I love your journaling. It sounds like you made the very best of your many obstacles. Here's to hoping next year will bring many new and better gathering experiences. I'm sure you'll have many memories from this trip, however. Great pages to help you remember.

Oh those little deer are ADORable. I love their little bowties and heart blankets. What a sweet visual with them looking at all the lights on the tree. :) Beautifully scrapped.

I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this page. I love the images and the mask hanging off the finger...maybe we can all shed them, in the year to come! I love your title work and the chalking of it. That expression still makes me laugh! :)

Simple masterpiece. The white/red/black, in the open spaces, really draw the eye to the beautiful photo and its messaging.

How beautiful. I love the use of the wintry blues with the golden tones of the end of fall, combining for a beautiful backdrop of your lovely lady enclosed in the heart.

This is stunning! I love that big wintry photo as the background with the hope template photo & blending of texture beneath, giving even more depth. It is a gorgeous page!

Such a gorgeous and genteel page. The colors are so soothing. I hope they allowed your to calm your mind after all those numbers you had to endure throughout the day!! :) Beautifully scrapped, Vera.

What a cute photo you must cherish. Your story made me smile. You used the perfect font for your title.

Beautiful use of the hope template. I love how you've used the bird prints around the page. Creative and lovely.

There's nothing like experiencing the ocean on a cold wintry day. I love the split photos and the use of sea elements along the edging. Beautiful.

So true! I love how your page has such a feeling of looseness with the sweeping blue and the dangling heart. Beautiful.

I adore that photo tree, the scattered snowflakes and the beautifully elegant tree topper. Beautiful page.

What a great background you've used to do the partial masking and layering of your dad's medals!

So so pretty, Elaina! I love how you used the the gesso to connect the two script sections. The journaling is so true, how it touches us twice with one snapshot! :) Beautifully designed page.

I had to laugh at the mono freaking out. I can just see you stomping oon your crayons to keep from scribblin on the screen. :) It is, however, a beautiful and touching page! Your daughter is beautiful and strong like her mama! :)

This looks like a beautiful vintage card. I like the deers headdress. Yay, for the OElfs gift!!

I love the vintage ephemera against the gesso and black background. Striking and beautiful.

Oh i love the robin and chickadee and the one i cant figure out what he is. :). The framing is so sweet with the fleeing bird elements framing it even more. Beautiful.

Oh what adorable photos you found. I remember my mom hanging our cards on the window shades. Id forgotten about that until i saw your photo. Thank you!! I love the flowing curtains you put on the sides.

Soft and lovely. Your background is perfect reflection of the lyrics.