Mrs Willis' Shadow Box

Isn't it amazing how a school year flies by. There are actually only 180 school days. Of course a present for the teacher is just a small token of appreciating for the life long lessons she taught my Emma in the past year. It had to be a special one. I searched on the web, and found a beautiful shadow box to make for Mrs Willis.

We had lots of fun making it and even more giving it. She was so happy! She said this would be in her classroom for the next 30 years. What a great thing to make and give to such a wonderful teacher. Thank you Mrs. Willis!

A day off

It is so hard to get back into the swing of coming up with something cute after being busy with work, family and other business. I always have plenty of ideas, but when I finally sit down in front of all the goodies I gathered for this day I planned on doing nothing but scrap-booking, my mind goes blank. I decided to fix up this picture frame I bought for one dollar at Target about three years ago. 

I knew Emma would love to put it in her room with the picture of her and her friends playing dress up. After finishing the frame I decided I need to come up with a way to make flowers to get rid of the enormous pile of fabric I have stashed in my closet. I actually discovered an easy way to make flowers from fabric,

played around for a while and than came to the conclusion that I have enough fabric to make flowers for 3 more generations after me, and quit. My mind wondered off to making cards. 

 I made a few of those and had enough of being crafty and productive for the day. All in all, it turned out to be a great day off. You should see the mess I made!

红线

"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break." 

With that being said I am showing off the layout I made for my first born son, who just spent 10 days with me here in the United States. I turned 50 and he didn't want to miss out being with me on my birthday. We had a wonderful time, but all good things come to an end.This afternoon he will be flying back to the Netherlands. It breaks my heart but I know he needs to finish his study.

Majoring in aeronautical engineering he decided to be an exchange student at the Polytechnical University of Xi'an, China for 6 months. It is there where he met his beautiful girlfriend Lui Xin.

 

This summer Lui Xin will visit him in the Netherlands for three months.I am sure they will take lots of pictures during her stay and on their trips. I bought him an album and added the layout as a start of a journey for them to finish. 

For Bas

Home made "brew"

After a great weekend celebrating my Birthday with family and friends I feel the incredible urge to get creative again. 

I need to make some cards this week since there are birthdays coming up. I have a couple of people I want to tell how special they are to me, and scrap-booking supplies were amongst the birthday presents so I am definitely in the mood!

I absolutely LOVE the shiny mists they sell in the scrap-booking stores, but they are very pricy. I heard of a recipe to make your own, which would work out a lot cheaper than those being on the market. 

The basic ingredients are a little high to purchase, but go a very long way. I calculated a bottle of home made mist will cost approximately $3.- This includes a new-bought spray bottle. Of course reused bottles will bring the costs down to somewhere close to $2.- 

Ingredients

Ingredients:

4 parts water

2 parts alcohol

1 part Gum Arabic

15 drops alcohol ink

1/4 teaspoon Perfect Pearls

1 small spray-mist bottle

Directions:

Poor all ingredients in the small spray-mist bottle.

Shake thoroughly.

SPRAY AWAY!

A sprayed flower

I noticed the ingredients separate after "sitting" for a while, just shake thoroughly before every use. 

Can you imagine how many colors you can create this way, I am so excited! I only bought one spray bottle, so "ADIOS" for now, I am on my way to Michaels!