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This is a LO made using My Shabby Day by Wendy Page. You can find it at my favorite digi-scrappin' website, Enchanted Studio Scraps.

The photo is of Allison when she was just taking in the Christmas tree assembly.

While you wait...

These 3 LOs were pages that I did today while I spent hours on hold with the credit union to try and refinance our mortgage.  The summer fun LO is my favorite.  I used the Enchanted Studio Scraps collab kit called Happily Ever After.

My first scrap LO posting

This is put together using a new technique in Adobe Photoshop that I played with tonite -- the torn paper hole.

The kit is Blossoms & Butterflies by Brenda Smith Designs @ Enchanted Studio Scraps.

The photo is of my younger dd, Mallory in 2002.

Sweaty drinks or hot bowls

I've got the answer! A crocheted cotton coaster!!



I can't tell you how many of these I've made. They're a great way to use up "what's left" of a skein. They're made of a cotton yarn (I like Sugar 'n Cream brand) that is totally washable and absorbent. As you can see the color doesn't have to be a washed out dull color, there are some very vibrant yarns.

Anyway, these coasters work up quick when you're in a hurry or just want a little something to do to pass some time. They also come in handy for saving furniture from a hot or cold bowl of something good. You can find tons of free patterns on the web, just Google it!

I <3 to cre8 !

This will be my little spot to show off my cre8ive side.

I have become an addict of digital scrapbooking.

I have always loved taking pictures, starting way back in the 70s when I got a polaroid camera one Christmas. I have made my way thru the slim 110, then the good ol' 35mm and now I've gone digital. Of course digital is the ultimate in that you can snap, snap, snap and there is no worry of "wasting a picture", you just delete the unwanted. OR maybe you don't, maybe you turn that less than perfect picture into a cre8ive LO for a scrapbook!

My family loves to whine and fuss about "there's Teresa with her camera in our face" but when the prints show up everyone wants to see and wants a copy! So I take the fuss in stride and keep right on clicking away, whether they smile or not. ;) Of course a smile usually breaks thru with everyone at some point.

I also love to crochet.

A craft that was taught to me when I was about 10, by my Aunt Becky. I used to just crochet random patternless projects that never really amounted to more than maybe a blanket for Barbie. Today however I can get quite cre8ive with my hookin'. My current project is a hooded baby blanket for one of my co-workers -- his wife had a baby girl in the beginning of December. (Yes, I know, I need to get it finished!!)

I have crocheted a variety of items including toys, dishcloths, bath scrubbies, tote bags, baby caps for newborns. I was once in an online crochet group where we would crochet squares that would be mailed to others who pieced them together to make afghans that were donated to various causes. Most every thing I've ever crocheted was given as a gift.

I also like to do some watercolor painting but it takes more time and space than I usually can commit to. I do have a photo of watercolor painting I did once when I was taking a class.

The painting is of the Coast Guard's base chapel in Kodiak, AK. I gave the painting as a gift to Tim & Uta White when we left Kodiak. Tim was the base Chaplain and he & his wife were also friends of ours.

So here starts my blog of cre8ivity!!