I know.  A weird title but it will all make sense as you read. :)

First I want to say thanks to everyone who emailed or posted a comment about the death in my family.  Your warm thoughts were very appreciated. 

Trauma. So this is the trauma part.  For too many days last week I believed my father had died.  Drown actually.  As you can imagine I was horribly upset.  Then my wish came true - it was all a horrible mistake.  If you have ever had someone close to you die then you know you spend some time after wishing that it was all a horrible dream and that you could wake up.  Well, that happened.  I got to wake up from my nightmare and find out my father was alive.  I cannot tell you how thankful I am.  Go and hug your dad for me.  You won't regret it.

Classes.  The registration for the Arlington, TX GASC goes live today at 3pm (EST).  I am offering a whole wack of classes so be sure to check it out.  Here is a peek at my Tinkering Ink class called Unique Mini Accordion Album.

I am offering tons of variety - mini books you create yourself, double page layouts, altered canvases and even a class based on my new book, Cut Loose.  Be sure to check it out and I hope to see you there.

New Pages.  Well, last week during the trauma I spent many hours cleaning.  I don't know what you do when you are upset but I like to clean (so totally not me!!).  I needed to be occupied as I awaited news so I puttered around tidying and cleaning.  This meant that my scraproom got a good cleaning.  And then when there was nothing more I wanted to clean I sat down for some paper therapy.  Yup, I got scrapping.  Nothing for deadlines.  Nothing for classes.  Nothing for anyone but me.  I needed it.  And weirdly as I sunk myself into it I was really productive.  In two days I created about 8 pages.  Not two full days - just a bit of time here and there.  I guess I really needed it cause the pages just flowed.  I love paper therapy - makes me feel so much better to slice and tear and glue!  I also used some older items I rediscovered in my stash.  I loved it - mixing the old with the new.  It all felt good.  And most of the pages used photos two years or older - some I discovered when I was cleaning.

A few pages I need to look up photo dates for and add but here are two that are completely finished.

Remember this blog entry?  That is how I created the above shaped page.

A two pager that uses photos from 2003!

Have a great week everyone and I will be back with more pages tomorrow.