
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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee
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Storyteller 2016 April Collection by Just Jaimee

I’m off to get some things put in my planner, totally behind on updating it! Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!! Peace, out…

What a week…

This last week has certainly been a roller coaster!! Normally I love roller coasters, but not particularly the emotional kind. It started with my daughter’s announcement that I’m pretty sure I mentioned in the last post and ended with spending the day yesterday at my uncle’s funeral. Throw a little baseball and some painting in there, and it was one heck of a week. I also have another uncle who is not doing well and will probably not be with us much longer. My dad had 3 brothers and 1 sister. My dad passed away almost 4 years ago, my aunt 2 years ago, and now another. I absolutely think that the hardest part about getting older is losing loved ones and watching them get older, realizing they won’t be here forever.

I guess part of the reason I scrapbook is to remember the good, happy times and divert my attention from the hard times. One of these days, I need to go to my mom’s and gather all the older photos…start preserving those memories. This week I scrapped some older photos and some newer ones. I love going back and picking out memories from when my children were younger, remembering and retelling those stories.

Here’s is some of the awesomeness you can find in the stores this week:

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29 Again Papers by Etc. by Danyale 29 Again Elements by Etc. by Danyale 29 Again Alphas by Etc. by Danyale
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April Sky Papers by Amy Wolff April Sky Elements by Amy Wolff April Sky Alpha by Amy Wolff Perserved by Sara Gleason
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Fueled by Caffeine and Dreams by Valorie Wibbens Sprinkles V42 by Valorie Wibbens Drama Queen Fueled by Valorie Wibbens
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Birds of A Feather – April 2016 Collection by Pixels and Company
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Mellifluous | papers by MEG Designs Mellifluous | elements by MEG Designs Mellifluous | jounaling cards by MEG Designs
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Project Grateful: Indexed by the Project Grateful Team
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Graduate Collection by River~Rose Easy Inspiration No. 1 by MEG Designs

Today, I have to get my house cleaned up! It is a complete disaster!! Then I hope to catch up on PL and my planner a bit, if I get some down time. Hope you have a blessed week!! Peace, out…

Happy Easter!

I hope that you all are having a wonderfully blessed day! It’s been pretty quiet around here today. We had Easter dinner yesterday when most of the kiddos could be here. We were only missing my sweet daughter-in-law, who had to work. The life of EMS. It was great having everyone here and the weather was fantastic. The kids were able to hunt eggs and play outside most of the time. My daughter surprised me with an Easter basket and inside was a photo of my new grand baby…coming in October!! Exciting!! She will be a good mommy 🙂

I thought I’d take a few to come by and share my pages for this week. If you happen to be shopping this evening, you can find these gorgeous new releases in the shops!!

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Storyteller 2016 April Collection by Just Jaimee
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Crafty Fingers Bundle by Sahin Designs and Anita Designs Quick Scraps Vol. 6 by Anita Designs
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Clarity by Etc. by Danyale Pandemonium by Etc. by Danyale Storyteller 2016 Sketched Templates by JustJaimee
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Inquiring Minds by River~Rose and MEG Designs Live Your Dreams Template by MEG Designs
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Happy Place – March 2016 Collection by Pixels and Company Relatively Speaking Template by Gennifer Bursett

I haven’t take much scrapping time this weekend. I’ve been doing some painting around the house with the little bit of spring break we get. Tomorrow is the last day and we will be spending it out looking for baseball cleats. I might try to squeeze some in tonight or tomorrow night.

Have a lovely rest of your Easter day. Thanks for looking!! Peace, out…

Caught Up?

Who me? Caught up on some things? No way!! Oh but I am. And, it appears, talking to myself haha. But I am officially caught up on my Life in Pockets and Planner Pages! I thought I’d take just a minute to come by and share those!!

Here are my last two weeks of Life in Pockets using Just Jaimee’s Storyteller 2016 March Collection and Add-ons

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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 March Collab – Better Days Ahead by Just Jaimee and Valorie Wibbens
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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 March Collab – Better Days Ahead by Just Jaimee and Valorie Wibbens
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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee
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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee

And my most recent planner pages. Last week all filled in and this week “before the pen”.  I love being able to add the little photos for the week and a journal card to document what’s going on. These all use Just Jaimee’s Story Planner March Kit.

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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee

I really missed my planner over the weekend!! I had sticky notes everywhere haha. Hope you’ve had a fabulous Monday and thanks for looking!! Peace, out…

 

Spring?

