Pretty in Pink

I took some time this afternoon to create Brooke's 1st scrapbook page. I used some pearl paint mixed with Baby Pink re-inker to color both the letters and the outside layer of paper. Isn't she just so cute with her little pink hat on?

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p.s. I really take the pictures straight, not sure why they all seem to tilt to the right :)

Quick Update

I thought I would share this precious family portrait. Brooke is improving every day and we pray that she can come home soon.

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It's A Girl!

We are grandparents of a new baby girl! Brooke Elizabeth is 5 weeks early and on oxygen, but otherwise healthy and beautiful! Now, I can stock up on pink and purple papers and I look forward to a lot more pictures to scrapbook :)

For those of you who want to scrapbook but seem to never have enough time, I have a solution for you. Studio J starts on Tuesday. I will post all of the details soon.

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Absent with reason!

I have been absent from my blog, but with reason. As a mother of a teacher, you support their school in any way that you can. Michelle's school was having a Fine Arts Fair / Fund raiser and we came up with the idea that we could make a quilt. Well, this expanded into 3 quilts! The students from each of the three 3rd grade classes created artwork on a fabric square with fabric markers and then I stitched them together and quilted them. (The 3rd quilt is just the same only with different students artwork.) This took much more time than I had expected, but the results were great and they each brought in a lot of money for the school.

Click on the picture and you can view some of the beautiful artwork.

More Close To My Heart artwork soon!

(yes, my order arrived with new product from the Summer Idea book and I can't wait to play.)

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