Working at the Car Wash ~

Do you remember Car Wash fundraising? We had them ALL the time growing up. Along with Bake Sales. This is my niece, Brandy at her cheerleading squads car wash. THAT is my little extra travel car that has saved me TONS in gas lately. I've parked the SUV for the most part.
My daughter will be 15 in December, so I had already been scouting some type of small dependable vehicle. This little car has been perfect.

The cheerleaders actually raised a tad over $200 at their car wash. It will help pay for equipment and travel to competitions. They had a blast on a hot day, beating the heat by goofing off with a squirt at each other! I stood around for a while remembering days gone by and reminding myself to act SILLY every now and again; just to remain young and have a little fun!

June CONTEST at ScrappersGalore!

Show us your BEST homemade mini-album!

This can be ANY type mini-album, as long as it is not one that you purchased and scrapped. Think of all the types of mini-albums: Paper bag albums, altered chipboard albums and cardstock albums in all types of shapes! Some of the newest ideas for mini’s include over sized playing cards and even flip flops! So get your creativity flowing and scrap your own mini album. There is NO specific ‘theme’ requirement for your mini album. Some theme ideas for a jump start are: Fathers, summer, Vacation, Camping, Graduation, Independence Day.

Contest Requirements: * No purchased or manufactured albums. * Your mini album should have a minimum of 8 pages WITH a cover. * Please email the cover AND a minimum of 3 pages to entries@scrappersgalore.com. Please try to keep your files at 150kb due to downloading times. * Recognizable ‘theme’. * Photos are NOT required in your mini album; however, it may include photos and journaling. * ONE entry per person. If we receive more than one entry, you will be disqualified from this contest. * Deadline for entry is midnight EST, June 30th, 2006. * Entries will be judged by the Design Team and Administrative Staff of Scrappers Galore; with the winner announced on July 8th, 2006. * The winner will receive a Bo-Bunny Friendship Boardbook kit.

It was my month on the DT rotation for an idea. So I hope you like it and will enter! Good LUCK!

For the love of the BEACH!

I love the beach so it was fun working with this months sponsor for ScrappersGalore's Design Team - Bo Bunny Press and their beach themed summery papers! This is an old photo of me and my children on the beach. Wow! Was it a long time ago! It's fun going through those old photographs and remembering the great times.
Memorial weekend I actually went back to the beach (Panama City) after 4 years. I love the ocean and the sound of the water. Panama City holds special memories for me, as this was the beach my family always took our vacation when I was a child. I have since visited Gulf Shores and Destin. I have to admit, even though I still have fond memories of PC, Destin is now my favorite vacation spot.
The wonderful thing about the beach this year was the vast amount of shells along the shore. I picked up a small bag full and they are now in a small glass fish bowl in my room. More memories to keep!