Good morning, all! My guests have left, the house is still clean, the berries are picked and I watered all the plants (and then it poured last night), so I finally have some time for scrapping today. It was so nice to spend time with good friends. One even brought her son, who is in the Navy and...

So sorry to hear this, Evelyn. Our fur babies are such big parts of our lives. Our 11.5 year old Goldendoodle is in the last stages of his life, and it has been hard, but we are thankful for these last weeks and the extra affection, pets and licks. Stay strong.

It is a porch that you can enjoy three seasons out of the year. It isn't heated, so we close it up in the winter. Ours has screen window walls and pine paneling. Very pleasant place to sit in the mornings and the evenings, overlooking the rose bushes.

I've been cleaning, cleaning, picking berries and watering plants every day because of the heat (we've been in the mid-90s all week). I need to get to the three-season porch to touch it up, then the grocery store, then the guests are arriving this afternoon. We are hosting a cookout with area...

Soooo behind. Favorite drink: Tea - iced or hot, almost any type Favorite subject to scrap: My family, but I have had a ton of fun doing these family cookbook pages over the years Favorite cake: That's a hard one - we eat pie around here. I guess I'd go with red velvet cake, my SIL makes a...

Here is confetti. I love to use Aimee's confetti elements, and I never knew she had a kit with templates for them! This kit went straight into my Wish List! Birthdays are actually about the numbers. Instead of a word, find a kit with numbers!

Wowza - so nice to see the O Birthday Fairy flitting around here! Thanks!

Looks good enough to eat! I like the way you faded in the ice cream on the paper. What is cake without some ice cream?

Well yum. I think I want a piece of that particular birthday cake. Really pretty with the drips and the floral rim.

Wow. This is gorgeous. I love the way those flowers look like torn paper. So much texture and "shabby" beauty! The measuring tape with the circle is a cool idea.

Just pile it all on the cake! Love it!

This is gorgeous with the diagonal competing with the horizontal. Love the limited color as well.

Really gorgeous photos! And what a beautiful letter to your cousin!

Such a neat way to include the sea elements on the cake! Very original and lovely!

Congrats on the Gallery Standout! I love the way you used the black and white to balance the nearly neutral image. The sketchy skyline is perfect for this layout. Good job on them as well!

So true! Sweet photos. The diagonal text is neat and I like it layered over the photos as well.

Very pretty! I like the way that border at the bottom looks like grass and your background blending. Such a pretty photo!

Total fun!

Utterly, completely, ADORABLE! My daughter used to be so particular like that as well - the hairdo, the dress, etc!