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The lovely young friend of ours who was in the pregnant layouts that I did last week is in the hospital having the baby as I type this. We are all so excited to meet little Ryan. I gave his mother Robin an 8x8 album from Memory Makers as a gift and a coupon for photos each month for the first year. She was so thrilled. I had no idea that she wanted to learn to scrap. Now I have a new scrappin' buddy.

These photos are from the little album I made of pictures from her baby shower. I used the tutifrutti quick page album from We are Story Tellers by Paislee Press. It was such fun as I had purchased one of those little $1 albums at Michael's and it came together in no time at all. The paper I used for the cover is from Basic Grey. I added a few button brads and summer brads (unknown)... .. . ..

This past Saturday was insane. All fun but insane. I gave a baby shower for my friend Robin. It was a great success and she was delighted by the games and gifts and general fun. I'll be scrapping soon from the pic's that I took during the event. After the party, Robin and her husband, Ralph came by and I took a bunch of photos for them. I had a great time. Each time I do this I learn so very much. I printed out a proof sheet for them yesterday and worked up a few layouts. I wasn't as pleased with the pic's as I had hoped. A few were really washed out. Over exposed and I don't have a good tutorial that I have found for that. Also Ralph kept his head in perpetual motion. Lots of blurry pics. I will spend some time later in the week and try to come up with some much finer layouts. These three are from yesterday. The shower pics should be fun to use on some "cut loose" pages.On Anticipation I used a paper from the Songbird Take Flight Kit by Nancie of ScrapArtist called nrj take flight2 and floxetine font. On Excitement & Wonder the paper is from a web challenge at DesignerDigitals by Katie Pertiet called Wonder The font is Scriptina. For The Look I used VickiStegall's leap of faith paper 2 from The Leap of Faith kit for Songbird. Vicki is from Oscraps. The font is Deisel. I am so pleased that this couple is in our lives and that we will get to be surogate grandparents to little Ryan. I will have some baby and kid pictures after all.

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Just a quick note today. Jon had to work a short while this morning. We shared cocoa before he left for work and I gave him the card/album. He was sincerely touched by it. Said it was the finest thing that I had ever made for him. I was so pleased as that was my intent.

I won't have time for scrapping today but lots of photography. We are off to the annual Bellevue Art Fair. It is in the heart of downtown Bellevue and covers about six blocks. There is the juried art show,  the craft show,  the inside demonstrations and free entrance to the Art Museum. It is quite the event and we will most likely spend part of today and tomorrow there. Also tomorrow is the day that I will be taking photos of my little friend Robin and her husband. Thier first baby is due in three or four weeks. That is why I was so pleased by Crystal's blog on taking photos of a pregnant woman. More layouts this week if time allows.

I woke up today knowing that I needed to make an Anniversary card for Jon for tomorrow. Until last night I had no idea what I would make. But yesterday I was able to pick up a copy of the magazine Mini Albums in an evening, and it sparked all sorts of ideas. I had this chipboard book in a drawer because it just didn't excite me and then it all came together. I spent the morning at the computer printing the text and the photos and then putting the card/album/book together. Here it is for all to see. We were married 22 years ago on July 26th. I made by far the best decission of my life on that day and have never regretted it. Jon is the perfect person for me. I used papers from a kit by Jomi van Bekkum for the August Scrappers Guide, the ink is Tim Holtz distress vintage photo and the fonts are Rubber Stamper and Arial. The cards journaling says, 22 years, 22 reasons, I love you because and then each photo has the name of an attribute I love about Jon.

......The front and back covers.......Pages 1 & 2... pages 3 & 4