December 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

Oh boy!  It's almost Christmas . . . again!  Take lots of pictures to scrap and preserve your memories.  Time keeps moving forward even when you wish it would just slow down for certain times throughout the year.  Pictures help not just to document the moment, but gives you something to savor and enjoy months, sometimes years, down the road.

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Fan Freebie --

These truly are some of my favorite things.  I love snow for Christmas (but wish it would melt the first of the year), lights and ornaments, gingerbread (or any decorated Christmas cookie actually), fresh cut pine trees with homemade ornaments, and Elves.  I can take or leave Santa, but I definitely need Elves.  It's those added simple things that make any holiday special.  Come to think of it, I wish someone would give me an elf or two for Christmas to help me clean up after the holiday is over :)

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The Boo Update --

Boo's most favorite part of Christmas is the tree.  He'll spend time napping under it from the first day we put it up, while I'm decorating it and everyday thereafter until the day we take it down.  He tends to leave the decorations alone unless they jingle and then it's fair game.  And once in a while if he spots something "interesting" up higher, well....those branches coming out of the trunk are the perfect ladder to climb up to get a closer look.  

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

November 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

I have to admit . . . this month's color scheme didn't speak to me.  Usually I can look at the colors and know exactly what I want to do with them.  So, I looked at the theme suggestions -- kitchen and boho.  Kitchen was out because I try to spend as little time as possible in the kitchen these days.  Ok...so let's go with "boho".  Hmmm....what exactly is boho?  After googling boho and looking at the many examples that came up, I saw that boho was somewhere between cashless college student of the 60's and "whatever goes" after that.  I just shake my head.  But, I have to admit, it was interesting to find that I can still create and even have fun while working on it even though it all still boggles my mind.  (That's probably pretty close to what my Mom thought of my sense of style growing up in the 60's with our bell bottoms and mini skirts.  But, hey . . . we were so cool~! Enough said.)

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Fan Freebie --

I usually like to create my fan freebies to add onto the blog train piece, but not this time.  When it comes to holidays, I'm a traditionalist.  November is Thanksgiving with all the beautiful colors I see all around me outside. 

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The Boo Update --

Well.  Boo usually knows he is not to be on the counter EVER.  But, I made an exception this time because he was watching my husband doing the dishes and he looked so beautiful sitting there so patiently waiting for dishes to be done and play time to begin.  So, I let it slide and grabbed my camera instead.  He's not spoiled at all :)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
May your turkey be tender and your pumpkin pie perfect.

October 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

I like Fall.  We still have warm days, but not as hot as the summer months were.  And, we're finally getting some much needed rain.  

I loved the colors for the blog train this month.  Perfect for pumpkin patch pictures.  (Try saying "pumpkin patch pictures" 10 times real fast!!)  Hahahaa... 

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Fan Freebie --

The kit above was so much fun to create, I thought I'd add another scarecrow and more elements for you to have fun with!

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The Boo Update --

Boo's birthday is the end of this month.  I can't believe he's 5 already.  Seems like just yesterday I brought this pathetic little kitten in from the barn.  He loves laundry day.  As I fling clothes into various piles, he jumps in the air and tries to catch them.  If they hit the floor before he can catch it, he just dives into the pile of clothes and then wonders what I'm laughing at.  He puts the fun back into work :)  And, yes . . . he can also be quite a pest when he sets his mind to it!

Til next month . . .

September 2023 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

September is here and kids are heading back to school again.  I took two of my granddaughters clothes shopping a couple weeks ago.  We had such a good time!  We laughed when things didn't fit.  Ooo'ed and awww'ed when they did.  It was so much fun spending a day with those two.  

I also wanted to thank everyone for their nice comments here and on my facebook page.  I really appreciate it.  

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Fan Freebie --

Here is some graffiti to dress up your pages using the kit above.  Enjoy!

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The Boo Update --

Boo tends to find the most unusual places to sleep.  I always smile when I catch him under this cabinet. It's like having a cat in the chicken coop :)  It's a jam/jelly/candle cupboard that I painted several years ago.  There's nothing like picking up a plain wood piece of furniture and turning it into something special.

See you next month!