September Life Journal

Wow---not even September and I have the life journal page kit ready to go. I really wanted a touch of back to school feel with this kit so I did the ruler frame. The quote of "Measure your own Success" came from a wall hanging that I noticed at my neighbor's house last week Wednesday.

September Life Journal

Can't you just see a cute little back to school page done with this? Some of the papers and elements from the Cute as a button products would work with this kit as well.

So, do you think my seventh grade son would appreciate a cute back to school page done up for him????

Cute as a Button

As part of an assignment way back in third grade, my son had to interview one person a month and then give a very brief presentation to his class. To make this monthly assignment easier for him and for me, I rounded up all of his grandparents and then recorded my son interviewing all of them. My folks and my husbands folks have always gotten along splendidly so this group interview session was perfect. A question from my son would trigger memories and each parent would have to add upon what was already reminisced about. It's actually quite a treasure to have all of this on tape especially since Zak has already lost one of those treasured grandparents.

During Grandma Loman's portion of the interview, Zak asked her about games that she used to play as a child. She responded with, "Button, Button, Who's got the Button." Imagine Zak and my complete and utter delight when this hand crafted wall art came into the rummage sale at our church two weeks ago. Zak immediately thought we should buy just to remember Grandma. I assured him that we remember Grandma everyday and that we really didn't need this. Then he said, "Well it would make a great kit." That's my boy! Always ready to help his mom with ideas.


Well, he was right, it did make for a great kit. I wasn't so sure about the usability of "Button, Button, Who's got the Button" so I swapped that out for "Cute as a Button" since we all have little cuties in our lives. I did print it on the twill tape as a bit of a tribute to Grandma Loman.

The kit is available in the DSP shop here.

I created this add on pack to go along with it.
The add on pack is available for free as a posting bonus. Find out more about that here.

Very soon to the shop at Digital Scrapbook Place will be this great word art for the cute as a button kit.

So...I have to wonder what great kit idea my son will find for me next.

The Work Space

Yes, I finally got off of the couch!

Dan helped me move a bed out of the extra bedroom so that I can use the room as my work space again. I forgot how much I miss looking out this window. BTW---the remaining bed is perfect for "creativity" naps. Yup, had one this afternoon.

Brighton Art Fair

Today was the Brighton Art Fair. Brighton is really my closest town I guess. It's a neat old town with trendy little restaurants, a hair salon, a few antique stores and good variety of other little stores. It really is a neat little down town to walk around. Brighton likes to host several different festivals throughout the year. My favorite is the art festival. Barricades get set up to close down main street through town and all of the vendors set up their tents.

Here are some shots from the day as well as some links to some of my favorite vendors.



The first is Michael Glenn Monroe. He's actually a local resident and has a building in downtown. He used to have a frame shop and gallery but now he just leases the front of the building to a hair salon and leaves the back for himself.

His art is amazing. So amazing that he was asked to paint 1000 Christmas ornaments for George and Laura Bush one year. Here is a link to an article about that. Artist paints his way into the White House.

He is also an illustrator children's books. We have several signed copies of his books. Here is a link to his gallery website, Michael Glenn Monroe and here is the link to the company who publishes the Children's books, Story Time Press.

This guy is truly a nice guy and his wife is just a doll as well!





One classy lady. I meet this woman for the first time this year. I hope she comes back again next year. I just LOVED her style!! You can find out more information about her at her Webstore, Retrose.



I love wandering through the tents of the artists who paint. I can't paint...well, I could but I doubt it would be called art. I am always fascinated by the paintings at the art fair.

There were two artists who shared a tent. Gorgeous works! Information about Galye can be found at her website, Artist Gayle Sanchirico
In formation about Jerry can be found at his website, Jerry Hosier
After spending time under their tent, I really wish I could paint.



Next I came across this lovely Button Lady. Everything in her booth was buttons. I do so love buttons. Check out her website at Black Button Studio.


There are always several booths of photography at the art fair. Since I'm not a very good photographer, I LOVE these booths. I like to try to learn all I can about how the shot is framed. I also enjoy being able to travel to exotic lands or just fascinating locations while never leaving main street.

Dan is a local photographer. I can't say that I've meet him before. I may have...if he was at the show before. He has an online studio at Dan Stuart Photography. Good stuff there.


Okay...this next booth is... hands down one of my favorites. These guys come back every year. They have the Junkyard Dogs and Cats. They come all the way from Louisville just to come to the Brighton Art Fair. Their art is so much fun!! They can be found on the web at Yardbirds
These sculptures just crack me up!!!



Here are just a few more random shots from the day.
This is the mill pond.


I pretty much got nothing for this picture. I never did stand there long enough to figure out what it was all about. Active art maybe???



There is always live music as well as the local radio station.


I love it when the artists are painting. I could stand there for HOURS and watch them. I wish I could paint like that.


I think I need this fish...maybe?




We did come home with a new spoon rest. The pottery always gets us but we are really trying to get rid of a lot of unnecessary items that cause clutter in our house so we are not about to buy any thing new. A spoon rest is good. We can always use a spoon rest. We bought it from another local merchant, Earth Hand and Wheel.

So now that I'm motivated by art, maybe I can come up with something good myself.

Life Journal

I just saw this layout that a DSP member had made using my July Life Journal page kit.




If you can't see the whole page, follow this link to see it at the DSP gallery.


I think she did a fantastic job of capturing not only the moment but also her thoughts and feelings of that moment as well. To me, that's what Life Journalling is all about.

Great page SKetchy!!

Out Of Bounds

Way back when...long long ago...when I first stumbled upon digital scrapbooking, I tried out something called "out of bounds". It's where part of person or object in the photo hangs out of the photo frame. I was hooked after my first page of this style. It's just sooooo much fun. I finished up this one today using my June Life Journal products.