A few weeks ago, while visiting around Blogland, I saw a giveaway for free digital scrapbooking software ... but it had just ended. Of course it had. Oh, well. I'm not a scrapbooker, so "easy come, easy go." What's the likelihood that I would have won anyway? But a couple of days later when I was contacted by My Memories (the very same digital scrapbooking company) and they said they wanted to give free software to me ... and to you ... I was ecstatic. For both of us, of course! So what would a non-scrapbooker want with digital scrapbooking software? I'm so glad you asked! Just look at all the things we can do. Cards and invitations for any occasion ... Photo albums or memory books like this ... Keep Reading...
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The Silent Sacrifice
On a warm and windy day last month, I spotted Old Glory waving her colors as I looked out the hospital window. The sight seemed even more poignant than usual because the hospital stood in the middle of an Army Base ... Fort Bragg in North Carolina. Little Sir was less than 24 hours old, safely secure in the care of his parents ... and so I picked up the camera. As I took picture after picture, imagining the snapping and flapping of the flag, my mind was almost overwhelmed by thoughts of beauty ... and sacrifice. Some of us live at a distance; never seeing the sacrifices unless they involve death and make the headlines. Others of us view them from only a few steps away. But military families? On one level or another, ... Keep Reading...
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Cake on the Brain!
Some of you enjoyed the wedding inspiration boards I shared with you in my tablescape post this week ... even specifically mentioning the gorgeous cupcake in one of them (Do cupcakes call your name like they do mine?) ... so I thought I'd show you the cupcake inspiration board, too. Can't you just see these beauties on a tiered stand ... and a navy tablecloth with vintage doilies spread over it like I did in my tablescape? I can. And while I have cake on the brain, I want to offer a quick congratulations to a fellow blogger ... Beverly at How Sweet the Sound. Her popular weekly all-things-pink blog party is celebrating a milestone. Why don't you stop by and tell her Happy Birthday? While you're there visiting, be sure to ... Keep Reading...
