Scrapping

I have finally gotten some scrap-booking done.  I've been making 8 x 8 tiles for my office so I can decorate each month much like the shadow boxes in the main room.


Once I receive the printed page, I get a tile cut at Lowe's 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 and then I glue the page to the tile and prop it up using a decorative frame holder.  It gives just enough personality to my office, and I can see the pictures I want all month long.

January's Tile

Valentine Tile

For the girls, I created a 12 x 12 page of Valentine Cards.  The girls can cut them out and staple candy or a lollipop to the card.  The girls' teachers and friends love seeing the personalized gifts, so why not give the girls some great attention??  

And then I got a jump-start on my Spring tile.  I'm actually almost through with my year for my office, but it's nice to see that I can get these done so quickly and inexpensively.  The hardest part is convincing someone at Lowe's to cut the tiles - apparently it's not their favorite job.  

Spring Tile

The picture in the Spring tile is actually on a large canvas in black and white in my living room.  It's a great picture of the girls, and it's one of my favorites!  It's amazing when I look at the girls and see them for who they are.  I created this amazing little people, and I have helped play a part in the astounding young women they are becoming.  Who knew I was capable of this?


The best part of the company I use, Heritage Makers, is that there are women who are so incredibly gifted, and I'm able to take their projects and ideas and make them my own.  


I have a Shadowbox for each month of the year, and it's a great conversation piece in the house.  I'm able to show-case the great pictures of that month, and it's a wonderful way to keep the old pictures out of when the girls were young and when Ken and I didn't have gray hair.

The shadow boxes were mounted on poster board and hung with a ribbon so keep it simple and actually look like it's on the wall.  On another wall hangs our Calendar for the year.  It is truly easy to make my house hold the family.  


Now, if the cross-stitching were just as easy to make....