tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34660564059739030752015-09-16T22:49:33.778-07:00campin' and scrappin'Making Our Memories BeautifulJennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.comBlogger162125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-6228734936349338422014-09-25T15:55:00.000-07:002014-09-25T15:55:44.966-07:00Fall Camping in Roan Mountain<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This past weekend was not officially Fall but it sure felt like it up in the mountains of East Tennessee.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would say this camping trip to Roan Mountain one of our best!</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uT0Ck-31Mck/VCP3iyh2ibI/AAAAAAAADWY/_Qpd2afjq7Y/s640/blogger-image--1335735489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uT0Ck-31Mck/VCP3iyh2ibI/AAAAAAAADWY/_Qpd2afjq7Y/s640/blogger-image--1335735489.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LbhAlisqPic/VCP3oiOMFgI/AAAAAAAADWg/Ffb4rn99VpE/s640/blogger-image-1720011305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LbhAlisqPic/VCP3oiOMFgI/AAAAAAAADWg/Ffb4rn99VpE/s640/blogger-image-1720011305.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our camper sat on the hill directly over this beautiful mountain stream.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qmT5tHrNhI8/VCP30LQWljI/AAAAAAAADWw/QEbYbuFQ_HU/s640/blogger-image--1363183704.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qmT5tHrNhI8/VCP30LQWljI/AAAAAAAADWw/QEbYbuFQ_HU/s640/blogger-image--1363183704.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The mountain air was crisp and clear.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It was warm during the day and chilly at night which made the campfire dreamy. </span></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A good book makes a restful camping trip even better!</span><br /><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Qd8q3sSHapE/VCP364A5qYI/AAAAAAAADW4/QfUFYpVcueQ/s640/blogger-image--496725457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Qd8q3sSHapE/VCP364A5qYI/AAAAAAAADW4/QfUFYpVcueQ/s640/blogger-image--496725457.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_0JVd5lYiM4/VCP3SKx4gYI/AAAAAAAADWA/4gM52QJr0Rc/s640/blogger-image-1277428055.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_0JVd5lYiM4/VCP3SKx4gYI/AAAAAAAADWA/4gM52QJr0Rc/s640/blogger-image-1277428055.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We hiked only once. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The rain moved in and we had to cut it short but the beauty of the mountains is</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> worth walking in the rain. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My all time favorite hike is the Cloudland Trail at the very tip top of Roan Mountain. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hesitate to call it a "Hike" because it is only .02 miles. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, it is ridiculously short but in the words of my husband</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> "it smells like Christmas". </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You walk <i>under </i>the pine trees to get to an over look that has to be</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> one of the most beautiful places on this planet!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I couldn't get a picture of that wonderful view because we were right in the middle of a cloud.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I go back, I will for sure get that picture to share with you.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PMtWbXNSudk/VCSckE-QXcI/AAAAAAAADX4/jxNW-qvRZGY/s640/blogger-image--39901488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PMtWbXNSudk/VCSckE-QXcI/AAAAAAAADX4/jxNW-qvRZGY/s640/blogger-image--39901488.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Roan Mountain Campground Review is in the works.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stay tuned!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-33485873719661355432014-09-18T17:30:00.000-07:002014-09-18T17:30:45.523-07:0090 Years Should Be Celebrated!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My sweet Mother-in-law just turned 90 years old. </span><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEpHODeOeE4/VBrFIx0aMcI/AAAAAAAADSk/zmnCL1raDOw/s1600/DSC_0070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dEpHODeOeE4/VBrFIx0aMcI/AAAAAAAADSk/zmnCL1raDOw/s1600/DSC_0070.jpg" height="640" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This sweet lady has been such an inspiration to me! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is one of the hardest working women I know.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> She retired from her factory job when she was 81 years old.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> This factory had no air conditioning and she worked from 6:30 in the mornin</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">g until 3:00 in the afternoon, everyday no matter how hot. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I <i>never</i> heard her complain about having to go to work, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Not once!</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my favorite things about this lady is that</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She always had food ready for any occasion.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> It was like she could pull a hot meal out of the air! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Something I am still working to master. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GQo-UPCCQXM/VBrFHcxBosI/AAAAAAAADSQ/ZholMRTaLOg/s1600/51-DSC_0069.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GQo-UPCCQXM/VBrFHcxBosI/AAAAAAAADSQ/ZholMRTaLOg/s1600/51-DSC_0069.jpg" height="640" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love asking her questions about her childhood. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her memory of those years long ago is vivid.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> She once told me of the day a man came to their home to hook up their electricity! She was 12!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't even imagine life with Electricity.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> <i>I can't even go camping without it, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and she and her family lived life without it! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlFwHfiDjFY/VBrFW5mSdxI/AAAAAAAADSs/UFuQ5ZBPDrY/s1600/01-DSC_0067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mlFwHfiDjFY/VBrFW5mSdxI/AAAAAAAADSs/UFuQ5ZBPDrY/s1600/01-DSC_0067.jpg" height="640" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So many wonderful things I could say about her, but one thing is for sure...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">she is perfect example of the Proverbs 31 woman! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5lp7oRS2xfI/VBrFXEMTETI/AAAAAAAADSw/8Zg8yIcuWdA/s1600/06-DSC_0072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5lp7oRS2xfI/VBrFXEMTETI/AAAAAAAADSw/8Zg8yIcuWdA/s1600/06-DSC_0072.jpg" height="640" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her children arise and call her blessed!!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Happy Birthday Granny!</span></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-58745445663324756962014-08-31T16:33:00.001-07:002014-08-31T18:07:44.851-07:00My December Daily for 2014<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last year I made my very first December Daily...</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">in <i>December</i>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i>That was a huge mistake!!!</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;">Not the December Daily but the timing.</span></i><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I honestly thought it would be easy and fun!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">It is<i> fun</i> but with out some planning, it is not <i>easy</i>!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> You can learn more about the original concept for December Daily</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://aliedwards.com/projects/december-daily">HERE</a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Ali Edwards is a genius for coming up with it and I was so excited to give it a try.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">What I learned is this...December Daily's must be organized in <i style="font-weight: bold;">advance! </i></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>That is the secret to really enjoying the process.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, this year I started putting my December Daily together in August!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am pretty excited about how it turned out!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ylhh_OSMRw/VAOt7wsrT4I/AAAAAAAADOA/o_cnw5CyASI/s1600/15-IMG_3234.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--ylhh_OSMRw/VAOt7wsrT4I/AAAAAAAADOA/o_cnw5CyASI/s1600/15-IMG_3234.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QSKGgEQmUec/U_6LDlt-vCI/AAAAAAAADLo/8LgPKY9x6iE/s1600/17-IMG_3236.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QSKGgEQmUec/U_6LDlt-vCI/AAAAAAAADLo/8LgPKY9x6iE/s1600/17-IMG_3236.JPG" height="286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hIo4ysgLpZA/U_6LGaoSwoI/AAAAAAAADL4/PXgoYIG554A/s1600/18-IMG_3237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hIo4ysgLpZA/U_6LGaoSwoI/AAAAAAAADL4/PXgoYIG554A/s1600/18-IMG_3237.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">I can't wait to start adding photos!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ESGUzdiDxes/U_6LHgNEQYI/AAAAAAAADL8/k7lm8DMHqoo/s1600/19-IMG_3238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ESGUzdiDxes/U_6LHgNEQYI/AAAAAAAADL8/k7lm8DMHqoo/s1600/19-IMG_3238.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lmrRuu_fizE/U_6LGnIBIAI/AAAAAAAADL0/tKnPutmWEV0/s1600/20-IMG_3239.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lmrRuu_fizE/U_6LGnIBIAI/AAAAAAAADL0/tKnPutmWEV0/s1600/20-IMG_3239.JPG" height="286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a5Gwrwg5ppc/U_6LIAdtjyI/AAAAAAAADME/f-TLp7btEso/s1600/21-IMG_3240.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a5Gwrwg5ppc/U_6LIAdtjyI/AAAAAAAADME/f-TLp7btEso/s1600/21-IMG_3240.JPG" height="286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W0SIJ_CBUBg/U_6LIwFuWUI/AAAAAAAADMQ/vU42YFI3l0Y/s1600/22-IMG_3241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W0SIJ_CBUBg/U_6LIwFuWUI/AAAAAAAADMQ/vU42YFI3l0Y/s1600/22-IMG_3241.JPG" height="286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iToidWKkrRY/U_6LJQDp1oI/AAAAAAAADMY/pCJZoBEEQAs/s1600/23-IMG_3242.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iToidWKkrRY/U_6LJQDp1oI/AAAAAAAADMY/pCJZoBEEQAs/s1600/23-IMG_3242.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jBgEF4fHuGk/U_6LKy7ZspI/AAAAAAAADMs/rt5eSzY3kOs/s1600/25-IMG_3244.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jBgEF4fHuGk/U_6LKy7ZspI/AAAAAAAADMs/rt5eSzY3kOs/s1600/25-IMG_3244.JPG" height="286" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">Since I used the Project life style pages,</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I will be able to rearrange and add photos without any problem!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-haD1evzZAjw/U_6LLTEXaoI/AAAAAAAADM0/ajs-ONfgCMU/s1600/26-IMG_3245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-haD1evzZAjw/U_6LLTEXaoI/AAAAAAAADM0/ajs-ONfgCMU/s1600/26-IMG_3245.JPG" height="285" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UNjyvP2dr8M/U_6LNH9b1GI/AAAAAAAADNI/8bxkUueZOwQ/s1600/27-IMG_3246.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UNjyvP2dr8M/U_6LNH9b1GI/AAAAAAAADNI/8bxkUueZOwQ/s1600/27-IMG_3246.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f96N02HBPeE/U_6LNZCDVHI/AAAAAAAADNE/c2v2lIrcD58/s1600/28-IMG_3247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f96N02HBPeE/U_6LNZCDVHI/AAAAAAAADNE/c2v2lIrcD58/s1600/28-IMG_3247.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sbDNPzAl2kU/U_6LPV8iKFI/AAAAAAAADNU/rzCE97WSmbs/s1600/30-IMG_3249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sbDNPzAl2kU/U_6LPV8iKFI/AAAAAAAADNU/rzCE97WSmbs/s1600/30-IMG_3249.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I used the Heidi Swapp's Believe paper pad. