Dreams do come true....

Our Disney Cruise 2015
....started on Friday, January 9th with Grandma and Grandpa on the Disney Dream out of Port Canaveral, Florida.

 I was so overwhelmed when we arrived, I just couldn't believe we were here!

Dinner the first night was at a restaurant called "Animator's Palette",

The attention to detail blew me away. Even the outside of the menus looked like sketchbooks,

And the inside looked like an animation board!

I died and was in heaven.....and it was only the first night! :o)

Pirate Night was our second night

***Okay, so I started this post months ago with the best intentions....and then, well, never finished it. HOWEVER, I did, just finally, 6 months later, finish the Disney Cruise book in Shutterfly. Now our own hard cover book is on the way!!

Here is our book with my favorite photos from the trip.

Click here to view this photo book larger

The new way to make a photo album: photo books by Shutterfly.

Enjoy :o)

Happy New Year in 2015!

Well, I'm not the type to make "new year resolutions", but IF I made two for the year they might be,

1) blog more often then last year - since I only blogged 4 times, I think my chances are good!
2) I will not feel guilty when I choose to relax instead of work.

Amen.

However, these photos might be what's brought you here to this post:

a new paper crafting contraption

the remaining scraps when I was done with this project

My new toy to play with is an "envelope punch board".....which I love!  It now gives me the opportunity to cut and fold my own coordinating envelopes with the note cards I like to make. Turns out it makes a few other things as well.

With this punch board and three sheets of 12x12 scrapbook paper, I can make,

Three envelopes and three matching note cards AND....

Two tags with a folded pocket for a smaller tag AND.....

with a little bit of white card stock, four tiny envelopes and gift tags WHICH.....

happen to be the perfect size for gift cards! :o)

So in between the groceries and laundry, that's what I got done today.....guilt free! (not really, but I'm working on it....)

Peace.