MS walk

My friend Jenn (jennmet - see blog to the right!) is doing the MS walk.
Here are some details - copy and past the link below to pledge if you can...

I've decided that I'm walking in the MS walk for a cure this April. My aunt has MS (and it is really progressing) and she is walking the 5km. I've decided to walk with her. She truly is an inspiration! Never giving up! We're hoping to raise more money then our team goal!

If your interested in helping us you can donate online!!!

My page is here https://msofs.mssociety.ca/2008Walk/Sponsor.aspx?&PID=996394&L=2

Thanks ladies! Jenn

Go get em Jenn!

A Very Special LO

I have had this photo for a long time and it was tucked away, in its frame down in the basement...

My father-in-law is in the front row squatting down, 2nd from the right. We used to sit together after work and he would tell me all about his day at the factory where he worked and tons of stories about "Back Home" in Sao Miguel, Portugal...

I thought about making the title, "Shoes are for Sunday"... No one has shoes on in this photo - they just didn't wear them often during the week, mostly just for church. Imagine that?! It wasn't that long ago. I am such a klutz I can't even think about making bricks or working in a field all day without shoes on - I guess you would get good at NOT dropping a brick on your toe in a hurry wouldn't you?

The Kathy-Allie-Mary-Gabby-Laura-Tierney scrap day! WOW!!! What a lot of fun there is to be had in 13 straight hours of cropping!!! Yikes and Allie is not done yet - she is still going strong at 10pm!!!

Here is what I have so far...

Rui went to his 1st ever friend birthday - Zachary's card


I had this yucky photo which I have NEVER liked from one of those silly machines at the arcade in the Chatham Wheels Inn from a few years ago. I figured - I really didn't like the photo but wasn't prepared to throw it away so might as well scrap it - well I am totally happy with how it turned out. Isn't that weird?!



I actually made this one a couple of days ago but never uploaded it... This is our whole {Pearson} family when we were a bit younger in our beautiful backyard back in Brockville, Ontario... Old Hogan is in the photo too - I miss that dog!! Were we ever this young?

Tagged!!

I got tagged by Jasmine and so here are the questions I need to answer. In turn, I am going to tag Kathy

1. Name your two favorite scrapbooking topics: Gabriella and Rui (of course) and I love scrapping older family pics from the 80s!
2. Where are the two best places you've been to? I haven't been to that many places - Definitely St. Thomas, USVI is the ultimate and Sauble Beach. I have definitely been to more exotic places - but our family week in Sauble every year is by far the best 7 days of the summer, every summer!
3. Name two things you do every day: drink coffee (yup - me too) and read. I read A LOT! IN fact, I rarely watch any tv and feel utterly clueless when people talk about tv at work - I have no idea what they are talking about!
4. Tell us two things that pretty much everyone knows about you: I am pretty exuberant (read: loud) and creative. This even is well-known in my oh-so-uncreative profession - insurance. My job at least is creative in marketing.
5. Tell us two things that everyone DOESN'T know about you: I am secretly shy under all my bravado. I am addicted to Jane Austen. (OMG Jas my sister is a NKOTB nut too!)
6. Tell us two things that got you into the hobby of scrapping: I am not even sure. I love looking at pictures and I am crafty!
7. Tell us two things that you want to accomplish in the next six months: Go on a real holiday (no work at all) and I want to scrap and read LOTS!
8. Name your two favorite scrapping tools: Right now? Definitely BLING! And I have been loving raw chipboard alphas too...
9. Name your two favorite sources of scrapping inspiration: I love challenges to inspire me, especially with a deadline "I work well under pressure". I usually start with the picture - so a great photo gets me going...
10. How has your scrapping changed since you started? I definitely think it is much more sophisticated with better products. When I started I used a lot of stickers - I don't do that now. I doodle way more.
11. What scrapbooking project have you not tried but would love to? I would like to try altering more things. I don't do this enough...

Love, Sunshine and a whole bunch of cards...

