Freebie Friday | Journal Cards

Woo-hoo! Did someone say freebies?!??!? So the grand plan to "start blogging again" includes an idea to have at  least giveaway a month, on a Friday. Because it's more fun if the blog post is alliterative, right? ("Freebie Monday" doesn't quite sound the same, although... it might make Mondays better!)

Red Cups | November 2011

If there is anything better than a cup of St*rbucks coffee, it's St*rbucks coffee in a red cup. If there's anything better than that, it's enjoying that cup of coffee with a friend!

And really, that's all I need to say about this page. Except that I can't wait until my next cup of coffee with my friend Rachael!

Oh, my neglected blog!

I spent some quality time with my blog today. My very, very neglected blog! I found I have lots of scrap pages to post! For a long time, I've been wanting to create and share some freebies on the blog as well, and I have started to get organized to do that. I actually have a bunch of little things I've created, and I just need to get them ready to upload on the blog for sharing!

My goal is to start posting again at least once a week on Fridays and always have something fun to share, either picking up my "Font Fridays" theme, or posting a "Friday Freebie." First freebie coming this Friday! In between, I'll be trying to post projects as I create them, and probably doing some catch up posting on projects I've created over the last several months.

If you're still reading - thanks!

Gift for Hudson | April 2012

Like I posted last, when I created a co-worker baby gift for baby Rylan, I have created another welcome baby gift for baby Hudson (and his family.) These are really fun to make and people LOVE them!

Gift for Rylan | January 2012

This is just one reason why I love digi scrapping. My co-worker had a baby a couple weeks ago, and emailed this photo around the office announcing the baby's birth. Photo + digi supplies + picture frame = one customized, personalized baby gift. What's not to love?

i.am.Rebecca.Jean | Photo from Easter 1981

Yay! I scrapped! I actually spent real dollars for a year-long scrap class called "Project: Love, Me 2012" for a couple reasons. One of which was to get some inspiration for scrapping, and the other was so that I would actually scrap something. This is my first page for the class.

Journaling:

i.am.rebecca.jean

Origin: “Rebecca” is Hebrew, meaning “to bind.” Rebekah of the Bible was “a maiden of beauty, modesty and kindness.” “Jean” is Hebrew and means“God is gracious.”

Rebecca is not a family name, but Jean was a nickname of my mom’s.

Like most kids, I often imagined myself with different names, but no longer: I love my name. I like that it’s from the Bible, and that it is a strong name with rich history. I enjoy my nickname, “Rebo,” but... don’t call me Becky!

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Great post on design principles for Scrapbooking

Laura Banasiak, a digi designer (check out her shop at Scrap Orchard), wrote a terrific post over at DigiShopTalk about design principles for Scrapbooking. She hits all the highlights with examples for each to make it easy to visualize each principle. Highly Recommended!

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