Dare's Nemesis (part 2)
The story behind the page:
I started this layout as part of a speed scrap. I liked where I was heading, but I didn't feel like the end result really told the story. So this is what I came up with when I gave myself a do over.
For some strange reason, Dare is terrified of the statues in front of the movie theater entrance to the mall. It was pretty literally an overnight thing because at the time I was working at the theaters and we'd go to see free movies all the time. Now he refuses to peek until he's convince he's safely inside of the mall. It's really pretty cute and funny and I was glad to get the chance to grab a picture of it.
A do over of a speed scrap entry. Kit is Prince by M. Reinhardt. Fonts are Market and Goodfish. 
Mysterious Me
The story behind the page:
Not much of a story to this one. I bought the kit from the newly opened Shabby Shoppe. The pitcure is one I took after locking myself in the bathroom so I could get a few pictures in peace. I'm sure I could do something better, but as far as speed scraps go, this one is pretty good.
I did this for a speed scrap. The kit is Little Star by Shabby Princess. The font is Adler.
Two Hour Hat
The story behind the page:
I do a bit of knitting when I have some free time. I found a pattern that claimed to be a 2 hour project. As it turned out, it took me a bit more than 2 hours, but I had pretty good success with it so I made half a dozen for a family for a Christmas charity project. This one was my first attempt. The end result was pretty much too ugly to bear. But who am I to complain? I only used Red Heart.
I did this one for an impromptu scrap. The kit is a recolor of a freebie from Jodi Perry. The font is called Karolingisch. The alpah is from the carnival kit put out by the SBB Element Team.
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In other news, I was chosen to appear in a future issue of Tid Bytes ezine with my layout called Daddy and Trevyn. I'm really excited about it, but nearly as excited because it means that someone thought I did a pretty good job. It's very flattering.
Daddy and Trevyn
The story behind the page:
These are just some photos I took one afternoon last month when we went to the park. I fiddled with the contrast a little and then desaturated the photos. I thought it gave it a slightly nicer look.
My effort towards a black and white photo layout at SBB. Kit is called Friends by Deb F. Fonts are Berylium and Foo.
Azrael
The story behind the page:
Normally I stick to just posting one layout a day, but I realized that I don't have any pages with Dare up right now. He's very hard to capture with my camera. It's got a very slow recycle rate. By the time it's ready to take the picture, he's long gone. Mostly though, these are pictures of my cat. The theme for NSBD (or is it just NSD?) was a safari thing. I just scrapped all my zoo pics, so I hunted down my cat and ended up with this layout.
I did this as a layout for National Scrapbook Day. Fonts are Artistamp Medium, Courier, and Julie's (?).
These Moments pg 1
The story behind the page:
I was just thinking that it would be nice to have a layout to mark this special relationship that I share with Trevyn. I know I'm always complaining because he's getting so old, but I'm really going to miss it when he finally weans.
1st page of a two piece layout. Paper and elements are from various kits from Digital Amour. The font is CK Cursive.
These Moments pg 2
The story behind the page:
I don't really love the way this looks. I still feel like it's missing something.
Papers and elements are from various kits I got from Digital Amour. The font is CK Cursive.
Do Not Urinate
The story behind the page:
This isn't one of my most profound works here, but the story is fun so I thought I'd post. Last May, Alison, who is one of the weirdest crunchy hippy/punks hybrids I've ever met (actually, she's the only one. How can you be a hippy AND a punk? The mind boggles.) talked me into going to a concert with her. To see Andrew WK. Who I had never heard of. Big fun.
But I'm an adventurous kind of girl. And frankly, if there's going to be alcohol there, I can get on board with just about anything. So Mikey was kind enough to watch the boys for me and I got to have a girl's night out.
So I don't know. Maybe this isn't how it's normally done when a couple of girls get together, but it made perfect sense at the time to us. We decided that we'd go looking for a strip club. We figured, Hey, it's DC. There's bound to be naked women around here somewhere. You'd be surprised to learn that there really isn't much in the way of that there. However, I did see some interesting sites around that area. The buildings are all really old and cool looking. The people were colorful. And I'd had enough drinks to knock out an elephant so I was having the Best! Time! Ever!
Eventually we found a cabbie that could help us (the first one wouldn't take us anywhere unless we could give him a street address. Bummer.) and I got to see my first ever strip club. It was sort of anticlimatic after all the scenes I've seen in the movies and we didn't even get to stay long because we had to get back in time for the concert. But even so, I had a fabulous time. The little picture of me in the corner of the page is me after having about 6 drinks worth of good time. Wow, this was fun to revisit.
One other funny thing about this layout is that when I originally made it last night it was late. Super late. 4am. So I did my journaling, through a copy into the gallery for that speed scrap and went to bed. I came back this morning and looked at my layout again and realized that the way I'd written my journaling made it seem like I was against the anti public urination issue. By all means, please please do your part to stamp out this kind of anti social behahavior. Peeing on walls so much that they have to spray paint public service announcements is NOT ok. LOL.
Made for a NSBD challenge based on an ad for inspiration. Kit is Forever Boy by Kathy Moore. Fonts are 3000 and Arial.
