BPS Inspiration Defined Week 1, 2010

I'm taking the Inspiration Defined workshop at Big Picture Scrapbooking. This was a project I did inspired by the ideas presented in week 1. My first ATC cards. I've been trying to get around to making some forever.

Big Idea Festival Pages 2010

I participated in the online free workshop Big Idea Festival at Big Picture Scrapbooking this past August. It was great to see all the work done by the other students from all over the world. These are the pages I completed during the workshop but I've got many ideas yet to try from the projects that were presented.

Thank You Grandma

My grandmother passed away a few months ago. She was 96 and one of the strongest women I knew. I grew up in her house and am lucky she helped raise me. Years ago my Mom asked what anyone might like from my grandmother's house since she had to move into a nursing home. The only thing was the cookie jar. Everyone had fond memories of helping themselves when they came for a visit. Inside the recipe card folder is a blog post of my cousin, Katy's telling the story of the cookie jar. Check it out here if you'd like: http://kmmurph222.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/grandma-grace/.

Jillian Making Stuff versions 1 and 2

I love this photo of my niece. I did the top layout first and thought I could tweak the brightness of the photos to make it better. So I did it again.

Willow Hill Spring Display Case 09 -10

Sometimes it's fun to take a good idea and do it again. The pond theme was used at Roslyn, too. Saves me a little time in coming up with stuff since I usually do have a lot to change out each season/marking period.

Roslyn Spring Display Case 09 -10

I made the gigantic tree frogs years ago and they are still one of the things I'm most pleased with making. I've used them a few times now in different ways.

Highland Spring Library Display 09 -10

I felt like I put a lot of pressure on myself to top the winter display and I think this turned out really fun.

Highland Winter Library Display 09 -10

This was my most fun day at work. Although I've done plenty of displays and boards at the schools I've worked at the past 8 years this was the first time that this was done at Highland. Since the new school was built there had been a "don't mess with the place" decorating rule. Adding a display outside the library was discussed and I got permission to paint the windows and I was asked numerous times from faculty if anyone knew I was doing that. I'm used to having people tell me what I've done looks nice. I take pride in my work. However, the pure joy the students had as they passed by and watched the winter scene take shape is something I'll never forget.