Amazed by Creativity

I went online today with the hope of getting some card sketches at Pagemaps because I need to get on top of the crafts that I am going to donate to the Fall Festival for my daughter's school. I am simply in awe of the creativity of scrappers and card makers and paper crafters out there. It makes me miss those days of creating pretty things SO MUCH!

I am proud to say that I did make something recently. It's not especially intricate or publish-worthy, but it felt good to stay up late one night this week and WORK. I bought a Cricut Expression over a month ago - what can I say, it's one of those splurges that make me feel happy - and I had the machine cut out the flourishes and the titles and it made my pages look so much more like I envision them in my mind. :)







Each section of the recipe book has some of my husband and my favorite recipes. This was part of a gift I gave to my beautiful cousin Ruby for her wedding. It was such a pleasure to take a gift that means something to me and Tony, as cooking is one of the things we really enjoy. Well, he enjoys the cooking, I enjoy baking. Anyway, I know how much I would have cherished a book like this given to me by my mom or aunt or a nice cousin (LOL). I made sure to save the SVG file for the recipe and flourish cuts as well as the recipes so that I can make something similar for my girls when the day comes that they are old enough to be out on their own and getting married.

We (my husband and children) went to Michigan over fall break and had a wonderful time. I have so many gorgeous photos that are just begging to be scrapbooked. First, I need to get the donations for the Fall Festival done, then I'll start scrapping my family photos. I don't know what's "in style" as far as scrapbooking and I do not really plan to go out and buy new paper and baubles to scrap. I am going to use what I've got and do the best I can with it. I figure that my kids aren't going to know or care that I didn't use the latest Basic Grey papers and stuff to scrapbook. They're just going to be happy that I did make the pages and kept the memories. :)

I am also going to jump in and write with reckless abandon from November 1st through the 30th for National Novel Writing Month NaNoWriMo I hope that I will be able to get my own creativity in gear and write, craft, and bake my way through the holidays.

I am so grateful for the blessings I have in my life. Scrapbooking, writing, cooking, and genealogy research are all ways that I show my family how much I love them - and how much I love God and His Son, Jesus Christ. I hope to leave my family a legacy of faith and of feeling cared for.

I think I just dangled a participle. LOL

I wish you a Happy Halloween, and hope that you will find something creative to be amazed by this week.

:)
Dece