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> This is by far my very favorite Christmas paper!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GzPzPwqmuZU/U_6LPq_NFdI/AAAAAAAADNY/ytrPltZs8IY/s1600/33-IMG_3252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GzPzPwqmuZU/U_6LPq_NFdI/AAAAAAAADNY/ytrPltZs8IY/s1600/33-IMG_3252.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I am now ready for the month of December!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">All I will need to do this year is print photos and add them in!</span><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-1441969134506219502014-08-28T03:41:00.001-07:002014-08-28T04:11:35.012-07:00A Hashtag Mini Album #thephippstakecharleston<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't you just love Instagram?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It has become my new favorite form of social media.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's quick and easy and makes memory keeping fun! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">While on our vacation to <a href="http://campinandscrappin.blogspot.com/2014/08/a-charleston-campground-review.html">Charleston</a>,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">our family decided to create our own hash tag for our trip.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">#thephippstakecharleston</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We did it for fun as well as for memory keeping! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Almost as soon as we got home, I uploaded all of my Instagram photos </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to Walgreens and had them printed out. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And here is what I did with them...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EJTJHTr0t6I/U_6HMqNIT9I/AAAAAAAADJY/VyFZ-rzTaVU/s1600/01-IMG_3220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EJTJHTr0t6I/U_6HMqNIT9I/AAAAAAAADJY/VyFZ-rzTaVU/s1600/01-IMG_3220.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> I made a Mini!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y0qRhA-sp-Y/U_6HSJ8Q7jI/AAAAAAAADKY/iP3EqwhDU3Y/s1600/1-IMG_3219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y0qRhA-sp-Y/U_6HSJ8Q7jI/AAAAAAAADKY/iP3EqwhDU3Y/s1600/1-IMG_3219.JPG" height="400" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the front and back cover I used framing mat board.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Most mat boards are acid free and very sturdy so they work great for mini album covers. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They come in as many colors as you can imagine!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And since I work in a frame shop, I have a million scraps to choose from. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This one happens to be a fabric mat board. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love the texture and how it works so well with the Kraft and gold foil papers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For the pages I used this paper pad by DCWV and </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a few Heidi Swapp's project life cards and ephemera.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HYKH8_OeUsc/U_6HZA3YjGI/AAAAAAAADLA/CNWgdOG6RBA/s1600/32-IMG_3251.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HYKH8_OeUsc/U_6HZA3YjGI/AAAAAAAADLA/CNWgdOG6RBA/s1600/32-IMG_3251.JPG" height="400" width="398" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OQro9QI9b6M/U_6HQvcND1I/AAAAAAAADKE/xlLYKLmSbEU/s1600/08-IMG_3227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OQro9QI9b6M/U_6HQvcND1I/AAAAAAAADKE/xlLYKLmSbEU/s1600/08-IMG_3227.JPG" height="240" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I am in love with Gold foil right now, It is just so perfect for this Charleston album.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6h62AoC-b4/U_6HNL6c1QI/AAAAAAAADJc/Kzk3zY5m4cU/s1600/02-IMG_3221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6h62AoC-b4/U_6HNL6c1QI/AAAAAAAADJc/Kzk3zY5m4cU/s1600/02-IMG_3221.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jQ99EvsrCg8/U_6HNHUcsVI/AAAAAAAADJo/NfG7TiWFUQA/s1600/03-IMG_3222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jQ99EvsrCg8/U_6HNHUcsVI/AAAAAAAADJo/NfG7TiWFUQA/s1600/03-IMG_3222.JPG" height="286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8CZbr6FlKvc/U_6HPPz7EZI/AAAAAAAADJw/2vgesuUp3EE/s1600/04-IMG_3223.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8CZbr6FlKvc/U_6HPPz7EZI/AAAAAAAADJw/2vgesuUp3EE/s1600/04-IMG_3223.JPG" height="285" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nocre5JxClg/U_6HRlUoSJI/AAAAAAAADKU/YWckRxvmBts/s1600/09-IMG_3228.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Nocre5JxClg/U_6HRlUoSJI/AAAAAAAADKU/YWckRxvmBts/s1600/09-IMG_3228.JPG" height="286" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3hJkR-D5i-8/U_6HVKQUu8I/AAAAAAAADK0/3ibcVJldXLI/s1600/10-IMG_3229.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3hJkR-D5i-8/U_6HVKQUu8I/AAAAAAAADK0/3ibcVJldXLI/s1600/10-IMG_3229.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KaS4qMIMC2o/U_6HTtBvq6I/AAAAAAAADKg/-kJhcZ4CZ4Q/s1600/11-IMG_3230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KaS4qMIMC2o/U_6HTtBvq6I/AAAAAAAADKg/-kJhcZ4CZ4Q/s1600/11-IMG_3230.JPG" height="285" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xkci0K2tfuA/U_6HULw0q5I/AAAAAAAADKk/ThixfwEM9lA/s1600/12-IMG_3231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xkci0K2tfuA/U_6HULw0q5I/AAAAAAAADKk/ThixfwEM9lA/s1600/12-IMG_3231.JPG" height="285" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W2q4hmChcm4/U_6HVecwpOI/AAAAAAAADKs/cJw8U4nkJpI/s1600/13-IMG_3232.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W2q4hmChcm4/U_6HVecwpOI/AAAAAAAADKs/cJw8U4nkJpI/s1600/13-IMG_3232.JPG" height="285" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Instead of my usual "Bind it All" binding, I decided to use binding rings instead. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love the fact that the album lays flat when you are looking through </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and I absolutely that they are Gold! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IDmCFRiWEYM/U_6HWwDAHMI/AAAAAAAADK4/fHzrpo4VdX8/s1600/14-IMG_3233.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IDmCFRiWEYM/U_6HWwDAHMI/AAAAAAAADK4/fHzrpo4VdX8/s1600/14-IMG_3233.JPG" height="400" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The scripture I chose for this album is</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Psalm 77:11-12</span></i><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span class="text Ps-77-11" id="en-KJV-15105" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">11 </span>I will remember the works of the <span class="small-caps" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.</i></span></div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: center;"><span class="text Ps-77-12" id="en-KJV-15106" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span class="versenum" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">12 </span>I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-51435194823606084412014-08-06T18:37:00.002-07:002014-08-26T03:40:25.741-07:00A Charleston Campground Review<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wow, it has been a while,</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> but never fear, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>I'm Back!</i> </span><br><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><u>and</u></b></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> with a Campground review!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Can you believe it?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My first review in a very long time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Partly because I've been busy with life and partly because we</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> haven't camped any where new until this last trip!</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For our vacation, I really wanted to go and do something different this year.</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> My <i>hope and desire</i> was to up head north to New England's Cape Cod,</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but I just couldn't convince the hubby.</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He just wasn't willing to pull the camper 13 hours.</span><br><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With all of his sinus trouble this year, I knew it was a long shot!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh well, maybe one day...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, instead, we decided to pull the camper 6 hours south to Charleston SC.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was probably one of our very best camping trips to date!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the main reasons for that was because of the campground!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://koa.com/campgrounds/mount-pleasant-charleston/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">KOA Mount Pleasant Charleston SC</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the view from the back of our camper! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M9Y0KOSRaPY/U9JnW14XLLI/AAAAAAAADGs/SsfrQxiGBOg/s1600/133-IMG_5515.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M9Y0KOSRaPY/U9JnW14XLLI/AAAAAAAADGs/SsfrQxiGBOg/s1600/133-IMG_5515.JPG" height="297" width="400"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I mean, Really?? look at this view!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0DwIPWYzieE/U8_WkD0Bg-I/AAAAAAAADFs/Rl7lcf7xp0A/s640/blogger-image--1499540219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0DwIPWYzieE/U8_WkD0Bg-I/AAAAAAAADFs/Rl7lcf7xp0A/s640/blogger-image--1499540219.jpg" width="478"></a></div>Does it get any better than this?<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That's right, we were right on the edge of this beautiful lake! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QaIx7vvVAhQ/U8_WUh5YujI/AAAAAAAADFU/Th7kbUIkciU/s640/blogger-image-725349405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-QaIx7vvVAhQ/U8_WUh5YujI/AAAAAAAADFU/Th7kbUIkciU/s640/blogger-image-725349405.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The campground is located on the grounds of the Oakland Plantation and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">they give their guests a free tour once a week! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UX8hY0imMUY/U8_WP7o_Q1I/AAAAAAAADFM/iZjkn-MS--g/s640/blogger-image--844165540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UX8hY0imMUY/U8_WP7o_Q1I/AAAAAAAADFM/iZjkn-MS--g/s640/blogger-image--844165540.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fgUR_lelhwc/U9JNgua0_nI/AAAAAAAADGE/nLVmbJzqcSU/s640/blogger-image-677374454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-fgUR_lelhwc/U9JNgua0_nI/AAAAAAAADGE/nLVmbJzqcSU/s640/blogger-image-677374454.jpg"></a></div>The plantation is small but beautiful and full of rich history. Also, the hayride is just so fun.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zQmv7AZ48wk/U9JN-dkE_6I/AAAAAAAADGc/X-5bGwQ1Rds/s640/blogger-image-924571797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-zQmv7AZ48wk/U9JN-dkE_6I/AAAAAAAADGc/X-5bGwQ1Rds/s640/blogger-image-924571797.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now to the review...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have almost all good things to say about this campground!! The location is close to everything! You are 5 minute drive from Isle of Palms beach and 20 minutes from downtown Charleston. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The campsites are large, very clean and well maintained. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The staff is extremely helpful and friendly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have only one complaint... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The showers are just too small. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There<i> are </i>clean and there are plenty <i>of</i> them, but they just are not quite big enough. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That's it!! That's the only negative I could come up with!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is definitely a big thumbs up!