Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Life is a blur...and Sketchy Thursdays...

The last few weeks have been a little bit blurry.  We've enjoyed having my in-laws here and have seen a lot of beautiful places.  Yesterday was a rainy day and I was secretly thankful as it meant we could stay home for a little while.  Sooooo...I used that time to sneak in some scrapbooking.  :)  The challenge at SketchyThursdays was a great one for this layout of Aden cutting his hair.  I've been a mother for 11 years now and Aden was the first to cut his hair.  His response?  "Well, you said I needed a haircut."

My next layout is for scrapbookers-anonymous.  Their challnege this month was to use 17 buttons on a layout.  Well.....let me say that my 23 buttons on this layout didn't even come close to making a dent in my stash!  And that's not even including the big tin on vintage buttons my sister-in-law gave me for Christmas.  Love those!!!  This layout is about my boy's love for water.  They have always loved water, even as little babies.  Living in New Zealand, they would go to the ocean every day if we let them.  And the water here isn't exactly warm.  We are only 1900 miles north of Antartica so the water is VERY cold.  I don't think the tap water runs as cold as the ocean here.  Brr...but it doesn't stop them.

I thought I'd include this sunset picture.  Its been a joke around here about if the sun shines here or not.  Typical New Zealand weather has been around for my in-laws visit.  This evening we were watching for yellow eyed penguins, the world's rarest.  I just had to capture the sunset too.  It was beautiful!  Here is one of the pictures of a penguin.  So cool to have seen them in the wild.  Next week, my in-laws leave and the boys start school.  I think I'll loose myself in my paper and glue for a few hours....or days.  :)

11 comments:

  1. I love your take on the sketch!
    Such a funny story!! You made a wonderful Lo with the pics!
    Thanks so much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays! Loving the blue and all the buttond on your second page!

    ReplyDelete
  2. The photos in the hair cut layout are great!!! Love whatever punched you used on that orange paper. The water babies layout is so pretty. I love that paper and I especially love the button heart!!! Thanks for joining in the fun at Scrapbookers Anonymous!!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. What a fab idea,I just love how you've highlighted the photo with the button heart. Thanks for joining us at Scrapbookers Anonymous.

    ReplyDelete
  4. so cool!!!
    love your stars and mist!
    Thanks so much for playing along with Sketchy Thursdays:)

    ReplyDelete
  5. Great boy page! And I love that button heart :). Thank you for playing at Sketchy Thursdays!

    ReplyDelete
  6. What an awesome boy layout! Love! Thanks for joining the fun at Sketchy Thursdays this week!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Two of my three have cut their own hair LOL I have pictures to scrap as well. Love the button frame on your sea LO and the little squares of paper look great together- thanks for joining us at Scrapbookers Anonymous

    ReplyDelete
  8. The photos in the hair cut layout are great!!! ... The water babies layout is so gorgeous... I love that paper too wooohoo the buttons of heart..brilliant idea!!! Thanks for joining in the fun at Scrapbookers Anonymous!!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. fantastic take on the sketch. cute pics. and love, love, love what you did with the buttons. The heart is great. Thanks for digging in your stash and playing with us at Scrapbookers Anonymous. =)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Love your use of the buttons - they really focus in on the people in your photo! Love the colors of your layout! Thanks for playing along with us at Scrapbookers Anonymous!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Yummy pages ..had to come sneak a peek at your work :P

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to leave me some commenting love. I read each and every comment made. :)