An early Christmas gift for ME!

My mother-in-law ordered this and decided that I needed to get it early since it should be opened to make sure it was correct, anyway. With the help of my good friend, Sherrill, last weekend James put this up in the living room! I LOVE IT! It finishes off the wall perfectly! The picture doesn't do it much justice, but I tried. If you want to see it in person, gotta come for a visit!!! (OH and I got a GPS yesterday!) My in-laws ROCK! And no, I was not bribed to say that!! Under our name, it says "The love of family is life's greatest blessing". How true that is! Though I've come to realize that 'family' doesn't mean 'blood'. One of my favorite quotes is: "The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof." -Richard David Bach

Another Birthday card & checkbook cover

When I showed these to James, he asked "Have you made a checkbook cover for everyone you know, yet?" What a wise guy! =) They're easy to make and personalized, something I think everyone would like! These are for James's cousin and my friend, Linda. I just got the butterfly stamp set from Stampin' Up! and couldn't wait to use it and she loves cats, which was my reason for doing the cat paper for the checkbook cover (I even bought that sheet of paper especially for that, which I don't do often!)

Christmas Gift for Liz & Shawn

Marge and I made this page as a Christmas gift for my aunt and uncle. They will be married 2 years on December 1st and don't have many wedding photos so I thought this would be something nice for them to display. Liz and her friend, Sherrill, were in town this weekend and I decided to give this to her early because I have no idea what the plans are for Christmas and didn't want to risk it getting broken in the mail. Merry Christmas, in September!

Family Page

This is another old project that I recently stumbled across. It's a scrapbook page that I made for my scrapbook but then loved it so much I made the same one for my aunt, Liz and sister-in-law, Amber and framed theirs. Without even realizing it, I'm posting this on 9-11. Hard to believe that the tragedy hit America 8 years ago today! This post seems pretty fitting; dedicated to family.