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Happy Independence Day!

Domestic Goddess:

Renaissance Faire:

And my personal favorite…

Christmas Past Collection:

There’s news!  My Family and I will be moving out of good ‘ol California in August.  After much discussion (and LOTS of prayer) we’ve decided to move to Idaho!

Needless to say, I’ve been running around crazy-like the past several days.  We’re still trying to figure out if we are going to sell our house or keep it as a rental.  Big decisions!

I’ve also been busy with Graphic 45 projects.  They’re gearing up for Summer CHA so I have lots of little projects in the mix; I wish I could share all of them now but I have to wait until July.

Speaking of Graphic 45, be sure to check out their new, updated BLOG and NING Site!

Oh, I do have a little something to share…

I made a little card with the leftover October Afternoon Paper from my “Baby Elizabeth” Layout:

It’s almost time for my 300th Post (this is post 299) Giveaway!

I used the Botanicabella line from Graphic 45 to create this layout for my friend, Barbara.

Barbara has four black Newfies (only three of them are pictured).  Each dog has their own unique and precious personality!

Barbara (aka Baaabs) and her husband, Jim have been so sweet to my family…letting us plant a garden on their property (with the open-ended invitation to come check on said garden whenever we want).  Sweet right?  Good, good people.  We’re so blessed to have their friendship!

Here’s a few of the little details:

All friends are blessings and I appreciate each and every one!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Love, Christie

Remember this post?  The post about the gorgeous layout that Candy created for me.

In return I created the above layout for her.

Both of our layouts are featured on the Graphic 45 Blog today, check it out HERE.

Here’s a few close-ups of the layout I created for Candy:

This is the first time I’ve ever done a “Photo Swap” it was really fun!  I feel like it pushed me to be a little more creative than usual.

Have you ever swapped photos with someone or worked with friends photos before?  What’s your take on it?  Did it make you feel more creative?

Oh, I almost forgot…I have a couple of Relay For Life photos.

Izabelle joined me, she worked in the booth and walked with me too.  It was so nice to have the mother-daughter time.  I feel like she learned a lot (and so did I).

Working the booth:

The Luminaria Ceremony:

I loved to see the community get together to support such a great cause.  Have you ever participated in Relay For Life?

Miss Candy Rosenburg, a fellow member to the Graphic 45 design team, created this amazing layout of my little Izabelle:

It’s gorgeous, right?

Coming up:

I’ve had so little time to scrapbook lately but I do have a couple layouts to share.

Today I’m participating in my local Relay 4 Life, I’m sure I have some great photos to share afterward.

I have a surprise for my kids coming today…I’ll share the ’surprise’ here too as soon as I have photos.

It’s a busy Saturday!  What do you have planned for this weekend?

In my last post I mentioned that I had made an additional Wall-Hanging using G45 papers.  I love the new Graphic 45 Transatlantique paper, it’s very fun to play with.

I love how the paper reminds me of my travels.

One of the best vacations I ever took was when I traveled through Europe.  I was traveling with my best friend, Laura.  Laura and I  met up with a group that my Great Aunt Janice headed.   It was long before I was married, before I had kids.  I actually turned 18 in Paris!  What a birthday!

It’s been a long while since that trip but I can recall it like it was yesterday.

The Eiffel Tower is the theme on several of the prints in the Transatlantique line.  I think it’s my favorite of the three new lines that Diane Schultz designed.

Sometimes I find paper that inspires me so much, I’ll plan a family outing just so that I can scrapbook with it.  Silly maybe but my family always has fun!

Here’s a look at the Transatlantique Wall-Hanging that I made:

Do you ever feel inspired by paper?  Do you plan trips or outings just so that you can scrapbook them?

I absolutely love this photo of my parents.  I had to scrapbook it.  It was taken right after they arrived home from their honeymoon.

The Journaling on this layout reads:

Here’s a couple close up photos:

I designed a layout around a baby photo of myself.

It’s strange to look at my own baby photos, it’s almost like looking at my own babies.

Is it weird to want to pick up and hold baby me?

I used my all time favorite Graphic 45 Paper Collection, Baby 2 Bride.

Here’s some more details…

I cut a strip out of one of my favorite sheets and folded it accordion-style.  Then punched holes and strung ribbon through them.  I tied a bow in the middle.

I’ve done this fold/ribbon thing before on a wedding album (last summer), want to see it?  Click HERE.

I love the look of the ribbon running through the folds.

I also like tying embellishments together.  I did again here:

Have you scrapbooked baby photos of yourself?  Does it feel strange to you too?

For my son, Parker.

This layout was featured on the Graphic 45 blog, Wednesday (yesterday).  I thought I would share it here too.

I designed it using the Graphic 45 Communique paper, with a sketch created by my fellow design team member Amanda Johnston.

The Communique paper was perfect for this layout (with all the vintage typewriters).  When I took the photo in this layout, I was trying to capture the look on Parker’s face when he first received his very own vintage typewriter. He was so happy!

Here’s some close ups of the little details:

Here’s the layout in it’s entirety:

Parker is still having fun with his typewriter.  He has to show it to ANYONE who dares visit our home.  He loves that it really works and uses it to type sweet letters.

Thank you Michele for delivering the typewriter from “Santa”.  You have no idea how happy you’ve made my son.