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZcgsiK83QAg/U9JNb_7TlOI/AAAAAAAADF8/8--O-mWBHYc/s640/blogger-image--98135296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZcgsiK83QAg/U9JNb_7TlOI/AAAAAAAADF8/8--O-mWBHYc/s640/blogger-image--98135296.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Angel Oak is about 45 minutes away, but well worth visiting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GG_hsKlEyLY/U9JN338Yy9I/AAAAAAAADGU/3Vvh8XICJhY/s640/blogger-image-1914075782.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GG_hsKlEyLY/U9JN338Yy9I/AAAAAAAADGU/3Vvh8XICJhY/s640/blogger-image-1914075782.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Kings St in Downtown Charleston is so wonderful if you love to shop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cmrIENlpZQs/U9JNl5zpl6I/AAAAAAAADGM/i6ihTh6r0TI/s640/blogger-image-1397203312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cmrIENlpZQs/U9JNl5zpl6I/AAAAAAAADGM/i6ihTh6r0TI/s640/blogger-image-1397203312.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This Campground definitely gets my "Comfy Camping" stamp of approval.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mhms1a8hedI/U-LW8T38QwI/AAAAAAAADH8/RtKULTrfg38/s1600/Approval.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Mhms1a8hedI/U-LW8T38QwI/AAAAAAAADH8/RtKULTrfg38/s1600/Approval.jpg" height="124" width="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-30677194082218295132014-06-19T10:31:00.000-07:002014-06-19T18:42:20.704-07:00Scrapbook Pages to Deliver to Scrappin in the City<br /><div style="text-align: center;">I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted. Life is just going by so fast. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am doing my best to keep up and document all the special moments but instead of just rushing to get it done, I am making a point to live in the moment. I will scrapbook it all later, when life slows down. Oh but never fear, I am still snapping those photos!!<br /><br />This past week I have been working on some pages to send down to</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://scrappininthecity.com/">Scrappin in the City </a>!<br />I love having a challenge in my scrapbook process.<br />I just seem to do better with a deadline looming over me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LbTFeafyEm8/U6LKQ1EUuOI/AAAAAAAADDM/wzHQXxMhKh0/s1600/01-IMG_3199.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LbTFeafyEm8/U6LKQ1EUuOI/AAAAAAAADDM/wzHQXxMhKh0/s1600/01-IMG_3199.JPG" height="377" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> On this first page, I use Heidi Swapp's "Favorite Things" papers, along with some Thickers, and Colorshine.<br />I really enjoyed splattering color shine for the first time. I love the way the spots glimmer! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OcT7IuhcIp8/U6LKRBh1RNI/AAAAAAAADDQ/shXLhkhCgqM/s1600/02-IMG_3200.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OcT7IuhcIp8/U6LKRBh1RNI/AAAAAAAADDQ/shXLhkhCgqM/s1600/02-IMG_3200.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought a few packs of these Jellibean Soup cut outs with the intention of just cutting them down and using them "as is". What I found is that they make great stencils! They probably won't last very long since they are paper, but I love how they turned out on these pages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B8D1nbcpxlY/U6LKQ3kLn_I/AAAAAAAADDI/2aDualWHEwk/s1600/03-IMG_3201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B8D1nbcpxlY/U6LKQ3kLn_I/AAAAAAAADDI/2aDualWHEwk/s1600/03-IMG_3201.JPG" height="280" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a close up of the label. I'm sorry it's blurry. I think it is time to buy a new camera!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QDhEPVEEsAM/U6LKRuSJYqI/AAAAAAAADDY/SkLY1Cbh5xQ/s1600/04-IMG_3202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QDhEPVEEsAM/U6LKRuSJYqI/AAAAAAAADDY/SkLY1Cbh5xQ/s1600/04-IMG_3202.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On this next page, it's hard to see in the photo, but I actually embossed the letters for the title after I Color-shined them. I just lined them up on the stencil, taped them in place with washi tape (so it was easy to remove). I flipped them over and put them up against a window (I don't own a light box) and began embossing with a round tip tool! Easy and even though it doesn't show very well in these photos, in person, it is so cute and adds dimension!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PivfyUW1mQ/U6LKSUTdBAI/AAAAAAAADDk/mQMloZ6LgR0/s1600/05-IMG_3203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7PivfyUW1mQ/U6LKSUTdBAI/AAAAAAAADDk/mQMloZ6LgR0/s1600/05-IMG_3203.JPG" height="373" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RNAPq-RIiiQ/U6LKTbx0R4I/AAAAAAAADDw/RAIQwqPQs6I/s1600/06-IMG_3204.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RNAPq-RIiiQ/U6LKTbx0R4I/AAAAAAAADDw/RAIQwqPQs6I/s1600/06-IMG_3204.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On this next page, I used a Tim Holtz stencil (a real one, not paper) and stencil around the outside edges. Using the same blue and brown ink pad I colored my Heidi Swapp Numbers and Color Magic alphabet letters.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the top corner, I used a scrap piece of a Heidi Swapp Memory file and a different style of her color magic alphabet letters. In case you couldn't tell, I am a huge Heidi Swapp fan!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emry5LAHIzo/U6LKUKIu1nI/AAAAAAAADD4/Csq7lckaQb8/s1600/08-IMG_3206.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-emry5LAHIzo/U6LKUKIu1nI/AAAAAAAADD4/Csq7lckaQb8/s1600/08-IMG_3206.JPG" height="321" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I added a few more stamped sentiments and this was a really quick and simple page to make.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7xKjmV6eEo4/U6LKU-TVB7I/AAAAAAAADEE/o18vlWAjcSs/s1600/09-IMG_3207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7xKjmV6eEo4/U6LKU-TVB7I/AAAAAAAADEE/o18vlWAjcSs/s1600/09-IMG_3207.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This next one has to be one of my favorite pages just because we had such a good time at this party!<br />I enjoy the memories this page brings back!<br />I again used one of the Jellibean paper stencils to make the Happy Happy and then just cut the stencil off and used it for the last Happy! I love how it turned out!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-grRimgwPOyA/U6LKVcg4nEI/AAAAAAAADEQ/C52T-xnyWe0/s1600/10-IMG_3208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-grRimgwPOyA/U6LKVcg4nEI/AAAAAAAADEQ/C52T-xnyWe0/s1600/10-IMG_3208.JPG" height="362" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1gLDB1bmXMk/U6LKWK6e7OI/AAAAAAAADEU/m1VEl4NwS7I/s1600/11-IMG_3209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1gLDB1bmXMk/U6LKWK6e7OI/AAAAAAAADEU/m1VEl4NwS7I/s1600/11-IMG_3209.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />So there you have it, a few more pages to send off. I hope it won't be so long in between my posts from now on, but who knows, so I won't make any promises!<br />Happy Scrappin!</div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-42107787609133580272014-04-24T01:01:00.000-07:002014-04-24T01:03:05.780-07:00Layouts For Scrappin' in the City<div style="text-align: center;">Here are a few layouts I worked on last night to take to <a href="http://crappininthecity.com/">Scrappin in the City!</a><br /><br />I am still not completely satisfied with my own hand writing in this first layout but I am choosing to embrace my imperfections. I finally realized it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful!<br />Thank you<a href="http://www.thenester.com/"> Nester</a> and Stacy Jullian for that!<br /><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> I used plain white card stock and craft paper as my base for this page. With a little brown ink, crinkled edges and stitching, the page takes on a whole rugged look.<br /> The accent papers are from the Teresa Collins "Hello, My Name Is" collection.<br /> I love the thickness of her papers!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5Fn7lhUTASE/U1gi93A8WwI/AAAAAAAAC_g/AM-_6dFxJUs/s640/blogger-image-1394150235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5Fn7lhUTASE/U1gi93A8WwI/AAAAAAAAC_g/AM-_6dFxJUs/s640/blogger-image-1394150235.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I sprayed some <b>black </b>color shine on some Heidi Swapp Color Pop ephemera stars<br />and banners to give it a little more of a masculine feel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0xwhb4NJQ7Q/U1gi4piuV7I/AAAAAAAAC_Y/AQv8bzfuG-E/s640/blogger-image--2097041085.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0xwhb4NJQ7Q/U1gi4piuV7I/AAAAAAAAC_Y/AQv8bzfuG-E/s640/blogger-image--2097041085.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My next layout is all about my oldest daughter's first real home that God provided for her family.<br />I fell in love with this blue polka dotted paper from the moment I first laid eyes on it.<br /> Bella Blvd is quickly becoming one of my new favorite lines. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AZ3yO1tZdwk/U1gkQA2CtSI/AAAAAAAAC_0/3qg78wr4c0w/s640/blogger-image--545720916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AZ3yO1tZdwk/U1gkQA2CtSI/AAAAAAAAC_0/3qg78wr4c0w/s640/blogger-image--545720916.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sorry for the quality of the photos.<br /> I used my phone and edited them in Instagram but they will do for a quick post!<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cXXYDsnHRQs/U1gow__j7LI/AAAAAAAADAA/7mDe_2iwXbo/s640/blogger-image--1091609282.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cXXYDsnHRQs/U1gow__j7LI/AAAAAAAADAA/7mDe_2iwXbo/s640/blogger-image--1091609282.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> On this page I also used a little gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine on the tags to give it some pop. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The letters are again Bella Blvd. Don't you just love the muted baby blue color! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I am still working on filling up my latest <a href="http://campinandscrappin.blogspot.com/2014/04/heidi-swapp-meets-teresa-collins.html">mini album</a>!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> I will post more photos soon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-50443309437318534232014-04-14T15:31:00.000-07:002014-04-14T16:17:09.601-07:00Heidi Swapp Meets Teresa Collins<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you have ever visited my blog, then you know I am a huge fan of</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Heidi Swapp and Teresa Collins!</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I love them both.</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> They each have their own unique style and wonderful products but they are very different from each other.</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This past Wednesday, Heidi Swapp posted a new video on My Craft Channel.</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">She added a new twist on the old "back to back" binding technique. </span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She added more pages and then made a Mod Podge spine. </span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It was designed to be a cake stand piece.</span><br><a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Create-to-Remember-with-Heidi-Swapp/Heidi-Swapp-Glue-Back-Binding/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Watch the video here</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since you know I have this terrible <a href="http://campinandscrappin.blogspot.com/2014/04/mini-albums-and-my-issues.html" target="_blank">addiction </a>to making mini albums, then</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> of course, you know </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had to make one! </span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I also needed to create one more design piece for this month to take to</span><br><a href="http://campinandscrappin.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-favorite-scrapbook-store.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Scrapping in the City</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">.</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I only had one problem...</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Our Micheal's doesn't have any of the current Heidi Swapp paper pads. </span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://scrappininthecity.