Y'all Stay Tuned...

I need to apologize to everyone who has been following my blog - you may have noticed that I have been absent for the last few weeks.  But it was for a completely worthwhile cause - I think. 

I am a senior litigation paralegal, and we had a case - a big case - that hit a nerve in me.  Because of a company's carelessness, a young mother is paralyzed from the chest down, with no chance of walking again.  She also suffered a severe brain injury, which - among other things - has caused her to lose the use of one of her arms.  She has two small daughters that she will never be able to hold.  She is the same age as one of my older daughters.  So for the last two weeks, I worked 191.25 hours.  Two other incredible paralegals and I pretty much worked round the clock.  Our attorneys tried the case and we won!  But you know what?  The thought that keeps going through my head is - she would give every single penny back to be able to hold her daughters again.  I am pretty sure we had what you would call a bittersweet victory.  To read the link about our case, click HERE.

So, here I am - finally back home and finally feeling like I have had enough sleep after pretty much sleeping round the clock for the past two days.  Posting this layout that was featured in Practical Scrappers lately, featuring my youngest daughter who I am so very thankful to be able to hold and hug.  Hope you like it, and hope you stick around.  I will be back with more projects soon!

A few close-ups until then...

Happy weekend!  Hope it's full of hugs and happy memories in the making!

Be a Rockstar!

An imperfect picture of my perfectly wonderful daughter - playing with a guitar that she wants to learn to play "for real, Mom" - and letting her inner diva shine.  The perfect papers to use were HEIDI SWAPP'S Sugar Chic Collection, of course.  That was pretty much a no brainer!  Those zebra stripes, hot pink, and bold colors are fun and a little funky - just like my daughter!

I Love these H.S. envelopes, which are perfect for journaling that you may want to keep private.  And I wanted to use these American Crafts accordian flowers that were left over on my desk, but one of the buttons didn't work with my layout.  No problem!  I simply added a circle-punched piece of my paper and a heart on top of it, and it was perfect!

Here's another view showing off my sweet cluster and my handmade banner (because, let's face it, I'm a banner addict).

And speaking of banners, reminds me of flags.  And that reminds me of these WONDERFUL flags which are part of the H.S. Sugar Chic Collection.  Pretty cute, huh?

That's it for me tonight.  I'm heading off to bed where I will hopefully dream up my next fun project.  Hope your week has been going well, and you have a happy, crafty weekend!