Connectedness

I don’t know if anyone will read this… but I just wanted to share a thought.

With all the ways we can keep in touch with our friends and family… Facebook, e-mail, texting, cell phones, Linked in, etc., etc. Do we really reach out and help our friends and family with what they really need? Like… cooking a meal? Running some errands for them? Picking up some dry cleaning for them? Taking their kids to soccer or band practice? Picking up some groceries?

We all know and communicate with a lot of people that have “a lot” going on in their lives right now. They won’t ask for help, but they’d appreciate it if you do help.

Anyway… just a thought.

Star Light, Star Bright…

I was outside tonight just before dark, and looking up into the sky, I heard a chant in my head from many years ago… “Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.”

When I was 13, whispering those words into the night sky, my wish was for a boyfriend. Imagine that. As I looked up into the sky tonight and echoed those words from years ago… I thought, “What would I wish for today?”

My question to you is… If you could… what would you wish for today?

Cards For Guys

Man, did I ever struggle with last month’s project challenge (pun intended)!

In honor of Father’s Day in June, we decided to try to come up with cards appropriate for guys/men/boys. For me, it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. Fortunately, the Scrapbook Mega Meet was a couple of weeks before our get together, and I found an awesome grungy embossing folder (by Tim Holtz) that looks like riveted steel plates. I used it on dark gray card stock, then applied metallic rub-ons to make it look more aged and distressed. (My card is in the middle of the group with “hello” on it.) I also used silver duct-work tape, which after sticking it down onto plain card stock and embossing it, looked alot like diamond-plate aluminum (which ALL guys love).

The card turned out pretty awesome, as did the ones from the rest of the team. If you click on the photo, you’ll see an enlarged version. The cards featured tools, deer, cowboy boots, charms, embossing folders, crimping, stars, a cool ink technique, some glitz, and some twine. The twine led to part of our challenge for June… Bugs (for June Bugs) and twine. I’m anxious to see what the team does with THAT combination. Whatever it is, you’ll see it here first!