Virginia Wildflowers

Since I am starting the Master Gardener's Volunteer program next month, I put together this layout of wildflower photos I took last spring. I tried my hand at the layering of elements, but I'm not sure I completely like the result. So what, right? This is what creativity is all about. Trying new things!!

Today's Creativity

I printed The Rules to put in my kitchen. Yeah, I'm a dreamer, aren't I?


I started another digital scrapbooking layout last night and finished it this afternoon. When I saw the background paper, I immediately thought of that photo of my children. It must have been the colors from the sunrise.

Angel in a Box

So it's another digital scrapbooking layout for today. I love this photo of our kitten, Angel. She likes to sleep on top of my printer in the box I keep my paper in. As you can see, she is getting way too big for the box!!

Snow Play

Today begins the challenge to be Creative Every Day of 2009. The theme for January is "play". My first creative endeavor is a digital scrapbooking layout. I really had to be creative to find background papers to blend in with the pink and the red of the photos. I tried all kinds of colors and settled on a "pinkish red". (My blog post title is clickable and will take you to the gallery where my credits are listed.) The photos were taken last January as we have yet to have any snow.

Digital Scrapbooking Layout

I am having difficulty posting an image in my previous post, so I am adding it here. I am still learning how to manipulate this blog.

Two of My Favorite Things

We adopted a retired racing greyhound last November named Belle Starr. We had never owned a dog. I never knew that greyhounds were so mellow. You would expect such a fast animal would be high-strung. Not at all. While there are exceptions, most greyhounds are laid-back couch potatoes. But they do love their walks and an occasional run. Belle is the best companion we could have ever asked for.

We adopted her from the most wonderful group, Blue Ridge Greyhound Adoption. We just had our annual picnic and had lots of lovely hounds. One of the most amazing things is that even at a park full of greyhounds, they are very quiet. They rarely bark. They sniff and say hi to one another, but that is it. 

Another of my favorite things is digital scrapbooking. I enjoy the creative process of putting together a digital layout. Of course the best part is being able to tweak it ad infinitum in Photoshop.