This LO sketch also came from Dea! Her stuff is so cool!!! I totally LOVE how this one turned out... I was a little afraid of cutting this 8x10 but I just got the guts and tried it. I am glad I did...



Here is a LO of Vavo Jose and Vavo Fatima many years ago... They loved red, their home and garden - oh, and each other...

Oh my love is like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June
Oh my love is like a melody
That's sweetly played in tune
~Robert Burns

This is from a sketch on Dea's blog

I also made a few cards... One was a sketch also from Dea's blog challenges and the others were from some scraps leftover from a LO I am working on. Just need pix to finish it off...

Friday Nite Home Crop - all by my lonesome and that's ok!

Didn't want to leave and go out on the Friday of a long weekend... Seemed like a time to stay home with my peeps although we didn't end up doing much...

Did some scrapping after the kiddos went to bed...

For the Circle of Scrapping Friends - Kelly posted a cool challenge to scrap your fave room of the house... mine is the Den. This is where we read, play board games (actually, the games live here but we play in the kitchen I guess) and my scrap area is now in this room.

Here it is:
(I love my pearly silver paint and those raw chipboard stickers... makes it so easy since I am OUT of glue dots!)



LOVE THAT Heidi Swapp Bling! It's one of the ultimate embellies!

Also for the Circle - we wanted a LO with 2 of things... This LO has 2 flowers (well 4 really) and 2 heart brads + one giant heart brad which I LOVE. I gave these away in a swap and was glad to have one left over for me...

Dave and I had a pact not to exchange gifts this Valentines day but he surprised me with these flowers since I was also having my graduation for a professional designation on the same day - that was his way to get around the pact. I am glad he did this - it really made me happy! Plus it is one more 6x12 for my album. This is only #3 of this size for me.



I am not sure about this LO... but once I started to paint it - I was "committed" I guess and had no choice but to continue. It's not a great picture either since Roo's eyes are almost closed - but you know it was such a funny memory of him with all the girls at Gabby's birthday. Sorry to all of you with daughters out there - he's gonna be trouble with all his flirting. I am to blame. Apologize in advance.



And my favourite of the night!!! Tierney's 2nd birthday party fun... I really love how this one has turned out. The pic isn't great - it definitely is more vibrant in person... Oh well....

Deck of Me - Week 3 Spice It Up!

Deck of Me - Week 2 Song Lyrics!

Using song lyrics to prompt a special thought.

Here is my card!

Deck of Me - Week 1 Scrapping a Goal for 2008

Here is my 1st card in the deck of me... My goal for 2008 is to seek more BALANCE between work, chores, and fun, play and time with the kids and Dave... Need some balance!









Gabby is going to some of the weeks for the deck of me as well..
Her goal is to spend time playing things with her brother Rui, things he likes rather than always what she wants to play..
Here is her spectacular card!!!

The Deck of Me!

Gabby and I are going to try creating a Deck of Me based on a killer idea found here:

http://learningtotaketime.blogspot.com/2008/01/deck-of-me-come-join-our-decked-out.html
We are about 5 weeks behind - but we are going to see what we can do - like 2 a week to get caught up!!!

So cool!

New LO for the Circle of Scrapping Friends

This is one of my fave pics of me. Gabby took it herself so i could do this LO awhile ago. I have been a vegetarian 2x in my life. I was a veggie all through High School and University (7 years) and now I have been one again for the last 2 and a half years and I know this time - I will NEVER go back to eating meat. I couldn't even consider it!

The biggest question asked of me is - But do you eat fish? The answer is simple - Nope. I don't eat anything that was walking, swimming or flying. I am what is called a lacto-ovo vegetarian - meaning I do eat eggs (free run organic) and dairy. My dairy is very limited though as I have lactose intolerance which gets worse each year. I do not eat anything with gelatin (which is most yogurts)...

If everyone in the world just ate veggie 2x or 3x per week - we would solve a LOT of the environmental issues plaguing our world today!

Anyway - off my soapbox now. Here is the picture!