MY HEART SPREAD:

 Hello friends! I have another bittersweet project to share today. 

These patchwork pieces were so much fun to put together and I love the stitching detail. I'm so glad to have these sweet memories of my Dad after he had a stroke. He was in a facility and it was so hard to watch him decline for 5 months. But he was so sweet and seemed to be at peace. A family friend made him the little wooden cross that he is holding💗

My Dad died in 2017 and 2 years later my precious husband was diagnosed with grade 4 glioblastoma brain cancer. We were so blassed to have him at home his last 3 days, I think he was just hanging on for that💗We didn't know it at the time, but we got a picture of his last day. God worked it out that he got to see every one of us except for Sequoia. I think it may have been more than her sweet little heart could take.

Our family was so very blessed to have these two in our lives. I'm so thankful that I have the assurance that I will see them again💗💗💗Thank you so much for stopping by.

ALL THE LITTLE THINGS SPREAD:

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing spread #7 and it was a fun one!

It was so much fun decorating all of these cute little pockets.

And filling them all with my favorite things!

I've got 3 spreads left to share so make sure to swing by again tomorrow. Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

LOVE THIS LIFE SPREAD:

Hello friends! Back today with spread 6 of the virtual album retreat. This is one of my favorites!

I love the gingham, the scallops and the sweet little flowers.

And I love this precious family so much!

I've been blessed with the best for sure! Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

ENJOY TODAY SPREAD:

Hello friends! I have another fun trip to share. We earned 2 SU! Incentive Trips. The first was to the Greek Isles in July of 2019. The second was to Maui in May of 2021.

We stayed at the luxurious Wailea Resort and we were spoiled rotten!

You can see more here in a previous post: https://laurasworksofheart.blogspot.com/2021/06/maui-incentive-trip.html

It was another trip of a lifetime and we were so blessed to have had the experience, but we both agreed once there was enough. We would much rather go back to Greece! Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

BEAUTIFUL LIFE SPREAD:

Hello friends! I have this precious lay-out to share with you today. Out of the 10 spreads I made, this may be my favorite, although I do have several!

How fun is this! Under the pennants, they created a way to add more photos without making the page too busy. I love this so much!

I am one blessed Grandma with these 5💗How can they be so grown up already???

A beautiful life for sure💗💗💗I still have 6 spreads left to share, so make sure to come back tomorrow. Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

TOGETHER SPREAD:

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing the 3rd spread I made in the Virtual Album Retreat that I joined a couple weeks ago. I loved this day in Katakolon, Greece so much. It's fitting that this page has the little tag, because there is a story.

This was Day 6 of the Greek Isles Incentive Trip that we earned-a 7-night cruise to the Greek Isles. And I say 'we' because Rick was a big part of helping me earn it. He was our caller at Bingo events, our pizza delivery guy at Team Meetings, delivered orders for me, helped with prep work for events. I loved the creating and he loved the peopling, so we made a great team!

The ship dropped us off at a small rocky beach, which was already full when we got there and I wasn't sure my feet could handle the rocks, so we took off on our own adventure! We met a cab driver named Antonis and he drove us to another beach about a half an hour away. Kind of crazy, but he was a great guy and did not disappoint!

This beach had a little tiki bar and thankfully we could communicate beer and mojito because neither of us spoke the other's language. After a couple hours of sun we walked around and saw some beautiful sights and then called Antonis to take us to a nice place to eat. We had a moment of panic when we called and thought, what if he didn't answer, but he took care of us! His friend owned an amazing restaurant right on the water and it was the best day ever! Rick got Antonis's contact info and told him we wanted him to help us if we brought our kids back over. Sadly, that won't happen now, but it would be so cool if I could bring them someday! Here are some more happy memories from a previous post: https://laurasworksofheart.blogspot.com/2019/07/greek-isles-incentive-trip-day-1.html  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

GOOD TIMES SPREAD:

Hello friends! Back today with another 2-page spread that I made during the virtual album reatreat. 

This is such a fun interactive page. 2 of the tags pull out to reveal extra photos and journaling.

My favorite thing about this page, besides the people on it💗, is this waterfall that I learned to create.

Who even knew this was a thing?

Such a cool way to add extra photos to a page without it being overwhelming!

I also learned how to cut the memory protector sheets in a way that you can be able to access all these extra photos.

So much fun! And I learned so much too. Make sure to swing by tomorrow for another beautiful spread. Thanks so much for stopping by!