Well, this week started off fantastic. The temperatures were close to 80 every day and it was just beautiful. Then BAM, today it is in the 40’s and supposed to be the same for tomorrow with the possibility of some snow. I am not happy about that. Fortunately, by mid week it’s supposed to be back to the 70’s, so I guess I will survive.

I’ve been working on getting my PL all up to date and just have this week to go, but I thought I’d come by and share some of the fabulous new releases while they are still on sale! My designers out-do themselves week after week!!

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March Wolff Pack Papers, Messy Marvin, and Alphas by Amy Wolff
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Storyteller 2016 Sketched Templates and Storyteller 2016 Collection by Just Jaimee, and Storyteller 2016 March Collab by Just Jaimee and Valorie Wibbens
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Ethereal and Ethereal Journal Cards by MEG Designs, Blockbuster Templates by Jimbo Jambo and Sahin Designs
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Whale of a Tale by River~Rose, Blockbuster Templates by Sahin Designs and Jimbo Jambo Desgins
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Blockbuster Templates by Sahin Designs and Jimbo Jambo Designs, Drift Off and Joyful Noises by Sahin Designs

And don’t forget to check out the Retirement Sale at The Lilypad. There’s some awesome stuff that is going, going, gone!

Those are some gorgeous kits right there! I had intended to do some playing around in my planner this weekend, but I left it at work!! I didn’t realize how attached to it I had become! I bet I don’t forget it again!!

Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend, and Happy Spring!!! Peace, out…

I Love Sales!

All kinds of sales! Bring them on! I very seldom buy anything that is not on sale and I am proud to say that I have even trained my daughter to head straight for the clearance racks no matter where we go!!

The same holds true for digiscrapping! I love the sales!! And there are some great ones going on right now!!

First up, it’s SOSN at The Lilypad!! I love it so much!! Here are just a few of the goodies you can find  50% off for one day only…

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Stripped Paper Piece Clusters by Etc. by Danyale Sripped Paper Border by Etc. by Danyale Sundara by Etc. by Danyale
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Urban Fusion by Amy Wolff
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A Stacked Mess March, A Stacked Mess Frames March, and March Storyteller Collection by Just Jaimee

And then there is Publisher’s Pick at The Digital Press and MEG Designs has this beautiful collection on sale…

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Live Your Dreams by MEG Designs

And now, I am off to shop!! Hope you are too 🙂 Peace, out…

Simply Saturday

Wow, has this ever been a busy week! My mom’s 78th birthday was on Wednesday, so Monday and Tuesday were spent in prep. We took her out to eat at Applebee’s and then went back to her house for cupcakes. Thursday and Friday were spent in prep for my husband’s birthday today. We took him out to eat at our favorite little Italian place. I wanted to go there mostly so that I could make a stop at Staple’s (shhhh don’t tell him). But much to my disappointment, our local Staple’s has closed! What is an office supply geek like myself supposed to do now? *sniff*

Relaxing now and thought I would stop by to share this week’s awesome new digi-scrap releases!!

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Focus on the Good Elements, Papers, and Journal Cards by MEG Designs Easy Inspiration no. 1 by MEG Designs
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Pocket Topography No. 5 by Valorie Wibbens The Good Stuff Elements by Amy Wolff The Good Stuff Papers by Amy Wolff Herbology by Valorie Wibbens Sprinkles V41 by Valorie Wibbens Daily Affirmation March BYOC Bundle by Etc. by Danyale
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Bad Day Bundle by Sahin Designs October 2015 Layout Templates by Sahin Designs
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Storyteller 2016 March Collab : Better Days Ahead by Just Jaimee and Valorie Wibbens
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Full O’Blarney by Etc. by Danyale Top of the Morning by Fiddle-Dee-Dee
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The Older The Better Collection by Sahin Designs

 

I also thought I would take a minute to share the layouts that I did for Simple Scrapper this month. I love being a part of the team at Simple Scrapper. I really feel like it helps me to create some meaningful, purposeful layouts and inspires me to create pages that I may not have thought of otherwise. The Premium Membership offers exclusive content and a supportive, generous, and inspiring community. Some of the benefits include a private Facebook group, Spark Magazine, chats, podcasts, sketches, and story starters. Totally awesome! And here are my pages for this month:

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Work Day Bundle by Sahin Designs Template and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership
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You Are Loved Collection by Pixels and Company Template and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership

Hoping to be back tomorrow with updated planner photos and I’m seriously working on getting PL updated. Have a great weekend!!! Peace, out…

 

Quick Planner Update…

Too busy planning to be sharing ha!! I am loving my planner so much. I actually took it to work one day last week to get some photos in better lighting, and left it there. I was lost when I got home! I’ve been updating the gallery, but haven’t come to share on the blog.

