New CT

As some of you may or may not have known, I was lucky enough to be on Connie Prince's Guest CT for September. Imagine my surprise and excitement when they asked me to stay...maybe it had to do with my begging. (Sorry Linda...lol).

You have no idea how much that made my day!

Here are some of the layouts I did for Connie this month:

This one was using Street Smarts by Connie Prince and Chelle Creations. Yes, by Street Smarts, they mean Sesame Street of course! It was perfect for my pictures from Sesame Place. This layout captures our Elmo's World experience.

Here is one using Dough-Re-Mi by Connie Prince and Bella Gypsy (aka Threeology). I didn't have any pictures on hand when I got the kit so I decided it was time for Nathan to play...he wasn't upset at all.

Those are the two kits that came out on Friday. I would show you all of my layouts, but let's just say I've never scrapped so much in one month as I've done for just Connie. It was so worth it! Here is my gallery at DST if you are interested in seeing some of my other stuff.

That's it for now! Have a great weekend!

Spelling Bee!

My oldest son was in a spelling bee! Isn't that exciting? Now the question you should ask was when! "Shan, when was Alex in the spelling bee?". I'm so glad you asked. It was June 17....2009. Yes you read that right - over a year ago! This was the spring of his 2nd grade year. He just started 4th grade. I suppose you can say these pictures weren't top on my "to scrap" list.

Actually it was. I did scrap it but I never liked the layout. The journaling was all off, and I just didn't like how it flowed. Here is the original layout (I can't remember who was the designer of the kit I used - sorry).

Yeah, it wasn't that great. I joined a new CT (Sherry Ferguson) and used her Pollen Nation to make a new layout. I think this one turned out even better. I must say though, I'm so glad I did the other one right away, I forgot so much of the information. I guess after a year or so my memory isn't that sharp...lol.

Anyway, here is my new one

New Look!

I'm such a slacker. I need to get better at blogging. I get so wrapped up in real life, my scrapping life, and managing Ginger Scraps that I forget all about this place. I hope to change that..lol.

I just updated the look of this blog using Trixie Scraps Designs and Connie Prince's new kit "Take Me Away". I love the grown up look to this kit. Reading is such a big deal in my life that I'm just excited there is finally a kit that can capture this!

Here is the kit (image linked):

Here is my layout with it (used template in the bundle):

Here is the blogwear:

If you do end up dressing up your blog with this blogwear please let me know! I would love to see it!!