It's about time...

It's been quite awhile since I've shared some scrapbook pages or projects. I've been working more on mini-albums lately.


I'm wrapping up my Week In The Life Album from Ali Edwards. I took pictures to document a week in our life in October. Hopefully, it will be ready to share soon.

Currently, I'm working on my Christmas Memories 2008 album. It's based on same idea of Ali Edward's Daily December album but I wanted to make it a little more broad. I figured we'll be getting my mom's tree in Michigan before December and I may not have something to put in each day. I'm using a Clear Scraps clear album and adding variety of different pages I've created. I'm about done with the pages and will add pictures and memorbilia through the month of December. I really like the concept of doing the album before hand. It really keeps me from getting overwhelmed after a event when I have a lot of pictures. Here is the cover I finished today. It is a little hard to read on the cutting mat but you'll get the idea.

Here are a few layouts of my neice and nephew from our Portland trip:

Farewell, my friend

This week a dear friend passed away. Susan Dallas was an incredible woman and touched many people's hearts. She was the manager at Windy City Scrapbooking, and definitely made an impact on my life. She was passionate and caring, loving and warm. I was devastated by the news that she had a heart attack at the age of 34. She leaves behind her husband and son, Evan, who is only 4 years old. He is the sweetest boy and my heart just breaks thinking of him growing up without his wonderful mother.

I'm praying for her family and the entire Windy City Scrapbooking family.

We know our days on this earth are numbered but we never expect someone so young to suddenly be taken away from us.

Below are a couple pictures from this Spring. I have such fond memories of Susan and she will always have a special place in my heart.

Al & Susan at CKU

Some of the Windy City Family