Even when I use printed paper that forces you to place your pictures in a particular spot, they look like this, just so-so. They actually look better in person, but who'd believe it? Not me. I couldn't come up with an original idea if my life depended on it. This is why I admire everyone elses work so much and why I highlight other blogs here.
I've been looking at scrapbook layouts for years and I know what good looks like. I have great taste! I just don't have great talent. It doesn't stop me from scrapping....and it doesn't seem to stop my family from thinking I'm a creative artiste, but it is what it is.

I DO like my mini books though. They're cute and little and fun to play with.

Fourth of July Fireworks! Gorgeous Pictures

OHScrap! Hybrid Scrapbooking, Photography, Sewing, Crafting: Fourth of July Fireworks!

This is a huge cop-out on my part because I didn't take any pictures last night. I figured they wouldn't turn out anyway without a tripod and just be blurry. But Joscie......Joscie got some great shots and you know what? They look just like the fireworks I saw! Except for the water....and the skyline...and the ships....and...

Happy 4th of July!

I hope everyone has a safe and sane holiday. I'll be going to the Civic Center tonight with some friends for a picnic and then watch the fireworks. I'm going to try taking some pics but I don't have tripod........everything I've read says a tripod is THE number one thing you need when photographing fireworks. I just couldn't justify the expense for a one time use.

Thank you, everyone, for your posts, emails and responses at CKMB. I'm so appreciative of this community!

Scrapsmack %$#@! Part II

I think I'm over being bashed at Scrapsmack. I've been thinking a lot about what one person wrote....


"She gushes about folks I've never heard of with as much gusto as she uses for Stacy Julian."


This poster seems to think that Stacy Julian is somehow more worthy of my gushing than other folks she's "never heard of". That's a shame...because I don't think Stacy Julian would feel that way. I'd say Stacy believes that everyone deserves to be gushed over and she'd be the first in line to do so.

I hate to point this out....and I adore Stacy Julian....but I don't think her scrapping is all that fabulous. I personally think there are a lot of people out there that are much better at creating layouts than Stacy, and they're not all celebrities! What Stacy is good at is SIMPLE scrapbooking and the philosophy that she teaches. She's a celebrity because everyone knows her...she has her own magazine, she's on television, she writes books, she travels the world, and she does it all while being a normal human being. Just like everyone else. Just like the people I write about in my blog.

So, does everyone deserve to be written about with as much gusto as I write about Stacy Julian? Absolutely.

I'm not angry anymore about scrapsmack. I'm sad. Sad that the posters are most likely scrappers that I know from CKMB, even Paperclipping. Sad that they're probably mothers who want to raise their children to be good people as adults....and yet look how childish they are, hiding out in anonymity, bad mouthing others because it makes them feel good. How sad that they're caught up in the mob mentality of a board like that. You know, I've been there, done that. It becomes a way of life and you eventually stop seeing the good in people, you stop smelling the roses. If you want to find something to complain about...........you will. It's a choice. Make the right one.

Scrapsmack??? %$#@!

Okay, now I'm just a little bit pissed. This site.........this anonymous member site, known as Scrapsmack, has people that troll the scrap boards and then post their negative findings. They obviously don't look for much that's good, don't see it if it's there, and don't like it when others do. The best they can do is find fault and put others down. And they have the gall, the absolute nerve, to say that I should get a life because I compliment other people!! LOL!

If my "kiss ass" ways have offended anyone, I apologize, however, I will continue to blog about whatever I feel like blogging about. And if that means that I like a site and want to share it, then that's what I'll do. I don't expect anything in return. They say I "gush"..........Eeww! I never thought of it as gushing.....I just like to talk loud...and I will TALK LOUD when I want to ON MY BLOG! And I like a little humor....so I try to be humorous. I don't think Stacey Julian is going to come knocking at my door because I blogged about her anymore than Joscie will be visiting from Hawaii!

I'm not lookin' for brownie points here, I'm just bloggin'. So please don't waste your time coming to my blog, or the message boards, just to put me down. You must have better things to do than to read my nonsense. And you shouldn't. Especially if it upsets you so much that you have to let off steam under an anonymous name.

See, I just let off steam and I now feel great! Great, I said! And I did it under my own name.

Don't take yourselves so seriously, folks. Life is short.

Be a Winner!

OHScrap! Hybrid Scrapbooking, Photography, Sewing, Crafting: MM, I'm sew excited to share some Making Memories with you!#links#links#links#links

Hey, check out Joscie's post! You'll be glad you did!

Creating Chaos!

COLOR, COLOR, COLOR! GLORIOUS COLOR! If you've seen any work by Kary Lewis, you know what I'm talking about.....COLOR!!!! Kary designs for AllyScraps, I am a Scrapaholic, and The Embellishment Studio. She's NOT afraid of color and she knows how to use it! Just check this out for starters..... click here

I found one of Kary's layouts at 2Peas that totally caught my eye and I immediately went to her website. Some sites just grab my attention and I can't break away. That's when I know it's a great site. And that's why I want to share these sites with everyone. You don't have to like the same things I do, but that's not gonna stop me from telling you to check them out!

Creating Chaos is a fabulous site....Kary's creations are so HOT that she has a permanent pass on Mary Murphy's Hot Tamale Train! (You don't know who Mary Murphy is? What?! You live in a cave? Don't you do anything besides scrapbooking?)

Oh, yeah, she's a former desert rat too. She's from a little town just down the road a piece...and her hubby's a lawman. Gotta love that. Then there's that little dog and the cat that likes water...honest, she has pictures to prove it. Go give her some props....you'll be glad you did!