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Probably not going to post any more December Daily photos

I've actually taken pictures of all the days, but find I lack the motivation to edit and post them.  Hope no one was waiting anxiously.  Ha, ha

I hope to have something crafty to post soon.  

Thanks for visiting,

Laura

Administrative note re: comments

Thank you to anyone visiting and wishing to leave a comment!  I don't get many, so it's always fun.  Except when it's a spammer, which is why I just changed the settings on the blog.  If you're signed in to Typepad or another service, I don't think you will see the random letters box, but if you are commenting with just an email address, it will ask you to enter one of those blasted codes.  I've been getting a lot of spam comments, so I decided I'd better add this.  Thanks for understanding! :)

Placeholder for December Daily

I've been trying to keep up with both December Daily and 12 Tags, but have gotten slightly behind with posting about both.  Can't imagine why.  ;-)  I'll post my DD Day 5 & 6 later today.  

9/11 remembrance post on my other blog

Ten Years Later

A Week in the Life 2011 | Invitation to Join in the Fun

It's almost time for the fun project Ali Edwards leads via her blog each year called A Week in the Life. Given the template I'm using and the blog plan I have, I don't have the ability to post the banner permanently, so I'll just republish this post a few times. :)

Creativity Burst

I've been having a creativity burst, not that you could tell from the blog updates -- ha, ha.  I'm participating in a Big Picture Scrapbooking class this month called Camp Scrap, taught by May Flaum, and I'm finally making some headway on my 2009 December Daily album (which I will never, ever, ever do in 12 x 12 again) and having fun trying some new techniques and using some sketches for inspiration.  I'll probably take a couple weeks away from scrapbooking the first part of August and make some cards, so I'll be back here then.

Will hopefully make a card or two this week. . .

I plan to be back in "action" this week with another Father's Day card and I need to make cards for my daughter's teacher and teacher's aide, as well. I did a lot of decluttering in my den over the holiday weekend, so didn't end up making anything, but it was a really good time to do spring cleaning. My in-laws arrive for a visit in less than two weeks -- yikes! I need to do even more cleaning and decluttering before then.

Are you on Twitter? Say hello!

If any of you folks who visit here are on Twitter, come say hello sometime.  I'm Bookworm on that platform, too.  I check my "@" messages, so even if I'm not following you, I'll get your message. 

Have a good Tuesday!

~ Laura (a/k/a Bookworm)

A Placeholder Post

I've got a post about recent fun acquisitions ready to go except for the pictures. [Editor's note: That post is now live.] Will probably do it in two parts -- I went to Michael's last Thursday and again on Sunday. 

I'm buying sheets of Heidi Grace Designs paper each time I go, before they are all sold out.  HGD has been bought out by a company called Colorbok, and it's not clear whether her scrapbooking papers and embellishments will be made anymore. 

The one thing I find to be a bit discouraging about this hobby is that you can see lots of lovely lines of paper online that might or might not be available to buy locally.  Shipping costs can be a bit of a barrier to purchasing online unless you are buying a bunch of stuff at once.  I intend to buy primarily locally and support my local store -- how bummed out would I be if it went out of business, after all.  I did place an order a month or so ago from Scrapbook.com for some neat Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock that my store doesn't carry and some bulk 12 x 12 white cardstock.  And I will likely place an order with Papertrey Ink at some point.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am madly in love with their stuff. 

Change of Pace to Rejuvenate this Blog!

I've been posting photos more at my Flickr account than here, but don't want to completely give up the Typepad-hosted photo blog concept.

I've also recently started to get interested in (very simple!) papercrafting.  I'm working on a small scrapbook and starting to make cards for special occasions instead of buying them.

So, from here on out, you might see a serious "photograph" here or you might see pictures of my latest finds at the arts & crafts store or a picture of a finished project.