Treasure Box

This is a treasure box I made for keeping precious memories in..

This is a picture of me when I was a baby

The back...

..I wrote the poem to go on the bottom. TFL

Way back when...1935

I did this LO for a Bella Creations challenge.

This is a picture of my stepdad when he was about 3 years old...pretending to smoke a corncob pipe...priceless memories :)

Fun Times & a Somber Day

Today my stepson Sgt. Allen Benthin deploys for Afghanistan with the 644th Regional Support Group: Task Force Scorpion [[400]] .  Keep him and his fellow soldiers in your heart and prayers until they all come home.
These pictures are from the week we spent with him and his girlfriend Stephanie at the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam and lastly Las Vegas...we had an awesome time and didn't want it to end.

Bella Unique Challenge

This is my page for the March Bella Unique Challenge- It doesn't show up real well but its the best my camera can capture...I included a close up so you can see my grandaughter-Sweet Addy's face - I made the butterflies on the page with glitter glue and a punched out butterfly(from a 2 liter bottle...theres a post on here telling how to do it.  TFL

Prizes in the Mail!!!

I just recieved my gift from the Bella Creations Tres Chic Muse challenge sponsered Scraps of Darkness!  It was like Christmas...so many pretty things...I ooowwed and awwwed as I pulled each thing from the box.  Thank you Bella and Scraps of Darkness!!! Be sure to check out both of these sites :)

'Bella' of the Ball

I was lucky enough to win 2(make that 3!!!!!) drawings for challenges this past month at http://bellacreations.ning.com/ and on top of that my blog is being spotlighted...WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I'm really new at this blogging thing but I am having a lot of fun with it.  Check out Bella Creations...it is a creative site with challenges in altered art, ATC's,  scrapbooking, cardmaking...just about anything crafty, that is so inspirational- and a group of ladies that make your day feel brighter. :)  I am still in shock!!!