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El Niño layout and card using leftover scraps
2015 is an El Niño year, and boy, have we felt its effects in Texas! We have seen far more rain than usual so far, but May and June have had epic rainfall numbers (and lots of flooding). We took these...
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The lanky years
The first thing I thought of when I came upon this photo of me and my baby bro in the summer of 1982 was of how skinny we both were! That seemed like a good enough reason to do a layout....
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In training
I figure if my mom thought taking pictures of us while potty training would be cute, then my layout using those photos would by default also be cute! I hope no one is grossed out by the idea, but I...
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Mobile
Sometimes I still take a moment to marvel at how we can work from anywhere. I know it’s a part of most of our everyday lives, but I still remember vividly what it was like before the mobile world was...
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10th grade begins
High school is such a big deal. It’s a huge transition for all of us. Everything about it is new–the bus route, the building, the teachers, the classes. It’s nerve wracking and exciting and the...
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So very Kerry
I met my friend Kerry on my first day of grad school at Ohio University in January 1993. Then she was an important part of our wedding in 1997. In these September 11, 2000 photos, Matt and I had flown...
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Make mine a double
It doesn’t feel much like fall yet in Austin, Texas, so I have to get my cozy feelings from a mug of pumpkin spice tea spiked with pumpkin spice creamer. Here’s to the first taste of pumpkin flavor in...
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Cub Scouts circus
My brother and I were in Cub/Boy Scouts and Brownies/Girl Scouts in the 1970s and learned so much by participating. These photos are from a circus that Phil’s Cub Scouts pack put on for their families...
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Texas Book Festival
Because I am participating in National Novel Writing Month for the first time this November, Matt and I attended the Texas Book Festival in downtown Austin. It was the 20th anniversary of the festival...
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Everything still turns to gold: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches
Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of the new month. The sketch is beautiful, and the prizes from 7 Dots Studio and Freckled Fawn are great. Why not play along with us? For this...
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Kewl
Matt and I met a friend at the Fredericksburg Oktoberfest this year, and although I took lots of fun photos of our day there, I liked this one the best. Just two guys looking kewl. Product/technique...
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My favorite things
One of our family Christmas traditions happened a bit by accident. Over the years we noticed a pattern—on the night that we put up and decorated our Christmas tree, The Sound of Music very often also...
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That’s a wrap: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches
Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of December. Grab the sketch and play along for some great prizes: Lindy’s Stamp Gang ($25.00 gift certificate) and Scrapmatts (two large pieces of...
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Fun times
This photo is from a reunion that was 20 years in the making. Jim was my best friend in college. But after we graduated, although we stayed in touch for a few years, we eventually drifted apart (new...
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Capture the flag: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches
Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our second challenge of February. Grab the sketch and play along for some great prizes from Lindy’s Stamp Gang and ScrapMuch. Matt’s study of information security has...
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Forever
Back on February 5th Matt and I celebrated the 20th anniversary of our first meeting. I’ve already posted a layout of the two of us from 1996, and now I have this one from 20 years later (we took a...
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Wake up every morning with the thought that something wonderful is going to...
I had this selfie of the two of us in my to-be-scrapped pile, but I wasn’t sure when we took it. After I had done everything else to design the page, I looked up the date of the photo so I could write...
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It’s okay to shine
Tomorrow would have been my sister-in-law’s 40th birthday. To celebrate her life, rather than dwell on how we lost her far too soon because of a drunk driver, I created this page using a photo of her...
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July 4th tradition: DT layout for Stuck?! Sketches
Today Stuck?! Sketches launches our first challenge of July! Grab the sketch and play along for prizes from Wycinanka and DCWV. The story Our July 4th tradition has evolved over the years into:...
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Move-in day
We got married in October 1997 and bought our first home in August 1998. At the very same time, Mom and Dad decided to move to a different neighborhood within the same town. We ended up buying our...
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