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Dawn Inskip has a newsletter now - and for those subscribing, there is a fantastic freebie kit...

It's so cute!!! Hurry up and sign up for the newsletter :) Not only for the freebie - but you'll also get news of Dawn's newest designs in your mailbox as soon as they are released!!

2011 Calendar

I just made mine - and I used Biograffiti's 2011 CD Calendar Templates, which are FREE over at Persnickety Prints. Molly is their Designer of the Month for October - and there will be more freebies and givaways...I love these templates - and here's my calendar...I love it :) I have never made a calendar before - I've meant to, and maybe done a month or three, but I've never finished one. So I'm really happy about this one!!

My Handbag...

...is non existent :) I have no passion for handbags, don't usually like the look of them - nor do I like the feel of them on my shoulder. What I need, I keep in my pockets - some things are assigned for the left pocket and other things are assigned for the right pocket LOL And there is never too much stuff - just what I need, and I can always find it when i need it because there is no clutter :) However, I do need something on my shoulder: My beloved camera. Never leave home without it!!!

I love my camera :)

I used Dawn Inskip's fabulous new kit, What's In Your Handbag,available in both her stores, at Pickleberry Pop and Matrioshki Scrap Design.

Karen Funk has a sale!

Karen Funk has a sale in her store at Design House Digital. You will get $10 off every $20 purchase, using coupon code kf10off20 - it's valid until September 25!

This is a fantastic time to get some of Karen's gorgeous goodies for a VERY good price! Have you seen her newest kit, Remember When...Totally gorgeous!!!

Sweet Sugar Baby

My layout with the SugarHill Co. designer collab. Did you get it? I think you can still follow the blog train and pick up all the pieces - and it's totally worth it :)This is my layout with it. It's Matthildur Inga at 8,5 months. She has always been a sweet tooth - and here she is happily eating a cookie :)

Kristin has a sale

Kristin's ScrapDesign has a huge sale in her own store and her store at Pickleberry Pop for the next 10 days...

Check out her templates - they are absolutely fantastic!!! And at 30% off, it's definitely time to stock up on them!!

Dawn is having a sale

Dawn Inskip has her entire store at Pickleberry Pop on 30% off!!!

Dawn's stuff is fantastic, and this is a fantastic deal!!! Can't miss it - so go check it out and stock up on Dawn's goodies :)

The SugarHill blog train...

The designers at SugarHill Co. have put together an amazing collab, which will be yours FREE if you follow the designer blog train on Saturday, September 18...

Here's a sneak peek at the collab

It's really fantastic!! The link will take you to the first stop, The SugarHill Co. blog :)

Halloween

My second layout with Lindsay Jane's Spooky Halloween kit...I borrowed my brother's kids for this layout since we don't celebrate Halloween, but they do :)

Homework

When Lovisa Lin learned to read when she was only 5, a whole new world opened up to her inquisitive mind, and she's been reading anything and everything ever since. She is reading at a level far above her age and reads long (photoless :) books for her enjoyment. However, school requirements say that she is still supposed to read all the books assigned to her class level - and they are WAY too easy for her.She is supposed to read these books for 15 minutes out loud every day - but one of these books from start to finish takes her less than 5 minutes. Even while she does them lazily - like in these photos :) Her favorite books these days? Enid Blyton's Famous Five books and her "science books" like Animal Survival and something to do with fossils LOL

I used Lilleyscrap Designs' beautiful new kit, Sentimental.

Helping Out

When Lovisa Lin was little, she was very helpful - most kids are - and she refused to be left somewhere to play when there was work to be done in the kitchen :)So, her place was on the kitchen counter - we had huge counter space in our old house, and she had her space by the window, next to the sink, where she could do the dishes if there were any dirty ones, or keep me company while cooking :)

I used Karen Funk's brand new Remember When Collection - it's gorgeous!! - and a template by Kitty Chen.

Cool Matthildur

She was 8,5 months old in this photo

Pacifier and matching sunglasses - can you be any cooler LOL

I used a couple of things from Dunia Designs, one of her brand new templates from Scrap Easy Templates No7, most of the papers & elements are from Dunia's Mixed Emotions, but the rest are from her Be-Bop-A-Lula, Joy and Come As You Are.

Perfect

Lovisa Lin in August...my perfect little girl. Or not so little, now that she is getting close to turning 8 years old :)I used Re Kneipp's beautiful kit, Dreams In A Box and Studio Basic's Behind the Bars templates. Rubia makes the most amazing templates around. I've probably said so before - but it's SO true!!

Autumn

Not this years autumn, though - it really hasn't started yet. But last years autumn started in August and that's when I took this photo of Lovisa Lin...I used an absolutely gorgeous collab, called Color My World, from Re Kneipp and Damayante Designs - it's available at Digiscrappers Brasil and at 9th and Bloom.

Birthday...

...or almost :) We got together with our adoption travel group on our 3 year family anniversary on March 1, 2007 - and these are some of the pictures from the girls playing.There were only 4 of 6 girls present, the other two, unfortunately, live too far away to be able to attend all get-togethers in the winter time. And Matthildur was there too, of course :) She was adopted into the adoption group the day she was born LOL

I used Biograffiti's Around The Way No1 template album...It's fantastic - and I'm not just saying that because I'm on Molly's CT :) It really is everything you'd ever want in a clean, multi-photo album with lots of space for journaling!!

Kindergarten

Matthildur Inga had a 7 week vacation from Kindergarten this summer. When it was finally time to go back, she was MORE than ready and really excited :)I used Studio Basic's fab new kit, My Wish For You...It's not totally new, though, it's Rubia's part of the fabulous charity collab that was for sale at Digiscrappers Brasil earlier this summer. Rubia has revamped it, though, and it is bigger and really beautiful!!

Sweet Smile

Lovisa Lin in March 2007 - I'm finally doing my 2007 album so I'm scrapping a lot of those photos. I'm already done with January and February, so now it's March :)

She had just gotten out of the bathtub and was just so happy and beautiful and her hair was just wonderfully messy :) I love her to bits!!

I used Karen Funk's Happiness Is You collection

Pure gorgeousness in neutral and green!!

Goofy Girl :)

Matthildur Inga being a little goofball - we had been expecting visitors that day and when they came by around dinner time, she had gotten so excited and had to show it :)I used Dawn Inskip's gorgeous new kit, I Got You Babe, available at Pickleberry Pop

It's gorgeous!! Fantastic colors, papers - and amazing elements!!!

8 Months

Matthildur Inga at little over 8 months at the beginning of March 2007.

She's such a cutie :)

I used Lilleyscrap Designs' Urban Ink kit - and stitches are by Anna Aspnes.

Playing

Lovisa Lin playing in the garden last spring :)

I used Yoshiko Designs' freebie, Pressed Letter Style, and her Shade of Flowers kit. The template is by Dúnia Design and wordarts are by Penny Springmann & Natali Design.