Wicked Cool

Another awesome kit by Jennifer Labre Designs Wicked Cool! I loved working with this one. It's perfect for older boys, but so versatile. The colors are rich and deep! Check it out! And this is another terrific sketch from Sketchapalooza at Feeling Scrappy!

Senior year grades!

Senior year grades have been released today throughout Palestine. They publish them in the newspapers and shout the grades through the streets. I'm sitting in Salfit, listening to horn honking and wild cheering throughout the village! Phones are ringing and excited cries are being uttered! Sweets are being bought and passed around to everyone!

A woman who works with us here took a call from her nephew. I heard her squealing and shouting and she ran into every room in the center to tell everyone her nephew had succeeded. She then ran to the store next door and bought small candy bars to pass around to everyone in celebration!

It's hard not to catch the excitement...especially for me. Because, as many of you know, I'm just a slightly excitable person. heehee!

Congratulations to all who have worked so hard and succeeded on the end of the year senior exams! May God bless you and draw you close to himself!

Off to squeal and giggle with everyone who is running around wildly, laughing and shouting! Now that's something I can get into! :D

I'm a model

Thomas was "discovered" by a modeling agency while we were still living in Nyack. They told us to submit a test photograph and they would have it reviewed to see if they wanted to sign him. Well, he scored 95 out of 100! The agency really pushed us to sign him up. He received tons of calls for auditions, but I was unable to take him into Manhattan as often as they needed us to. The few times we did go, it was a fun experience to watch him strut his stuff in front of the cameras. The auditions lasted only a minute or two, but the trip into and out of the city took at least an hour and a half, not to mention finding parking in Manhattan as well as waiting our turn. It just wasn't my thing.

But he did have a professional photo shoot and these were some of the pictures he took. I'm certain that if I had more time he would have been cast to sell something. He was a beautiful baby!


Kit is Precious Moments by Jennifer Labre Designs, sketch by Feeling Scrappy Sketchapalooza

Summer Camp

The kids were excited about starting summer camp. Well, most of them. Scoty wasn't thrilled, but he's admitted that he's had at least a little fun. The camp runs for 5 weeks and they take swimming trips and put on an end-of-camp show for their families. I love seeing them in their uniforms! Notice the English mistake on this one! :D

Where the Heart Is

Another beautiful kit by Jennifer Labre Designs: Where the Heart Is

More layouts for Jennifer Labre Designs!

After the Rain kit by Jennifer Labre Designs, template by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs:



















Sweet Serenity kit by Jennifer Labre Designs, template by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs:

beautiful

Another stunning kit by Jennifer Labre Designs! This one is After the Rain with a Date Code embellishment added for fun! :) Template by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs

A new Scrapbooking Adventure!

I read about a call for creative team members for a new(ish) designer at TheDigiChick.com. I hesitated to make application because, frankly, I lack digital scrapbooking experience. But, before I went to sleep the last night of the call, I decided to just go for it. I applied.

AND I WAS SELECTED TO JOIN THE TEAM!!!!!!




















My designer is Jennifer Labre from Jennifer Labre Designs. I'm excited to have been selected to work with her beautiful products! I'm so thankful she decided to give this newbie a chance! Hopefully this inspires me to scrapbook more...and maybe blog a little bit more, too!

Here's the first layout I created using one of her kits, Sunkissed: Sunset:

I was a scrapping fool!

Last month was Sketchapalooza month. Feeling Scrappy, a great blog/online class site, hosts this class once or twice a year. I LOVE the class and I got all kinds of scrapbooking done this time. I completed 20 sketches, and did some of them twice! I was working on my family's Disney vacation from last year and just enjoyed reliving the memories! I hope to get the album completed in the next couple of weeks.

Life has been moving at a breakneck pace. It's nice to have time to sit and scrapbook! And I was honing my digital scrapbooking skills the entire time! FUN! Here are a few of my favorite layouts from Sketchapalooza!

Kits used by Britt-ish Designs, Connie Prince, Chelle's Creations and Sahlan Studios.

Life is good!

It's been a long time since I've blogged, and it's not because nothing exciting has been going on! :) Just the opposite, in fact! We've been busy with work, language study, language study program development, a trip to Thailand for a conference, school, ministry, etc.

Phew. Life is good. I'm thankful that I had the chance to travel to Thailand for a language coach workshop. I'm also thankful that my coworker was able to come along. We had a GREAT time! The conference was helpful, interesting, and informative. And we had fun getting out every evening to see something new. She was a great travel companion!

I spent yesterday evening with a group of teen-agers and their mothers and aunts at a Mother's Day event (the Arab world celebrate Mother's Day on March 21) in Jericho. I taught the girls how to make an altered frame using lots of materials donated by friends from the US. It was a fun evening!

Life is good and I am blessed. No matter the political or emotional turmoil that may surround me at any given time, I know that I am where God wants me to be! The peace that fills me heart is indescribable! I am grateful for all of life's blessings!