My mailbox has been an endless source of joy in the past few days!
1. Got my copy of the July/August Memory Makers and found my layout on page 46!
2. I opened up a big airmail package and found a copy of the April/May Histoires de Pages and page 16 features three of my layouts and a profile of me! (Of course, I can't read the profile because I don't speak French...!)
3. I got another package from France and it was Sultane's new lines of paper! They're sooooooooo beautiful! I can't wait to share some layouts.
4. And well, it wasn't in my mailbox, but a friend of mine got hers in her mailbox and told me that I'm mentioned in this month's Creating Keepsakes under "More Reader Layouts That Caught Our Eye." I always wonder when you send in those random submissions if they're annoyed and roll their eyes when they see your name or what. It's nice to get a pat on the back and remind myself to keep submitting.
5. My husband had an enormous pile of childhood photos that had been rescued from his childhood home. So, I sent them off to be scanned and archived. Well, the photos returned home yesterday along with CDs containing the high-resolution digital scans of the photos. I'm planning to send them out to his family for Christmas. (And I can probably send them with the Christmas cards I painstakingly made and then he didn't mail last Christmas.) And can I just tell you that I'm so glad that I paid someone else to scan the photos? There ended up being 490 of them! That's a lot more then I want to scan!
I can't wait to see what arrives in the mail tomorrow! In the meantime, I'll leave you with a canvas I made for my Dad for Father's Day:
oh I love this canvas!!!!! And congrats on the pubs- you go girl!!!
Posted by: nat | June 12, 2008 at 02:19 AM
Gorgeous canvas! Many congrats on the pubs! :) How exciting. One question for you - what company did you use to scan the pics?
Posted by: Sarah C. | June 12, 2008 at 06:51 AM
love the canvas Julie, and what beautiful words you have put on it.
Posted by: sue brown | June 12, 2008 at 08:35 AM
If I was your Dad I would cry at that beautiful present!
I'm glad that your mailbox was so thrilling for you.
Posted by: Sue Clarke | June 12, 2008 at 10:12 AM
Love the canvas! Also, congratulations on the pubs :) It must be so exciting. Is there anywhere in the US that the Sultane products are sold? They're so beautiful!
Posted by: Jennie | June 12, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Great canvas Julie!!! Glad to hear everything is going so well for you-of course you should keep submitting!!
Posted by: Bobbi in KY | June 12, 2008 at 11:53 AM
thanks for the reminder.. I need to send out my dad a card.. It will not look any where as nice as your canvas though.. Sweet! :)
Posted by: lisaannette | June 12, 2008 at 12:40 PM
I absolutely love making canvases, and yours looks amazing! Brilliant work.
Posted by: Amy | June 12, 2008 at 04:55 PM
Do I even dare to ask how the heck you made that!? Is that a photo in the corner, or did you paint that? This is truly amazing, Julie. Congrats on your very DESERVED publications!
Posted by: kira | June 12, 2008 at 07:14 PM
Congrats on being published! I just love me some happy mail too. That canvas is mind blowing. I love how the picture is faded and the sentiment behind the project. Awesome.
Posted by: Tricia | June 12, 2008 at 08:02 PM
Wonderful canvas! You just have to love getting HAPPY MAIL :)
Posted by: Lesli | June 14, 2008 at 01:53 AM
love the canvas, too!! and your LO in the J/A MM was fantastic!!! love it! congrats!!
Posted by: sally aka cellomom | June 16, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Gorgeous!!
Posted by: Deb Wisker | June 16, 2008 at 04:23 PM
Great stuff.
I like your blog and all your scrappy things.
Look forward to reading more.
I love it!!!! Thank you very much!
http://www.papercraft-ideas.com
Posted by: memorial-signs | June 17, 2008 at 06:29 AM