Slices of Life

 I had such a busy month of "playing" in my craftroom. I created lots of new cards and got all caught up on my scrapbooking!  I had ordered two new stamp sets that make these beautiful ocean/beach scenes and I had so much fun playing around with inks and the sets. I low how the glitter sparkles! I also played around with inks and stencils.  I had fun creating some new layouts and playing around with inks while scrapbooking; something I have never done before!  I made the background for the above layout; this was plain white 12x12 paper when I started! I used ink and the same stamps sets as the cards above.  Linking up with: Spread the Kindness, 

Today is the last Saturday of the month and time for the Share 4 Somethings link up with Jennifer. Once again we'll be sharing some things we've  loved and/or disliked, accomplished, some things we've improved upon and/or that need improvement, and noticed. Loved &/or Disliked: Our weather has been just wonderful this month so we've gotten out for a few long hikes. I just love afternoons spent outside with beautiful views.  Castle Craig Bull hill preserve Bigelow Hollow Pulaski park I also loved seeing 21 Pilots in concert! I never thought I'd be a "concert" person but that was really fun. Accomplished:  Evan and I started homeschooling and I've been making comprehension questions and things to go along with his zoology book.  Improved Upon/needs improvement: We made a few new recipes this month but I have to keep working on them to improve them a bit... the first was a chicken, broccoli, and pasta dish that was lacking in flavor.  This one pan ter...

 This West London Life took over the summer photo scavenger hunt this year and while I haven't shared any updates as I went along I did enjoy participating!  The final linkup will be this coming Wednesday (the 2nd) but I decided to share my final round up of photos today since many of these are my favorite photos of the summer!  Family pet or cute animal a nest of baby birds Look up to the sky beautiful skies at the beach A colorful front door our front door What’s on your feet flip flops! Favorite Summer food/meal cookie jar ice cream Something with wings a beautiful pair of butterflies  Favorite Summer reading nook/space My back deck Something colorful in your garden/neighborhood hanging pots in the garden Moving water at the ocean Something that casts a shadow Ribbon canopies at the botanical gardens A kitchen utensil you hardly ever use My apple/peeler/corer A place of worship an old stone church Mark the passage of time high school graduation Your nation’s flag ...