Road Trip Scrapbook

I traveled cross-country with my mom in June-July 2008 and finally finished the scrapbook.  I didn't really know too much what I was doing through most of it, and once I figured it out, I didn't want to make the book look weird by having the end look a lot better than the beginning... I also don't know if these are great pictures, but I couldn't take any better ones.

Wow...

I've been so busy lately that I haven't had a chance to post anything. I recently made cards for my boyfriend's birthday and Valentine's Day. I have a picture of the birthday card, but not the Valentine's Day card... I forgot to take a picture before I gave it to him. So here's the birthday card. He's very hard to do things for, so I just put some things he enjoys on there... Gambling and basketball.

Cards for Soldiers

Here are some more cards I made for Cards for Soldiers.  I absolutely love these cards... especially the aqua and orange. I think I'm going to need to copy these to get a card stash started for myself since I still don't have one.

Smoke Detector Drive for Feltonville Families

I am a teacher in a neighborhood in Philadelphia called Feltonville.  Last week, a mother and her 3 children (one of whom I taught) perished in a fire in their home overnight.  There was only 1 smoke detector in the house (in the basement) and it didn't have a battery.  After this, one of our teachers who was very sickened by this (we all were) decided to take an informal poll at school.  Approximately 150-200 students said they know FOR A FACT that they do not have a working smoke detector in their house.  This teacher decided he needed to do something.  He decided to start a drive to collect smoke detectors to give to our students.  In addition to this, we are having the Philadelphia FD come into school to teach the students about fire safety this week.  I would really appreciate it if any of you would be able to help us out by donating either smoke detectors or even a small amount of money that we can put towards smoke detectors to help our students stay safe.  Click HERE to go to the Facebook page for the Smoke Detector Drive.

More shopping!!

Ok, so my spending ban REALLY hasn't worked yet... Here's more stuff that I bought between Saturday and Tuesday.

I went looking for a few cartridges at Michael's... I found Stamped, ZooBalloo, and Locker Talk.  Went into Joann's for the Immortal Love Premium Stack and ended up with that one, the Immortal Love solid cardstock, the new Dots, Stripes, and Plaids 12x12 premium, and the small solid cardstock of that line. The Metallic 8x8 and small Hippie Chick were on clearance for like $3 each, so I had to pick up some of that... I also picked up some sparkly embossing powders, a few Easter stamps (since I don't have any), some pink 8 1/2x11 cardstock, one of the new MS Valentine's punches, a new Sizzix Valentine's folders set, and a stamp with a really cute saying for some everyday cards... "If you're feeling blue, try painting yourself a different color" from a young child. I love the stamps with those quotes, they are so precious!

Share Your Space Link Party

Bella B Designs is hosting a Link Party/Blog Hop. She's working on organizing her crafting space and is asking others to share their spaces for inspiration for herself and all of us out there! Click here to get to her page.

Calendar Pages

I did a calendar swap to use the Designer's Calendar cartridge. I did April 5x7 and March 12x12. Here are what they look like.