This summer, The Hubs and I started discussing adopting a lab puppy.  After careful consideration, returning home from our beach vacation to a very lonely 8-yr old black lab, and inspiration from a perfectly symbolic & literal SIGN, we made the decision to go for it!  Our chocolate lab “Topher” has been a member of our family for the past 3 weeks.  He’s easily made his way into our hearts – despite the lack of sleep!

Thanks to Lauren Reid’s 100 Things kit (available at My Scrapbook Art) & K Studio’s Dirty Denim Alpha Set for inspiring this page:

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Are you & your kids ready for school this fall?  If you’ve started back already, I’m sure you have a few “first day” photos – and probably at least one standing at the bus stop!  Enjoy this free Otto number set to help you scrap those snapshots.  Just click the preview to download.

Amy Kingsford’s Photo Fun Tips are back next week & I can’t wait for you to see what she’s come up with!!  Stay tuned…

Not only do I have two new summer-y sets for you, but nearly my entire store at Oscraps is 30% off right now (including these new releases)!

I used my new paper pack & word art set – together with Amy Martin’s garland template and Sahlin Studio’s Sunny elements – to create this sweet page for my furry boy…

In other news, the hubs and I are packing up for our annual beach vacation, and we’re really looking forward to it!

We love Rosemary Beach – whether it’s the cold of December…

Raining in January…

Or hot and sunny in July!

I’m excited to watch Fourth of July fireworks from the beach this year!

For those of you in the States, what are your July 4th plans?  Tell me what you have planned in the comments of this post (before Friday, July 1st at 10pm Eastern Time), and you could win my Funky Fourth Kit!  Be ready to scrap those beautiful Independence Day photos!