The creative juices are flowing!!!!

As I posted a few days ago, I will be getting back into scrapbooking.  I am so excited about this that I signed up for two swaps.  For those of you who don't know what a swap is, a swap is where you sign up to make a predetermined amount of one thing.  You send what you made to the hostess and she swaps your items to the other members of your group and you will get one from those members as well.  The swaps I signed up for are for 12x12 scrapbook pages.  I signed up under three catagories, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years.  I have to make 3+1 for each catagory.  The total I have to make is 12 pages for each swap.  That's right folks, that is a grand total of 24 pages!  The two swaps are the same and I signed up for the same catagories (I want to have pleanty of pages in each catagory) the only difference in these two swaps is the deadline date.  The first one is due Nov. 30th and the second one is due January 15th. 

I have already sketched two designs and I have one layout that I made several years ago that I plan on copying.  When I finish the pages, I will upload the original sketch and the finish product and review each page. 

Now when I go home, I need to take account of my current inventory and make a shopping list so that I can go to the scrapbook store on Friday.  I can't wait!  I haven't stepped foot in a scrapbooking store for a long time! 

Till next time I blog, have a great day!

One additional item to add...

Well Mr. Teddybear and I went to look at wedding dresses yesterday.  We went not expecting to find the "one"at all.  I really thought that it would take me several visits to bridal salons to find my dress but Mr. Teddybear and I were very lucky to find the one that made me cry.  :-)

Here it is hanging on the hanger:

Here is the same dress on a model.  This dress was taken from the manufacturer's website, www.moncheribridals.com:

 

Now, I am not a skinny mini so I was not able to put on the size 10 sample gown, but it was held up to me and it looked beautiful.  Also, one of the store employee modeled the dress for me and it was beautiful.  Now before I even started looking for a wedding dress, I scoured the bridal magazines for dresses that I liked and wanted to possibly try on.  I could not find one whole dress.  I had to take two different pictures because I liked the top of one and the bottom of another.  That taped together picture that I made looks very, very close to the one I fell in love with.  The only difference is that the dress I bought has off the shoulder straps and I wanted on the shoulder straps (tank-top style).  I was assured that the straps could be altered to not be off the shoulder and look the way I want.

I'm very happy with this dress.  It has the train length I wanted, the non-puffy skirt I like and it is flows well and will look beautiful for an outdoor wedding.  Mr. Teddybear was there with me when I went to try on dresses and he did see it held up to me.  He said that he was speechless at my beauty in that dress.  :-)  He is so sweet!  I love him so much!  He loves the dress and can't wait till we get married, in 356 days from today!  Neither can I!!!

Have a great week all!