Love Birds

I know that Valentine's Day is over and I will soon begin on my St Patrick's Day freebies ......

BUT ......

I want to do just one more Valentine's freebie.

Here is my preview:

 

 

You can download it at:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/868fT6p5/happi-go-luckies.html

 

 

I want to send a special thanks out to Secondlina of

Deviant Art

 

the "Love Birds" are

her creation

 

And I think their adorable.

I sure would want my first love to be dressed like him ... hee, hee

I have included the freebie two different ways.
One with the element and one just words.

 

As always, thank you for stopping by my blog.  I know that I have been somewhat subdued this month, but with very good reasons.  I continue to pray daily for my friend, Barbara.  And, wish so much that I was in Texas to hug her as she needs it.  I still continue to have so many feelings of helplessness and disbelief.

 

Approximately one week ago I received some of what I call "hate mail" from two people; which I will not leave their names over a layout I'd posted.  I have since removed that layout.  They unfortunately shook me right down to my core.  I have never received these kind of words from anyone, especially someone I don't know.  They were hateful and cruel.  It made me question, if I even wanted to continue with this blog.  And, it completely crushed my ability to create anything.

 

It is only due to my regulars that have left such kind words that I will try to continue.  This is hard because I just want to "shut the door", and go back to the way my blog was before ... just for me.  So, please bare with me, because the "words aren't really there right now".  And, I am working so hard to just do anything on this blog.

I am from hard stock, though .... even though I just couldn't do that to anyone else because it is not my nature, I want to get right up .... shout on the top of my lungs and tell those "two people" you didn't win.  So, even though it is hard for me right now .... I WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET MY FREEBIES OUT TO MY FRIENDS.  They may never see this entry .... but I don't care.  I just won't be bullied.

 

And, again please do keep those kind comments coming ... I think that is the only thing that will help me over this obstacle. 

 

Lots of love, Sue

 



Valentine's Day

Hi Guys,

One of the fun things about my special "love fests" .....

Is my putting on my thinking cap and trying to come up with a new and unique way of telling my special guy how important he is to me. 

This year, I was really going into panic mode because as of Tuesday morning I just wasn't coming up with anything new and different.

My spirits have been so much on a roller coaster these past couple of weeks, that this was really hard.    And, I feel like for the past two week I keep having this reoccuring thought.  What will I do if something happens to John? 

Barbara and Richard only reenforce how precious life is.

Well, on Tuesday ... I'd had enough.  It was time for happy thoughts and grand ideas.  Afterall, that is what my sweetheart, honey bunch, cutie-pie would expect. 

And, I just can never let him down ......

I went out looking for ideas at the stores and GOT NO WHERE!!!  I went online and GOT NO WHERE!!!  I told my brain to start working and GOT NO WHERE!!! 

Now, that is not good !!!!

Low and behold ....

I started to zero in on what makes my man special.  What does he like?  What are his hobbies?  What are his dreams?

And, I went from there ...... 

And, then I had this brilliant idea .....

HE LOVES TRAINS

So, here through photographs was  my Valentine's Day gift to him.

 

  I hope you enjoy my adventure along with us.

 



I took him on a

MAKE- BELIEVE

vintage train ride

 

 

 

As the engine whistles and smoke passes our

window, we travelled together back to the

Golden Age of Travel of the 1920's.

 

Served with his very own luxury chocolates and chocolate chip cookie.

And ...

my Keepsake of his Valentine's Card to me

on Febuary 14, 2012.

Framed Febuary 14, 2013.

 

 

 

 

This time a rose for my honey

And, I just let cupid take care of the rest !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

The clink of crystal glasses will soon be filled

with chocolate milk

 

As we watched on the huge widescreen television

our very own private showing of

SUITS

 

the train makes its way

through the landscape green of Ireland.

 

 

Now, this is my make-believe trip everyone .....

