Love this blog...they have tons of great product {don't just think flowers} and so much inspiration. This week's guest DT is Anne Jo Lexander from Norway and her work is simply beautiful! Check it out!

Cookie was the winner of Itty Bitty Scrap Shack's So You Think You Can Scrap Challenge and deservedly so! Unfortunately, I got booted out at Round 5 { :-( }
She has posted some sketches on her blog done by the incredibly talented Valerie Salmon and I was inspired by her layout The Garden Sketch # 54 (with lil' Mr. Cutie Pie Harvey) to get some pages done! TFL! I didn't know this was Valerie's sketch until AFTER I HAD ALREADY POSTED THE BLOG AND THE PICTURE...my apology. Gotta check those things FIRST inthe future.

Some friends and I went to a wonderful scrapping event at Lisa's house last weekend. You may know Lisa as the author of the book, Ethnic Scrapbooking...and if you don't, where have you been??? You can check her out here at http://www.ethnicscrapbooking.typepad.com/thebook/

GRATITUDE IS INDEED LIKE A GEARSHIFT THAT CAN MOVE OUR MENTAL MECHANISM FROM OBSESSION TO PEACEFULNESS, FROM STUCKNESS TO CREATIVITY, FROM FEAR TO LOVE. THE ABILITY TO RELAX AND BE MINDFULLY PRESENT IN THE MOMENT COMES NATURALLY WHEN WE ARE GRATEFUL. ~ JOAN BORYSENKO

Mr. Whiz Kid at his 1st Easter Egg hunt and boy, was he excited! He wouldn't stop long enough for me to take pictures so....this will really look better once I enhance it in Adobe PE; maybe even decolorize it.

Somebody baked these for the Easter Egg hunt today and I have to say that while they looked absolutely YUMMY, I had the willpower to stay away! Just looking at the picture will have to suffice since I'll never lose weight if I partake. I'm just enjoying their goodness from afar!

B refuses to give up "comfy" things without a fight-WHY??? We will not be repairing these beat up, stinky, torn up shoes and she has agreed that I would photograph them for memory's sake and then we can throw them away...Kids!

CP and new friends doing what we love-scrapbooking!

My own Hannah Montana-she is so beautiful and isn't afraid to do her own thing...
Stripes and bling.....it works!!

Today starts a 30 day photography project for me since I was inspired by my friend Chela. I'm going try and explore my camera a bit, it's really not a complicated camera (Panasonic Lumix) but I haven't mastered it yet. And I'm gonna TRY and mix things up a bit here on the blog since it's sosoosso boring.
My motivation for this project is that it will be a part of really seeing. Because what's happening right now- my kids are changing quickly and I can't scrapbook EVERY single moment so I really want to see the what seems to be "ordinary moments" that make up each day.

for scrapping that keeps me challenged in a different way...called Scrapping the Music, officially here at http://scrappingthemusic.blogspot.com/ Have entered my 1st challenge to my FAVORITE artist of ALL time....PRINCE!!!!!

with all that was going on in NY, I did not turn in my best work @ IBSS so needless to say, I didn't make it to ROund 5................

Haven't had internet access this week and finally got to check in since I'm away from home...am moving on to Round 4 of the So You Think You Scrap Challenge at www.ittybittyscrapshack.com

Come check them out! Their kits are awesome and the friends are so sosososoososo nice!

Wish me luck! It's gonna be hard since I'm away from home without my scrap stuff~can we say a field trip to the local Scrapbook store which is closed tomorrow I think ...oh, the pressure!!!!!

Had to come up to NY to visit my parents; unfortunately, they live up in the mountains and it is absolutely so darn cold..my gosh, don't these people ever get a thaw out? Temps in the low 30s and snow piled everywhere...not my idea of great weather. The snow that melts creates these massive dirt "ponds" and then at night, refreezes back to ice. Will be glad to get back to warmer temps soon.