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Scrapping in the City</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> usually has some Heidi Swapp product but</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> they did not have any of her new paper lines.</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> What they <i>do</i> have is the brand new line</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Teresa Collins </span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://teresacollins.typepad.com/teresa_collins/2014/01/hello-my-name-is-debut.html" target="_blank">"Hello, My Name Is"</a></span><br><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lIrzdlamcDA/U0k5qE6U14I/AAAAAAAAC9k/71dFCBPcTYY/s1600/FB_TCHelloMyNameIs.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lIrzdlamcDA/U0k5qE6U14I/AAAAAAAAC9k/71dFCBPcTYY/s1600/FB_TCHelloMyNameIs.jpg.jpg" height="320" width="320"></a><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, here is what you get when a Heidi Swapp<b><i> idea</i></b> meets Teresa Collins <i><b>papers</b></i>...</span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First, you get a big mess on my work table!!</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EADIL3keBh8/U0k_apRB78I/AAAAAAAAC-I/f-_lbjkEUGk/s1600/1-IMG_3007.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EADIL3keBh8/U0k_apRB78I/AAAAAAAAC-I/f-_lbjkEUGk/s1600/1-IMG_3007.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then, second, you get a really cute mini album!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AmI5wLqUOLg/U0k_aPV-iiI/AAAAAAAAC-E/s43WeO5JYHU/s1600/2-IMG_3008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AmI5wLqUOLg/U0k_aPV-iiI/AAAAAAAAC-E/s43WeO5JYHU/s1600/2-IMG_3008.JPG" height="267" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This mini is no where near finished,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">but I can't wait </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to get busy fill it with tabs,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> stickers, photos and of course, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lots</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Heidi Swapp of banners!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-he2BJb4eb7c/U0k_cohjsUI/AAAAAAAAC-g/a9d_mGm-GY4/s1600/6-IMG_3017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-he2BJb4eb7c/U0k_cohjsUI/AAAAAAAAC-g/a9d_mGm-GY4/s1600/6-IMG_3017.JPG" height="267" width="400"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OE8I63BF-3k/U0k_djhv7hI/AAAAAAAAC-0/0b819xe2HBg/s1600/7-IMG_3018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OE8I63BF-3k/U0k_djhv7hI/AAAAAAAAC-0/0b819xe2HBg/s1600/7-IMG_3018.JPG" height="266" width="400"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gdys18gh9lI/U0k_dvqgn6I/AAAAAAAAC-s/N9OmQ3FuS-U/s1600/8-IMG_3019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Gdys18gh9lI/U0k_dvqgn6I/AAAAAAAAC-s/N9OmQ3FuS-U/s1600/8-IMG_3019.JPG" height="267" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh and just so you know...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Stampin' Up ink color Cherry Cobbler matches the Teresa Collins red perfectly! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It works great on Heidi Swapp's Color Magic ephemera set too,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> tying all of it together beautifully!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8473HI0914o/U0k_eEZvo7I/AAAAAAAAC-4/Lps7xU-kPXg/s1600/9-IMG_3020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8473HI0914o/U0k_eEZvo7I/AAAAAAAAC-4/Lps7xU-kPXg/s1600/9-IMG_3020.JPG" height="266" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really love the Mod Podge spine idea too.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I may be doing this technique on all my back to back albums from now on. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even if I cover the spine, it seems to be stronger and it holds together beautifully!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MiFM1H1exTQ/U0k_bys5fQI/AAAAAAAAC-U/kO8B0viUdug/s1600/5-IMG_3014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MiFM1H1exTQ/U0k_bys5fQI/AAAAAAAAC-U/kO8B0viUdug/s1600/5-IMG_3014.JPG" height="267" width="400"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YVDXmtur4D4/U0k_cFV52uI/AAAAAAAAC-Y/FzovF9Vvvfs/s1600/4-IMG_3010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YVDXmtur4D4/U0k_cFV52uI/AAAAAAAAC-Y/FzovF9Vvvfs/s1600/4-IMG_3010.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So there you have it, another mini! </span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I will post more photos of the finished album later.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>In the words of Heidi Swapp,</i></span><br><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br></span><i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Go mak</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">e pretty stuff!</span></b></i><br><br></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-43283451428738981662014-04-07T05:17:00.001-07:002014-04-07T05:17:38.888-07:00Our Favorite Ham Casserole Recipe<div style="text-align: center;">This recipe has been our family's favorite for 28 years now.<br /> I started making this dish when Dale and I were stationed in Bossier City LA.<br />He was in the Air Force and we were newly married.<br /> I knew absolutely nothing about cooking or being a wife.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fortunately, God placed us in an apartment complex with other<br />young military couples who were all in the same boat.<br /> They were all new to this marriage and cooking thing, just like me,<br />and we all shared recipes and learned from each other. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I even had one sweet lady from Texas<br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">(I can't remember her name)</span><br />invite me come to her apartment and let me watch her make<br /> chicken and dumplins from scratch!<br />You can find that recipe<br /><a href="http://campinandscrappin.blogspot.com/2013/03/chicken-and-dumplings-recipe.html" target="_blank">Here</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />The recipe I want to share with you today is our all time<br />favorite recipe from our time in Louisiana.<br />I have made it at least once of month for the past 28 years.<br /> It's so simple, so good and kids just love it.<br />I love it so much because I am a pasta freak!<br />If I were ever limited to eating one type of food, I pray it would be Pasta!<br /><br />Okay, here is what you will need...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HdFhpNyfBg/U0KO6DKtslI/AAAAAAAAC9U/3fZoHFoiNFA/s1600/1-IMG_2991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2HdFhpNyfBg/U0KO6DKtslI/AAAAAAAAC9U/3fZoHFoiNFA/s1600/1-IMG_2991.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> 1 pkg Egg Noodle, cooked with salt and drained</div><div style="text-align: left;"> 1 cup chopped Ham (any kind will do)</div><div style="text-align: left;"> 1 8oz block Monterrey Jack Cheese chopped </div><div style="text-align: left;"> 3/4 cup milk</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"> 2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><br /></span></div>Mix all together in a 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 until bubbly, around 40 minutes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />This is so so simple and so good.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hntQa9q2D4U/U0KO5uMKtTI/AAAAAAAAC9Q/mnTj7ZqNBzU/s1600/2-IMG_2992.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hntQa9q2D4U/U0KO5uMKtTI/AAAAAAAAC9Q/mnTj7ZqNBzU/s1600/2-IMG_2992.JPG" height="270" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope your family loves it as much as mine!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Proverbs 31:15</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">" She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her handmaids"</div></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-24108697226435891792014-04-04T18:37:00.000-07:002014-04-05T09:45:27.604-07:00Scrapbooking My Faith, A Challenge To Myself<div style="text-align: center;">Something you should know about me, if you don't already...<br><br>I am a follower of Jesus Christ.<br> I've been a Christian since the age of 10.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Basically,<br> He is what my whole life is centered around or at least He is what it should be centered around.<br>I am not perfect at putting Him first, but that is the goal.<br><br> What I didn't realize, until now,<br> is how little of my faith ends up on my actual scrapbook pages.<br>That really surprised me.<br>Oh sure, I've done a few pages about church events, church plays and parties at church but<br>I have never really scrapbooked about my actual faith and<br> I very rarely incorporated scriptures onto my pages.<br><br>That is about to change.<br>I have recently been inspired by a mini album,<br>created by my good friend Elizabeth.<br><br>She just finished the most beautiful December Daily album.<br>Definitely one of my favorites to date and<br>on almost every page she incorporated scripture for that day.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What a sweet gift to her future grandchildren.</div>Don't you just love seeing your grandmother's hand written recipes?<br>Imagine how wonderful it would have been if she left you hand written<br>scriptures and stories of her walk with the Lord.<br><br> Isn't that what Scripture tells us to do in Deuteronomy 6:7-9. <br>It talks about teaching your children as you go about your day<br>and writing down the things God has done for you.<br>He never want us to forget His faithfulness.<br>Remembering His goodness grows our faith and helps us trust Him all the more.<br><br>Here are a few pictures of her album so you can see for yourself how <br>wonderfully she incorporated scripture into her scrapbook.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ka0igp1t4tQ/Uz6S_raR56I/AAAAAAAAC6k/1wYjxBPuSug/s1600/09-IMG_2987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ka0igp1t4tQ/Uz6S_raR56I/AAAAAAAAC6k/1wYjxBPuSug/s1600/09-IMG_2987.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div>She put scripture right on the front cover and in her own hand writing.<br><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-small;">(I could not get my camera to focus like I wanted to, but you get the idea)</span><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RR8VLW8n-_E/Uz6S5Q3lyII/AAAAAAAAC5c/Yq5B6lfW7T8/s1600/02-IMG_2979.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RR8VLW8n-_E/Uz6S5Q3lyII/AAAAAAAAC5c/Yq5B6lfW7T8/s1600/02-IMG_2979.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div><br>On this page she listed their Christmas traditions.<br><b> I just love that too.</b><br>I bet 20 years from now, her children will be so blessed to look back<br> and be reminded of such sweet memories. I know I would love it!<br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aOKlPdQPKLE/Uz6S5QbFP1I/AAAAAAAAC5g/wE-9WMVtaiA/s1600/03-IMG_2980.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aOKlPdQPKLE/Uz6S5QbFP1I/AAAAAAAAC5g/wE-9WMVtaiA/s1600/03-IMG_2980.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UphzmWOgk-8/Uz6S7YNxaxI/AAAAAAAAC50/xWmgUYSuz9I/s1600/04-IMG_2981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UphzmWOgk-8/Uz6S7YNxaxI/AAAAAAAAC50/xWmgUYSuz9I/s1600/04-IMG_2981.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yessuYiRbzM/Uz6S8Df4jtI/AAAAAAAAC6A/s8skmUy-3Fo/s1600/05-IMG_2982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yessuYiRbzM/Uz6S8Df4jtI/AAAAAAAAC6A/s8skmUy-3Fo/s1600/05-IMG_2982.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hx0F_wQuyF0/Uz6TAHSkSUI/AAAAAAAAC6s/J3I9A1s2vSs/s1600/11-IMG_2989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Hx0F_wQuyF0/Uz6TAHSkSUI/AAAAAAAAC6s/J3I9A1s2vSs/s1600/11-IMG_2989.JPG" height="300" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GX2MwRkXWds/Uz6S_zg5fBI/AAAAAAAAC6o/Ts4RqwV3fDo/s1600/10-IMG_2988.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GX2MwRkXWds/Uz6S_zg5fBI/AAAAAAAAC6o/Ts4RqwV3fDo/s1600/10-IMG_2988.JPG" height="270" width="400"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EA0FhOoaEWg/Uz6S-BNwmrI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/P0Upaj1hs2g/s1600/08-IMG_2986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EA0FhOoaEWg/Uz6S-BNwmrI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/P0Upaj1hs2g/s1600/08-IMG_2986.JPG" height="266" width="400"></a></div><br><b>So here is the challenge to myself, and to you....