Kelly Goree Creative Escape Layouts

I am finally getting around to finishing up my projects from Creative Escape back in September. These layouts were from Kelly Goree's class and I really love the way they turned out. I have learned so much about Photoshop Elements lately that it is fun to play with the photos and not be scared to death you are going to ruin them. I can change them up a little and then print them out in the exact size I need them for the layout without all that triming. I'll post the other projects as I finish them. Have a wonderful day! I'm going to scrap!

Lauren is Engaged!

Ryan asked Lauren to marry him on December 7th. One of her friends handed her a piece of a puzzle that told her a limo was picking her up that sunday afternoon. The limo took her to the Kappa Sigma house where some of his fraternity guys sang her a song and gave her another piece of the puzzle. She got back into the limo and the driver gave her another piece of the puzzle and took her to the spoofer stone at Ole Main on the Fayetteville campus. (Secretly the limo left and came and picked up our family and Ryan's family and brought us to Ole Main.) Ryan was waiting for her with candles and he got down on one knee and proposed. He even had engraved glasses with the date for them. They made their way back to the limo and opened the door and we all surprised her. She cried. They got in and we went to The Power House where Ryan had arranged for some food. Some of their best friends met us there and we had a little party. She was very surprised and cried many times that night. Such a happy day and we were so glad we could be a part. There is no date set yet. Ryan wants to go to Law School and Lauren still has to get her Masters.

Scrapbook Addiction Christmas Expo

I had a fun time at the Christmas Expo and made 3 good projects. The teachers were all really prepared and the projects were so "stinkin" cute!! The food was good too. It was really nice that it was in the middle of November because it got me in the Christmas Spirit early.

Thanksgiving

All of our relatives from Mississippi were here this Thanksgiving. We had a great time and after Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday we went out to Gaston's to take the annual picture.

Refinishing Hardwood Floors

We had our original hardwood floors refinished in November by Chad and Matt Hershberger. They did a wonderful job!!! They look better than they did when they were brand new! The only problem was that me, John and Seth had to live out of our bedroom for about 10 days with 2 dogs and 2 cats. Oh My! I didn't even have use of the kitchen. One night Seth said what do you do if you want a drink? I said you get in your car and you go buy you one! The last picture is of the sealer they use and how it has dried on the can after so many uses. I couldn't resist taking a picture because I thought it looked cool!

FALL IN THE OZARKS

I am still trying to learn how to use the Nikon D300 I got for Christmas last year, and I love fall, so I thought I would drive around and take some pictures of the beautiful Ozarks that we live in. It really is breath taking when you STOP and look around and take it all in. THANKFUL!

Blog Blitz

I am so far behind on my Blog that I have decided to do a Blog Blitz! Sooooo for the next several days I will update it everyday. I am starting with Halloween. Daisy went as a pumpkin and had so much fun. She loved all the visitors at the door, but she especially liked to run and JUMP right into the basket of candy. She was so tired at the end of the night. We had a big crowd of kids and we gave away 300 plus toothbrushes and lots of candy.

More Layouts

Don't panic John's tatoo is fake! We both got fake tatoo's in Branson when we went for our anniversary weekend to trick our kids. They didn't buy it at all! Oh well! These are some layouts I did from Cathy Zielski's class online at Big Picture Scrapbooking. I am learning sooo much from this class about design. She is so good and funny too. More to come!

Design Your Life

These are some of the layouts I have done for my class with Cathy Zielski from Big Picture Scrapbooking. She designs the layouts and you fill in the pictures and colors etc. I have learned so much about color and repetition and the triangle of design. The class lasts until the end of the year so I will keep posting. I hope everyone is loving this fall weather!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!