Scrapbook Retreat

Together again this weekend with my scrappin’ buddies. Hockey season in full force so a couple of our hockey moms were not able to make it and with hubby recuperating from recent surgery, Yvonne could drop by only long enough to deliver us lunch. She’s tooo sweet! Though we missed having the full gang, still had a great time.

Kelley managed to escape hockey this weekend - but only in the sense that she didn’t pull an out-of-towner and hubby stayed with the kids at the local arena. Her first task? Organizing all the kids’ hockey paraphernalia. Lots of hockey layouts coming up - and with two gorgeous kids - can’t miss!

Kim claims she’s at her most creative when she’s alone. I’d have to question that one. Her layouts are always beautiful and today was no exception.

Both these ladies are working on their own blogs and being it that they are both incredibly talented, can’t wait to follow their work. Will let you know when they launch!

We had a newbie work with our group today. Lily showed up late Saturday evening and stayed with Mom to work on a layout of her own. Get ém when they’re young!

Kelley’s layouts all had an outdoor theme:

Kim was all about cats this weekend:

Kim also brought along a Christmas album she just finished up. It’s absolutely gorgeous! The pages are bound with book rings from Staples. Really neat!

Each year focuses on one aspect of Christmas and gets a different layout but my favorite was easily the one entitled My First Cookie Swap.

Isn’t this darling! The picture doesn’t do it justice.

I had a pretty productive weekend myself. My daughter-in-law recently had a young photographer come to the house for a photo shoot. The pictures were lovely and I used several this weekend. I called my first layout Winter Angel. My Max can be quite impish but in these shots, I can almost see the wings! He is my heart, without question.

The little snowman embellishment was made using a paper piecing pattern from paperandpiecings.com.

Dawn had hoped to get some great shots of herself and Max to send to her hubby - my son - who would not be home for Christmas. Max was not terribly co-operative (no wings this time!) and we had to coax him into the shot by giving him jelly beans to share with the baby. Here he is scoping out the situation, wondering perhaps if Sam got the jellybean he just gave Mom on baby brother’s  behalf. Sam, by the way, is the name given to new baby by big brother and it’s the name Mom and Dad have agreed will stick.  Our little Sam is due quite soon but hopefully not before Dad gets home?  Are you there Sam? Did you get the jelly beans?

Have to say thank you to Meghan Greenham for such beautiful pictures to scrap. And I have so many, many more!

I’ll use some of those at our next retreat - hoping to meet again the last weekend in February. Kelley is arranging a place - we already have another wonderful prize in place - thank you Yvonne - on both counts - and for those of you who didn’t make it this time, for sure you won’t want to miss next!

A long posting, I know, but I so wanted to show off our work!

Cheers,

Jean