Welcome to the O! People are amazing here and I'm anxious to see your layouts, and good for you for freeing those photos from the abyss & recording your memories in layouts.

TThat in an absolute stunning picture of you! That quote is so very true, the garden is salve for the soul, I just wish spring would get to Minnesota so I could get some of that salve. Stunning blending and wonderful texture.

This is gorgeous, Pia! I bet you are just itching to get back in your garden. Great photo, love the butterfly heading into it. Lovely blending to create this garden scene.

This is incredible and I absolutely love the way you are blended up there in the corner with that scrumptious ice cream confection staring down at your favorite thingsThis is incredible and I absolutely love the way you are blended up there in the corner with that scrumptious ice cream...

For a second I thought I was back in Key West. Great photo, perfectly illustrate that quote. Wonderful use of the fonts. Love the multi colored patterned stripe on the frame and the vertical stitching that keeps the chicken from wandering off the page.

Wow, what an incredible visit this must have been! Those photos are stunning and I like the different framing methods. Love the paint job on the boat. Terrific background choice.

This is beautiful! I've never been to Santa Fe. Wonderful photos, the long pillared hallway adds incredible depth and I'm always in are of the amazing tile work. Love how you blended in the young angst-filled photo of yourself. It's amazing what we see when we can take time "to smell the roses"...

This is amazing, thank you for taking part in my challenge.

This is a glorious travel page. That background photo is spectacular and the angle adds such a feel of massiveness to the page. Wonderful photos , I feel like I could step right onto that narrow street and walk forever, adds great depth. Beautifully done, it must have been a great trip.

This is wonderful , thank you for taking part in my challenge.

your page is stunning ! I love lighthouses and you have beautiful pictures of them. It's so interesting to see how the early ones were lit and the important job it was to attend to them. That background is perfection and the framing of the pictures makes the photos feel like part of the...

This is beautiful, thank you for taking part in my challenge.

This is beautiful, thank you[/GALLERY] This is wonderful, thank you for taking part in my challenge.

This looks like a fabulous vacation, it reminds me of Prague. Wonderful photos and I really like how you arranged them and they are all easy to see. That looks like a very interesting feathered friend. Love the stitching, resembles a path a walker might leave as they meander around a beautiful...

Thank you so much, Sylvia! I struggle with minimalist, but you give me inspiration. I loved that quote.

Thank you! She plays for Southern Minnesota Volleyball. We're about 15 miles from Rochester so it's teams of girls from around Southern Minnesota & a few from northern Iowa. They practice twice a week in Rochester at the National Volleyball center and most of their tournaments are held there-...

At least you didn't find them after you put your foot in and stepped on them- Found a dead mouse in my old gardening shoes out in the garage once. That's the last I saw of those shoes. I was more careful about leaving the garage door open in the fall. Sounds yummy, I need to go have breakfast...

This is beautiful, that looks like a wonderful vacation, you had me at the ocean. That background is the perfect for this . Such great photos of you two, you look like models. I really like all the whitespace and minimal embellishment.

Great photos, thank you taking part in my challenge.