The shoes came.....
Yes, they are high, but the covered 1 inch platform makes all the difference. My Danskos and Sanitas are my comfort shoes, these are my knock my socks off shoes...
Jen, they are drop dead georgeous! Good for you!
I have to share something with all of you. Right before Garry passed away we bought a Christmas gift for our Disney Cruise friends and that was to be Garry's summer project to paint. Well that was the summer that never was, so Ryan just took it this past summer and said he knew his B would want him to do this for our friends for this Christmas....the Mickey Mouse door bell...hand painted by Ryan with complete instructions from his grandfather. We have two of them, but when I saw Ryan's finished product I just about lost it. I know Jan & Howie are going to be so thrilled. They are the only thing missing from this cruise, almost the only thing!
I can never tell you how much all of you have helped me. I can't wait to really meet you!
Or we could do it like described above where everyone picks their own size and theme, but posts it for everyone to see. And then instead of sending books around for everyone to make pages for, each participant will make pages in the size/theme for each journal owner and send them all at once to the coordinator to sort and resend. Instead of it being a "Circle Journal" it could be a "Spokes Journal".That's the understanding I have also of a circle journal, but I can say, having participated in several of them - it does get very expensive because you are mailing a book every single round (each participant sends her book around.) Also, unfortunately, if life gets in the way for one member, you may possibly not get your book back. (That happened to both Bookwood and I on a circle journal group we were in on another board.)
You're right, life often gets in the way. I know with the CJ I participated in, one person dropped out midway through because of some hurt feelings or something, and one of the coordinators was getting bashed because others had "disappeared". It got kind of nasty at the end. But the group was huge and even without delays it was scheduled to take over a year to complete. I'm sorry you never got your books back either.
We could run it like a page swap, though. Something like this:
a) pick a size - say 8x8 or 8.5 x 11 (simply because it's easier to mail those sizes than a 12 x 12),
b) each participant picks a topic (maybe off Tami's list?) and does a two page spread including mats for photos but not the photosthemselves.
C)make the number of copies as there are participants. (Sign and date the backs so everyone knows who made what page.) Digiscrappers - you get a break here - you only need to print off the same page x number of times
D) send all copies to the "point person" along with an SASE the same size
E) Point person sorts out 1 copy per participant and sends the new grouping back in the SASEs. If someone flakes and doesn't send in her pages - she doesn't get any back.
The benefits to this are - the Books themselves never have to be mailed. The pages only get mailed twice - once to the point person and once back to the participant.
Everybody gets all the pages.
what do you think about that idea?
That's a great idea for a page kit swap.
what I aspire to
reality
As we prepare for the holidays and our cruise I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished."
So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before starting on the FE gifts, I finished off a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates, and a half bottle of scotch.
You have no idea how (mumblegrfl) good I feel right now.
Pass this on to those whom you think might be in need of inner peace. val
The shoes came.....
Jen, they are drop dead georgeous! Good for you!
I have to share something with all of you. Right before Garry passed away we bought a Christmas gift for our Disney Cruise friends and that was to be Garry's summer project to paint. Well that was the summer that never was, so Ryan just took it this past summer and said he knew his B would want him to do this for our friends for this Christmas....the Mickey Mouse door bell...hand painted by Ryan with complete instructions from his grandfather. We have two of them, but when I saw Ryan's finished product I just about lost it. I know Jan & Howie are going to be so thrilled. They are the only thing missing from this cruise, almost the only thing!
I can never tell you how much all of you have helped me. I can't wait to really meet you!
Here I come! Ugh I need to go see the dentist as my tooth just chipped off where I had a filling and soooo close to the cruise! Yikes! I knew I shouldn't have posted in that dentist thread and this is proof!
Anywhoo...wish me well. Just the thought has the cold sweats coming and going, but I need to get this taken care of before we set sail.
I just had my root canal finished today. Not a pleasant experience. She said I had very active nerves and the ones around were feeling the effect. But, I think the worse part is my jaws hurting so bad from keeping my mouth wide open for 2 hours. It was the very last tooth on top so I had to for the work. Waiting on the crown but hope this is the last of it. Last cruise, I chipped my front tooth right before. Let's hope it doesn't come in threes because I know there will be a thrd cruise!
If digi scrappers are part of the general circle journal group, the pages would need to be printed, in my opinion. It doesn't seem quite fair for the paper scrappers to send paper pages complete with embellishments and get a digital file in return which they would then have to pay to have printed in order to be useable in their scrapbooks.
Or we could do it like described above where everyone picks their own size and theme, but posts it for everyone to see. And then instead of sending books around for everyone to make pages for, each participant will make pages in the size/theme for each journal owner and send them all at once to the coordinator to sort and resend. Instead of it being a "Circle Journal" it could be a "Spokes Journal".
I think in order for this to work - we need to agree on ONE size for all - and each person make ONE page or Pair of pages X times. Otherwise, it will become a nightmare for the coordinator.
