my man

You might not see him in my layouts much...or maybe it's only the back or the side, lol. But, he's always near (usually avoiding my camera). This layout is 3 years old, but he hasn't changed much. This weekend we are celebrating our 20th wedding anniversay, although the actual date is next week. We are both volunteering all next week, building Kidstown Station in our local park (an all-volunteer effort to build a safe and happy place for our kids to play). He's actually going to work his regular job and then work the late evening shift at KidsTown. I'm also shuttling 7 kids to summer camp, and taking care of my 7 year old niece. I know we'll be too tired to celebrate then! :D I don't want the event to pass without some notice, as I'm so very proud of reaching this mark. So, I'm doing the same thing I did 18 years ago on our second anniversary (only he doesn't know that yet. Wishing you all a happy weekend too!

Thinking about making a change

It's that time of year...springtime, one major project ending, and the girls out of school for the summer. I love having them with me at home. This past weekend, we visited my friends, Aubrey and Janet Domenick, at their home by the lake. What a wonderful time we had! Their daughter-in-law, Toya, was there with her sons Wesley and Jared. Between Aubrey's hamburgers and Toya's chicken wings, I'm sure to have gained 5 pounds, lol. Janet and I talked photography a lot. She recently purchased a Nikon D80 (same cam as I have), and she's been wanting to delve deeper into the features that make it such a great camera. Up above you see 3 of my pics from the weekeend - Michaela on the neighbor's dock, Wesley in the ball pit, and Olivia letting me know what she thinks of me and my cam ;)

Okay, but back to the change I mentioned. I'm thinking about moving over to Typepad, with it's added functionality and features, AND I'm thinking I'll begin something I've thought about off and on for 2 years - designing and selling my layout designs as kits. I've been asked about it many times, and I think I'm finally at a place that will allow me to do that. I love traveling to stores and retreats, and I will continue to do that. The scrapbook store classes will be different from the exclusive online kits. I'll give more details later, but if you have any input, or requests just shoot me an email at angelia.wigginton@gmail.com. I've already got some ideas brewing, and with my book debuting early next year, I thought it would be fun to work off of some of those ideas. In other words, lots of patterned papers and awesome details. Still in the thinking about it stage....we'll see :D

*Enabler Alert*

Have you heard of Studio Calico? If not, you should definitely check it out! The May kit is WONDERFUL, and the peeks of June look yummy :D April and Scarlet not only pull together an awesome kit (with exclusive stamps like the one you see above) and tempting add-ons, but they have a design team like no other. Another thing that was really important for me - cardstock that matches perfectly. See for yourself at www.studiocalico.com. I also read that if you sub now, you can still get May (shown above), and be guaranteed a June kit - you won't be disappointed!! And, yes, I caved and bought my first kit club subscription at Studio Calico 3 months ago, and I've been really happy with it ;)

scrapbooking?

Are you asking yourself "is she ever going to share a scrappy project again?" lol (I hate not being able to post something.) Isn't this a scrapbooking blog? Doesn't Angelia scrapbook anymore? The answers are "yes, yes, and yes"! For the last 4 months, I've done nothing BUT scrap. Most of the work is going into my book, and the few that aren't I've labeled rejects - layouts not fit for the book OR sharing, lol. The last page I did that wasn't for the book will appear in "Ask The Masters 3" by Memory Makers. Maybe that is a fall release?

So, in the interest of posting something, I'm going to post some oldies, but still favorites. And, since I like sharing as much as the next person, I'd love it if you leave me a link to some of your oldies/favorites. Thank you, in advance!

we need some photos

to say "Spring!" So this is what my girls planted this week. Just a few annuals in pots, but they were really happy about it.