For a change!

Since I seem to have all these road blocks in front of me, I'm at a standstill when it comes to making cards. It'll me another 2 weeks before the MicroGlaze I need arrives so that I can use the digital stamps I so desperately want to use. No one locally seemed to have the stuff on their shelves. One of the stores was willing to order it for me. I could have ordered it myself online but it would take just about as long plus I would have to pay for shipping.

Anyway, I haven't scrapbooked in over a year. I can't die until I have all my pictures in albums. Many (like these) are from OLD photo albums. They weren't being preserved properly so I set about re-doing the albums. I'm hoping that this will inspire me to get on with the task I've set for my self. I'd like to scrap a page and make a card daily. I don't thank that is too much to expect when I have nothing else to do with my time.

These are pages from my DD's album. She just celebrated her 45th birthday June 1 so you can see I've got a ways to go. Actually, I haven't scrapped photos in any order. It's been sort of a hit and miss selection for me. I scanned these layouts since they were not in the album yet. I don't like post bound albums since I don't scrap in chronological order. I need to take out layouts that might follow in order to insert the layout where it belongs. It's a real pain "you know where"!

Photos back in "the olden days" were definitely not the quality we have today. I have had to scan a lot of them and try to fix them. Unfortunately, I never really know what it is I'm supposed to fix. Auto fix doesn't work well for me so I just muddle through and hope for the best.

Now, let's see what I can do.

Just another day!

Well, I started this blog, now what to do about it. I just not sure how this is going to go but I intend to have fun trying.

Wednesday was my birthday. I went out to lunch at my favorite Chinese restaurant with a dear friend. We have been friends for a long time now. We met at the local scrapbook store (now closed...so sad) so we have a lot in common (paper). After lunch we went to Paper Zone to browse. It had been a while since either of us had been into the store. I was surprised to find fewer stamps and so much more scrapbook supplies. Of course I found a couple of items I had to have (I keep telling myself that). Since they didn't have what I was looking for we decided to go to Main Street Stamp. This was the first time I have discovered the SALE table. There was a box of Basic Grey paper for 30%. Happy Birthday to me! So I added to my stash. I should mention that some paper is just to pretty to cut into. I appreciate it everytime I see it looking for paper to use for a layout or card.

All in all it was a good birthday and I enjoyed spending time with my friend.