Snow Dusting

Photos taken at dawn.
Oklahoma has been in a deep freeze this past week.
Our first snow, a light dusting.

Digital Project LIfe | Week Forty-Six

Welcome to the Week of: November 11 - November 17
Photos: Canon DSLR: (7) iPhone: (7) Instagram: (2) Scanned (0)
Highlights
Facetime fun.
Pumpkin photos.
Everyday.
Lowlights
Rodney had all four of his wisdom teeth removed.
Complete Digital Album Spread: 
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Complete Digital Album Spread with Inserts:
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Products Used:
Melanie Britt Designs:
1. Week 46 Title Card 2. & 3. September Collection  4. Digital Album with Templates with  A Season to be Thankful  inserts. 5.  Thanksgiving Collection available free for a limited time. 6.  Fill in the Blank Digital Stamps.                 

Other:
7. Hello Circle Stamp Ali Edwards  8. Word Art Rhonna Designs App

Tech Stuff:

is a memory keeping system developed by Becky Higgins.  I contributed to her Project Life e-book available here. You can find traditional supplies here and here. The digital aspect of this system is available at Digital Project Life.

Digital Project Life | Week Forty-Five

Welcome to the Week of: November 4 - November 10

Highlights
Everyday.
Day in and Day out living.
Lowlights
Ruger fell and busted his head, we took him to the ER. I had him all ready to get stitches, when the ER doctor took out the stapler and put four staples in his head. Ouch!  
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Complete Digital Album Spread with Inserts:
Products Used:
Melanie Britt Designs:
1. Week 45 Title Card 2. Capture Collection  4. Digital Album with Templates  5. 4- 6x6 album template for my A Season to be Thankful project  6.  Thanksgiving Collection available free for a limited time.                  
Other:
3. Seafoam Cards Digital Project Life

Tech Stuff:

is a memory keeping system developed by Becky Higgins.  I contributed to her Project Life e-book available here. You can find traditional supplies here and here. The digital aspect of this system is available at Digital Project Life.

A Season to be Thankful | Part Two

Welcome to part two of my A Season to be Thankful project. 
You can read more about this project here.
We arrived at the ER with Ruger.  We left a few hours later with four staples in his head.
You can see my other A Season to be Thankful posts here:

Remembering When | A Crochet Story


I haven't talked about it much here on the blog much.
Probably because babies, homeschooling, moving and house building is a bit time consuming.
I am thrilled to say that I am in a season of calm and peace right now.
Our house is turning into a home.
Our routine is set at a somewhat normal pace.
Evenings are spent in the living room as a family.
This is where crocheting comes in.

Here's the story.
I recently found a blanket I started for Ruger before he was born.
Yes, I said before. shhhhhh.....
Be kind, he was my fourth baby.
With it spread out on my bed, I stared at it most of the day.
It eventually made its way to the living room with me, along with the yarn and crochet hook.
I studied the stitching I used.
I even unraveled a few stitches to see how I did it.
You have to understand something.
My Grandma taught me to crochet at the tender age of 8.  I learned to read patterns as she did. 
By making patterns her own. (by that I mean: she would start following a pattern, maybe, learn a new stitch or two, then finish by the photo alone) 
Soon I caught on and was doing the same.  
I can look at any pattern, any picture of a crochet item and recreate it.
So, just like riding a bike.  
I set in the living room of our new home and peacefully started crocheting away.

Raeleen soon joined me with her own hook and yarn and I showed her how to create a simple chain.
This lead to the chain being as long as our great room.
A chat started about how my Grandma taught me to make Barbie doll clothes.
It was long after a Barbie doll landed in my lap. 
I second guessed myself, but I did it, I whipped up from memory a Barbie doll dress.  

Oh! The memories! 
I do wish I had photos of the doll clothes I created back then.
Little did I know, 
I would be a Mom to a little girl interested in a trip to Hobby Lobby for some sparkly hot pink yarn.
I am so looking forward to reestablishing my love for crochet into my life once again.
It's time.

Digital Project Life | Week Forty-Four

Welcome to the Week of: October 28 - November 3
Photos: Canon DSLR: (11) iPhone: (11) Instagram: (1) Scanned (0)
Highlights
Halloween
Lowlights
Soccer ends with a great season.
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Halloween was pretty much taken over by Raeleen's Dance Class party at the studio.  I took Ruger to the Trunk N Treat at our local church while Raeleen was at dance.  The older boys stayed home with their Dad and had their own party.  Which I missed by the way and not one photo was taken. All the photos I took of Ruger at the Trunk N Treat with my phone turned out crummy.  Thankfully, I snapped a few of Raeleen with my DSLR before leaving to dance class.
Right Insert:
This week officially kicks off A Season to be Thankful.  You can read all about this project here.
Products Used:
Melanie Britt Designs:
1. Week 44 Title Card Freebie 2. Photo Templates  3. All About You Filler Cards  4. Digital Album with Templates  5. U R My Pawl Digital Stamp  6. Halloween Collection  7. ThanksgivingCollection 
8. Album Template used for A Season to be Thankful  9. Car Wash Doodle                    
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A Season to be Thankful | Part One

This year I am taking a simple approach to my A Season to be Thankful project.
The title card was created with my Thanksgiving Collection you can download for free for a limited time.
These photos were all taken with my iPhone while I was out and about.
I have resized them to fit in my 6x6 album template to display in my weekly digital album.
You can see my other A Season to be Thankful posts here:

Digital Project Life | Week Forty-Three + A Freebie

Welcome to the Week of: October 21-27
Photos: Canon dSLR: (6) iPhone: (13) Instagram: (0) Scanned (0)
Highlights: Fall Festival at our church.

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Products Used:
Melanie Britt Designs:
1. Week 43 Title Card Freebie at the end of this post 2. Photo Template 3. Fall Mini Kit 4. Digital Album with Templates 5. and 6. and 7.  Fall Mini Kit 8. Thanksgiving Collection freebie on my facebook page for a limited time.
Other:
9. Seafoam Cards Digital Project Life 

Tech Stuff:

is a memory keeping system developed by Becky Higgins.  I contributed to her Project Life e-book available here. You can find traditional supplies here and here. The digital aspect of this system is available at Digital Project Life.
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Bright White Walls

A sneak into our home.
Right now.
What you just witnessed is a glimpse into our main great room.
Open entry way, kitchen, living room, dining room.
Tile throughout.
I originally painted two 'focus walls' gray.
The gray seemed to make the whole room look like one big shadow.
Second try.
I chose a golden rod color.
Two shades in fact.
One a bit darker for the fireplace wall.
Not only was this a 'sleepy' color.
I may have screamed at my camera trying to adjust the settings to counter the 'orange' glow.
I made the leap to back to basic white.
Bright beautiful white.
Doesn't get any better.
I cannot wait to get some art + photos (memories) on these walls.
We are installing a 50" television over the mantel.
Yeah!
Looking forward to decorating the master crafted mason work (Thank you, Dad!) this Holiday season.
We are currenting finalizing our plans for the staircase.
Looking forward to having this complete by Thanksgiving.
It is time.