Just so you know I've been having lots of fun this summer, I'll share some pictures with you.
We've spent the last week at Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Park, Ontario enjoying the beautiful and very peaceful scenery...at least it was peaceful until we got there!

We enjoying playing in the waterfalls...

Canoeing (with son Sully)

Biking with friends Wanda and Brigid...

Hiking....isn' the view breathtaking? Sully, Sam and Aidan have a great outlook from a rock jutting out over the valley.

I hope everyone is able to enjoy their the beauty of their surroundings as much as we have!

Packin up...

We're off...camping for a long weekend! Enjoy your weekend everyon :)

We all have our baggage!

Where were these guys when I was looking for luggage tags?
They make me giggle. Found them here!

I'm home!

After a very enjoyable 2 weeks in South Carolina...I'm happy to be back to my nest. No more snow (yippee)...the grass is green...and I think I see some buds on the trees. It's a little hard to tell for all the raindrops falling today.

I just saw this picture online and had to show you...cause it looks a lot like my new cruiser bike. I think this one is an original, but this bike, beside the summery looking beach, reminds me of our vacation.






For all the fabric lovers, I found another cool site with beautiful colours and designs.It is called Pixie Dust!
Hurry....run and check it out here!




And one more thing....another great site. I know it's been around for a while, and I don't know why I didn't find it sooner (I'm always the last to know!) It's called The Farm Chicks. One click and you'll see what I'm talking about. Even the blog background is cute. Lots of great recipes, decorating ideas etc. I know you'll love it too.

Need this....

I think I might need to have this print.
It's appropriate since we leave in a week for our two week camping trip in South Carolina.
Found it on Etsy.... here.

Chinatown

Over the March Break we took a little trip to China Town in Toronto. My Father in laws new wife has just arrived from China and we thought she might like a little bit of home....and she did! She was finally able to find some of the cooking items she wasn't able to find anywhere else.
It's such an interesting place. You know you're there when you see wall to wall signage! Lots of street shopping and fresh fruit and veggie markets.













My boys could not get over the selection of weird and wonderful things Asian people eat! I must say, it was a little stinky in there!












Cow feet anyone? Do you know where those feet have been???
















This was a very cool market with every dish and piece of kitchen equipment you could imagine.
I'm thinking one of these hats would be all I would need on a rainy day....would certainly save the hair!

More pages completed!

I've been busy working in my album again. A few more updated pages from last summers vacation. Just a couple pages left and I will have filled the whole album! I have so much more to do though....I'm sad to say that I think I've only gotten up to year 2 in Sully's album...he's 8 now! Why is it so difficult to keep everything organized?

First picture are my pages from our visit to Battleship in Wilmington NC. A really cool tour through a WW2 Battleship. I'll never forget the 90 degree temps below ship with no air.



Second picture is the Boardwalk in Myrtle Beach....very fun.









Third picture is from the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel in Virginia. A very cool series of bridges and tunnels to cross the Chesapeake bay, but still allow the big ships through. Very scenic.






Fourth is Cherrystone Family Resort. Such a beautiful scenic place. The boys especially enjoyed the crabbing and fishing.











And fifth is Knoebels Park in Elysburg PA. A wonderful family amusement park, with the added bonus of camping.

More album pages...

Turtle Crossing....how to make a page with just two pictures. I guess it was more about the story than the pictures themselves.

How how often do you get a chance to use surfboard paper??? I think I bought the paper to make boy birthday cards but never got around to it!

I really like how the Sunset Beach page turned out. I love the colours, and of course the subject!

The Pirate page! Again, not a subject I would normally work with! Some great pictures to work with though. I printed the skull and crossbones from Google images.

More new layouts

A few more layouts finished!
As I flip through the pages, it is nice to begin to see the colours coming together and the theme emerging.

I've been using the same typewriter letter stamps from Close to My Heart and I really like the way it pulls everything together from page to page...and it's a lot cheaper than sticker letters!

I love the way the horseback riding pages turned out. Don't you LOVE this paper from Cosmo Cricket??? I bought it a long time ago just cause I loved it and it was on sale. Who would have thought the colour and theme would be perfect?























Okay....stock cars really don't thrill me. So it was a challenge to do something with all these car pictures. But I knew it was important to Brad and the boys.
This collage look is my favourite way to get lots of pictures on one spread.

Alrighty....stay tuned...more to come!
Bit of a snowstorm today....perfect for scrapping.

The Beginning of a New Album

I've been trying for about 4 months now to start this new album of our month long trip this past summer. I know if I don't get moving on it, I won't remember all those little details that I wanted to journal about.

Part of the problem was finding just the right album. I finally found a K&Co. album on sale at Michaels. The thing I like about it is that it comes with all kinds of accessories to go with it....ribbons, mat pads, sticker letters etc. I really wanted that cohesive look through out the whole album...so it was perfect!

I find it hard to find papers that aren't too feminine or flowery. Although that is probably what I'm drawn to, I don't think my boys would approve!.


I wish I had taken more actual travel picture. I just had a couple . But I was able to fit my list of car plates that we saw along the way!














I really love this paper....I think it makes the
whole page! I have been trying to do more
pages with few pictures to allow more space
around them. My usual style would be to
cram as many pics as I can on a page!













This was another tricky one...it covered quite a few pictures of stalactites etc. that I didn't think the majority of people would find that exciting....but our memories just the same. I think the circles kind of make it a bit more interesting.

I really like the way this page turned out. I like the mix of all the different papers...almost collage like. And I really like how it's on a bit of an angle...I'm going to have to try that again on another page.

That's it for now....gonna keep plugging away at this...I'll keep you posted!