Happy Birthday! *FREEBIE!*

Today is my birthday! 

YAY! I'm so weird that I even set this post to publish at the exact time I was born. LOL I love to give away things on my birthday, which means that you get to benefit from it!

For my birthday this year I created a brand new template based off of one of my favorite layouts I did in 2015 when I took my nieces to meet Cinderella at a local apple orchard. They had a blast and were just in love with her and she was so super sweet with them.

Credits: Believe In Magic - Glass Slipper by Amber Shaw & Studio Flergs, I'm Yours by Britt-ish Designs and DeCrow Designs, and Princess Talk by Sahlin Studio

You can click on the image above to download or CLICK HERE. 

The download link will be good until 11:59 PM Eastern Time on May 31, 2016. 

I hope you enjoy the template! I would love to see any layouts you create. You can leave a link the comment section below or email them to me at yzerbear19 at gmail dot com. 

I'm now off to enjoy my birthday with my two favorite little girls and Melinda. We're going to go see Thomas the Tank Engine at Greenfield Village. Then we're going to a local mall and having dinner with my brother. It should be a fun filled day. :)

Later!

-Melissa

Juno's 2nd Birthday

Last Sunday (Feb. 24) was my niece Juno's 2nd birthday. It was a super busy day, but also a fun one. Juno is such a beautiful, smart, fun, curious, and amazing little girl. Auntie loves her lots!!! Here are some photos from her party:



As you can see we went with a Lady Bug theme since we have always called her "Bug." My sister Melinda made the cake and it turned out so cute. I made the outfits the girls were wearing. I was happy with how they turned out. My brother's one friend dressed up like Batman to surprise Juno since she LOVES Batman, but she was a bit freaked out initially. Juno had requested coloring at her party so we had lots of coloring books and crayons. She loved it! Juno got a lot of really great presents though she really wasn't interested in opening them herself. Annika had a lot of fun watching her crazy big sister, especially when big sister was playing with the balloons.

It was a really fun party. Happy Birthday Bug!!! :)

Melissa

Find Your Roots freebie!

To tie in with my blog post at ScrapMatters about scrapping family history layouts, I am offering my kit, "Find Your Roots" again for FREE for the next month.!

 

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ENJOY!!!

"Find Your Roots" digital scrapbook kit

I have something really amazing to post!!! It is my first ever digital scrapbook kit!!!

I have been wanting to create this kit for several years, but never had the mojo to do it. This kit is inspired by my recent discoveries about my family. In April I went to La Porte, Indiana to find the grave of my Great-Grandma who died in 1920 when my Grandpa was only 5 years old. We knew very little about her so I was hoping to find something about her. I found her obituary which said how she died along with her marriage in the 1912 marriage registry. It was an incredible find. I wasn't able to copy or photograph the marriage registry, but carefully copied everything so I could recreate it in Photoshop. That inspired the creation of this kit. Several of the elements in this kit are inspired by things I have found in my family's history and recreated to use in digital layouts. I really hope you like it.

It will be available to download for FREE for 2 weeks. You will have until Saturday, May 26 at 11:59 PM ET to download this kit.

Without further ado, I bring you "Find Your Roots." (Not all elements are shown on the preview)



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I also have a pack of word strips that coordinates with the kit:



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And if that wasn't enough I also have another wordart pack of family definitions that would work perfectly with this kit:


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Here are two layouts that I scrapped:

My Pedigree Chart



The Harrold Family - This is my Mother's side of the family



I hope you all like this kit. If you use it, I would love to see what you create with it. You can always email you a link at yzerbear 19 at yahoo dot com. Remove the spaces to send. Please also let me know if there are any problems with the download links.

Enjoy!
Melissa

I'm thankful for . . .

