My Passion

We all have passions, things that we feel compelled to do. One hobby that I always seem to indulge my passion for is photography. For the Picture This challenge at Digitals this month it was to scrap something we love to do. The one hobby I consistently do is photographing my world. I am always striving to capture the moment as I live it with my family. Here is the page I created for this challenge using a photo that I took at Easter this year.

Journaling: Of all of my hobbies the one I love the most and frequently indulge in, much to the frustration of my family is photography. A camera is never far from my hand at family gatherings or events. I can easily take 300 plus photos in day when the mood strikes. Over the years I have become the family historian and thoroughly shine in my role.
Credits: Kristmess/Journal Date Box, Kristmess/Unfrogettable kit and booster. Fonts: Hand of Sean.

A Beary Perfect Snuggle

You never know when an old present is going to get a lot of use. For our second Christmas together, while we were still dating, my husband gave wanted to give me the biggest teddy bear he could find. He definitely found a big one for me. The bear stands about 4 feet tall.  While I thought this was just a totally sweet gift I had no idea of what I would do with this giant stuffed toy. Before we had kids it usually sat somewhere in the living room. When ever friends or family with small children visited us they would snuggle up with it. After the birth of our son the bear went into his room. Every once in awhile he would move it to but for the most part he would ignore it. Until one evening this summer. He dragged the bear out to the living room and sprawled on it all over the floor and couch while he watched TV that evening. I finally learned what you do with a 4 foot teddy bear, you use it as a lounge pillow on the floor.

Journaling: What do you need to make the perfect lounge pillow? Why a giant teddy bear. Victor haled the bear out of his bedroom and sprawled all over the floor and couch while watching TV.Aug 9, 2010

Climb Climb Climb

Have you ever noticed how little ones just have to climb up on everything? Weather it is houses, trains, waterfalls? Anthony had a blast climbing on all of these at the mall while his sisters where shopping.

Credits: Kristmess/Kids at Play, DeDe Smith/September Sketch Challenge at Digitals. Font: MFT Peach Cobbler.

Grandparents Day

This Sunday is Grandparents Day, a time to say thank you to all of the grandparents in our lives. To celebrate one such special person in my son's life I made a special card. Of course I could not help but choose a very special photo to grace the front of the card. One that shows the love and friendship between Victor and his Grandma Mary.

Credits: RK Desdigns/Sweet Summer, RK Designs/Sept 2010 card template.

Fill It Up

So how do you fill up a water balloon? With the hose? At the faucet? No, you use a squeeze bottle and two teenagers.

Credits: Kristmess/Kids at Play, Stacy Carleson/Out of this World. Font: Josschrit

The Body of Art Challenge 5 The Feet

Feet, movement, inspiration? Sure, why not. The 5th week took us down to the lowest point on a bodies focusing on how they let us move through our lives. The required element was arrows to show all the movement going on.

Moving to the Paint

Journaling; One of the thrills of buying your first house is getting to paint the walls whatever color you want. I spent the weeks between our offer being accepted and the closing picking the colors of our walls. With the help of my mom and step-dad we painted Victor’s bed room, the dining room and kitchen. At the end of a long day of painting Victor just had to get in on the action and moved right into the paint leaving his mark on the walls.
January 17, 2004

The Body of Art Challenge 4 The Heart

With challenge 4 we got to the heart of the matter and got to look at love. Of course we were encouraged to look at love from a non-traditional view point. The required element was stitching. My family had just spent part of day out at a botanical garden in our community that most people in the area are not even aware of and spent a wonderful time together. I used one of the pictures I had taken of the rose garden in my layout.

Journaling: A beautiful day - $0
A hidden garden - $0
Time spent with family - $0
Taking time out from a busy day to enjoy them –PRICELESS
Credits: Captivated Visions/Serienty. Fonts: Bleeding Cowboy, Angelina, Centaur.