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Hi & happy end of the month. Can you believe that we are nearing October?! This year is just flying by. For those of you that have been following my blurbs of our relocation, I will post soon to let you know exactly what, when, where it is all happening. But for now....... Didn't I tell you that there were 5 great sketches this month at Chicas Getting Crafty ! Each one was so much fun to work with! I hope that you have used them for your projects & had as much fun with them as I did. Here is my take on this weeks sketch: This picture is of my husband & my girls on a miniature golf night with our church. I was away, so he had dressed them, hadn't combed their hair, Emma's socks are pulled up high, but that doesn't change who they are, & how much he loves them! They are the light of his life! They adore him & he loves them right back! Thanks for looking. Again, if you use this, or any of the sketches, please share with us over at Chicas G...

Hello there family & friends. I know that many of you have been asking how we are doing with the relocation to Texas. It is a big move & very emotional. One day I am excited, the next day I am weeping & rethinking our decision. It is a very stressful time for us. Our current house is on the market. We have had an open house, appraisers coming in & out, & we are just waiting for someone to fall in love with it as much as we did when we bought it. If you know of anyone interested in a great house in a great location in Exeter PA, please send them our way. Last week, Tony & I went to Houston to scout out the area & search for our new home. It was a very tough week! We looked at over 50 houses in various areas. We started out north of Houston in the Spring area, then headed North-west to Cypress, then we ended in Katy. On that third day we knew we had decided that we really wanted to be in the Katy area. Tony & I were not seeing eye to eye on any...

Good afternoon, there is another wonderful sketch posted today at Chicas Getting Crafty . If you haven't already, you should hurry on over there to check it out. This sketch was so much fun to use! As soon as I saw it, I knew exactly what paper I was going to use, & what pictures. I used the scraps from the April Scraptacular kit. That was such a fun kit & I knew that I had the perfect scraps to use. I rounded the corners of the stips of scraps, used left over stickers, then I found a fun tag that I had used half of. The other half fit perfectly here. I had tiny strips of ribbon that found a good home on this page. I threw all of my scraps together, & this is what I came up with: These pictures are of my youngest, Audra, when she was about a year & a half. We had gotten this slide from freecycle & Audra adored it. She would go up & down, up & down, up & down. This would last for for a long time. But it kept her busy & she loved it. Thank...

Hi there & welcome back. Over at Chicas Getting Crafty there is another wonderful sketch!! Which means that it's a great day for me, how about you? I am thrilled to share with you my take on another wonderful sketch. When I first saw this sketch, I immediately thought of my husband. He always asks if I am going to put anything in that "empty space". I, personally, LOVE the white space & really enjoy doing layouts with it. Like this one: This layout is of my oldest, Emma. She has the biggest, most beautiful eyes that I have ever seen. She has eyelashes that grown women pay for! She often says to me, "Mommy, I look different. My eyes are so big." I just tell her, that it is perfectly ok to be different, those eyes are so big & beautiful, & that the boys will get lost in them some day. I am so glad that you stopped to visit me today. Please share with us your take on the sketch, over at Chicas Getting Crafty should you chose to use ...

Hi there! I hope that you are doing well, this fine day! For this layout, I was inspired by the patriotic-ness of our country in honor of 9/11. I did not have any patriotic papers, so this truly was a challenge for me. I used my scraps to make this layout (I was on a roll from the other challenges this month), which was fun. I pulled from this bin & that pile & random items (like the tag that has a bird under the star). I put it all together & this is what I came up with: The pictures are of my mother-in-law, on the Fourth of July, playing with sparklers (she is still a kid at heart!). The little picture is of me & Emma. Emma wasn't quite sure what to make of them, so I had to help her until she got the hang of it. God Bless the USA!! Thanks for looking today. & be sure to stop by Chicas Getting Crafty to see my full post & what my fellow DT members are creating this week. Have a great day. ~Anneliese~ (post pres-scheduled. diligently working on house ...

Just a lil update on our move to TX. As you may or may not know, Tony has been offered quite a job with his company, but the catch is that it is located in Houston, TX. By taking this job, it opens several doors for advancement within the company in the near future. It was a long time coming, & it is finally here. Our house here in PA is being put on the market this week, & Tony & I will be going to Houston to house hunt next week. We have 4 days to find the house of our dreams! I will keep you posted on that as well. With that being said, all of my scrappy supplies are packed up & in storage (boo hoo!!), because you know how cluttered & messy our scrappy areas can get! Our sitting room needs to be staged as a sitting room, not as a hoarding scrappers room. lol. All of the post that you will see on my blog in September, October, November that are crafty related have been created previously & scheduled to be posted. All of my DT duties are on hold until we are se...

Hello there!! It is so nice that you stopped by today. Over at Chicas Getting Craftythere is another fabulous sketch. Woo Hoo!! Love it! M y take on the sketch is of my daughter Audra, when she was about 18 monthes, & her first experience on the beach. She wasn't quite sure what to make of it. She would sit in the sand, then stand up. Sit & watch the water, then dig her toes in the sand. It was quite funny. You can see it in her face that she didn't really know what to do. Thank you for looking. I hope that you enjoyed the sketch & my take on it. Please stop back again more fun & inspiration! I love having you. Have a great day!! ~Anneliese~ (the month of September posts are pre-scheduled. We are busy packing, & house hunting, & preparing for our big move from PA to TX. Details on that to follow.).

Have been over the the Chicas Getting Crafty blog today? Have you seen the fabulous sketch posted? Isn't it wonderful? And guess what? You are lucky this month because there are 5 weeks in September, therefore there will be 5 sketches here at Chicas Getting Crafty! All of them are out-of-this-world!! Here is my take on this weeks sketch. I used the title "Imagine" because my girls are so very close, & I can't imagine one being without the other. They are the best of friends, & really enjoy each other. Well, they are only 4 & 6, so I'm sure as they get older things will change a bit. These pictures are from our vacation this summer. We went to see Lucy the Elephant in Margate NJ (www.lucytheelephant.org). Emma (my oldest), did not want to go in at all. She was pouting & just kept saying she didn't want to go in (as you can tell in the very first picture). Audra, just took her by the hand, & said something to her, ...