March For Babies

March For Babies

On Sunday, we joined 6,000 people and did the March of Dimes fundraiser called March for Babies. Here’s Team Owen:

Team Owen had his mom and dad, aunts and uncle, grandma, and cousins all walking for him. Here’s the little guy who was born seven weeks early and is now a healthy 6 month old:

Mason walked the entire 4.5 miles, then went in the bouncy house and bouncy slide and STILL had plenty of energy the rest of the day. Chris was happy to see this:

And I’m happy because I get to design our team shirts for next year! The walk may be over but if you would still like to donate to Team Owen (with all proceeds going directly to March of Dimes) just let me know!!

Winners of the giveaway…..FINALLY!!!

Winners of the giveaway…..FINALLY!!!

Dolly/Scrapthat   (Sketches for Scrapbooking–One Page Sketches)

and

Laurie Cashen  (Sketches for Scrapbooking–Travel Sketches)

 

You were the two randomly chosen winners of the sketchbook giveaway from my last blog post. Please email me (andrea @ andreafriebus . com) your shipping info and I will get these books out to you ASAP!!

I’m so sorry it took me so long to announce the winners :oops: but I have been away in Las Vegas (or as my son says, “Lost Vegas”) for my cousin’s wedding and we just got back. Mason was the ring bearer (he kept saying he was the “ringmaster”) and did really well. He was so handsome in his tuxedo!! Here we are:

I wasn’t in the wedding but I did make the invitations! Anyway, it’s good to be back home!

Sketch Support Blog Hop!

Sketch Support Blog Hop!

The Creative Team at Sketch Support has been looking forward to this blog hop for a while now! We’re so glad you’re here and hope you have fun hopping around and getting to know us. If you’ve just started here at my blog, you’ll want to go to Sketch Support and start at the beginning. Leave comments along the way and you’ll be eligible for a huge giveaway!!


For our blog hop, we all created layouts based off of this great bonus sketch. And guess what? This sketch is found in one of Allison Davis’ newest books: “Sketches For Scrapbooking–One Page Sketches” Vol. 2, and I just happen to be giving a copy of this book away, so make sure you read all the way down to the bottom of the post to find out the details!!

My first layout “So Ready” follows the sketch almost exactly. It’s all about how my son was very ready to start Kindergarten this last August. I’m a fan of linear layouts that have a lot of paper and embellishments, so this page came together quickly for me.

I had just bought this Echo Park paper pack “This and That–Charming” and while it was out, I decided to create another layout!

For this layout, I reduced the size of the sketch and changed around the title and journaling locations. It just shows you how easily adaptable these sketches are!


I hope my pages gave you a little bit of inspiration! Now here’s where you get to know me better. I’ll keep it quick and to the point so you can hurry up and get to the giveaway part of my post!!

How long have you been scrapbooking? Almost 10 years and thank goodness my style has changed from those early pages with sticker sneeze everywhere!!
Why did you start scrapbooking? I wanted to put together my wedding album and got mesmerized by all the pretty paper.
What is your favorite time of day to scrapbook? I get the most done after my son goes to bed at 8pm.
How often do you scrapbook? As often as I can!
Where do you scrapbook/what does your space look like? I have a large desk in my front living room and it’s perfect for scrapping. It has a large workspace and enough storage for all my supplies. Unfortunately, it’s also the first thing you see when you walk in my house so I try to keep it clean.
When I’m not scrapbooking you can find me…on Pinterest.
What is your favorite thing about using sketches? I don’t have to think about the design and can spend more time on the fun stuff–choosing the photos, papers, and embellishments.
What is your favorite sketch from Sketch Support? This one-pager:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Now for the giveaway info:

I have one copy of Sketches for Scrapbooking: One-page Sketches, volume two by Allison Davis

and one copy of Sketches for Scrapbooking: Travel Sketches by Allison Davis & Debbie Sanders
Leave a comment and I will randomly choose two people who will each win one of these books!!! After you leave your comment, head on over to the blog of the fabulously talented

Megan Bickers

Thanks for joining us on this blog hop and have a great weekend! :-D



Mini Golf

Mini Golf

I really enjoyed April’s two page sketch from Sketch Support. It was perfect for these mini golf photos! I love getting a lot of photos on the page as well as tons of pretty patterned paper (Bo Bunny) and lots of fun embellishments!

Download this wonderful sketch here.


Do you enjoy seeing my Sketch Support projects? :-D Well, you’re in luck because tomorrow is the Sketch Support Blog Hop. Come back tomorrow and see a bonus sketch for this month as well as the TWO layouts I created based off of the sketch. Also, I have TWO sketch books from Allison Davis to give away. I’ll randomly pick two winners from the comment section and each winner will receive one book. How cool is that? See you tomorrow!!

My New Fiat!!

My New Fiat!!

Did you get that in your Easter basket?

When you pay it off, will you get the rest of it?

Does it take gas or do you just wind it up?

Those are some of the questions I get asked a lot. I don’t care. I love my new Fiat and think it is just the cutest car!! I’m definitely not picky–anything would have been better than my Chevrolegs (meaning I had no car and had to walk everywhere.) So it’s just a bonus to me that the car that was in our price range is cute, too!

It may not be the most practical choice, but since Chris’ Mini Cooper is our family car, we don’t seem to notice the compact size.

And, of course I had to get red (since pink wasn’t an option.) I’m very excited about my new car!!

St. Pat’s Day

St. Pat’s Day

Yes, I know Easter is already over but I wanted to share some St. Patrick’s Day photos. First up are cards I made for Mason’s teachers.

The pot is a little pocket and the rainbow comes out and opens up like a card. There is no gold because I also included a lottery ticket in the card and hopefully his teachers will win something!


Next I wanted to share the rainbow Jello jigglers Mason and I made.

They turned out pretty and tasted yummy!!


And lastly, I wanted to share my favorite little guy.

I think he’s just the cutest kid! Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick’s Day! (Maybe you’ll get to see Easter photos around the Fourth of July!!!)