2022 Special Mom Project – installment 5: Scrapbook pages for May, June, July, August, September, October, and part November

Hello and welcome back to another installment of simple scrapbook pages for my mom. As I have mentioned before, my mother resides in an assisted living facility and she has vascular dementia. I have decided to make her an scrapbook album to show her what she did when the facility was not in lockdown. I am making all the pages simple so she can better concentrate on the story, not a lot of embellishments. Although I’m sure she would like that as well.

The scrapbook pages for the month of May were made on Craft Smith paper pack Santa Fe Garden. This collection goes a long way as does the others I have in my personal stash!

For the June scrapbook page, I decided to use the Craft Smith Palm Springs collection. It just seemed to work for this particular event she was able to participate in. She also LOVES to play BINGO but, unfortunately, that takes place at a time I am not able to go to take pictures of her.

We celebrated her birthday in July by taking her to her favorite restaurant, The Mexican Inn. I used the Craft Smith Palm Springs collection for this page also. The alpha stickers are some in have in my stash. I have had them for years!!!!

One more scrapbook page, this time for the month of August make on the Craft Smith Palm Springs collection.

The remainder of the scrapbook pages were made using Craft Smith Sunday Morning collection. I have truly enjoyed using these collections. I wonder if I can find some more somewhere.

The next group of simple scrapbook pages will include Thanksgiving up to December 23rd. I hope you will return to see what she did during that time.

Thanks for reading!!!! Please feel free to comment.

2022 Special Mom Project – installment 4: Scrapbook pages for remainder of March and April

This is round 2 of the scrapbook pages I am creating for my mother. I like the idea of having something for her to remember that she had some fun last year. All scrapbook pages were made using paper from Craft Smith, Santa Fe Garden that I purchased at Michaels. There are a couple of pages that I made using a different paper pack from Craft Smith.

So lets begin with March.

These 2 pages were made using Craft Smith paper pack names Sunday Morning. The cutouts were also a part of this collection. This is the only March layout using this paper pack.

Embellishments used on this page are felt flowers I had on hand and I fussy cut some flowers from a paper that is part of the Craft Smith Santa Fe Garden collection.

And now for April. One thing I enjoy so much about making scrapbook pages is that the do not have to be perfect to relay the story.

This final page for the month of April was also made using the Craft Smith collection Sunday Morning.

Round 3 will be simple scrapbook pages for the months of May, June, July, August, September, and October. I hope you will return to see the simple pages I an making for my mother.

2022 Special Mom Project – installment 3: Scrapbook pages for January, February, and part of March

Let me begin by saying all of the 12 x 12 papers are from a paper pack purchased at Michaels. The paper pack is by Craft Smith and is named Santa Fe Garden. I purchased this paper pack years ago and I do not believe it is available. The mats for the photos were made from solid color scrapbook paper I have on hand.

Cover page. Since I am creating these pages for my mother who has vascular dementia. I will be making the pages as simple as possible so she will be concentrating on the photos and the story behind them. The only embellishing I did on the cover page was I added glitter glue to the center of some of the flowers to give them a little dimension.

January. I added some glitter glue to some selected flowers.

February. For these pages, I decided to use some felt flowers with rhinestone centers. I believ I purchased the flowers from Hobby Lobby many years ago. Very simple but decorative.

March. To decorate the first two pages, I cut out flowers from a page that is part of the paper pack I am using for this project. I then used red rhinestones I purchased from Amazon to accent the centers of the flowers.

I decided to not add any embellishments for this page as I feel like it works without anything. Plus I do not want to make the page look too busy.

The next installment will have pages for the remainder of March and April. I hope you will come back to see how they turn out. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.

2018 Vista Project – installment 3: Round one elimination of photos and look at what I found!!!

First things first. Time to determine which photos will be considered for a scrapbook page and which ones will end up in the photo album. None of the photos will be thrown away. I keep them all. After I finish going through them, the photos are separated accordingly and put back in the boxes.

While I was looking at the photos, I kept having a feeing that I was missing some photos. I remembered where the original scrapbook was so I went to get if off of a top shelf. When I opened it up, and found a couple of page kits I had put together! But I still had a feeling there were more. And I was right.

