December 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

 Another year of the Digital Scrapbook Blog Train is coming to an end.  When I originally worked on this back in October, I was kicking around the idea of maybe having a more elegant Christmas this year.  But, living on a horse ranch and having 50 years of country-style ornaments that I dearly love, well....the house will once again be decorated in the country style that so very much suits my character.  I'm blue jeans and boots all the way.  Instead of a wreath, however, I found a pony head fashioned out of pine boughs and decorated with a ribbon halter, ivy and holly berries.  It's just adorable and will be perfect on my wall covered with pictures and paintings of all of my horses.  Nonetheless, my photos this year will be scrapped with this more elegant look.  Best of both worlds!

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Fan Freebie --

Nothing spells C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s better than the smell of sugar and spice baking in the oven while it's snowing and blowing outside.  While you're preparing for this holiday season, be sure to snap a picture of the baker in your kitchen.  It wouldn't be Christmas without them!

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The Boo Update --

Decorating Boo for Christmas is almost as fun as decorating the tree!  Maybe even more fun :)  If I actually plopped a hat on his head and shoved bells in his mouth, I can only begin to imagine how many band-aids I would need :)

November 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

Our annual Thanksgiving gathering is a day to just be thankful for what we have, to share what we have and enjoy the day with our friends and family.  I love having my family here each year, spending the day catching up on what everyone has been doing, playing games together, cooking together and eating together, of course!  It's always one of the most pleasant days of the year for me.  Also, there's plenty of people around to clean up the kitchen afterwards so that I can spend some thankfulness time with my horses and other animals in the barn.  By the time I get back to the house, the kitchen is clean and it's "Game On" time!

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Fan Freebie --

I carried the same colors through to the fan freebie so you would have extra elements for scrapping your pages.  This month's colors were extraordinary and so much fun to work with.  Enjoy!

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The Boo Update

Boo was helping me make the guest room bed.  Help, as in making a 5 minute job into a match of who could move faster.  I threw the bottom sheet on and before I could tuck in one side, Boo was already underneath the sheet playing hide-n-seek.  So then I'd have to pull him out and set him on the floor, but with springs in his feet. he'd be on the bed again waiting for the next sheet.  Putting pillowcases on the pillows was a total tug of war.  Everything is a game to him!  Not sure how I finally got the blanket on.  By the time I got to the quilt and found he was already under part of it, I was exhausted.  Obviously, so was he.  Shortly after I took this picture, he was sound asleep and stayed there for the next 4 hours.   So, 6 hours later, that bed was finally made. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

October 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

 Up here in Wisconsin, we usually tolerate September just to get to October.  Days are shorter for sure, but it's usually warmer and less rain.  The days are perfect for visiting a pumpkin patch with the grandkids, complete with a corn maze and feeding baby goats.  We get out to the pumpkin patch on an old wagon pulled by two beautiful Belgians.  I raise horses, so that's always the best part for me!  Another tradition is that the kids come over and we decorate Halloween cookies.  It's a fun way to spend an afternoon. Thought you might like to see last year's cookies.  I just put out all the sugars, decorations and candy and let them get creative.  Not to brag, but I think the kids are following in their Grandma's artistic footsteps :)

I loved working with the deep, rich colors for this month's Blog Train.  I hope you enjoy it for scrapbooking your own October Memories!

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Fan Freebie --

I love Halloween.  It's just a sweet, fun holiday.  

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The Boo Update --

Happy Birthday, Boo!  I can't believe you're 4 already.  Now, please get off of my kitchen counter!

Until Next Month!

September 2022 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

August flew by way too quick, and here it is September already.  I've had such a great summer working with my horses and other animals, gardening, and just enjoying sunny, warm days outside.  Since time stops for no one, however, I guess we might as well embrace fall, too :)  Now, I'm voting for a longer fall and an early spring.  We'll see.

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Fan Freebie --

Here are a handful of graffiti stamps to enhance your layouts.  Have fun!

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The Boo Update --

Boo likes his meals ON TIME.  Around 11:30 each morning, he tends to hang around the kitchen waiting for L-U-N-C-H.  I can't say the word out loud, because he KNOWS that word when it's said.  I'm also beginning to think he can read a digital clock.  That said, this is how I found him when I came in from the stables LATE, as in 15 minutes late.  He wouldn't let me into the kitchen.  He was like "if you want coffee, you feed me lunch first!"  He won.  I fed him lunch just so I could get a coffee refill. 

Until Next Month . . .