New Granddaughter is here!

And here is the first family portrait of Daniel and Andrea with Rilyn! Congratulations Daniel and Andrea, you two made a gorgeous little girl together and now the fun of watching her grow begins! She is a blessed addition to our family!!!

New Granddaughter

Our new granddaughter, Rilyn Marie, was born this past Tuesday morning! She is so beautiful and TINY! My smallest baby weighed in at 7lbs 12oz and here she is at only 6lbs 5oz. So now I finally get to put my new kit "Victorian Baby" to use. I have used 2 of the Quick Pages that I gave to you as freebies in my previous posts. I am sure that you will be seeing many more layouts of this darling, precious, beautiful baby!!!



I am not blogging very often right now as I am staying SUPER busy at work. I am working a lot of overtime and most likely will be until the end of October. I will be handing out pieces of this kit to you as my free-time will allow.



Here is a freebie for you! This is the pearl bracelet embellishment that I have used in some of the quick pages. It is for PERSONAL USE ONLY! I just love this and I hope you enjoy it!! Click here to download it.

Vintage Baby Quick Pages

I have been having fun working on a new kit that I am calling "Vintage Baby". What with having 2 new grandbabies on the way and due in just a few weeks, I am excited to be working on baby stuff! The kit just keeps growing and growing. I have made 6 quick pages now from it and I will be sharing those with you. By the end of the month I hope to have pics of Rylen to work with. She is due at the end of the month! I hope you enjoy these pages and please leave a comment for me.

Here is the link!

More Vintage Baby Quick Pages

Here are the rest of the "Vintage Baby" quick pages I made with my newest kit. You can click on the link HERE! Will you please leave a comment so that I know you are enjoying my freebies?

FREEBIE!

This is a Quick Page I made for any summer photos you might want to scrap. I gave it a relaxed feel with the striped linen background and the tropical leaves. I hope you enjoy it! Please leave a comment as I sometimes get lonely here...lol!

You can download it here.

Has It Been 2 Months Since I Last Blogged?!!!!

Wow! What a busy summer I had! So much has happened since I last blogged.

• I received a promotion at work! I no longer sell men's clothing. I am now the Counter Manager for Lancome Cosmetics (still at Dillard's). And I am L-O-V-I-N-G this job!!! I'm staying VERY busy however. I began in July amid a flurry of activity; getting ready for an event where National Makeup Artist, Robert Cook, would be coming to our store with his Pro-Team of 10 to do makeover magic on our customers who booked appointments. 1 week into my new position and they were there. Talk about trial by fire! It was amazing but VERY hectic. I have been attending trainings held in St. Louis on our new product and promotions for this fall and holiday time, a Counter Manager's meeting, and I will attend another training for new hires next month.


• Went to the Lake of the Ozarks with my sister and my 2 daughter's for a Girls Weekend! We had never done anything like this before. But we decided that no matter what, come what may, nothing would stop us from having a weekend together without husbands or kids. It gave us a chance to reconnect. It seems like when there are family gatherings (which I LOVE) there are so many people talking, grandkids wanting attention, etc. that I don't get to spend a lot of quality time with my girls anymore. So this was such a meaningful weekend for me! My sister got us gift bags with Bath & Body Works scented lotion, shower gel, and body spray, and matching pajamas for each of us! How cool was that! There was shopping at the outlet mall, a movie, Italian Restaurant, massages, swimming, condo on the lake (oh yeah), Barbecue Restaurant, makeovers (done by me cause I wanted practice for my new job), a group picture taken of us dressed in saloon girl outfits and printed out in the old sepia look, talking, laughing, tears, card game till the wee hours. IT WAS AMAZING!!! So thanks girls and sis for not letting anything interfere with OUR weekend. I will never forget it!


• Got my baby, I mean my son, (sorry, but you will always be momma's baby) moved to his college. We had a great time. I went to church where he and his friends' band played one more time together before going their separate ways as they start their adult lives at college. I, of course, had camera in hand to record those precious moments. My last child is on his own now. Seems like just yesterday that he and his older sisters were just babes. You dream about your children and what they will be when they grow up, but it still is such a bittersweet moment when they no longer need you in their everyday lives anymore! Weston gave me a hug and kissed me on the top of the head then turned me towards my car and said I could cry now. And believe you me, I DID!!! OK, now I am crying again as I type this. Ah, well...

Anyway, that was the gist of my summer! I hope you each had a good one also! I also worked on designing some more scrapbook kits that I will be sharing with you very soon.

Graduation Collage LO and a FREEBIE QP!

Weston's High School graduation was on Mother's Day! I made a layout (collage) with only the photos I took. I thought I would let all the photos do the talking on this page! And who could be more proud of a graduate than his parents!! His dad and step-mom are in the top right photo and his step-father and I in the one below that. Weston, as Senior Class President, led the pledge to the flag and made the presentation of the class gift to the school (middle left photo). The bottom pic shows the entire class seated in the gymnasium. I put a dark circle around his head in the front row (far right).



You know, once upon a time, when he was in Jr. High and getting ready to go to high school he said he would never be able to live up to the legacy that both of his sisters left behind. They got good grades, were popular, etc. I told him then that he would find a way to leave his own legacy and to quit trying to "live up to" his sisters. Well, I am proud to report that he did leave his own mark on the school. I have 3 wonderful children that each did well in school and ALL 3 will be studying college courses this fall. Jennifer is studying to get her Bachelor's Degree (yeay Jen for not giving up on your education, you are an inspiration). Traci is continuing her education to get her Master's Degree and now Weston will be starting college!!! WOW!



And now for a freebie! I am working on a new kit and here is a Quick Page I made from it. I wanted to make it look like a baby blanket. I made this specifically with an ultrasound picture in mind. If you would like it you can find it HERE!