My Mix of 6

My little sister, Emily , got married last October.   I had planned on making her this shadow box with a scrapbook page for a while and I needed to collect some things that were from before her wedding and from her wedding, so I could put them in the box.   I wanted simple but classy, because that's the way she and her husband are.  Simple and classy.     Her dress had a lot of beautiful lace on it.   Before the wedding I had asked my mom if she would be able to get some of the extra lace from Emily's dress and unfortunately, they didn't have any after the alterations.  Like always, my mother to the rescue, while she was unable to get any lace from the dress, she was able to get nearly identical lace from the fabric store, just for my scrapbook page.   I wrapped it around the page and glued it to the back of the card stock.  The plum sheer ribbon that is in the middle there, was the ribbon she u...

Well, not really, but since I decided that one of the things that I want to accomplish in 2013 is to be more  organized ...da, da, da, daaaa.....My greatest goal is to have working systems in place, for the kids, the hubby...me.  In result of that, and having a little more time for my hobbies, I would like to get back into my scrapbooking.  That is one of my absolute favorite things to do; and long, long overdue.  I get to be creative and it's my "me" time.  I love to reminisce about the fun times and memories we were making, and I love sharing that with my family.  More importantly, I get to make something for my family.   However, there are several things that need to fall into place in order to get back into scrapbooking. Such as, organizing our photos on the computer and then organizing my craft room (which is the dump all room, for whatever reason) and create a workspace that will accommodate my many hobbi...