Kendi

Check out this gorgeous new kit from Brine Design - Kendi. Kendi is the African name meaning "The Loved One", and this kit is full of beautiful loving elements. And I really like the color palette.


Here is the layout I was inspired to make with it.


Journaling: My darling Jacob, You are so very special to me! I adore holding you on my lap, and watching you fall asleep snuggled against me. It is the most beautiful time of my day, when you go to sleep on me. This particular day though, I was busy on the computer, and you were watching a movie, and you fell asleep all by yourself for the first time. You looked so very, very sweet. But, I have to admit, my heart broke just a little bit. You see... you are growing up, and don't necessarily need me to fall asleep anymore. And it made me kind of sad. I love you!

Kendi by Brine Design
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I Believe

Check out the beautiful new kit Deca Designs came out with - I Believe. It's available at two little pixels.



Here is my layout.

I never want to forget this view!!

Some goodies

Oh, my poor neglected blog! I'm sorry I've been away so long! There's been a lot going on here from lots of paperwork, to my brother-in-law unexpectedly falling gravely ill and passing away within a week, to an unplanned trip halfway across the country for his memorial service, to lots more paperwork and getting ready for Christmas. I'm still FAR from ready, with only about 6 gifts bought so far! We don't have a tree yet, or any decorations up, because we only got back a few days ago, and have been pretty solidly working! Hopefully we'll get all that done soon, as we are rapidly running out of time! I am working on making a few holiday gifts - I'll share more about them as I get some made. But for now, I must share a few things with you!!

Did you know that CatScrap is having an Advent Calendar? Check out the daily downloads there! And you might notice Santa hanging around in the forums and gallery!


Then head over to two little pixels! With your $10 order, this beautiful collab is automatically added to your cart!



I had a lot of fun working with it! I recently made my first photo book using a free code from Shutterfly, and as I had to make it quickly (because I waited until the last minute, as usual), I had to just throw things together. It came out nice, but because I know nothing about bleed and all that, the pages are a little off center. And because all my layouts are single-page, a lot of the pages don't match very well. So, I vowed to make more two-page layouts in the future. Here's my first one.

Page one...

Page two...

and the two combined!


And check out the sweet December 2010 Gold Member kit at DST. It was made by my friend Shen. I absolutely loved playing with this kit!



Here is what I made.


I hope this post finds you well! And I plan to be writing much more over the next few weeks! (((hugs)))