</b><br><br> Begin incorporating Scriptures, family traditions and our daily<br> walk with the Lord into our scrapbooks!<br><br>Another bonus to this challenge...<br> by incorporating scripture onto our pages,<br> we will be searching through God's word more and more.<br><i>Which is always a good thing.</i><br><br>The reality is that all good things come from God above and<br>I want to be sure I give Him all the Glory!<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-106308583474136582014-04-02T09:20:00.001-07:002014-04-02T09:20:59.040-07:00Mini Albums and My Issues<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Hello, My name is Jennifer and I am a Mini Album addict.</strong><br /> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I just can't stop! Since learning the Back to Back Binding by Heidi Swapp and buying my Bind it All machine I have been out of control.<br />I did a count of all the Mini's I have made in the past year and the total is up to 14 finished mini albums! I would say that is a real addiction.<br /><br />Last night I added to my addiction by trying a new kind of mini, Large Tag Mini Alums!<br /><br />I made two in one night!<br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">There are so many other things I should be doing....</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RlyDTLptvwE/UzwD7wueXVI/AAAAAAAAC4g/H_Vpq2P75Lc/s1600/1-IMG_2953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RlyDTLptvwE/UzwD7wueXVI/AAAAAAAAC4g/H_Vpq2P75Lc/s1600/1-IMG_2953.JPG" height="400" width="338" /></a></div>I made this Tag Book of my grandbabies at Christmas.<br />I just <em><strong>love</strong></em> how it turned out. <br /><br />I've decided I'm going to take it to <a href="http://scrappininthecity.com/" target="_blank">Scrappin' in the City</a> later this week for them to use as an example in the store. I used all of the paper and embellishments from their new Christmas collection.<br /><br />I love this two sided paper. It is from "We Are Memory Keepers" It is very heavy weight and <br />I love that I didn't have to double it for each tag.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gmgakl1ahHM/UzwD7lR8LoI/AAAAAAAAC4c/-ESB5rz-dq8/s1600/2-IMG_2954.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gmgakl1ahHM/UzwD7lR8LoI/AAAAAAAAC4c/-ESB5rz-dq8/s1600/2-IMG_2954.JPG" height="266" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7JDrCtWgDvE/UzwD8H9cs0I/AAAAAAAAC4k/R4ZEHBiPKdw/s1600/3-IMG_2955.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7JDrCtWgDvE/UzwD8H9cs0I/AAAAAAAAC4k/R4ZEHBiPKdw/s1600/3-IMG_2955.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div>I made the simple tabs from just a circle and tab punch and used stickers to embellish. <br /> I did double them and attached them under the photos.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hnopEW4wn24/UzwD9lVFzGI/AAAAAAAAC40/HUa_GhLo00A/s1600/4-IMG_2956.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hnopEW4wn24/UzwD9lVFzGI/AAAAAAAAC40/HUa_GhLo00A/s1600/4-IMG_2956.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br />I am now working on another Large Tag Mini for a gift. <br />For this one, I did have to glue two sheets of paper together because<br /> the paper I wanted to use was so thin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eceVMmbcCoY/UzwD-yq_ZkI/AAAAAAAAC48/9OJ8U-2k0ls/s1600/5-IMG_2957.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eceVMmbcCoY/UzwD-yq_ZkI/AAAAAAAAC48/9OJ8U-2k0ls/s1600/5-IMG_2957.JPG" height="400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mux931T_ZAY/UzwEBvDV_ZI/AAAAAAAAC5M/taiaIBQcKSo/s1600/6-IMG_2958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mux931T_ZAY/UzwEBvDV_ZI/AAAAAAAAC5M/taiaIBQcKSo/s1600/6-IMG_2958.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o2FGtXV7Pmc/UzwD_pJ9mpI/AAAAAAAAC5A/IKgvj3xe0Ug/s1600/7-IMG_2959.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o2FGtXV7Pmc/UzwD_pJ9mpI/AAAAAAAAC5A/IKgvj3xe0Ug/s1600/7-IMG_2959.JPG" height="266" width="400" /></a></div><br />These are just so fun and easy to make and would make a wonderful gifts.<br /><br />As for my issues...<br />I think my big problem is <i><b>videos</b></i>!<br />When I get on Youtube or My Craft Channel, that is when I get in trouble.<br />I was scrolling through some old <a href="http://www.teresacollinsdesigns.com/" target="_blank">Teresa Collins</a> videos on <a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/" target="_blank">My Craft Channel </a> yesterday and<br />found this video on<br /><a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Teresa-Collins-Designs-Show/LARGE-TAG-MINI-BOOK/" target="_blank">Large Tag Mini albums</a>.<br />I just had to give it a try!<br />I love them.<br /><br /><br /></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-61326663796062701202014-03-24T17:11:00.001-07:002014-03-24T17:11:59.296-07:00Design Team Update<div style="text-align: center;">Oh my goodness, I am so excited.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I finally signed my contract with "Scrappin in the City"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://campinandscrappin.blogspot.com/p/scrapbook-stores-i-love.html" target="_blank">(may favorite scrapbook store)</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">So...</div><div style="text-align: center;">It is official, I am a now a <i>real</i> Design Team member for the coolest </div><div style="text-align: center;">scrapbooking store east of the Mississippi!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The store is actually about a two hour drive from my house, so I have to carefully plan out my trips to get my supplies and drop off my pages and books.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It's a little more difficult but for me it is worth it to be able to design for the best.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, while I was there, the first thing I did was go shopping!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBF-sUjqquY/UzDBgVqljUI/AAAAAAAAC2g/nL2Yqqz_bg0/s1600/32-IMG_2883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBF-sUjqquY/UzDBgVqljUI/AAAAAAAAC2g/nL2Yqqz_bg0/s1600/32-IMG_2883.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I found these papers and embellishments by Bella Blvd. </div><div style="text-align: center;">So cute!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_AIm8JpBsF4/UzDBvbPqtsI/AAAAAAAAC34/rwNHmupriSk/s1600/33-IMG_2884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_AIm8JpBsF4/UzDBvbPqtsI/AAAAAAAAC34/rwNHmupriSk/s1600/33-IMG_2884.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So here we go....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">On my first layout I mostly used Bella Blvd paper and embellishments. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I also used some Heidi Swapp "Sugar Chic" for the background, shipping tags and paper dollies.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been playing around more with stencils and layering with different textures, so the background is stenciled with white polka-dots. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q2duhqyKpCg/UzDBrCpFiyI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/Vk1JMFALiyg/s1600/27-IMG_2878.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q2duhqyKpCg/UzDBrCpFiyI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/Vk1JMFALiyg/s1600/27-IMG_2878.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LZwNQBOQNDE/UzDBr9hr-sI/AAAAAAAAC3g/BiIkT2ZXY3E/s1600/28-IMG_2879.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LZwNQBOQNDE/UzDBr9hr-sI/AAAAAAAAC3g/BiIkT2ZXY3E/s1600/28-IMG_2879.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsvidFA6IMk/UzDBssO1zRI/AAAAAAAAC3o/f38cJnLPzgY/s1600/29-IMG_2880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nsvidFA6IMk/UzDBssO1zRI/AAAAAAAAC3o/f38cJnLPzgY/s1600/29-IMG_2880.JPG" height="380" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For the second layout, I also used Bella Blvd papers and embellishments. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dwOISJwWEmM/UzDBn5O5ZRI/AAAAAAAAC20/zppiLAST6tA/s1600/22-IMG_2871.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dwOISJwWEmM/UzDBn5O5ZRI/AAAAAAAAC20/zppiLAST6tA/s1600/22-IMG_2871.JPG" height="345" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> For the center cluster, I fussy cut out some of the printed dollies and made my own little owl.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I inked a wood veneer camera pink by Studio Calico and coated it with Glassy Accents.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wjEvpN_QNzg/UzDBqIauv0I/AAAAAAAAC3E/e6EYAfsugOQ/s1600/25-IMG_2874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wjEvpN_QNzg/UzDBqIauv0I/AAAAAAAAC3E/e6EYAfsugOQ/s1600/25-IMG_2874.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EspIFP8N17c/UzDBoTdxYEI/AAAAAAAAC24/A1TCc60JCBg/s1600/24-IMG_2873.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EspIFP8N17c/UzDBoTdxYEI/AAAAAAAAC24/A1TCc60JCBg/s1600/24-IMG_2873.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait to get started with those Christmas papers!! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-3643507309025156812014-03-03T14:12:00.001-08:002014-03-05T03:52:54.862-08:00Mini Album Gift<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kFq4dVWh7BY/UxT2AecYMqI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/7G397UlFwUI/s640/blogger-image--1946153903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kFq4dVWh7BY/UxT2AecYMqI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/7G397UlFwUI/s640/blogger-image--1946153903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ljFaODmdBug/UxT18PXwrZI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/Ez7_RuEul4c/s640/blogger-image-1181823304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ljFaODmdBug/UxT18PXwrZI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/Ez7_RuEul4c/s640/blogger-image-1181823304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j7QTPXdwUrc/UxT2NNVq1iI/AAAAAAAAC1o/-Ldo73CP3wA/s640/blogger-image--1581527992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A good friend of mine recently told me that </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"hand made gifts come with the most love"</i>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Isn't that the sweetest statement</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Well, I believe it!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For me, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that would mean giving scrapbooks. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It almost feels selfish because I love making them so much. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I recently started working on one for a friend who </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">just adopted a sweet little girl from China. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She doesn't scrapbook so I decided to make her an album </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to give her a good place to document her memories. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are a few pictures of it before adding the photos. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The photos aren't great, I used my iphone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QC-XHWWr1ic/UxT2E6J93gI/AAAAAAAAC1g/EfqKjnCzTKE/s640/blogger-image-1212206911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QC-XHWWr1ic/UxT2E6J93gI/AAAAAAAAC1g/EfqKjnCzTKE/s400/blogger-image-1212206911.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since she doesn't scrapbook, I have asked her to upload her favorite photos from their trip and send them to Walgreens. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I will pay for them, pick them up and add them to her album. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I plan to leave her plenty of room to be able to journal all about bringing home that sweet baby girl. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kFq4dVWh7BY/UxT2AecYMqI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/7G397UlFwUI/s1600/blogger-image--1946153903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-kFq4dVWh7BY/UxT2AecYMqI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/7G397UlFwUI/s400/blogger-image--1946153903.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qiiTrKgG2z4/UxT2SIdaYqI/AAAAAAAAC1w/4DcIDO6EBMQ/s640/blogger-image-2136087099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qiiTrKgG2z4/UxT2SIdaYqI/AAAAAAAAC1w/4DcIDO6EBMQ/s400/blogger-image-2136087099.