I took another scrapbook binder off the top shelf and found a lot more page kits I had put together and were never finished. There are a total of 37 page kits which include 12 subjects. The 12 subject page kits have 3 identical pages to finish. Plus the title page which is complete and there is only one!!! It is safe to say the scrapbook page kits will remain in this binder until they are complete! As the pages are completed, I will be sure to do a blog about the completed pages. Please keep in mind, this might take some time to get them all done so the scrapbook blogs may be in several installments.

Now that I have found the lost treasure of scrapbook page kits, I’m so happy I went to Michaels to purchase photo boxes. Too bad I could find were the ones I have, or at least had, on hand. I’m sure they will turn up whenever I rearrange and reorganize my craffice.

It did not take me long to transfer the photos from the shoe boxes I was using to the photo boxes I purchased. Now I everything feels right to me. At least for now.

2021 Disney inspired frame for Kimmie – it is a tradition

Once again, it is time to make Kimmie’s Disney Theme frame for her Photo with Santa her kids do every year. I decided that this years them is Toy Story. Of course, every frame requires a shopping adventure!!!!

My first stop was to Party City. I found a couple of things that could possibly work for the idea in my head, but I needed to see the items up close. I decided on an 11 piece table decoration set. I know there are pieces that I will not need, but the three I had in mind would work perfectly.

My next stop was to Hobby Lobby. Luckily, I knew what I was looking for so I didn’t stray from the task at hand. I decided on a frame that would resemble a fence and this one is exactly what I had in mind. I also purchased a sticker set that had blingy MERRY CHRISTMAS and also Christmas lights. and a couple jingle bell necklaces that I thought I could repurpose the bells for this frame. Unfortunately, I did not remember to take a picture of the stickers, but it definitely is on the finished project.

My final stop was to Michaels. For the first time in a very long time, I only purchased what I knew I needed. Varathane premium fast dry wood stain in weathered gray and Varathane ultimate polyurethane water based, crystal clear gloss.

Now that I have all the supplies I would need to purchase, it was time to get started on the Disney Toy Story inspired frame. The figures I decided to use o this project were Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and Jessie. I trimmed them down to remove as much of the red background that I could. I know it isn’t perfect, but that’s okay.

I decided to not sand down the frame as I wanted it to feel like a fence so stained the frame. And it only took one coat of stain!!! I love the color and I have plans for other projects to use this stain on!!!

Once the stain dried, and it did dry fast, it was time to paint the inner portion of the frame. I used a white acrylic paint I had on hand that I purchased either from Hobby Lobby or found on Amazon.

After the white paint dried, it was time to decide on the numeric stickers I had on hand. I was not sure of the size of numbers would be best so I sent pictures to Kimmie to let her decide.

She decided on the smaller numbers so I placed them at the bottom of the frame and tried to decide on the placement of the Toy Story characters. I decided that I thought I would add character if I could place Jessie at the top of the frame to make her look like she was climbing over or something like that. So, this is the final placement of the characters with the Merry Christmas sticker below Jessie and the Christmas Lights stickers around the white frame. Jingle bells were added to Jessie’s hands and are held in place using E6000 glue. The 2021 stickers were so old they would not stick on their own so I used my Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive to keep them in place.

I am currently in discussions with my daughter regarding next year’s frame. I think it my be Disney Aladdin inspired. My mind is going crazy with all of the possibilities for the 2022 theme.

Telling Our Story One Scrapbook Page At A Time -Installment 21, Kimmie and Kelly’s Morning Of Fun

There is not a scrapbook page for today but I do have a one photo to share.

Today, my daughter picked me up with plans of looking for a new recliner for my mom. Our initial plans were to go to Big Lots to look at recliners and Joann’s to look around.

Our first stop was to drop off my moms meds snd other items she ran out of, couldn’t find, or just wanted. Kimmie also had a wrapped Christmas present and Christmas card to have delivered to her as well. So far, so good!

We made it to Big Lots but it had not opened for the day. There just happens to be a Target in the same shopping center. So we did what any normal female would do… we went to Target. But there was a bit of a delay getting inside. My mom called Kimmie to thank her for the frame and the card. We changed to topic of the conversation to let her know we were out looking for a new recliner for her explaining the fall risk she has since it swivels. She. Was. Mad. She does not want a new recliner. Eventually she told us that she wants us to get her 2 frames like the one she has for Wesley’s family. She doesn’t know the size of the frame but she has pictures of her other family that needs to be put in a frame. It turns out, the other family is Kimmie’s family!!! We laughed so hard we were crying.

