I'm scrapping it

The pictures that is. I decided to take a break from pretending to be a designer and do a few layouts. I browsed through some galleries for inspiration and then came up with a couple that aren't too bad.
I showed you the picture of my grandparents the other day but not in a LO.


Had to do one with these pictures I took yesterday.


You might remember this one, but now it's finished so here it is again.

For anyone that likes my freebies, stay tuned. Even though I'm taking a break from trying to come up with kits and such, everything I use in my layouts, I make myself. So while I'm working on improving my scrapping style, I may be able to put together a couple good freebies too.

Could I take just a minute of your time?

I need some opinions on whether or not I should make some changes here. I've noticed I really haven't been getting many downloads on my freebies lately, so I've been feeling like my stuff must really stink. Anyway I asked for opinions in some of my cafe mom groups. I only got one answer but it was suggested that I should create a second blog for all the chit chat I do and just keep this one for the freebies. Her thoughts were that people would prefer not to have to sift through everything to get to what they came here for, which is only the freebie. So, if you could take just a minute to add your opinion in the poll at the right I would really appreciate it. If you want to leave me your thoughts in a comment I would appreciate it even more. Good or bad, I want to know what my readers think.

Slightly toasted

That's exactly how I feel right now. It was such a beautiful weekend that I took full advantage of it and spent time outside. The sun was wonderful and I have the red skin to prove it. It was all worth it though. It was so great to have a 3 day weekend and spend it doing something besides laying around the house being lazy and trying to make excuses for why I wasn't getting anything accomplished.
This weekend we worked on getting the pool cleaned up. The water was so disgusting. I've had green pools before but this year it was red. Everyone kept asking if we had a dead body in there...lol Here's Wade and Duke working on scooping out the last of the red sea.

This project started Friday night after we got home from work. We started draining it then and it wasn't completely empty until Sunday morning. By 11:00 a.m. we had it all cleaned and ready to start filling. We just refill it with the hose. So we stuck the hose in the pool and headed out to Conneaut Lake Park. This weekend they were having what they call Doo Wop days. They had a few bands throughout the weekend and Sunday they had a DJ there. They also had a volleyball tournament on the beach and a car cruise in. I got some pictures of the cars Wade was drooling over...lol Here's a couple of them.




Last but not least a little freebie for you. I did another quick page.

Go ahead and grab the freebie HERE

Happy Memorial Day

Just a quick post to wish you all a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend. I actually can't believe I'm still up. For some reason I had my alarm set and it went off at 4:15 this morning. Not having to go to work made it easy for me to jump right out of bed instead of going back to sleep. Now it's getting close to midnight and I'm still wide awake.
Oh yeah, I said quick post didn't I?...lol
Tonight I have a couple things to share with you.
First a before and after picture of an edit I did. This was a not so impressive picture I took this afternoon while I was out on the deck and feeling a little bored.

I really liked the way the edit turned out. Looked really artsy to me. I may not know a lot about art, but I know what I like.

Here's my cheapo flip flops. I mostly only wear these around the yard and pool. I did this edit for a challenge. I thought it looked pretty cool.

Finally a freebie for you. Another quick page that I threw together for you.

Grab the download HERE