Christmas Scrap Album Part 1 ~ Pages 1 - 9

For a bunch of presents this year for family I made a "Year In Review" book for them. Each of these pages is printed out onto a 4" x 6" piece of photo paper and then were put into a 36 page photo album.

There was 1 scrapbook per "page" and there were 2 side by side. So, for the upcoming posts I've put what pages went side by side in the photo album. Enjoy downloading them mom!! We bought my mom a portable digital frame keychain thingie so she didn't get one. hehe

Click on the images to see details and read any text you can't see. =D

Page 1:



Pages 2 and 3 together:





Pages 4 and 5 together:





Pages 6 and 7 together (and my little girl is ALWAYS making funny faces so I thought this collage was a perfect representation of her personality):





Pages 8 and 9 together:

Christmas Scrap Album Part 2 ~ Pages 10 - 19

Pages 10 and 11 together:





Pages 12 and 13 together:





Pages 14 and 15 together:





Pages 16 and 17 together:





Pages 18 and 19 together:

Christmas Scrap Album Part 3 ~ Pages 20 - 29

Pages 20 and 21 together:





Pages 22 and 23 together:





Pages 24 and 25 together:





Pages 26 and 27 together:





Pages 28 and 29 together:

Christmas Scrap Album Part 4 ~ Pages 30 - 36

Pages 30 and 31 together:





Pages 32 and 33 together:





Pages 34 and 35 together:

The last page in the album:

And Yet Another Blog

And yes... I have another blog. Last year I did a 365 challenge of making a hat everyday for sick kids hospital instead of doing a scrapbook page everyday, well I'm doing a card challenge where I make a card a day.

So, to save space on this blog, I made another one. All of my cards are for sale once I get my paypal sorted out, should be in a few weeks. So, if you want something, just let me know.... hint hint... oh Shauna ~ I think Katelyn needs some of my cute valentine's /wink wink

So, here's the blog Dee's 365 Card Addiction Enjoy!!

Birthday Card

We're heading to a birthday party tomorrow for one of AiAi's friends, she's turning 2!!!!! So, here is the card that I made for her. And YES!!! I do sell cards and little things like that. =D

Here is the outside of the card.


Here's a peek at the inside of the card. The paper matches the one in the middle that I absolutely adore and wish I had bought more of!!!

Happy New Year

I have had a rough couple of days and it's hard for me to celebrate the beginning of a new year without my sweet Ruby. It's just another reminder that another year has gone by without her here and that unfortunately life goes on, whether we are ready or not. It's hard for me to fathom that in less than 2 months my sweet Roo has been gone for 3 years. Has it really been that long? I still remember all the details about the night I held her in my arms as her heart stopped and I gave her over to Jesus. I wish so often that there was a different outcome, no matter how she would have turned out; but I know she is safe in the arms of our Saviour, waiting for me, and i will spend eternity with her. It still hurts like hell not having her here and there are so many reminders of her in things Mel and AiAi do.

Pray for our family this year. I am trying so hard not to be bitter but that seems to be where I've come back to in my grief. I know it's only a momentary feeling and I will get through this. Blessings.

Re: Precious Moments (Ruth)

Hi Ruth!! The precious moments you had asked about in your comment was a limited edition that we purchased through the precious moments website. Mine is packed up right now but I will update this post in the next couple days with the number to help you find it, perhaps on ebay? Have a wonderful Christmas and blessed new year. =)

Craft Update

I'm still organizing my craft area in the master bedroom. I keep getting distracted with things. I'll start sorting through supplies and then get ideas of something I want to make and the Crafter Monster takes over and the room gets messy with supplies and then eventually I have to put them all back, get things organized again.... and at that point... I don't want to move furniture LOL Hopefully as the binge of Christmas presents is coming to an end and Daniel has some time off coming up I'll FINALLY get it finished.

So ...... I made this little poster that is just above my scrapbook area. It's 12" x 24" and made with paper stuff. I printed the letter onto cardstock with the cheriliney font, traced them onto the cardstock, cut it out, embossed the total front so they are all shiny and a couple glittery (I ran out of the normal stuff and the other powder I had was glittery ;p). After adhesing them on, I went around with a white gellie marker and outlined the letter. I used my martha stewart border and edge punch to do the flower part and tacked it onto the wall with little ladybug push pins. The flowers I bought at the dollar store and adorned them with a little bling.

Wow... so are you still here after that explanation?? Click on it to see it clearer... or better yet come for a visit to admire my work... wink wink Shauna!!! =P


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The next thing I wanted to share was a going away gift for Mrs. Pearl. She has been Melody's EA for many years and has helped her SO much with her autism and we are so sad to see her leave but wish her well at her new job and as she acclimates to a new city.

Melody and I talked about Mrs. Pearl and the things she loved about her and the things she would miss. So! I made this little accordian folder for her. Melody gave it to her and they shared a big tearfilled hug as Melody read the little tags to her.

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These are the teacher presents this year!! They are bookmarks that I had fun making. They turned out so well and below is the little packages they go into.

