Wednesday, April 13, 2011

East Coast West Coast

After being a California girl her whole life, my sister moved to Maine almost 2 years ago to start her family and a new life with her husband. And while I miss her like CRAZY, i'm super proud of her making decisions for herself and doing what she thinks is best for her and her family. Plus, I have a super cool place to visit on the East Coast whenever I want to. I'm thinking of doing this marathon some day, The Maine Marathon. And who knows, maybe that little one called the Boston Marathon. But I need to heal my ankle first before my dreams get ahead of me.

This is one of my first projects for Scrapbook Express. I used the Ad Lib papers by Bo Bunny and decided to document the new divide in our family.

I love the bright colors of these papers! They are perfect for scrapping pretty much any subject. And I broke out my Accents Essential Cricut cartridge for those butterflies. One of my favorite cuts.

Hope you're having a good week. We've been really busy with either softball or baseball everyday in the evening. I'm glad my kids love it because it's a whole lot of work!! I will be back with some more fun projects I've been working on for Scrapbook Express. Come on over to the message board. We have new challenges every week and a big challenge every month!! See you over there!

22 comments:

Cecelia said...

Hello there;0) Great LO! Love the butterflies and swirls behind them. And how you divided the two of you with different dp and titles is great. Hope you are having a great week;0)

Hugs xx
Cecelia B

lacylegend said...

soooo sweet and cute and loverly, mara.....
so proud of both of you...........

Unknown said...

This is a fantastic page! Love the colors, love the photo - very emotionally evocative!

mustangkayla said...

What a fun fun layout! Thats gotta be a bit hard at times to be so far away from your sister!

Terri said...

Great layout. Love all the different elements especially the butterfly.

Unknown said...

I love this layout! The butterflies turned out fabulous!

Rita Barakat said...

Gorgeous lo Mara and congrats on the new DT!

Mona Pendleton said...

Fabulous LO Mara! Great photo of you and your sister :) Love the fun and colorful patterned paper!

Mona Pendleton said...

Me again! Congrats on your new DT spot :)

Michelle H. said...

Congrats on the DT!!
Very pretty LO!!
Love the butterflies!!

Sarah said...

Hi, thanks, this made me cry :) MISS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VanessaB said...

That's beautiful!! the butterflies draw you in to your lovly faces- great "frame".

Joni M said...

Oh my, Mara! That is one GORGEOUS layout! I love how you divided the page in half to show the divide between east and west! LOVE IT!

wendipooh13 said...

ohhhh sooo lovin your fun page!!! and the cool title!!! I need to get back over there.. I've been MIA from all the boards

Rebecca Keppel said...

HOW CUUUUUUTE! I love the design and the idea and the super cute pic of you two.

ellen s. said...

yeah for the East Coast ;) I bet the scenery for that Marathon is beautiful.

I love your layout! and thatgreat photo of the two of you!

Aubree said...

So fun...love that picture of the two of you!

Sue said...

Very sweet. Love the East coast/West coast page. It is tough to live so far away from loved ones.

Meg Giroux said...

Love thIs layout of you and your Sister!
Maine is my favorite place... We were there last weekend, just think it will be a wonderful place for you to visit!!!

patti west said...

Love this photo of you and sister!!! Very cool title work and I love how you used the 2 pieces of different pps. Super lo, Mara!! Have fun w/the new gig!! :)

Jenelle said...

Fabulous LO Mara!!!!

IamDerby said...

Love this Mara, what a great page.