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j7QTPXdwUrc/UxT2NNVq1iI/AAAAAAAAC1o/-Ldo73CP3wA/s1600/blogger-image--1581527992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j7QTPXdwUrc/UxT2NNVq1iI/AAAAAAAAC1o/-Ldo73CP3wA/s400/blogger-image--1581527992.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I cannot wait to start filling this album up with photos!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I pray she will feel the love in each page.</div><div></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-58174051123565055482014-02-20T16:57:00.000-08:002014-02-20T16:57:02.472-08:00Scrapping In The City Design Team<div style="text-align: center;">I just got the news, I am officially on a design team!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so excited!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-faswkaV6tVM/UwaiMGNvYkI/AAAAAAAAC04/Hs-GgzhOMEs/s640/blogger-image-519102091.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-faswkaV6tVM/UwaiMGNvYkI/AAAAAAAAC04/Hs-GgzhOMEs/s400/blogger-image-519102091.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-74427202003098024152014-02-17T14:50:00.001-08:002014-02-17T15:43:11.270-08:00Finding Balance in Memory Keeping and Scrapbooking <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The other day at Micheal's I met a really sweet lady in the Project Life isle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We quickly struck up a conversation about scrapbooking. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I mean, that's what you do at Micheal's, right? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We discussed the cost, the time and what she called pressures to document every moment. She shared with me how she use to scrapbook all the time, spending lots of time and money on her pages. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then she said that all at once it all became so overwhelming and so stressful that she just up and sold all of her supplies and scrapbooking tools. Then she said, (this really shocked me) that she actually quit taking pictures for at least two years.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Isn't that just so </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sad.</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This poor lady made scrapbooking so hard, that she just gave up.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think that is what a lot of women are doing and it really makes me sad.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It really doesn't have to be that way.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her reason for being at Micheal's that day? </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Well, now has she decided to start a</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Project Life album. I was glad to see that she is trying again but I fear she is putting the same kind of pressure on herself to document everything. She said she was trying the weekly documenting. Where you document your life every week. Oh my, that sounds like a lot of pressure to me!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I believe she is going to find herself in the same boat again, and just give up...again. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know, for me, that would be too hard.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My December Daily proved to be too much for me this year! lol</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am telling you all of this because I think I can help.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have a suggestion for those of you who have fallen victim to the pressures of doing it all and are feeling overwhelmed when it comes to scrapbooking and memory keeping. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The first thing I want you to realize is that scrapbooking is not suppose to be <i>work! </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't make it more important than it really is on your to do list.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It's really about wanting to remember good times with your family and friends and all the blessing that God has given you. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's Not a documentary on your day to day.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>My Suggestion is very simple but it works!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is how I did my memory keeping for years.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> It is inexpensive, takes hardly any time at all and you won't miss a thing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So here it goes...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When my kids were very little and I was busy running a business, being a wife and a mother, there was no time to scrapbook. <i>Nor was there money</i>, but I still didn't want to miss out on my memory keeping. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved the blessings that God had provided us and I wanted to be sure we would never forget.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So here is what I did...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_1yTilEO9XI/UwKJN3yaCTI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/FnDgS3MH9D0/s1600/2-DSC_1984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_1yTilEO9XI/UwKJN3yaCTI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/FnDgS3MH9D0/s1600/2-DSC_1984.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I simply took pictures of the people and things I wanted to remember. I would have those photos developed as I could afford it. Then I would buy cheap $2, 4x6 photo albums from Walmart or Big Lots. I fill them with all those photos and wrote down dates and names on the inside cover and put them away.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><i>Simple as that!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't miss anything, I didn't spend a ton of time and money and most of all, I didn't get overwhelmed and quit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For years my girls would flip through these little books and enjoy all the memories those little books held. The photos were protected and in order and we still were able to enjoy them. They were not pretty and they didn't have any journaling in them except maybe a place, time or a name. I did always put the year or season. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was just too busy living life to sit and spend hours journaling at that time.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> And that was okay!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now fast forward 18 years and I have drawers filled with those little photo albums. I am so thankful to my mother who encouraged me to date my albums. She was right, the years do run together, so dates are very important.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now that my life has slowed down a bit, I am able to go back and begin to scrapbook all those wonderful memories! Which is why I now hove a shelf full of beautiful scrapbooks!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QKY5se6CL4w/UwKJR-L6bJI/AAAAAAAAC0o/vOFB8rHNAEg/s1600/5-DSC_1988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QKY5se6CL4w/UwKJR-L6bJI/AAAAAAAAC0o/vOFB8rHNAEg/s1600/5-DSC_1988.jpg" height="272" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I can spend as little or as much time as I want </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">and enjoy the process without the pressure.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm actually going to be sad on the day that I do catch up! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am enjoying pulling from those little albums and scrapbooking them one by one. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I refuse to feel rushed or behind on my scrapbooking.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>My whole point is this...</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scrapbooking does not have to be <i>hard </i>and it doesn't have to be <i><span style="font-size: large;">now</span></i>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Give yourself a break!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you are too busy to scrapbook, and are feeling overwhelmed, don't just quit. Take a step back. Try just living life, taking pictures and putting them away.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> There will be time later to make them beautiful!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Scrapbooking is suppose to be fun and a wonderful creative outlet. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't let the</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> pressure of having to get it done </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">now</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> steal your joy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bth0k8kzJo0/UwKJSN3zXGI/AAAAAAAAC0s/_A4fAQON_6k/s1600/4-DSC_1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bth0k8kzJo0/UwKJSN3zXGI/AAAAAAAAC0s/_A4fAQON_6k/s1600/4-DSC_1986.jpg" height="267" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZY6uv1gufgY/UwKJPW6nyII/AAAAAAAAC0c/HJOMNNROFDA/s1600/3-DSC_1985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZY6uv1gufgY/UwKJPW6nyII/AAAAAAAAC0c/HJOMNNROFDA/s1600/3-DSC_1985.jpg" height="267" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-53826944371060922392014-02-15T15:42:00.004-08:002014-02-15T15:42:54.305-08:00Mini Book Class<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IcsFguOmRWc/Uv9nYPoblAI/AAAAAAAACyI/s8wB7cjWDbk/s640/blogger-image--749466971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IcsFguOmRWc/Uv9nYPoblAI/AAAAAAAACyI/s8wB7cjWDbk/s640/blogger-image--749466971.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i2zvsdHnle8/Uv9nTn21k7I/AAAAAAAACyA/RxSi8fQKr-w/s640/blogger-image-1799499267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i2zvsdHnle8/Uv9nTn21k7I/AAAAAAAACyA/RxSi8fQKr-w/s640/blogger-image-1799499267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7sp6o1mZIS4/Uv9oppP5vZI/AAAAAAAACyc/nqrF59FT0i8/s640/blogger-image-1459457709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7sp6o1mZIS4/Uv9oppP5vZI/AAAAAAAACyc/nqrF59FT0i8/s640/blogger-image-1459457709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NEaBBzmyn4k/Uv9olJWAZxI/AAAAAAAACyU/oAG30CFVYgg/s640/blogger-image-1614629475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-NEaBBzmyn4k/Uv9olJWAZxI/AAAAAAAACyU/oAG30CFVYgg/s640/blogger-image-1614629475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KU1eFSKDsJk/Uv9nOI5ahiI/AAAAAAAACx4/15z_w0-x_nI/s640/blogger-image--481719582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KU1eFSKDsJk/Uv9nOI5ahiI/AAAAAAAACx4/15z_w0-x_nI/s640/blogger-image--481719582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I am about to do something way outside of my comfort zone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(gulp)</i></span>.....teaching a Mini Book class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My boss has decided to add classes to the list of services that our store will be providing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I brought in a few of my mini books as an idea for a class and she suggested <i>I</i> teach it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Its a great idea and will be a lot of fun but since I have never taught a class,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I am a tiny bit nervous.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I have to admit that even though I am nervous, I am really excited about the challenge. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Instead of just jumping right into it and winging it, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided it would be a good idea to do a practice class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I asked a few my closest friends, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who are also <i>advanced</i> scrapbookers, to let me practice on them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They were all so sweet and patient and so helpful in my first run through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I really appreciate their willingness to come out on a cold winter night, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">pile up in my <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3466056405973903075#editor/target=post;postID=5713881781622750506;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=2;src=postname" target="_blank">basement</a> just to help me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It went beautifully!