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Turning a Blog Post into a Scrapbook Layout

Many times I’ll read the same post on a random scrapbooking forum message board…

What is your reason for blogging?

I mean with online galleries to post our pages, those very message boards allowing us a voice in the crafty world, and really after writing all our feelings down as journaling on a layout, what’s the point?

I have [...]

And There Was Much Romping

Would you just look at the joy on that face?!  Our sweet Dixie dog.  You can just hear the “Wahoo!” in her mind.

Oh how I long to be this excited about the snow again.  I used to be, didn’t you?  When snow was a pure gift and not a hassle.  Gosh remember snow days? Not just [...]