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Adryane

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This was going to be my AnnaLift but, after reading it over, I think it doesn't fit the "crush" theme ... it does use the same template as Anna's page :)

Journaling: Growing up, there was a pencil sharpener in our garage. It was mounted right outside the backdoor. I used that sharpener for more than twenty years. I loved the feel of the grinding wood, the tiny pencil shavings, and all the possibilities in those sharp little points. Over the years, I've had all kinds of pencil sharpeners, even a fancy electric number. That one rarely worked and, even when it did, the pencil point usually broke part way through the sharpening process. My mother eventually sold the house I grew up in. The pencil sharpener was forgotten and may still be mounted outside the backdoor. A few months ago, while exploring our new home, I was looking around the workshop in the garage. This is what I found mounted to one of the walls a pencil sharpener just like the one from my childhood. It was old and rusted and perfect. I quickly retrieved a pencil from the house and gave it a run through the grinder. Again, perfect! I think even my husband has grown to love this sharpener. I say this because of a package I found in the mail today. It held 144 beautiful, unsharpened no. 2 pencils. I asked my husband if I could have a few, then went to the garage and sharpened twelve. Each one brought a smile.

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Anna Aspnes
Artsy Layered Template No.38 (rotated)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28909
ArtPlay Palette Scholarly Solids (background)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28511
ArtPlay Palette Scholarly (transfers, overlays)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28512
ArtPlay Palette Poppy (brads)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27660
KreasedTransfers No.1
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28580
EdgeTransfers No.1
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28722
ArtPlay Palette Science (ruler brush)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27674
DifferentStrokes No.2 BrushSet
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27957
ArtPlay Palette Red White Blue (doodled boxes)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27661
ScriptTease Learn Overlays No.1
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28531
FotoGlows No.2
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27709
ScholarlyStamped No.1
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28509
ArtPlay Palette Crush (doodled heart)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27629
WoodShop Alpha and NumberSet No.1
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28716

pencil is a photo I played with

Thanks for looking :)
EEEEE!! me, too! only ours was at the top of the basement stairs! i love this page. LOVE this page.
 
Wow! Love this story! And it is so true...the electric ones never work. But what a thrill to find this sharpener in your new home. Good things last! This page brought me a smile, too.
 
Ooooh, this is ... this is.. this is .. VERY very beautiful.
Love the journaling about what seems 'just' an old sharpener,
but is ...... a memory found!
I love the extractions you've made: they seems so naturally (because of the shadows?).
Great design!!!!
 
this is fantastic! I just love your story and it truly sounds like you do have a crush on this pencil sharpener! I love your journaling! the blending is super and I am so glad you found a home with the sharpener!
 
Awesome layout! Love the journaling! I'm a huge fan of these pencil sharpeners (and sharpened pencils) too!
 
Oh my gosh I have one of these old pencil sharpeners fastened to the inside of my broom closet door!! I would have never thought to take a photo!! I love your page!!
 
exactly! I have been dragging around the one we first got when "setting up house" forty some years ago and it's now mounted right inside the laundry room door... why, I don't know but that's where we put it. Not the one from childhood but it's creating it's own memories now. I love your memory captured Adryane... so creative and it just makes me smile :)
 
Oh my, what a page! Is it just an amazing coincidence that you should find just that pencil sharpener in your house??!! Love how the colors of the alpha and photo make a perfect match! Your extractions are exquisite!
 

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