Hey everybody!

I hope those of you in the U.S. had a lovely holiday weekend. I got my garden beds mulched! It made my front yard look very snazzy. Green Shirt Guy should REALLY come see my yard now. Lookin' good!

Not much else is new on this end. I spent a LOT of time getting a gift book done that I'd been hired to do, and I finished that on Saturday night. Mike and I went to see Spiderman 3 (not all that great -- we liked 1 & 2 a lot more) finally. Just spent a lot of time catching up on stuff around the house that always seems to pile up and not get done. Little things. And running errands. We knocked out a TON of errands over the weekend, some of which had been on the to-do list for a long while. So now I feel semi-organized (although I never feel totally organized EVER).

I have a guest CT member to share with you... she's on board for the next month or so, and then she'll be back again next year. The wonderful and very talented Muka is playing with my designs! And when I say playing, I mean playing. How fun are these?

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Cool, no?

And my CT member Lilian has been busy. She apologized for her English on the one layout, but isn't it pretty? I'll bet her friend LOVED the layout. And anyone who can speak another language well is so cool in my book. Actually, I've been plying the poor girl with questions about her country via email. It's fascinating to me to learn about other places and she has so much interesting stuff to share with me! Thanks, Lilian!

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And here's the new member of her family (her sister just had a baby):

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I am so eager to share the book I was working on, but I have to get permission from the recipient (whose photos were used throughout) before I can post it online. I cranked out 18 layouts, printed them, and made a 6x6 chipboard book out of them in 2 evenings and an afternoon. And I'm really proud of some of the layouts (no two are similar). I hope I get permission to share them here! It will be a few weeks before the gift is given and I'll know if it's ok.