Such a girlie girl...

I couldn't help the tongue-in-cheek title on this one.

I've always had an offbeat sense of humor (and my kids too so I know they'll

"get it") and I've decided 

it has a place in my scrapbook pages. (I worried that 

people wouldn't get it-but alas I didn't give peeps enough credit). :|

 For example,

Early on I had to make myself use icky-mushy titles and it was tough

because I'm really not an icky-mushy type. And what I

think is icky-mushy is only in my head. LOL! :))

Seriously I can do snark, sassy, sarcastic

all leading to tongue-in-cheek. I've decided to not hold back because 

just putting a page together like the one above

made me laugh and I had my own fun in my head just doing it.

Hopefully everyone will "get it". If not....its not about you

its about my having a great time putting together scrapbook pages.

And honestly with a photo like that - it just BEGS to be tongue-in-cheek.

Seriously...............Sooo................

Following on the heels of Warrior Princess it appears that Miss Amelia

is gearing up for a new adventure and packing a lunch.

After all, One must keep up their strength.

Then of course, safety first.

Helmet and goggles are a must when traversing the unknown

in her adorable dress and stockings.

Adventures abound.

I'm sure I may have lifted this from Shimelle.com - more or less.

Tis up to you to figure out which one.

And won't that be fun. :)

(more adventures).

Sweet Boy...

Love this photo of Cavin. He has a great smile and twinkly eyes. And he is a total sweetheart.

I got to use my new punch that makes the edge look like notebook paper. Love it. And I got to use a newly purchased bottle cap I happened on in a "junque" MALL.  I also made the banner out of washi tape. Its a 4x6 photo too that just stands out. Love the bokeh.

I managed to cut the page to 8x8 without screwing up the pre-printed quote. One-in-a-row. Gotta love that.

The papers and bottom red strip and the button were in my Studio Calico kit. The rest....stash. Even better.

The Big 1...

Sorry parents - this one's for my album. I forget to do that as I work on their 8x8's. I feel as if I scrapped that photo - time to move. There is no law that says you can't scrap a photo more than once.

In fact I have done that. Once or twice.

I need to do it more often with the grands (forget about the kids now LOL). Or just collect more pictures; one for them and two for me. Bwahahaha!!!

Lou had his first birthday. And I collected a few of the pix. The parents already have their page done. It's almost on its way - I seriously need to throw the completed pages in the mail but every time I do I want to wait because I have more pages made. A really vicious cycle.

I love this photo because I have them as a family in one great photo as the one year was celebrated. I did some messy sewing. I love messy sewing - although it does tend to rattle the home ec training I had when I was younger, it does however, nail down the scrappy papers on my page and bring it all together.

From afternoon to Evening...

 The weather changed. 

And quite dramatically.

The guys went fishing and brought back some tasty

Mahi-Mahi.

Whilst us ladies bobbed and relaxed in the pool.  I managed

to only get slightly burned.

Tom was busy with spicing up the fish.

 I was noticing the weather.

And a storm was blowing in.

ACK.

As in all weather in Florida. It blew in.

And then blew out.

with Nary a drop of water.

That's how Florida rolls.

Which is a good thing.

Because its never cause for alarm.

Nor do you stop what you're doing.

 Sunsets are pretty.

Even with a storm blowing in.

Love the golden hue.

And the tide was going out. 

Or maybe starting to come in.

Either way.

The cook taking a break from slaving over a hot grill.

And the fish was a tasty delight.

We have a great site this time around.

Privacy. More or Less.

Except from the Lots of critter action in the trees.

The manage to hide when I break out the camera.

I'm trying to figure out how to fake them out. 

So far - critters are winning.

Camping at Knights Key

 View from the RV. It was beautiful last night with the full moon

over the water. I was too lazy to get up and get the camera.

 Making sure we were setting up camp correctly.

Another shot without moving from my chair.

Gotta love that.

Very condusive for relaxing.

Hey I heard double dog dare....

She's a pistol. A total hoot. And a precocious 2 year old who is only doing what big brothers are doing. And big brothers climb the ladder to their bunk.

What's a baby sister to do.

Climb it too. I'm sure someone dared her. I mean sweet little girly girls like Amelia wouldn't dream of climbing a bunk bed ladder just because.

Especially in a dress, stockings and hot pink shoes. Or maybe red shoes. Hard to tell.

Most is Studio Calico except for the tag and the journaling card and the embellies. hmm...Well sort of most of its Studio Calico. LOL!! I really need to keep the kits in one spot. My bad. I love those wooden  alphas.

I'm already out of R's.

ARRGGGHHH!!!

Cue the eerie music

Ever pick photos up, lay them back down - and do that several times?

Well I did that same scenario several times with these photos.

First off they resided in the wayback box - separately. After plowing through the box and noticing the similarities, I got them together.

And the did go together. Shocking I know.

Way in the right bottom corner of the photo on the right is me. Took me awhile to find me too. My mom thankfully wrote on the back of the photo that it was Dr. Mercer's castle, 1960. I had to look it up on the internet because that was a long time ago, and the photos didn't ring a bell. It's a museum in a castle in Doylestown, PA. The good doctor collected artifacts and tools of trades and crafts that were used in early America as times were a-changing and industries were moderizing.

I don't remember any of that. What I do remember is that when my brother and I were little (and even later), as a family, we would go on these little jaunts - visiting places,  sight seeing. And while we whined about it back then (not being able to play with our friends), I look back on those fondly. It actually blows me away that my parents took the time and had to save the money to do it. I made my kids do it too. LOL!!!

I did copy my mom's writing from the back and use it on the page as well as using the original photos. Other than that - nothing tricky (except shades of Shimelle).