Here are some pics

So, I meant to attach these pictures the last post and must have gotten side-tracked. So here are the pics of the alphabet book I created for my friend.




How cute is this little one?



This is one of my favorites. Love the colors on this page.




Daddy's little girl...already working with the tools in the yard.







Check out the cute little bootie on this one :)



Mom's training her well, already doing the laundry.





And last, she loves her thumb!




While these are certainly not elaborate pages, they were a joy to create and loved giving my girlfriend this book to treasure forever. Happy Birthday to you and your little one!

The end is near...

Ahhh....the end is in sight and I am ever so grateful for another truly fabulous year of teaching. My students this year were wonderful and I can't help but wonder what next year will bring. My eighth grade students constantly make me laugh, always continue to amaze me and surprise me with their candidness and constant whining. Despite all of the good that this year brought in the classroom, I am very much looking forward to a summer full of relaxation, scrapbooking and hopefully getting into some serious shape.

I have a few 5K races planned and probably a sprint triathlon or two. But my real goal is to complete a olympic distance triathlon. My sister and I have been talking about it for years and really there should not be anything that holds us back. The sense of accomplishment after finishing always trumps the pain that you feel as you struggle through each leg of the race- so maybe by making this public, I will suddenly become more motivated to make it happen. I can only hope.

A childhood friend of mine has a beautiful baby girl who just turned one year old. I created a chipboard album with her daughter's name and then an ABC album for her daughter.

February Vacation

It is hard to believe it is already Thursday of my February vacation. Where does the time go? I have spent much of the week catching up with friends and hanging out and reading some good "girlie reads." In terms of the scrapbooking world, I have spent time organizing my scrap space...(pictures to follow once I am set with everything.) Earlier this week I was trying to come up with a method to organize my scraps of paper. I had an old portable file bin that I was going to throw out and instead I organized all of my scraps by color--- we'll see how this system works out for me. I purchased some new cubes and drawers on sale at Target and am making headway in terms of getting things really organized. Hopefully I will finish up this evening and then be able to start on another scrap project because I am beginning to have withdrawl! Happy Thursday all!

new beginnings

The new year is always a good time to have goals and wishes and hopes and dreams for all of the things the year will bring, and while I may be a little past the first of the year, this site and new venture has been in the works in my brain for a little while now. So...drumroll please....KLS Scrapbooking begins. Scrapbooking has been part of my life now for, oh geez, um....over ten years. And while I can't say that I am incredibly proud of my first few scrapbooks, I have grown into the process and have enjoyed every moment along the way. It is such an amazing outlet for creativity and it allows me to escape for a while and just take a trip down memory lane and CREATE!

So my idea is to begin a custom design scrapbook company. I have many friends who are fascinated with the concept of scrapbooking but have little to no desire or patience to complete the scrapbook themselves (this is where I come in). I will create scrapbooks for those of you out there who are like many of my friends with little to no motivation to go through the process. With your pictures, and your input on colors and designs, I will create a custom scrapbook for you to treasure forever. Whether it be a wedding album, birth of child, yearly photo albums, vacations, heritage books, etc., I will be happy to work with you.

My other hope is to share layout ideas and products that I run across to keep everyone up to date on the newest trends and oldies but goodies.

Here's to a successful 2010 full of keepsakes, love and smiles.