still kickin'

I have been visiting in blogland, just not posting as you may well know.  Every so often, I get a nudge by a bloggin' pal to post.  Voila!  Here's a new post for you!

I'm happy to report that not much has changed since my last post in August 2011.  My health is the best it has been in years since I left the practice in late February 2011!  I'm been keeping myself busy ~ as I intend on relaying in some upcoming posts ~ but I will share a little of what I've been up to!

I've been very busy with paper crafts!  I participated in Prana Light's Valentine's Swap and was paired with  an ex-pat Canadian, Marie.  I had to hustle to get Marie's Valentine's package together and mailed in the hope that it would arrive in Britain by February 14!  And, as I had not planned on blogging at that time, of course I didn't take any photos!

I am in the process of completing Big Picture Class' "12 Days of Christmas" class which has trickled into Big Picture Class' "Twelve" class!  The "Twelve" class actually extends for a full year with the intention (altho I think it is almost hopeless for me!) to complete 12 layouts each month in 2012.  I'll get a lot of my scrapbooking backlog caught up this year!

Here are a few layouts I can share from Christmas 2011:

As we were travelling over Christmas in 2011, the girls hung their stockings with pins on the chairs which is something that I did as a child at Christmas.  They found it very funny to do so!  The back of the layout describes the challenges posed to Santa when a family is travelling over Christmas & how Santa got it all together.  Shhhh... they won't find out about the journalling for years!

This layout features snippets about Christmas decor.  My grandmother passed away in November 2011 at the age of 95 years and I have really noticed her influences since her passing and her influences became particularly apparent at Christmas.

I'll try to post again in a few days!  Have a good week!