I'll be posting more pics of things later on (mostly after Christmas) once people get their handmade gifts. Love ya guys!! DeeDee =)

New Pics Of The Kiddos And I =)

Got the kids pictures done at Sears on Monday. My inlaws got the picture cd so thought I would share a couple of pictures of the kids and I. Look at how grown up my little girl is!!! I can't believe she is 8!!! (((hugs to you all)))

Pics Of Aizen ~ Just For You Shauna!!!! =D

Here you go Shauna, the long awaited pictures of your future son in law. Make sure Katelyn sees how cute he is getting. These were taken this morning and I just adore his little hat!!!

(((hugs girl)))

Started Melody's Halloween Costume

I have finally gotten around to getting Melody's halloween costume started. She wants to be a flower this year and I'm going to be a gardener for her class party!! hehe

So, here's the plan... she has green jeans and a green shirt for her stem. I bought some purple fleece and she picked out a red with different coloured bubbles on it. I'm going to sew them as petals and then attach them on the collar of the shirt.

I have the pattern on the fleece and am going to go watch a show with Daniel and start cutting out the petals. Tomorrow night (got a super busy day tomorrow) I'll start pinning and sewing everything together. Thursday afterschool I'll get some pictures of her in it. I'll share those here.

Keep crafty !!!

Pics To Follow When It's Done

So Aizen has decided that he likes getting into everything he shouldn't in our room. So, I've been working on our room and packing away Ruby's things until he is old enough to not want to take everything apart. I'll be keeping the bins in our closet so whenever I want to see her things I can just pull them out.

With that in mind, I'm reorganizing the entire room. Moving the bed, making a nice big craft nook, oh it's going to totally rock!!! I'll post pics when it's all finished.

Oh and I got the New Moon movie companion on Sunday and it's (said in a sing song voice) .... Awesome!!!! I can't wait to see the movie, I'm super excited that it comes out in just over a month.

Later taters!!!

Wheeeee!!! The Fabric Store!!!

/does a happy dance !!!!

Got to go to the fabric store tonight and I'm pretty stoked with the fabric I got to buy.

I'm making Melody's halloween costume this year. She wants to be a flower and I bought 2 different kinds of fleece. One is a red colour with different colour big polkadots and we found a matching purple fleece that matches one of the polka dots. She'll be wearing green pants and a green shirt. I'm going to make 2 layers of flower petals, then sew them all onto a collar that will go around her neck and fastened with velcro. I'm also going to make her a little hat if she wants me to. I'll start cutting those petals out in the next few days and making it look super cute.

I also got fabric for 2 of my christmas presents. So now I just have to sew those up, I also got to buy matching thread .... yes I get excited about matching thread LOL

Melody's Ortho Appointment

Melody had her first orthodontist appointment today. She did really well and we did as much as we could to reduce her anxiety. The staff there were fantastic and very helpful. We'll be waiting until the rest of her baby teeth have fallen out before we proceed with her braces and possible head gear. We'll be going every 6 months to monitor progress and see how bad her overbite is and that the crowding doesn't get any worse.

I had a hard time in there and had to take some clonazepan. I can't handle the little suctiony thing they use, it sounds just like Ruby's breathing machine. I wanted to bolt so many times and not deal with it. It was so hard and I had to just deal with it and put my acting into practice and fake that it wasn't bothering me. I wish I could get over this hurdle and just function and be okay with it. All in time I'm sure.

I'm Planning Christmas Already

Have you started planning Christmas yet? NO?? Why not!?!?!?!?!?! I have to since it's going to be a homemade (for the most part) Christmas again this year. I'll post pics of things when they are done but won't say who they are for b/c I don't want them to know. /giggle

Has It Been Over A Month ?!?!?!?!?!?!!

Has it really been over a month since I last blogged. oops!! my bad for not keeping up. It's been a fun and busy summer for us. School is only a few weeks away. Let's see where should I start....

Melody passed her Swimmer 2!!!! a few weeks ago. For you old schoolers that would be our orange badge. I'm so proud of her, she has worked so hard and had to work up her endurance for doing 5-10 meters of front crawl. I can't wait until winter to put her into swimmer 3 and see how she does with that.

Daniel and I went down to Sick Kids Hospital a few weeks ago and dropped off 2 bins of hats for the PICU, bereavement and cancer ward of the hospital there. I have prayed over each of the hats as they were made and I hope it can be a small blessing to the children and families that will be receiving them.

Aizen is a diaper houdini!! That kid does NOT like wearing a diaper. He is so often yelling for me and there he is, half naked, wondering what to do. He has also become my adrenaline junkie/daredevil/let's give mommy all her grey hairs while she is still in her 30's!!!!

Not much to report for Daniel and I. Same old, same old.... playing LOTRO, crocheting hats, getting addicted to new reality shows and loving times with our kidlets.Well, I need to go do that sleep thing. If I forget to post, please send me an email... nudge, nudge Shauna!! (((hugs to you all)))