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I’m a proud Mom, seriously – proud!

I love my beauty, my Tori.

I gave her a Graduation ring you can see here on her finger (she thought the hair extensions were her present hee hee)

Here she is on Grad day

I now have LOADS of pictures to go through, I’m thinking about maybe a digital collection, album, or have something professionally done by Barbara Ryan of CherishCollages.com. What do you think?

Birthday parties – they’re fun for kids and lot of work for parents.  But when you hear giddy screams and laughter by all the party goers, it makes it all worthwhile. Remember too that just because your kids will be the ones having all the fun doesn’t excuse them from helping; get them involved.

To make the day go smoothly, do as much ahead of time as possible. Prepare all the party favors and games/activities a couple weeks ahead.  Yes, that’s weeks ahead; that way you can save food preparations and house cleaning for days ahead.

Do yourself a favor and ask a good friend, family member or neighbor to help with the party. This is no time to try to be a hero and do it solo. Consider asking a neighborhood teenager; offer to pay for his/her time. It will go a long way in relieving some of the stress.

Other pre-planning

Scrappers who want to use vellum often experience difficulty when printing. Vellum isn’t like regular scrapbook paper, and doesn’t absorb ink as quickly as regular paper does. Thus, many scrappers often end up with smudged ink and give up in frustration.

1) The first thing you can do to prevent the “wet ink syndrome” is to change your printer settings before you try to print on vellum. Change your setting to print in draft mode. This prevents your printer from using as much ink as it normally would, which means drying time will lessen. Some printers even have a transparent setting.

Even if you change your printer’s settings, that doesn’t mean you can touch the ink immediately. You must allow drying time, or you will still end up with smudged ink. Do your printing first, then leave your pages to dry while you create the rest of your page layouts.

2) Another important