This is the end of February and the first week in March, which is still a work in progress. I need to print a couple of journal cards to pop in there, and at the end of the week, I’ll add a couple of photos for the week.

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Story Planner 2016 February by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 February by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 February Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 February Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 February Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee
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Story Planner 2016 March Kit by Just Jaimee

I am still playing around with the format I’m using to see what I like the best, and I may just change it up every month. I really look forward to the weekend so that I have time to work on the next week!! I’m off to fill in some things for the next couple of days and then off to bed. I’m hoping to catch up on PL tomorrow and be back to share those pages. Over the hump and downhill from here. Peace, out…

Another week, another month, gone by…

Yes, there’s still one more day in February this year, but basically it’s the end, right? I’m done with it and ready for the month that brings Spring and Daylight Savings Time! Bring on March!! We had fabulous 65 degree weather today and it’s supposed to be nice for the next couple of days before turning cold again. But at least I know the cold days are numbered now.

Thought I would swing by and share a few pages for this week and tell you about something fun coming up for this Leap Day!

First up, the pages:

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Brilliant by Valorie Wibbens, Drama Queen Brilliant and Limited Edition by Valorie Wibbens
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Storyteller 2016 March Collection by Just Jaimee
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Then She Said by Etc. by Danyale
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Monochrome Fall and February Layout Templates by Sahin Designs

And The Lilypad is planning lots of fun and games for Leap Day. There will be an awesome sale going on, with select products at $2.29, games in the forum, and a fun chat tomorrow night. Here are a couple of things you will find on sale tomorrow:

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Duly Noted and Downtown Loft 2016 by Amy Wolff
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Sugar Sands Beach Kit by Etc. by Danyale

I’m afraid I am going to miss most of it. My son’s basketball team plays for the championship tomorrow night. It’s a double elimination tournament and we haven’t lost yet. So, what that means is that we play at 7…if we win, we are champions and it’s over, if we lose, we play again at 9pm! Really hoping we win that first game or it will be a long night! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday evening!! Peace, out…

Sunday, Sunday…

I love Sundays! There is something about them that is so relaxing and peaceful. I sometimes think that maybe we should go out and do something, but our weeks are so crazy and hectic during the school year that I really enjoy just having a day of down time…a little time to just recharge the batteries. And it’s the one day of the week that I can scrap pretty much whenever I want to and make sure I’m caught up on everything before the new week starts.

If you haven’t been in the digi shops this weekend, there’s some awesome stuff out there!! Here’s a few of the things that I got to work with this week…all are amazing!!

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Storyteller 2016 :: Sketched Templates February Add-on by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 :: February Collab Obsession – Add-on by Just Jaimee and Studio Basic Storyteller 2016 February Collection by Just Jaimee
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Be Yourself by MEG Designs You Make Me Smile Despite the Miles Template by MEG Designs
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Drift Off Bundle by Sahin Designs November 2015 Layout Templates by Sahin Designs
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Pocket Stories 5 by Etc. by Danyale Shabby Boho Elements by Etc. by Danyale Just My Type by Etc. by Danyale and Pink Reptile Designs
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February Wolff Pack Papers by Amy Wolff February Wolff Pack Frames by Amy Wolff Jot It Down #3 by Amy Wolff About A Boy by Amy Wolff Giddy Alpha by Amy Wolff
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Storyteller 2016 :: A Stacked Mess – February Add-on by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 :: Stacked Frames – February Add-on by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 :: February Collab Obsession – Add-onn by Just Jaimee and Studio Basic

I also updated my Life in Pockets pages for Week 7…just need to catch up for this week

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Storyteller 2016 February Collection + add-ons by Just Jaimee
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Storyteller 2016 February Collection + add-ons by Just Jaimee

And now I’m going to get some photos of my planner and get that page updated. I’ve even started to decorate for March!! I’ll be back with that later today or tomorrow 🙂 Have a wonderful Sunday!! Peace, out…