a new layout

I keep thinking that since now it is September & life has developed a sort of routine I might have more time for scrapbooking. So far that hasn't happened, but I still have my hopes up.
{After all, Christmas is coming & I have a lot of cards to make}

Though I may not have all the time in the world to scrap. Here is a new layout I did sometime last week. It'll be the last 12x12 layout I do for a long time. I bought a new 8x8 album & can't wait to do some more detailed work on smaller pages.

Sorry about the yellowish tinge. Bad lighting + being in a rush = bad photos.

I'll be posting again sometime soon. Autumn is upon us, therefore I have a desire to do all things 'homey' & that. Plus its apple season & Quinte just happens to be the hub of the Apple Trail of Ontario. So there'll be a trip VERY soon to an orchard...resulting in apple crisps.

new scraps!

It is raining like wicked crazy outside. It makes the office feel so warm & cozy. Though I wish it would stop because I am hosting a punk rock show for work tonight & I really don't want to be lugging around sound equipment in the rain.

But on to brighter thoughts. I just thought I would finally share some pics of some recent creations. You'll have to forgive the photo quality. I quite honestly decided to do this last minute before stepping out the door for work.

We have this in our laundry room {aka - "appliance alley"...it contains our washer & dryer, our fridge, chest freezer, & hot water tank...they're all white and bulky.}

I did this one last night. I was fighting a lot with it in my mind because I wanted to include some other pictures from the reception but it just took away from the picture of the ceremony. In the end I decided simple is better for this layout.

Next is a bunch of cards I made using nothing but scraps of paper that I had in a box. I was so sick of looking at it that I determined that it MUST be gotten rid of.

Hope you are all having a great day.
Tomorrow Mat & I head of to Toronto for the Beaches Jazz Festival with our friend Albert. It's an annual thing. Hopefully it won't be raining!

a wonderful life

I got home from work yesterday and I just had no motivation to do anything else but grab a pic and scrap. And I was in one of those moods where I just didn't care about how 'centered' it all looked, or 'wasting' any precious pieces of paper that I might never get back, etc. etc.

I just grabbed it all and went with it. I really like the result!



We have tons of exciting stuff this weekend. Adam and Andrea's Stag and Doe Pig Roast tonight at her parent's farm! Plus we also checking out an open house. I actually had a dream last night of a house we have viewed already...we were moving it and we were painting and everything. *sigh* It'll be wonderful when it does finally happen.

What are your plans for the weekend?

Yesterdays Scraps

Quite simply - I love my husband.
& I've had this pictures of him for a few years now. He took them of himself at a school event I was helping with on Student Council. I thought they were awesome photos - even though they are a bit blurry - and I just knew some day I'd have to scrap them.

Well, lately the hubby has had this theory - well, more than a theory - an observation of fact - that most characters in movies and tv shows who wear converse shoes are a specific type of "romantic hero" (not romantic as in love and kisses) but they type of hero who rebels against authority or society, does their own thing, is an individual (meaning they are at odds with the majority), and typically they are a child or childlike. (For example: Kramer from Seinfeld, House, Hawkeye from MASH, & Harry Potter) Now, this isn't a hard and fast description, nor is it exhaustive. I did notice though that to some extent, my husband does adhere to some of these qualities - & *surprise surprise* he wears converse shoes.

I was glad to finally find the perfect theme for scraping these pics.

Also I did this pic of our friends, Chris and Beth with their baby boy, Isaac. This is a pic from WAY back in September. I just never could find the right layout or the right paper or the right motivation. *laugh*

I love keeping some layouts just really simple with a few concentrated areas of eye candy. This was one of those pictures that needed to be the main focus of the page. I am so happy with the way it turned out.

Now I can finally move on to pictures from this year that need to be printed and scrapped!

