Circa 1934--Cosmo Cricket

This is one of my favorite lines of the last year. Very Vintage and very classy! The blacks and teal/reds along with the cream make for pretty stuff!

I made these layouts from a goodie pack I won on Wednesday Winner's/Scrapgrlz! Shell McKay is the owner of Scrapgrlz, and she hosts a weekly giveaway on her blog. She has a store packed with scrappy goodies and the site also lists scrap getaways for us when we need to get away. I was very excited to get this paper before I could find it in stores. Worth it to check it out. It is late in getting posted because I was slow in loading these. Thanks Shell for the goodies! I bring you Circa 1934 by Cosmo Cricket!



This layout makes my heart hurt just a little. This was a picture of the last crop at the Scrapbook Shop of St. Paul. This was my home LSS, my home away from home, a place where many of my friends congregated. I have not set foot in another store since it closed the end of October and it made me pretty jaded and depressed about scrapping and it took me time to get going on any crafts after this.


Nobody can really explain all the goodness that happened and was displayed in this store. It was the kind of LSS that when you walk in, you want to stay and absorb it all and then buy stuff and drive really fast home to take all the goodness in the store and turn it into craftiness. I miss it so much! Life is not the same without it! Rhonda, you are the best and I will not ever forget your beautiful creativeness and love that made this into a store of wonder and delight. Eventhough the store is gone, I am glad to keep your friendship! Love and HUGS! Lara

What a rollercoaster 6 weeks

I fully intended to update sooner but things got out of hand for me...or foot, I should say. Ever since my surgery, life has been kind of out of control. On 9/10, I fell and hurt my leg. It was a freak accident really, I missed a step...long story short: ER visit, Crutches, pain and swelling, and then cellulitus...so everynight for the last few weeks, after work, I have had to stay off it...so I did a lot of tv watching...I think I am on the mend but the ankle is still sore and swells sometimes, so I have had to slow down.

Have been trying to scrap all the while...I made afew things, but never got around to putting them up! Finally now, I have a few spare minutes before the game at 3 (GO VIKINGS!!!!!) to update.



This is a layout I did with an addon from Studio Calico that my sis sent me as a pick-me-up! I added some papers from the Girls' Paperie line to make it more, well, pink. My DD is a tomboy at heart and so well, as Moms go, one must mark the rare occasion when they get to be all girly-girl with their tomboys...LOL



Crate Paper Restoration! This is possibly one of my all time favorite lines ever. I am trying not to hoard it...because my experience is that the longer you hold on to it, the harder it is to use later.

Cosmo Cricket has got some awesome color/paper designers. I was not prepared to love the Pixilicious, but the colors are wonderful and whimsical and well, it is lavender, and I LOVE any lavenders!



Finally, A little layout about my DS who is a senior. I had to scrap a few of his senior pics. We have not decided which ones we will print for giving out yet, but I picked out a few mom-favorites for me to use exclusively! Again, Crate Paper was just right for this!

Well that is all for now. Just so you are aware, my Christmas card making frenzy has started and I will be back later in the week to post the first ones...I made 8 on Friday night! This is the time of year I just love...I can never stop at the required 40 though...I get in a Christmas card making phase and it is hard to stop, so stay tuned! Love and Hugs, Lara

...Oh, and GO VIKINGS!!!!!!!!!!...(just had to say that again)

a layout and a card

Or should I say, a card and a layout. Recently, I won some goodies from Cosmo Cricket's blog--some Couture Cardstock and some Delovely. I made this card to say thank you and sent it to them. Doesn't Delovely have the most scrumptious colors ever? They are HAPPY colors to me...make me think of Sweet-tart jelly beans, pretty flowers, sherbet, and candy necklaces. Guess I kind of like sweets, huh?



I have an obsession with Butterflies...noticing them quite a bit on my layouts. This layout is made with GCD goodies from a recent Melody Ross line. I know that other animals/birds are more popular now, but butterflies are so light and cheery creatures, so I like the look of them for my projects!

That is all for now. Hope you all had a safe 4th of July weekend and wish you the best in July. I am gettng off this computer, so that I can do some creating! Love and Hugs, Lara

What to do with old photos

I recently came across several old (and I mean OLD) rolls of film in my china cabinet. As you can see, they are old, and some did not turn out so well.


In the interest of keeping these safe, I made a mini book for my DD (who is turning 15 in a few weeks)---yeah, did I say that these are OLD...I think the roll must be close to 10 years old, as she was in preschool at the time of these photos.





Supplies from Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl...which I love dearly. Other supplies: chipboard album, Cosmo Cricket; letter stickers, American Crafts, Making Memories and Jillibean Soup; Ribbon, craft supply.

I would have to say that Material Girl is one of my most favorite lines from Cosmo Cricket recently, but then again, I have not met a CC line that I have not liked yet. Thanks for visiting. Have a great week! Love and hugs, Lara