It was beautiful

And very sweet.

And alot of fun!

The bride was gorgeous.

The groom was handsome.

The weather couldn't have been better.

There was no drama.

There was, however, a missing wedding band.

But the sister (coughcoughmecough) came to the rescue.
And all but one of the bridesmaids stumbled a little bit going up the stairs.
{of course i was not the one but thank you for thinking about it for just a second}

But I did not fall on my face.
There were some bets between me and the baby brother about how much Dave would cry.

I was sure Dave would be a wreck.

Stu thought he would be stronger than that.

Well Dave lost it when Ginny came down the aisle.

So I win that one.

But he did make it through his vows without cracking.

It was a wash.

Should I bust Stu and mention how he couldn't get through his little toast at the rehearsal dinner without a box of Kleenex??!

:)

{the brothers...no tears pictured}

{Dave and his best man...aka my dad}

{with the mother of the groom with her hair did!}

{the fam with my grandmother Grams who cannot look at the camera to save her life}

And they are married!

{March 12, 2011}

:)

gretchen

P.S.

You know it is a fun wedding if my Lee will voluntarily get out on the dance floor and cut a rug!
:)

Going to the chapel...

...to celebrate these 2 getting hitched!

Have a great weekend folks!
:)

gretchen

Midnight Rooster reveal!!

The March kit from Midnight Rooster is live
and up for sale!
And I had a good ole time playing with mine!
{i got both the main and add-on kits}

Here's one about my great friend Brooke.
{crazy girl}

Patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket, Sassafras, October Afternoon); Flowers (Sassafras); Buttons (Cosmo Cricket); Alphabets (American Crafts, October Afternoon), Die cut butterflies (in the kit!!)
bling is from my stash

Here's one about a dreadful run I did on July 4th a couple years ago.

OK it wasn't necessarily "dreadful" but it was 4 miles straight up hill & then 4 miles back downhill.

Changed my mind again...it was dreadful!
:)

Patterned paper (Glitz, October Afternoon, Crate Paper); Alphabet (American Crafts); Journaling sticker (October Afternoon); Buttons (Cosmo Cricket)

stars & brad are from my stash

I totally didn't mean to go all holiday with this kit!
That previous layout was kind of a July 4th page and this next one is all Christmas-y.
That's a good, versatile kit if you ask me!
:)

Patterned paper (Studio Calico, Echo Park, October Afternoon); Alphabet (American Crafts); Buttons (Cosmo Cricket); Sticker (October Afternoon)

brads are from my stash

And here are a couple of cards for ya...

Patterned paper (October Afternoon, Sassafras); Apron Lace border punch
I didn't make that flower.

It was pre-made in the kit!
*****

I am working on a 2-pager too but it is not quite done yet.

Hopefully I will finish it soon!

But that's all I've got for now!
:)
Happy Wednesday!!

gretchen

It's March!

And that means it is almost time for a new Midnight Rooster kit!

The March kit goes up for sale on the 9th!
To hold you over until then, here are a couple sneak peeks of the new kit.
Enjoy!
{i sure did!!}

I spy some Sassafras, October Afternoon, Crate Paper, Cosmo Cricket, Thickers, etc!!

:)
Happy Tuesday!

Check back tomorrow for the full reveal of the new kit!

:)
gretchen

new challenge!

Happy Monday!
There is a new challenge up at Noel Mignon today.

And it is all about cards and scraps and tools.

Basically we were challenged to make a couple of cards using scraps from old kits and 1 tool of our choice.

I just went with my Truly Scrumptious kit since I have so much of it left.

{even though i have already made a ton of stuff with it!}

And I used my Fiskars Apron Lace border punch.

Truly Scrumptious + Apron Lace border punch =

these 2 cards

Fun, easy cards!!

Make sure to check out the challenge blog over at Noel Mignon and see what everyone else made.

And play along with us!!

:)

gretchen

OK now I've got somethin'

I finally got to play with the fun new Puffies from KI!!

I just made a couple of quick cards last night but I will be using these things alot!!
{at least until i run out!!}

For these cards I just used some patterned paper, cardstock scraps, a little blingy bling, and Puffies!!

The Puffies can add quite a pop to a simple ole card!

OK now I feel better that I have made something.

My hands were starting to twitch!
:)
gretchen

i've got nothin'

too much work

too much wedding

too much traveling

not enough time

not enough scrapping!

:)

I have been trying to clean up and organize my pictures and put everything on an external hard drive.

And I stumbled upon some very old layouts I made and started doing a little scrappy reminiscing!

For example, the first ever design team I was on was for an online store called Essence of Memories

{unfortunately it is no longer open...no comments Katie or Virginia!}

The first design team box I got was full of Gen X stuff.

{anyone remember that company??! i think it had another name too. i loved it whatever it was called!}
The first assignment as a team member was to do an "all about me" layout.

Voila!

And I made this layout too with all my goodies.
This was just the first of many times that I scrapped feet on the beach pictures!

And then here are first 2 layouts I ever had published.

They were in the same issue of Scrapbook Trends but I don't remember which issue exactly.

{i am pretty sure i have the original issue around here somewhere!}

I got the emails requesting the layouts when I was at work and dangit if no one there wanted to share my excitement!!
:)

Here is the first layout I ever had published for pay.

It was for a special issue of Memory Makers.

And it further deepened my love of Nascar.

And unlike most of the layouts on this post, I still like this page!

And this might be my favorite layout off all time.

still.

My style used to be alot funkier.
Now it is pretty clean and normal.
I wonder why the change.
Maybe it is my old age.
:)
And I hope you enjoyed my trip down scrappy memory lane!
No laughing at my layouts!
:)
gretchen