Do you have tons of old photos laying around that you have yet to scrap?

scrapping together

Last night the hubby and I ended up scrapbooking together. (An event that has never occured before!) I've always known my husband to keep little momentos of trips and events and eventually he glues them into a journal or stuffs them into a photo album. But last night he sat down with sissors and glue and even stickers and brads and made himself a little scrapbook of his four years at Tyndale.

He did a great job too! (so proud)

I finished up scraping some photos of the guys flying that have been haunting me for over a year. Then I did some from grad. I still have some old photos to scrap - I think if I can pull it off after we are done house hunting on Monday with our agent, I am going to scrap them all away!

Anyway...here are some of the pages we did last night.

Do you have a particualr person you like to scrapbook with?

Someone who inspires you?

happy national scrapbooking day!

Normally I am not one to follow these random holidays, unless they offer a day off from work or school. But National Scrapbooking Day does offer one advantage...sales at all the local scrapbooking stores. *joy* I didn't buy much at all though, a piece of paper here and there. All together, less than $5 left my wallet.

I spent most of my afternoon actually scrapbooking (which is an essential part of making the sales worth the while) Here is what I accomplished.

Did you know it was National Scrapbooking Day? Did you scrapbook at all?

A few delicious days.

This muffin was made with love.

The muffin was made by the fabulous Jo James.

This muffin was my breakfast.

This muffin was the best muffin ever.

Joey's Applesauce Muffins

(now, keep in mind - they will never quite taste the same when you make them because they weren't made with the love of Jo James)

Ingredients

1/3 Cup oil

1/3 Cup water

1 tsp vanilla

1 egg

2/3 applesauce

1/2 Cup brown sugar

2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour

2 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp salt

Directions

In a medium bowl combine oil, water, vanilla, egg and applesauce.

In a large bowl mix sugar, flour, baking powder and salt.

Stir wet mix into dry mix just until blended, batter will be lumpy.

Spoon batter into greased muffin cups, filling them to the top.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

*drooling*

I could SO eat another one.

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Well, aside from Joey's incredible muffins, my two day trip back to Toronto was a lot of fun. I spent most of it with this lovely lady. (You can read all about her adventures in motherhood here)

We talked a lot about totoally varying topics. I love talking with her - she is just able to understand all those things that I find hard to explain. To be cliche, she "gets" me. A large majority of the time we were talking in the kitchen creating delicious meals for friends and family...thus, the kitchen got mighty crowded with bodies...including this beautiful one, sporting her NEW (and first!) tattoo!

It was a great two days. Toronto really has grown on me, and this visit was just a sort of confirmation that as long as our friends are here, it'll be one of our homes.

The rest of this weekend poses a whole new set of adventures though, tonight I'll be scrapbooking with some of the ladies I know here in Quinte. I'm looking forward to it, it'll be the first time I'll have scrapbooked in a long while. I can't wait to share my creations with you! Also, tomorrow we are viewing some homes with our real estate agent (who is awesome btw). There is one house in particular I am anxious to see *fingers crossed* I hope its the one! Moving into a new home would just be amazing!

I'll be posting along the way - hopefully I'll be able to post any layouts I do tonight in the morning for ya'll to see!

What are you up to this weekend?

Welcome!

Hi Everyone and welcome to SweetLimeDesign!

This blog is my attempt to share my love for scrapbooking and card-making with the worldwide creative community.

I hope to share with you many pictures of my work, tutorials, product reviews, give-aways, tips, tricks and techniques.

My hope is that yuo'll find something interesting here to incorporate into your own work and then share it with me!


But scrapbooking isn't all. I also hope to share a bit of my life online. I'm a twentysomething Christian, happily married, living in Ontario, working with an awesome youth organization (Youth Unlimited). I just recently graduated from an amazing university with a BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies. My hubby and I have many hopes and dreams and I'd like to share just a bit of that journey with everyone through scrapbooking.

I welcome you and I am so excited to get to know you! So who are you anyway? Where are you from? How long have you been scrapbooking or card making?

Oh, and much and many thanks to my friend, Jay MacKay for his incredible help with this blog. He's a great guy...no really...great.