Pay Attention to ME, Mom!

I was trying to photograph my layouts on the Historic State Theatre. T-2 had other ideas! I’m still mixing patterned papers…this one is botanicals and flourishes. This sketch is from 52sketches52weeks. The doodling is my own…with a gel …

Cousins

I’ve had this picture on my bulletin board for years. It’s a professional photo of my niece and my son taken almost 13 years ago. My niece is three years older than my son. They look the same …

Patch Sewing Boy Scout

One busy evening… When you work a public job, when are your evenings NOT busy? Fixing supper, doing chores, getting ready for tomorrow… One busy evening, DS wanted to SEW! (sigh) It was 7 PM and he wanted …

One Summer Day Moving Hay

In the summer of DS tenth year, DH deemed son mature enough to drive the Ford tractor. DS job was to drive through the hayfield pulling a wagon; DH would load the rolls of hay on the wagon. …

Inspecting the JD 6600 Combine

DH & I puchased a combine in October 2004. DS was 10. He was 10. He did that crooked finger waving…”Come Here Mom!”. I caught it on camera! I love this page. It was inspired by Sally’s Sketch …

Phillip the JD 6600 Combine

OK…it should say Phillip ON the JD 6600 Combine. I messed up on my journaling. I’m not changing it. Guess it will just be something to chuckle about. There’s also the camera date stamp on my page. Oh …

Inside the Historic State Theatre

As I mentioned yesterday, the State Theatre had undergone years of renovation and it was finally completed. The grand re-opening was Mother’s Day 2009. Here’s a peek inside. When they were working in the theatre, they uncovered murals. …

Arriving at the theatre…in style

The Historic State Theatre in Elizabethtown KY is an ART DECO style theatre that recently completed several years of renovation and re-opened on Mother’s Day 2009 weekend with a showing of E.T. The last film shown at the …

Heading for the Open Road

On DS 14th birthday (and that was last year), a friend brought over his Harley and gave DS a ride. DS was super excited. Jess (of Jessica Lynn Original) came out with this cool biker owl dude…Brentwood…on Thursday; …

JLO Tutorial #01 – Creating Progressively

Got scrapper’s block? I’ve found a cure…create a progressive page. One of the easiest ways to scrap is to make a progressive page. You can even apply this to cardmaking! It sounds hard, but the concept is really …