My birthday at the Niche

I spent my birthday with my sister in the morning and then at Paper Niche...what a wonderful day I had! I worked in the morning helping out with the Girl's Summer Camp and then I croppped until midnight. Tammy had a delicious cake for me (no calories because they are waived on your birthday) and so many people gave me cards, presents, lots of hugs and so much love! It truly was a fabulous and blessed day.
Can you believe there is a tape gun BIGGER than the ATG 714?????? Tanya has one to prove it!

Birthdays are awesome!

Today is my 51 birthday! I have always loved birthdays! I remember my parents always making a big deal about them. Today I wake up alone in my house, days before I move to another state but rejoicing in the fact that my Lord & Savior is celebrating with me! This is what He tells me in His precious Word:
Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart.(Jeremiah 1:5)
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts,God! How vast is the sum of them! (Psalm 139:13-16).
Wow..... He knew me before I was born! All the days of my life are already written in His book! This is just way too wonderful... this is why I love birthdays!

Designing with "old paper"

My job today was to design pages using two-year old paper from the collection called Bohemia. I had so much fun! I made two of them and the idea is to show the beauty of the papers and the matching embellishments even though they are "old". I also made an altered Prima can using the same line. Who says old is no good? I am going to be 51 very soon and I feel like that Altered Prima can!!!!!! (make over is great! ha, ha, ha).

Scrapbooking for someone else!

I always get a little nervous when I scrap for someone else. Do they like the colors? Do they like my style? Do they even know the work, time and effort that goes into designing one page? wow..... every page I scrap I get a little nervous....what can I say? I should be use to it by now, you would say... specially after working for the Vangeloff project! Over 1,200 albums, yes, you read well, more than two years into that project! I still get a little nervous...