 

 

 

Ireland, the Isle of Green

 is the home of family history of the

BRISLAN NAME

this romance of rails

of authentic culture

speaks softly to the heart of

My Irishman 

 

 

 

 

With springtime whispering to his senses

Memorable sounds of

Celtic Music played softly in our ears

 we talked of

 

THIS MAKE BELIEVE

 

trip to Ireland

if only in our dreams

 

 

 

 

Enjoying 

HIS 

delicious five-course dinner

 

of ALL HIS  favorites ...

oreo cookies with hearts, cinnamin rolls,

chocolate caramel candies

bacon and milk

(unfortunately served upstairs)

my man wouldn't eat by the fireplace in our real basement.

 

 

 

 

And he's thinking all the while ....

I'M NOT SHARING MY OREOS

 

 

 

Our remarkable train travel ...

wasn't I lucky to get to share it with this cute little boy !!!!

(John @ age ten years)

 

"After all this time ....

.... I've still got the biggest crush on you."

 

 

 

And, my freebie today is ....

 

You can download it at:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/gWv5AHHK/crush_on_you.html

 

 

 

Hoping that everyone had the best Valentine's Day yesterday ......

 

Hugs, Sue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A hug

I have just discovered that I didn't complete my 2011 Christmas Photobook, so needless to say, now I have a fresh idea for it.

I am going to do it around the poem "Twas The Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore.
This has always, always been one of my own childhood beloved poems.  I can remember my mother or father always reading it to me.  I would look so forward to it and I would sit just a still as a little mouse, anticipating this wonderful story.

There is the first page of my Christmas Book for 2011.

 

Also, I have totally completed my Christmas Book for 2012 yesterday.  Now, to complete this one too.  I plan to do this one totally as scrapbook pages, with minimal photographs.



freebie for today

I am resubmitting one of my Christmas freebies because I think it is so appropriate for Valentine's Day.  It is one of my favorites.

Here is a preview:

 

You can download it at:

http://www.4shared.com/zip/UD4ZsKSw/Copy_of_hug_perfect_gift.html

 

 

 

another set of freebies
for Mardi Gras
 

I am also enclosing a couple of my other freebies from last year .... for the wonderful holiday of Mardi Gras.  As I am from Texas, I do miss not being part of the comraderie this year.  I just love all the parades, purple, green and gold beads and King's Cake.

 

 

You can download them at:







 

http://www.4shared.com/zip/9PxdOBoP/Let_the_good_times__roll.html
http://www.4shared.com/zip/3W_qU36Q/mind__soul.html
http://www.4shared.com/zip/tZF7Kqm4/thats_life.html

 

HAPPY MARDI GRAS

 

 

Have a wonderful and blessed day.

 

Hugs, Sue

Snowflakes

Just another layout page

 

Even though our snow is melting, this is a photograph of my husband that I took of him while he was shoveling the snow off of our deck.  It is his look that I wanted to capture.

 

Another scrapbook page I did this morning is

one for all the cornfield's of our nation

whether they are in Iowa or another state.

 

 

There is not much to this layout because

I just didn't think it needed more.

 

The saying is:

 

They say every snowflake is different.

If that were true, how could the world go on?

How could we get off our knees?

How could we ever recover the wonder of it?

                                                                Jeanette Winterson

 

I just love this.

 

 

 

In addition, I must apologize to one of the other bloggers for a scrapbook page I put on my site.  I am in the process of making a photobook using scrapbook pages and photographs from this past Christmas.  I did use her layout because I thought it was so cute.  She has requested that I take the layout off of my site, which I have done.  My error was putting it up here.  I did not mean to imply that I was taking credit for the layout, but I understand why she felt that way.   I just wanted to let everyone see my husband and myself in this adorable layout.  So, to Vanilla Designz I extend this heartfelt apology.  I am not a person that won't tell someone I am sorry, when it is needed.  I am truely sorry.  I honestly didn't mean to make this grave error.  I hope that you will accept this, as I really meant no harm.    

 

 

 

Now, on to my daily freebie:

You can download this at:



http://www.4shared.com/zip/WntRmMJs/g9c-box_chocolate_diamond.html



 

 

Everyone have a wonderful day.

 

Hugs, Sue

 

One other thing

One of my followers ask me to do yesterday's freebie without the ending .... Mom and Dad

So, this one is for you.

You can download this at:

http://www.4shared.com/photo/mxIicD4E/letter_from_Santa.html

 

Hugs, Sue