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All Craft scrapbooking and Garage Sale

Thursday, March 17, 5-8 Friday, March 18, 10-5 Saturday, March 19, 10-5 225 Central Avenue, Osseo, MN  Organized by the ladies that used to own a scrapbooking store in Osseo.  There is quilting fabric, beads, Swarovski beads, Stampin' Up! Items and more. All for deep discounts.  Message me if you have any further questions. 

While recovering from surgery

While I may be recovering from surgery, I can still keep going on scrapbooking. In fact it's a perfect time to work on it.  I used the Project Life app and the Theme Park card set, which has a vintage feel reminiscent of carnivals of the 1900s.  Both layouts I chose have fairly universal shaped photo pockets which helped make orientation decisions for me.  I just dragged my photos into the pockets, and added a little journaling. Do not forget to add the date, place and people when journaling. In fact that should take precidense over journaling. Think of family coming across the pages 50-100 years from now, what do they need to know about those pictures. Yes, there will be pages that are therapeutic and may not make sense to future generations, and are still a part of your story. Just remember to find room to include the WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY HOW of the story.  As for me and surgery? I had my tear ducts opened yesterday. It ended up to be a bit more intensive/invasive surgery. Ti

While I am a little laid up

While I am a little laid up for the next week, I have been working feverishly at keeping in a more permanent manner "scrapbooking" the photos on my current phone, and my previous phone for that matter. I have been using the Project Life App by Becky Higgins and working right on my phone. I have an iPhone 6 Plus. This page was created with the #hashtag kit. The Android version of the app was released February 29, 2016. The Google version has some limitations at the moment (no printing, no Dropbox and a few features missing to be added soon). I am laid up because I have surgery, more like a procedure, next week and cannot take any NSAIDs which means significant inflammation in both knees due to osteoarthritis, even though I have two "fake knees". The "procedure"? Tear ducts. One side is 100% plugged up and the other is close behind. Will be any easy "surgery" and recovery will be quick, but in the mean time my knees are angry and mobility is challe

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