The theme for this album is really the cruise, isn't it? So you have certain set things you know will appear
Embarktion Day/Port Canaveral
Lifeboat Drill
Castaway Cay
Aruba
Panama Canal
Puntarenas
Manzanillo
Puerto Vallarta
Cabo San Lucas
Debarktion Day/Port of LA
Day at Sea
Pirate Night
Golden Mickeys
Prince & Princess
Mexicali
Captain's Gala
Animator's Palate
Parrot Cay
Tritons
or
FOOD
DEck Parties
Excursions
Ports of Call
Around the ship
Ah! Spa!
etc.
The shoes came.....
Yes, they are high, but the covered 1 inch platform makes all the difference. My Danskos and Sanitas are my comfort shoes, these are my knock my socks off shoes...
They're GORGEOUS - knocked MY socks off, that's for sure.
On our 2008 EBPC...we were on thread 14 when we sailed....we were REALLY chatty! Of course..we did have about 3 months more between booking/sailing but still...
I have four pair of dice and Yahtzee score sheets set out to bring. Not bothering with the dice cups as they would take up more room than I want to spare. We also have a deck of Cars UNO - but will play it like the Ratatouille version. Can't find that version in the stores - and it's "too much fun."
Jen, these shoes are beautiful.The shoes came.....
Yes, they are high, but the covered 1 inch platform makes all the difference. My Danskos and Sanitas are my comfort shoes, these are my knock my socks off shoes...
Wow, Ryan did a great job. It looks fantastic.Jen, they are drop dead georgeous! Good for you!
I have to share something with all of you. Right before Garry passed away we bought a Christmas gift for our Disney Cruise friends and that was to be Garry's summer project to paint. Well that was the summer that never was, so Ryan just took it this past summer and said he knew his B would want him to do this for our friends for this Christmas....the Mickey Mouse door bell...hand painted by Ryan with complete instructions from his grandfather. We have two of them, but when I saw Ryan's finished product I just about lost it. I know Jan & Howie are going to be so thrilled. They are the only thing missing from this cruise, almost the only thing!
I can never tell you how much all of you have helped me. I can't wait to really meet you!
Jen, they are drop dead georgeous! Good for you!
I have to share something with all of you. Right before Garry passed away we bought a Christmas gift for our Disney Cruise friends and that was to be Garry's summer project to paint. Well that was the summer that never was, so Ryan just took it this past summer and said he knew his B would want him to do this for our friends for this Christmas....the Mickey Mouse door bell...hand painted by Ryan with complete instructions from his grandfather. We have two of them, but when I saw Ryan's finished product I just about lost it. I know Jan & Howie are going to be so thrilled. They are the only thing missing from this cruise, almost the only thing!
I can never tell you how much all of you have helped me. I can't wait to really meet you!
People can have a choice if they want 
I am a brand new digi scrapper, currently trying to get all my digi stash organized in Picasa, so I haven't really made more than a couple of pages. I would LOVE to find Disney elements and papers!!!
There are loads of designers that do Disney kits, but you don't necessarily need them to do a Disney page.
Have a look at Mousescrappers.com - its a great place for resources, challenges and ideas. Some very talented scrappers there
My drive with my digi stuff on is over 500 Gigabites. OK that does include photos, but still. Lots of space.DH is just sorting out a back up system for me, because if the drive that it is all stored on crashes, not only do I loose tons of digi kits, but also all our photos.
--Kay
what I aspire to
reality
As we prepare for the holidays and our cruise I am passing this on to you because it definitely works, and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never finished."
So, I looked around my house to see all the things I started and hadn't finished, and before starting on the FE gifts, I finished off a bottle of White Zinfandel, a bottle of Bailey's Irish Cream, a package of Oreos, the remainder of my old Prozac prescription, the rest of the cheesecake, some Doritos, and a box of chocolates, and a half bottle of scotch.
You have no idea how (mumblegrfl) good I feel right now.
Pass this on to those whom you think might be in need of inner peace. val
Val that is hilarious! Thanks for sharing! The shoes came.....
Yes, they are high, but the covered 1 inch platform makes all the difference. My Danskos and Sanitas are my comfort shoes, these are my knock my socks off shoes...
Jen, they are drop dead georgeous! Good for you!
I have to share something with all of you. Right before Garry passed away we bought a Christmas gift for our Disney Cruise friends and that was to be Garry's summer project to paint. Well that was the summer that never was, so Ryan just took it this past summer and said he knew his B would want him to do this for our friends for this Christmas....the Mickey Mouse door bell...hand painted by Ryan with complete instructions from his grandfather. We have two of them, but when I saw Ryan's finished product I just about lost it. I know Jan & Howie are going to be so thrilled. They are the only thing missing from this cruise, almost the only thing!
I can never tell you how much all of you have helped me. I can't wait to really meet you!