I'm going to copy my brother's idea and post a list of things that I'm thankful for. Instead of using words I'm going to use photos! :)

In no particular order:


Juno Elizabeth - Photo from 8 month photo shoot, October 2011


My sister Melinda - Photo from Greenfield Village, May 2011


Mom - Photo from Walt Disney World, December 2010


Dad - Photo taken April 1980 not long after I was born. I miss you Dad. :(


My brother Pat - Photo taken August 2011


My brother Chris and sister-in-law Emily - Photo taken at Dow Gardens, October 2011


My kitties - Photo of Loki and Scotty


My friends - Photo of Jaime and I - July 2005


My extended family - Photo taken September 2011


My ancestors and genealogy - Photo of my Great-Great Grandpa's grave.


My "happy" place - Walt Disney World - Photo taken December 2010


Those who have given their lives defending our country - Photo taken at Gettysburg National Cemetery - September 2009


Civil War battlefields - I am very thankful for those who have helped to preserve our nation's history - Photo taken at Gettysburg National Military Park - September 2009


The fantastic digital designers I work for - Britt-ish Designs, Sahlin Studio, and Crossbone Cuts.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Melissa

Recent scrapbook layouts

It's been a while since I've posted any of my scrapbook layouts. None of them are linked. It's too late tonight to do that. I will come back to link them all up soon. Hopefully none of these are repeats.

First off are three layouts with photos from our December trip to Walt Disney World. :) I haven't even come close to finishing our April trip, but I couldn't wait to scrap some of the photos from our most recent trip.

Let's Fly - Photos from December 2010 at Walt Disney World



The Mad Tea Party - Photos from December 2010 at Walt Disney World



Tangled Meet and Greet - Photos from December 2010 at Walt Disney World



Suitcase of Underwear



Hooray for Hollywood Studios - Photos from March 2009 at Walt Disney World



MGM Studios - Photos from January 2007 at Walt Disney World



Toy Story 3



Minnie's Country House - Photos from April 2008 at Disneyland



Chef Goofy - Photos from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



What happened to the gondolier? - Photos from 2009 and 2010 at Walt Disney World




Tree of Life - Photos from January 2007



Pretty in Pink



Well I'll be!



African Daisy



Lavender Dream



Battle of Antietam - 148th Anniversary



Mousin' Around - Photos from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



Spaceship Earth - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



He minces! - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Give me a smooch - Photo from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



Turning 30



Oh happy day! - Photos from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



Laugh hard - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Magic Shots - Photos from April/May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Old North Bridge - Photo from Concord, MA, October 2007



Hollywood Icon - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



999 Happy Haunts - Photos from April/May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Till Death



Precious memories - Photo from Panama City Beach, FL, October 1990



The World of Tomorrow - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Go Wild! - Photo from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Celebrate Today - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Hauntingly Bootiful



I can't wait to . . .



Getting the picture - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Forest Friends - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



The Magic of Brother Bear - Photos from May 2008 at Disneyland



The magic of early entry - Photos from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



Sorcerer Mickey - Photos from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



Magical Memories - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Believe in the Magic - Photos from March 2010 at Walt Disney World



The Great Outdoors



The Peninsula State Remembers - Photos of the 24th MI Infantry monument at Gettysburg National Military Park.



Pucker Up - Photo from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



Joy to the World - Photos from December 2009 at Greenfield Village



Homemade Apple pie



Christmas Memories



WDW Trip Report - Day 1 - February 2009



Ringing in the new year - 2002



Pure Bliss




Destination Canada - Photos from March 2008 at Walt Disney World



Tea for 2 - Photos from May 2010 at Walt Disney World



#1 Duck - Photos from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



Magical ending - Photos from April/May 2010 at Walt Disney World



Wishes - Photos from April 2010 at Walt Disney World



California Dreamin' - Photos from April 2008 at Disneyland



Princess Aurora - Photos from January 2007 at Walt Disney World



One of a million dreams - Photo from April 2008 at Disneyland



I should have some time now to work on designing again. Hopefully will have some new templates for you all soon.

Later!
Melissa