This is beautiful Anne Marie. The simple beauty is simply perfect for this beautiful story.

What a magical time, that first Christmas - I really like the way you've combined two stories with the two columns of journaling. Love your storytelling. I love all of the different textures. Socks looks like king of the castle. Caleb is absolutely adorable, I'm so glad he's doing well.

This is absolute magic! The colors are gorgeous. I really like the beautiful, slightly tilted vertical cluster. I'm waiting Glinda, the good witch to materialize from the bubble.

OMG, she is so beautiful and what an absolutely gorgeous extraction. I love the blended background and the layers behind your subject & the way you've sandwiched elements between the layers. Beautiful layout!

What a lovely song. This it a beautiful layout, one of those days when the snow is just softly falling. Beautiful shimmery cluster, I really like the gently falling snowflakes.

Thank you so much Betty Jo for your sweet words. I'm extremely proud of him. :heartpumppink:

Thank you so much! They always make me happy when I see them -

Such a beautiful nostalgic page. I've never been to London, but they had to have the coolest phone booths ever!

This is beautiful, I want to feel all of the textures. Great vintage photos pair beautifully with your background.

What beautifully decorated trees and quite the stack of presents. I certainly hope that Santa is good at navigating that surfboard. Great layout.

What darling vintage photos . The stamp collage is a fun way to show them off. My mom would make Christmas dresses for my sister and me too. It sounds like you had wonderful Christmas traditions, I don't see oyster stew which is a huge win in my book.

I remember when women always wore hats, of course we had to wear them to church. I love newspaper boy hats too, my dad used to wear one. Lovely, fun layout.

This is gorgeous, so peaceful I serene. Love the title. I hope Whiskers doesn't have any nefarious ideas regarding the cardinal.

I would probably love it, therin and- therein lies the problem. I'm trying to lose weight before I go to Key West & start drinking Key Lime Pie Martinis for breakfast. and on alternate days, French Silk crepes for breakfast.

Woo, hoo ! Have fun playing with that new I toy . I love my 27" monitor.

Oh, wow, this just reminded me I haven't had breakfast, again all of the textures are just amazing! Your shadow work is spectacular-! Love the way you displayed the photos. We like to do those delayed "special" meals too. :)

Totally amazing page ! You made superb use of the street heart right from the choice of the background, those textures and different faded colors- Such a great photo, when I saw it in the gallery I thought it was a memorial page, memorial to the street art I guess. Love the blended photo and the...

OMG, what a great vintage photo and your kit choice is absolute perfection because it is so that era. I love the paint behind photos and the wonderful woven criss cross strips that wrap it up like a package. Perfect amount of embellishment.

What a super cool photo, and I am enthralled by the magic of your blending which really does suggest dreamworld land filled with that amazing dream. Such a clever wary to scrap a trip to the aquarium<

Love that the beautiful dancer is using the Christmas tree to highlight her lovely moves. I just love the free spirited crafty feel of this. The colors suit the dancer perfectly.