Beach

For our fifth anniversary we went back to Galveston to celebrate. The water was crystal clear that weekend due to a hurricane. 

Details: Patterned papers are from the Boardwalk line by Little Yellow Bicycle. Stamps are from the Heidi Grace Beyond the Sea line. Title was cut using the Life is a Beach Cricut cartridge.

Michelle's graduation

My sister graduated in the spring of 2010 with her bachelors in Science.

Details: Gray paper is Cinder by Bazzill. Patterned papers are the A & B sides of Madras from the Silk Road line by SEI. I also made a pocket out of the photo matting to put her party invitation, thank you card, and church bulletin announcement. It made a great place to store mementos that I don't normally scrap.

Moody Gardens aquarium

Moody Gardens Aquarium.

Details: Green paper is Lime Crush by Bazzill. Fish embellishments are by Martha Stewart Crafts.

Sparklers

Fun with Sparklers!

Details: All papers are from the Red White & Blue line by We R Memory Keepers. Blue star is Seeing Stars and scalloped is Fireworks. The rest are scraps from previous pages, but the same paper line.

Changing Colors

Where I grew up, we had tons of maples and oaks and other trees that changed leaf colors in the fall. Where I live now, the dominant trees are live oaks and junipers and they don't change leaf colors. I was so excited that the house we bought had two huge red oak trees. They make beautiful colored leaves in the fall!

This might be my new favorite layout :)

Details: Leaf paper is Fall Leaves from the Night Fall collection by American Crafts. The beautiful rosettes (or delights as the packaging calls them) are by American Crafts in Spice. The Orange pattern strip is also from Night Fall. Yellow paper is Beeswax and orange is Yam, both by Bazzill. Title stickers are by Making Memories. Journaling block is October Afternoon.

Hot Chocolate

A delightful winter treat.

Details: Brown paper is Reindeer from the I Believe collection by My Mind's Eye. Snowflake paper is by Jillibean Soup. Ribbon is by Making Memories. Letters are by Pebbles. Tab and mint are by October Afternoon.

Glass Blowing

Since this year was our first year in our new home and the first year with a full size Christmas tree, we needed a bunch of ornaments. Craig and Lacy treated us to a glass blowing ornament class. We had fun, but it was a pretty steep learning curve. 

Details:Background paper is by Imaginisce.

Bulb Exposure

We did some fun bulb exposure shots last fourth of July. The city had to cancel fireworks due to our extreme drought. We made our own festive fun.

Details: Star paper is Celebration from We R Memory Keepers's Red White & Blue collection. Scalloped paper is Letters home from the same collection. Backyard Party is Summertime Fun from the Red White & Blue collection. The title was cut using the Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge. Fireworks were cut, using an SVG file I found, on SCAL.