I just wanted to check in to let you know I am still here & hope to be back soon with a project or something scrapbook related to share. Since my last post, “Making Changes”, we sold our house & moved into a temporary rental while the job hunt continues. Unfortunately, my supplies look like this: While the supplies are packed up, my mind is still coming up with ideas for layouts, books & organizing I want to do. I hope to get back to working on my Heritage photobook soon & will have more to share about that process....
ScrapbookingSmall Town
by Machelle Willingon July 8, 2019March 10, 2025
Making changes
So this first picture is the reason why I have been MIA lately. This small town girl didn’t last long in the big city. After so many years of living in my hometown, Scott got used to wide open spaces as well. Scott’s job is not living up to expectations and neither one of us is happy here, so we are selling our house and looking to move back to the Central Texas area. We have been busy trying to keep the house clean with two shedding huskies and two long haired cats. It’s a full-time job! Change of any...
Scrapbooking
by Machelle Willingon May 19, 2019March 10, 2025
Rolling Cart Organization
Today I’m going to talk a little bit more about organizing, specifically my rolling cart organization. I have found that people seem to either love organizing or hate it. I love it! My job as a secretary almost demands it, but it also seems to come naturally to me. I’m sure a few of you out there are rolling your eyes at me now! Unfortunately, the current state of my scrapbook area does not support this claim. It. is. total. chaos and I do not work well or feel creative in chaos. So my goal for next weekend (Memorial Day)...
FamilyPets
by Machelle Willingon May 12, 2019March 10, 2025
Mother’s Day 2019
Mother’s Day is a wonderful tribute to all the Moms who sacrifice so much every single day of the year to take care of their families. I grew up knowing my mother, but it was my grandmother who raised me. And believe me, she worked hard. She had already raised four children. She made the sacrifice of her time, effort and money to make sure that I had everything I needed. (For a funny story about my grandmother & growing up in a small town, check out my first blog post.) She’s been gone 17 years now and there are...
Scrapbooking
by Machelle Willingon April 28, 2019March 10, 2025
(inter)National Scrapbook Day 2019
Since we are coming up on National Scrapbook Day 2019, I thought I would talk about crops & retreats. There are lots of differing opinions on Scrapbook Crops. Some people absolutely love them (me!) and some do not, for a variety of reasons. A few reasons for attending would be to have uninterrupted time to finish a lot of pages or projects, visit with others who love the same hobby or maybe just to have some “me” time away from the responsibilities of home. Others do not like them because they prefer to scrapbook alone, do not want to have...
FamilyPets
by Machelle Willingon April 21, 2019March 10, 2025
Easter Stories
Here in Texas we have had a beautiful sunny Easter Sunday. A great day for family gatherings, egg hunts & too much food. For the kids, Easter is all about the Easter bunny and baskets of eggs filled with candy or sometimes even money. So I thought I would share a few pictures of our family Easter stories. The two pictures on the left are my cousins children and the one on the right is one of their children with the Easter Bunny. The bottom picture is last Easter’s egg hunt. I love taking pictures and scrapbooking so I...
Scrapbooking
by Machelle Willingon April 15, 2019March 10, 2025
Too Many Scrapbooking Supplies
Scrapbooking Supplies – Paper Edition Today, I am going to talk about scrapbooking supplies. How many of us have too much stuff? Now I do not think this is news to anyone, but if you are struggling to make what should be simple decisions, maybe the problem is there are too many choices. I know this is definitely true for me. Sometimes I think back to when I first started scrapbooking and all my supplies fit into one rolling tote. I scrapbooked at my dining room table and would just put everything away when I was done. Now I take...
Pets
by Machelle Willingon April 8, 2019March 10, 2025
“the rest of the story” with Texas Husky Rescue
For the first part of this story, see my post on Texas Snow Dogs. We got Maverick from a breeder when he was 8 weeks old. When he turned one, we started talking about getting another husky so he would have company during the day and someone to play with other than us. We asked some other people their opinions on having two dogs and the majority said definitely, two are better than one. We decided to see if there were any husky rescues in our area. That’s when we found Texas Husky Rescue. They have a website where...
Pets
by Machelle Willingon April 7, 2019March 10, 2025
Texas Siberian Huskies
Let’s talk about Siberian Huskies or Snow Dogs as some people call them. They are beautiful, fun, full of personality and a little bit crazy. Those are some of the ways I describe ours. What people notice first is how beautiful they are, but if you are around them for very long you will discover their true personality. All pets have their own quirks and preferences but husky lovers know that they are a breed apart, unlike any other dog you have ever owned. This is Bear, he was our first husky. As a general rule they are very friendly...
Scrapbooking
by Machelle Willingon April 1, 2019March 10, 2025
Contemplating Scrapbook Album Sizes
There are quite a few album sizes, but the main one most scrapbookers start with is 12×12. I also started scrapbooking almost 20 years ago with Creative Memories and there weren’t as many choices. So that is how I ended up with my scrapbooks in a state of confusion. Why confusion? Well, mainly because I have recently moved. If you have ever moved you know the tedious task of packing box after box of all your possessions. For me, this meant several boxes of very heavy 12×12 albums that were transported in my vehicle because I did not want the...