Also altered this puzzle piece. Mystic Paper in Mesa, AZ had an altered puzzle piece swap recently. I didn't participate but wish I would have. I do have my own puzzle though. It's a 5 ft floor puzzle with 45 pieces. Probably way to many pieces to imagine doing myself, but maybe my friends and my followers - would like to alter one for me to add to my collection. I think at least for now, I'd like to alter each piece individually and then put it together to see how it looks with every piece being so different. I can only imagine what it'll look like. If I weren't so tired, I'd probably go do another piece. Well, for now- here's my 1st of 45 pieces of my puzzle. But let me know if you want to do a piece for me! Thanks! :)

I read over and over about how important it is to have your own handwriting on your scrapbook pages so that later generations can see your style. Honestly, I am not that fond of my penmanship. I would prefer to sit here at my keyboard and type my thoughts and rearrange my words until it's exactly the way I want it. Lucky for me, there is a way to do both! My dear friend Dee showed me this great website "Font Capture" that will create a font based on your handwriting! They make it so simple. You print out their form, write your letters in their boxes, scan and upload to their site. About 20 seconds later, you have your own font of your own writing! The best part... IT'S FREE!!! I know I've downloaded many of the CK fonts of other's writing... maybe someday someone will want to download mine. hmmm, or not. Either way, it's still a great way to get your penmanship on your scrap pages without having to throw away 50 journal tags after you misspell a word. Thanks Dee!

I am so happy to know that someone else's blog has a link to mine!!! I was just checking out my latest visitors, and it showed that someone came to my site via SlinkyCatsPlace. I cliked on the link, out of curiosity and scrolled thru her blog roll and there was a link to my blog! WOW! That just makes me feel so happy inside! Thanks SlinkyCat! :)

I found this neat frame thing at the Dollar store. It was painted some gross combination of powder blue and rust. Thought I could make something cute out of it. I'm pretty happy with the results. I first mixed up some magenta and white paint to create something to cover up the blue and rust. Painted the whole thing. Then I cut out the papers, glued them on with my liquid Tombo (green bottle cap), and embellished. I used a brown ink for distressing the edges after I sanded off the excess paper. I had to decorate both sides of the hanging frame and now I'm not sure which side I like better. I used some of the fancy rounded paper clips to suspend the frame. The rings that came with the frame were pretty chintzy. What do you think?

Catching up from 3 days of scrapping and minimal sleep sure takes it's toll on you! But, as with every week- we're back to work and the days just go by and by and by. Hoping this week goes by quickly. I'm going to try to motivate myself to scrap a little this week. I have some UFO's (un-finished-objects) from my scrap weekend that need to be completed. Have a creative day!

OK I know I didn't tell you I was going on a Scrapbook Retreat... but- in my defense, the last time I told you, I never posted the pics of my creations. SO this time, I thought I'd just surprise you! I had an awesome time and especially loved scrapping into the night with my girlfriends! There are just so many pictures that instead of adding them to this posting, I thought that I would just post them and add it to my blog. Enjoy the little slideshow