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Honestly, it was so much fun I want to do it again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I learned so much and they gave me so many helpful </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">suggestions that I will definitely utilize in my class. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n8-8PMOB6s0/Uv_X4ZLWhcI/AAAAAAAACzQ/0Zibkr7zV2E/s1600/practice+class.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n8-8PMOB6s0/Uv_X4ZLWhcI/AAAAAAAACzQ/0Zibkr7zV2E/s1600/practice+class.jpg" height="230" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are a few samples of the style of Mini books that we will be making.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We will be using the "Back to Back" method of book binding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It is probably my favorite binding method, 2nd only to my "Bind it All".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I love the versatility of these little books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> You get to decide how many pages, how wide, how tall and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> how fancy or simple you want to make your book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is all you and your style!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are made with just basic scrapbook paper and adhesive</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> so that means they are inexpensive too!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7sp6o1mZIS4/Uv9oppP5vZI/AAAAAAAACyc/nqrF59FT0i8/s1600/blogger-image-1459457709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7sp6o1mZIS4/Uv9oppP5vZI/AAAAAAAACyc/nqrF59FT0i8/s400/blogger-image-1459457709.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These little books are perfect for memory keeping or scrapbooking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love being able to fill them with a ton of photos and journaling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With Mothers day coming up in the next few months, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these would make a great handmade gift for mom. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HYYc617e9mg/Uv_ZYYLVIII/AAAAAAAACzc/Mntoc1cJFVw/s640/blogger-image-1848031136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HYYc617e9mg/Uv_ZYYLVIII/AAAAAAAACzc/Mntoc1cJFVw/s400/blogger-image-1848031136.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><br />My friend Beth gave me one of the best quotes<br /> I have heard in a while is this,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Handmade gifts come with the most love"</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just love that!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br />Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-44470347087126397592014-02-13T15:58:00.000-08:002014-02-13T15:58:02.761-08:00Snow Days, Scrapbooking and No Guilt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is snowing at our house </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and it's a good one too! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of those snows that stops everything! Even the Mall is closed. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are accustom to getting some pretty good snow storms around here so for the Mall to be closed tells you how big this one is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't it Beautiful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dE1qzP-kEjE/UvzvK7TTaLI/AAAAAAAACw0/519kKFmdpI0/s640/blogger-image-1455965362.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dE1qzP-kEjE/UvzvK7TTaLI/AAAAAAAACw0/519kKFmdpI0/s1600/blogger-image-1455965362.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For me, being stuck at home is wonderful!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> If I'm stuck in the house, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am scrapbooking and today I am stuck in the house!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yay!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PQ2JRaxLfWk/UvzxWbmKNFI/AAAAAAAACxY/3vx1hSSQnv4/s640/blogger-image--2034223894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-PQ2JRaxLfWk/UvzxWbmKNFI/AAAAAAAACxY/3vx1hSSQnv4/s640/blogger-image--2034223894.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I realize there are some people who really struggle with winter blues, and I really do feel for them. This kind of day is really hard for them.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But I am not one of those people.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Actually, I am just the opposite.</div><div style="text-align: center;">When it is summer time and the weather is beautiful outside, I </div><div style="text-align: center;">feel so guilty if I work inside and I'm not outside making the most of a pretty day.</div><div style="text-align: center;">For me summer is hard because I am not a real outdoorsy kind of gal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Now I do enjoy camping and hiking and plenty of out door activities but if I'm at home, I am not one to be out in the yard. Now, what that means for me? </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b><i>Guilt! </i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I always feel like I am missing out or doing something terribly</div><div style="text-align: center;"> wrong by missing out or not being inside on a beautiful day!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's why I love snow Days so much! </div><div style="text-align: center;">No quilt! None at all! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I can just scrapbook for hours and not feel the least bit of guilt! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Fh9AIE-I50w/UvzvGYDP64I/AAAAAAAACws/5V2AfWpExFI/s640/blogger-image--197308439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Fh9AIE-I50w/UvzvGYDP64I/AAAAAAAACws/5V2AfWpExFI/s640/blogger-image--197308439.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What have I been doing with my wonderful Snow Day you ask???</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I made a mini-book that has been flouting around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> in my head for days. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rbvlOIrS1sI/UvzvCHWJR7I/AAAAAAAACwk/sI2pm9FTvs0/s640/blogger-image-2113849676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rbvlOIrS1sI/UvzvCHWJR7I/AAAAAAAACwk/sI2pm9FTvs0/s640/blogger-image-2113849676.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rbvlOIrS1sI/UvzvCHWJR7I/AAAAAAAACwk/sI2pm9FTvs0/s640/blogger-image-2113849676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FFD7LSH4-wk/UvzxSHkPI8I/AAAAAAAACxQ/qqgpRCvk268/s640/blogger-image--1282416552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FFD7LSH4-wk/UvzxSHkPI8I/AAAAAAAACxQ/qqgpRCvk268/s640/blogger-image--1282416552.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't chosen the photos to go in this album yet but I just love the way it has turned out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also felt like making some cards after watching </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heidi Swapp's new video here on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.mycraftchannel.com/Shows/Create-to-Remember-with-Heidi-Swapp/Heidi-Swapp-Color-Magic-Ephemera-on-a-CARD/" target="_blank">www.mycraftchannel.com </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Sjc-RKgFE50/UvzxaxNxiNI/AAAAAAAACxg/9uOX-9rCPyg/s640/blogger-image--1510589475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Sjc-RKgFE50/UvzxaxNxiNI/AAAAAAAACxg/9uOX-9rCPyg/s640/blogger-image--1510589475.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I just need about 10 more snow days!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are struggling with winter blues, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">go pull out some scrapbook supplies and photos of your family</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and enjoy some memories! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It might just make your winter a little brighter!</div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-57138817816227505062014-02-08T05:14:00.000-08:002014-02-08T16:39:37.316-08:00Perspectve<div style="text-align: center;">As you know, my word for 2014 is "Simplify". </div><div style="text-align: center;">I have totally embraced it, as is evident by the lack of posts on my blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> It has really freed me up to just enjoy the everyday, </div><div style="text-align: center;">stop stressing and basically give myself a break! </div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I do plan to get back to blogging though.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Not because I think it is special </div><div style="text-align: center;">or that I think what I have to say is just <i>so</i> important, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but because I just plain ole enjoy it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love having my own little space here on the world wide web!</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">To get back in the swing of things,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I want to share something I learned this week from one of my favorite bloggers. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thenester.com/" target="_blank">The Nester</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">She just returned from Africa on a trip with </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.compassion.com/sponsor_a_child/view-all-children.htm" target="_blank">Compassion International</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">to tell the story of Children around the world that need our help.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have so enjoyed reading about her journey and all she learned.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> But there was one post that really spoke to me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can't possibly put it any better than she did, so go over and read it here...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thenester.com/2014/02/dance-2.html" target="_blank">Dance in your kitchen</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I find myself complaining about what I don't have</div><div style="text-align: center;"> or how my life would be so much better if only...this or that.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;">What I learned from her post?? </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">To Dance in my basement!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C2iyYlKrRb0/UvYmyG22p6I/AAAAAAAACwU/rglO74b854A/s640/blogger-image--1868281123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C2iyYlKrRb0/UvYmyG22p6I/AAAAAAAACwU/rglO74b854A/s640/blogger-image--1868281123.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My happy place! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is not pretty, it is <i>cold </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I have to build a fire all winter just to be able to work there)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and it not where the rest of my family likes to hang out,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it is mine and I will dance in it and be thankful!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-39999193674868014452014-01-01T14:53:00.001-08:002014-01-01T14:54:48.015-08:00My Word For 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hYZOca-OTKs/UsScgg5KqHI/AAAAAAAACvc/mu7bcx6umgc/s640/blogger-image-1300074615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="372" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hYZOca-OTKs/UsScgg5KqHI/AAAAAAAACvc/mu7bcx6umgc/s400/blogger-image-1300074615.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-66885902593096122502013-11-11T04:58:00.000-08:002013-11-11T04:58:20.155-08:00Heidi Swapp Inspired<div style="text-align: center;">As you can obviously tell, I am on a Mini Album kick right now. </div><div style="text-align: center;">My latest one is of my sweet grand-baby, Aly. I decided I wanted to put all of my favorite pictures of her, from her 1st year, in one mini album. </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was really hard to pick my favorites since there were so many.