Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Time Well Spent

Is it nearly the end of May already? What?? Can't be!! That means the kids will be out for vacation in a mere 2 weeks. I've got so much to do, sign up for pool membership; get summer crafts organized; wash down patio furniture; weed garden (maybe that one can wait. LOL).

I have been working these last few weeks on the boys' IEPs (Individual Education Plan) for school. For any of you who have a child with a disability, you know how daunting a task this can be at times. And BOTH of my boys have an IEP. My youngest DS who has Down syndrome will be transitioning into kindergarten next year. This will be a big step for the both of us. But he will be going all day and I think he will really thrive in the school program.

I've been spending some of my time creating a couple of new digi scrapbook lines. Been working on a baby line complete with chunky chipboard alphabet. Take a look --




I am working on pattern papers, chipboard baby animals, fibers and charms. I hope to one day be able to connect to a digi creative team and sell my work on-line or develope my own website. Takes a lot of work, but this is where my creative juices really flow.
Don't get me wrong, I love to paper scrap too. Not enough hours in the day to do both as much as I would like to. The boys are great about giving me some work time. My oldest DS will actually do a few pages for his own book.
As I get more done, I'll introduce them here, along with some layouts I create using these lines. I'm also creating a line revolving around CHOCOLATE!! A woman's best friend!! Let you know how that one turns out. I was starting to use darker colors, but I need to revise it and punch it up a bunch with brite colors. Look for that soon.