We finally made it inside Target for a little shopping and, of course, a Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha and a regular mocha. Followed by stops at Big Lots, Joann’s, and Michael’s.

Overall it was a fabulous day and I can’t wait to do it again!!! But next time, I will not leave my Starbucks Mocha in Kimmies car.

Modified Keto day 10 plus 3 packages in the mail!!!

I must honest, today started out real rough. I woke up with a migraine that did not go away until around 6 this evening. I managed to drag myself out of bed around 10 and decided to fix myself something to eat. Today’s breakfast consisted of bacon and eggs. And yes, I did have my normal coffee intake. But, once again, no Starbucks.

The cruise countdown cheered me up but didn’t make the headache go away. I wonder if the diet has anything to do with the headaches…

I did receive some packages in the mail today. One from Baublebar, one from Michaels, and UPS delivered 2 Shutterfly orange envelopes. Not only did I get the replacement photos that UPS conveniently misplaced last month, I also received the replacement photos that Shutterfly sent. But since I still had a headache, I did not open the packages.

In the late afternoon, I started getting a little hungry so I had the last of the left over chicken stuff I made yesterday and I also had one hotdog that was sliced and stuffed with cheese then wrapped in bacon. My beverage of choice after my morning coffee was unsweetened ice tea.

Once I started feeling better I started opening a couple of the boxes. Up first was Baublebar. Today’s package only contained one pair of earrings, the Fantasia Drop Earrings. I just love them and I cannot wait to wear them on our cruise. I also received the Lobe Wonder Ear Support patches I want to try and the Devonne Sunglasses in pink which was a gift with purchase. I truly love they way they package their products.

Then I opened the box from Michaels. I could not wait to see the different colors of vinyl I ordered. I’m even more excited to start playing with them on my Cricut Explore Air. I have plans for some tumblers and now that I have all of the different colors of Vinyl that I want, I’m going to really start on the tumblers this week. Maybe even tomorrow!!! These are the colors I ordered: light yellow, red, grape, azure, med blue, caribbean, and flamingo. I’m just so excited!!!

Now about the Shutterfly orange envelope thingy’s… It is obvious that the original one was damaged and so far, I have been afraid to open that envelope. But, I won’t know the extent of things until I do. It didn’t take much to open the original package and I was really afraid that the photos would be damaged but, to my surprise, there was nothing wrong with them!!! I guess now I can organize these photos as well as the photos from our Carnival Triumph cruise and a trip to Galveston. There are plenty of photos to do some large scrapbooks!!!

With the headache finally gone, I feel energized! I think I will use this time to do something productive. I just do not know which productive thing I want to do. I think I will start with the photos so they do not get messed up!

Starting Keto slowly and shopping at Michaels!

Starting the diet is going to have some issues. Not only with the no sugar aspect, but I already have some dietary issues due to GI issues, namely nuts. I never know when I will have a flare, like today, but I usually know what triggers the GI flares and try to avoid those things.

I did have a good breakfast late this morning that was absolutely delicious. Not only did I have bacon and eggs but I managed to add some onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms. And I added a small amount of salsa on top.

Today’s downfall happened while I was out running errands. Apparently my car new I was very thirsty and took my to Starbucks. I know that was bad but the double shot venti java chip frappuccino was delicious!

This evening I made me a salad with all kinds of goodies in it and I maybe had half of it.

While I was out running errands, I made a stop at Michaels to look at their vinyl selections. I must have timed it right as their vinyl was on sale!!! I purchased a few colors of the removable vinyl and the transfer tape plus a couple of often things. I can’t wait to experiment with an idea for our tumblers I plan on decorating for our cruise on the Carnival Vista.

So, even though I didn’t do great with the Keto diet today, I still had a great day!!! And my yorkie rescue, Dixie, went for her weight check and she has lost one pound since her check up last month! Her weight gain was 100% my fault. Now I have to be better for her!!!