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have been playing around with some of memory files by Heidi Swapp and thought the mini ones would make an adorable background for these photos and I was right!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I chose a few of Heidi Swapp's mini memory files, along with a few other double sided papers from my scraps stash and here it is....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LUFQx3wKFW8/UoDMl802r9I/AAAAAAAACs0/sbM9Zw-ZvQM/s1600/IMG_2756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LUFQx3wKFW8/UoDMl802r9I/AAAAAAAACs0/sbM9Zw-ZvQM/s400/IMG_2756.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eJ61GUJylxs/UoDMmKzia6I/AAAAAAAACs4/VbP1bqD7gUo/s1600/IMG_2757.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eJ61GUJylxs/UoDMmKzia6I/AAAAAAAACs4/VbP1bqD7gUo/s400/IMG_2757.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My goal for this project was to try something different and new for each page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It was a challenge to myself and it made it so much more fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_vKgrjuT7I/UoDMmF8UroI/AAAAAAAACtI/8sz7AzW5B9s/s1600/IMG_2758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_vKgrjuT7I/UoDMmF8UroI/AAAAAAAACtI/8sz7AzW5B9s/s400/IMG_2758.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Page one, I use my hand writing mixed with stamping. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7htW-6UcN00/UoDMoZZk46I/AAAAAAAACtY/ypbZ_erJLqw/s1600/IMG_2759.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7htW-6UcN00/UoDMoZZk46I/AAAAAAAACtY/ypbZ_erJLqw/s400/IMG_2759.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On this page,along with my handwriting and stamping, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tucked a tag with another picture just for fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love little hidden extras! Makes it so fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rNEjU5dXA4c/UoDMooCyQbI/AAAAAAAACtc/fZEO5uAVRgc/s1600/IMG_2760.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rNEjU5dXA4c/UoDMooCyQbI/AAAAAAAACtc/fZEO5uAVRgc/s400/IMG_2760.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Simplicity on this page, I love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2t8EhCWpoiE/UoDMoc4lQvI/AAAAAAAACtg/RjcsfFZZvA0/s1600/IMG_2761.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2t8EhCWpoiE/UoDMoc4lQvI/AAAAAAAACtg/RjcsfFZZvA0/s400/IMG_2761.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Water fall pages with banners and stars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-grrckSvYVBE/UoDMp-2qngI/AAAAAAAACtw/A7799xYbQ4k/s1600/IMG_2762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-grrckSvYVBE/UoDMp-2qngI/AAAAAAAACtw/A7799xYbQ4k/s400/IMG_2762.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EkugadIO7DY/UoDMql4QeoI/AAAAAAAACt4/ZQgC9X0D17w/s1600/IMG_2763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EkugadIO7DY/UoDMql4QeoI/AAAAAAAACt4/ZQgC9X0D17w/s400/IMG_2763.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one is my favorite!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I had so much fun drawing this ribbon, turning a tag up side down and</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> spraying with Gold Color Shine! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ygT2CCBWn7M/UoDMrIdfJwI/AAAAAAAACt8/xGLts8xoylI/s1600/IMG_2764.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ygT2CCBWn7M/UoDMrIdfJwI/AAAAAAAACt8/xGLts8xoylI/s400/IMG_2764.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brackets and stacked flip pages </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-THhzsmHvyKY/UoDMrjavEhI/AAAAAAAACuA/WgjFv8rbCmI/s1600/IMG_2765.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-THhzsmHvyKY/UoDMrjavEhI/AAAAAAAACuA/WgjFv8rbCmI/s400/IMG_2765.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FAnCaJg5xMk/UoDMtVV-SnI/AAAAAAAACuU/JLR9sSti_dM/s1600/IMG_2766.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FAnCaJg5xMk/UoDMtVV-SnI/AAAAAAAACuU/JLR9sSti_dM/s400/IMG_2766.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I incorporated Aly's birthday party invitation with Washi tape.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjbMYRGfEqE/UoDMtgjCfGI/AAAAAAAACuQ/twVNGAUorI8/s1600/IMG_2767.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DjbMYRGfEqE/UoDMtgjCfGI/AAAAAAAACuQ/twVNGAUorI8/s400/IMG_2767.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there you have it...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gel2lD6Fve0/UoDMtmK2nNI/AAAAAAAACuY/ZpDwMZu8n58/s1600/IMG_2768.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gel2lD6Fve0/UoDMtmK2nNI/AAAAAAAACuY/ZpDwMZu8n58/s640/IMG_2768.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My favorite mini album to date!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait to do the same for our sweet baby James this time next year! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one was so much fun that I may go ahead and get a head start on it now!</div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-89157313730476610982013-10-27T15:58:00.001-07:002013-10-27T15:58:43.029-07:00Another Mini Album<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1_IadgdX_qs/Um2aYHbn53I/AAAAAAAACr0/fRrqanOHt5Q/s640/blogger-image-1980685241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1_IadgdX_qs/Um2aYHbn53I/AAAAAAAACr0/fRrqanOHt5Q/s640/blogger-image-1980685241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6WN51Uqnofc/Um2aoQlhkzI/AAAAAAAACsM/KqbamS1i4-4/s640/blogger-image-1594501624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6WN51Uqnofc/Um2aoQlhkzI/AAAAAAAACsM/KqbamS1i4-4/s640/blogger-image-1594501624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3i-MOPNlwmc/Um2akJz2qRI/AAAAAAAACsE/UfBPEu5Vpr0/s640/blogger-image--1272721827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3i-MOPNlwmc/Um2akJz2qRI/AAAAAAAACsE/UfBPEu5Vpr0/s640/blogger-image--1272721827.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6WN51Uqnofc/Um2aoQlhkzI/AAAAAAAACsM/KqbamS1i4-4/s640/blogger-image-1594501624.jpg"></div><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1_IadgdX_qs/Um2aYHbn53I/AAAAAAAACr0/fRrqanOHt5Q/s640/blogger-image-1980685241.jpg"></div>I can't help it, I am a minibookaholic!!<div>Here is a minibook I made for my sister for Halloween. She has a Halloween open house every year and we all love it! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BBP6p2RZfdQ/Um2aeNi5qpI/AAAAAAAACr8/4QmLbY-ui5Q/s640/blogger-image-180835883.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BBP6p2RZfdQ/Um2aeNi5qpI/AAAAAAAACr8/4QmLbY-ui5Q/s640/blogger-image-180835883.jpg"></a></div><div>It was so cool to see her looking through it and remembering things she had completely forgotten about through photos she didn't know I had taken. </div><div><br></div>She loved it and I hope she will for years to come! </div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-66862703371731901902013-10-13T17:01:00.001-07:002013-10-13T17:01:05.134-07:00The Big 5 0<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy Birthday to my best friend, my Oy! <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4Fp5pEhDsO4/Uls0Pv1xdXI/AAAAAAAACrg/75QrJ9G42DE/s640/blogger-image--916398744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4Fp5pEhDsO4/Uls0Pv1xdXI/AAAAAAAACrg/75QrJ9G42DE/s640/blogger-image--916398744.jpg"></a></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-22736824573472145212013-10-07T13:32:00.001-07:002013-10-07T13:32:33.451-07:00Color Shine Tip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had no idea that spraying a simple sheet of card stock with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Gold Color Shine would make such a difference! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m0dakJt2z2A/UlHb4hGFiyI/AAAAAAAACqs/dvGy0MZCBOk/s1600/IMG_2502.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m0dakJt2z2A/UlHb4hGFiyI/AAAAAAAACqs/dvGy0MZCBOk/s400/IMG_2502.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On this page I sprayed a plain sheet of forest green card stock with Heidi Swapp's Gold Color Shine. I even sprayed the flower in the center. I love the change it made in the color and the glimmer it gives the page.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will definitely be doing more of this.</div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-31933855901255352342013-10-05T15:34:00.001-07:002013-10-05T15:35:32.160-07:00A Great Tip From You Tube<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/DtuJ9l22UWM" width="459"></iframe>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466056405973903075.post-58701822165865424542013-09-02T17:50:00.001-07:002013-09-02T17:50:10.488-07:00Caramel Corn<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fall is here....</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> at least it is at my house!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Simply because I have made the very first batch of Caramel Corn! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That's how we know.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-flz5dK7awAE/UiUv3C1-F_I/AAAAAAAACp8/A-kqThkxQHY/s1600/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-flz5dK7awAE/UiUv3C1-F_I/AAAAAAAACp8/A-kqThkxQHY/s400/photo.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a recipe I found on one of my favorite blogs, Cooking on Clover Lane.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I tried it and it was so good that now it is a tradition in our home.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh, and it is the perfect scrapbooking snack!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You can find the original recipe</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> <a href="http://cookingoncloverlane.blogspot.com/2008/11/pamelas-most-addicting-caramel-corn.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have been asked over and over again if I would please share the recipe, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>so here it is!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Caramel Corn</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3 bags microwave butter popcorn</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 cup of butter</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2 cups of brown sugar</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1/2 cup Karo syrup</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 tsp kosher salt</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 tsp Vanilla</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1/2 baking soda</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Preheat oven to 250 degrees.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Spray two large cookie sheets or large glass casserole dishes with Pam.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pop the popcorn, and put in <i>two</i> large bowls,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In a sauce pan, melt butter. Add brown sugar, syrup and salt.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bring to a soft rolling boil. As soon as it comes to a boil, set a timer for 4 minutes stirring continually.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At the end of four minutes, pull from stove and stir in vanilla and baking soda.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Pour evenly over both bowls of popcorn.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Stir to coat and then pour onto cookie sheets or baking dishes.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bake for 15 minutes, take out and stir to coat, put it back in the oven for 15 minutes and repeat 2 more times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(Although, it is perfectly fine after 3 times)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Let it cool and store in air tight containers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now go make some Caramel corn for your family</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zBE8ESH6atY/UiUv3z08-kI/AAAAAAAACqE/mO2H1pmP6tw/s1600/IMG_2665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zBE8ESH6atY/UiUv3z08-kI/AAAAAAAACqE/mO2H1pmP6tw/s400/IMG_2665.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> </span><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Fall Ya'll</span></i></b></span></div>Jennifer Phippshttps://plus.google.com/104107451780299178650noreply@blogger.com0