Tomorrow is the Day!

Tomorrow The Digichick will be back up and completely redesigned! And, as if that weren't cool enough, I will be starting my brand new workshop - Life is Better Shared! We're going to have a lot of fun and create a great album! I hope you'll join in!

Meet Hannah!

Here she is - my adorable new little niece Hannah! My brother sent me pictures, so of course I had to scrap them right away - perfect for this week's Scraplift Challenge at Scrapartist! I wish I could just run up there and meet her, but unfortunately, there's only so much time one can take off of work and only so many plane tickets I can buy. In the meantime I guess I'll just have to share lots of pictures of her!

Finished my baby gift

I finally finished my baby gift for my brother and sister-in-law - had the plan in my head quite a while before I could actually put it together LOL. But, I love how it turned out. Carrie's kit is so cute - the colors are just perfect! I made the album by printing out papers from the "Celebrate Everyday" kit. I designed the cover in Photoshop, printed that out and used it to cover pieces of book board for my cover. The pages inside are made with Epson double sided matte paper - I printed different papers from the kit on each side along with the lyrics to "Jesus Loves Me" which are spread throughout the album. I punched holes in everything with a two hold punch and used d-rings to bind it all. I added ribbon and a little flower tag with the baby's name to complete it. Now I just hope they like it too :)

Welcome to the world!

No photos to share yet, but my newest niece entered the world sometime before 4 a.m. today! Her name is Hanah Joy - she was a little over 7 pounds and 21 inches I believe :) I can't wait to see her - at least in photos - it will probably be a while before I meet her in person since we live so far away. I am thrilled for my brother and sister-in-law - this is the first and only the second grandchild in our family, so it's very exciting! So, welcome to the world little one - can't wait to meet you!

Happy Belated Valentines!

It was a long week in Michigan, but a good one - the one good thing about funerals is that everyone comes! I got to see cousins I haven't seen in years and even my brother Jon, who I haven't seen in about 5 years and haven't talked to in quite a while. I am hopeful that this will be the start of something good for him and my family.

So, I thought I would make my first post back a belated Valentine's gift - I have a new freebie kit up at Scrapartist - LoveBirds

Swing on over and pick it up and while you're there check out this week's challenges and all the great new stuff in the shoppe!

Gramps

Early this morning my Dad called to tell me that my Gramps passed away. I am so sad - he was always my favorite grandparent and such a wonderful man. But, I'm so happy for him to be free of this life and his health problems and old age and instead to be sitting at the feet of the Lord. He was 95 years old and had a wonderful life - he even finally got the great-grandchildren he'd been wanting! So, this morning I'm trying to dwell on the good times - all our breakfasts at Jackie's, playing baseball with him in the yard at their old place, and all his funny little stories and rhymes (some of which were funny even though I didn't understand them because they were in Dutch LOL). He survived the depression - even bought a house - because he was a great baseball pitcher and a ringer on his company's minor league team. He always loved nice cars - it was his one extravagance. Most of all, he loved the Lord and his family - I hope he is having a wonderful reunion with all of them as I write! Can't wait to meet you again one day Gramps!

Freebie!

It doesn't feel much like winter in Arizona these days, so I've actually been a little nostalgic for snow lately! I created a wintery kit a while back and thought I'd better share it before the winter weather leaves us completely! I've posted two different links below, but they're to the same kit so just click one! When they're gone, they're gone - Hope you enjoy it :)


Winter Wonder
Winter Wonder