Three beautiful fall days in a row here in Ontario….very cold at
night; close to freezing actually…but it warms up to the high 60’s by
afternoon. After running some errands and a visit with the sister-in-law we
decided we still had time to go for a walk. We chose to go to Paxton’s bush
this time which is a short walk so we did it twice. The leaves were in full
fall colour and were falling fast. At one point where they were quite thick I
said to Joe, “Time to release your inner child!” and shuffled through the
leaves….he just gave me that ‘you’ve got to be kidding’ look and shook his
head. I needled him a bit about it but he refused to shuffle; however, about 10
minutes later I heard the sound of shuffling leaves; looked over at him and he
grinned! We all have an inner child but it takes a bit longer for some to
escape…not with me, I refuse to grow up!
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a scrapbook layout so I
decided it was time for one. This one is about my grandsons trying on Halloween
costumes.
This made a nice two page layout; with Seth on the left;
Jack on the right. Jack wanted to be Harry Potter so I made the cape with hood.
He wanted the crest just like Harry had on his cape so it took a little
figuring but I made it. He absolutely loved it. His parents found him the
crooked stick to use and just before Halloween his dad found the round glasses
too so he was all set. The journaling was done on the computer on white
cardstock and then I sponged Halloween colours around them and then drew the
wavy, crooked line. On Jack’s I added the wizard sticker. I didn’t actually
make Seth’s costume that year as he was going to use one of Jack’s prior ones
but I happened to find this black cape and wizard hat at the thrift store, new
still in the package for about $3.00 I think and I knew he would love it for their
dress-up box…and I was right. That boy has a ‘million dollar’ smile! The paper
is from the stash as is the title lettering so I have no idea who make them. In
the stash was a strip of black paper with white shiny dots. By adding a bit
between the two last photos on the right and a bit on the bottom on the left;
combined with the shiny title, it created the good old invisible triangle that
keeps the eye moving around the page….love I when I achieve that!
Here are the two pages close up.
Hoping to get more walks in this weekend and here’s
wishing everyone a happy, safe weekend (yeah, still reeling from the sad event
in Ottawa).
Cheers
Violet
Love your layout Violet. What cute little boys! And i envy your Fall walk with your hubby. All hubby has on his brain right now is his attempt to retire. We haven't been doing or saying much else.... Kick around a few leaves for me! Hugs! deb
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