My Fairy Grand baby is One Year Old now.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes and blogger love she received!
Another sweet little baby that is all grown up is my niece’s son, Jimmy Lutton. He leaves on Tuesday from small town, Indiana for the Big Apple where he begins his tour with Emiko as the bass guitar player.
I watched her concert on TV last week, she has an earthy, emotional voice and I enjoyed seeing her. I want to buy a CD, but I’m too cheap to buy two, so I’ll wait and get one that Jimmy is on!! 
Michelle Ward ‘s "Crusade" this month is "Make Some Noise". So, besides being full of Auntly pride in Jimmy’s big break (which he deserves, since he is soooo talented) I wanted to combine a scrap booking photo of him, with the link to Emiko’s site (Jimmy is not playing on it yet).
We were treated to a mini concert this summer, where Jimmy played for the family, so I included photos of the crowd watching him play. They are slid into a pocket that I made by cutting a triangle from card stock and adding a cut out picture of Jimmy’s mom, Shelli, and my other niece, Stevie to the front of the pocket. TIP: When adding a pocket to a scrapbook for storing extra photos, always have the pocket open to the inside, so that the pictures don’t fall out. (I learned the hard way)
I then punched a star (I always knew he would be one someday!!) into the top of the page and also into 2 photos of him glued back to back and tied the photos to the page with a snippet of yarn. When the book is closed, his picture just tucks back inside.
Speaking of scrap booking, I found these two old journals today when I was out garage sailing. One has a slight damaged spot (where the doofusses stuck on a price tag!) but neither book has ever been used.
If anyone is interested in these two books for a project, I can send them both to you for $12, and that should include postage.
And speaking of postage- look what came in the mail while I was on vacation! My order of ballerinas from Etsy . 
And I just so happened to have a hand carved ballerina shelf to set them all on too! I will keep a few up there, but will use the rest for projects.
The mail lady was good to me this week. Cheryl sent me this adorable mail art- yep this little cutie is a hand made post card, that says "happy anniversary" on the back!
And I won a custom made gift package from Natalea filled with pretty things, embellished with "K" for Karla, and lots of roses. Sugarwings has already laid claim to the white wicker chair. She can sit her teeny little bottom right on it for now, but soon, the way she is growing, it will have to be a dolly chair.
I think the photo that Natalea (a fellow Silver Bella) took for her blog was prettier, you should go look there to see it better. 
And yes, there is more! Jennifer sent my art doll hat from the swap .
Isn’t she magical?
And because I have been on vacation for over a week, and my house is trashed since I have been so busy from the time I got home till now and haven’t had a chance to get it back to normal- I have been daydreaming about clean, pretty houses. Like my friend, Angie’s home.
Everything about her home is tranquil.
and elegant
And her dining table isn’t covered with 2 weeks of newspapers that no one has recycled. I’ll bet there aren’t bags and suitcases piled up in the kitchen either. Who leaves a suitcase in the kitchen for almost a week? I need to go unpack, I should stop writing now and get to work!
Oh but first, 
I am a great auntie again! Kaydance was born the 13th to her mom, Steffi, and her dad, Aubrey, my nephew who is stationed in Bagdad and wasn’t home for his daughter’s birth. Wish him a safe a swift return back to his new baby, please.
Dear Karla, I tried emailing you about the Journals, but it wouldn’t go through. I am interested in them if you still have them.
Thank you!
Lana
in order:
Happy Birthday
Good Luck to Jimmy
Welcome Home & Congrats on the gift package
Your Friend’s Home is Lovely (love that beadboard & claw foot tub)
Congratulations on: ballerina forms and your new grandniece
Whew…I think I covered all of the bases 🙂
Another beauty of a post! Love the pictures and angels! Sweet little sugar wings! It really does go too fast doesn’t it? And what a cute picture!
Karla, What a interesting post. I always look forward to reading your posts, they make me happy
Beautiful picture of Sugarwings, love the eyes
Karen
Bluemuf
I WANT that bathroom! How fun to get to see a pic of a newborn baby. Prayers for the daddy…and mommy.
Oh wow, that IS a clean, gorgeous home. Does she have a maid? LOL!
Love that pic of Sugarwings. She’s a knock-out with those big blue eyes.
What are Silver Bellas? I haven’t quite figured that out yet.
OH my what lovely gifts. I can’t wait to start swapping and sharing and get all kinds of goodies. I was all excited when I got the envelope from you a while back! I hope you get up some motivation to get your house back in order. I HATE when the house is all a mess and too tired to clean. I just cant stand disorder cause I’m not one to get BACK in order. GOOD LUCK WITH THAT!
What a great post Karla, so jam stuffed I don’t think I can mention all I liked in this comment.
So you are a vendor at Silva Bella too? My oh my I so wish I could attend that terrific event and meet you all, buy all the gorgeous stuff and take some of the gorgeous classes offered by so many wonderful creative artful bloggers!
Those old ledgers are fabulous but gone I’m sure, great offer anyway!
And congratulations on winning Natalea’s customised give away too! Can’t wait for mine now! I love your friend Angies pretty and romantic home!
Oh and not to forget congratulations to your little great nephew/niece, the mommy is looking beautiful and I cross all my fingers that your nephew will come home safe and sound to his little family soon!!!!
Btw I have a give away on my blog this week, maybe you like to come and play along?
I wish you a happy weekend!
Carol(a) xox
Happiest of Birthdays to Sugarwings!!!
And welcome to baby Kaydance 🙂 I pray your daddy gets home safely.
Love your friend’s tranquil home!
oh, those eyes! beautiful!
First off how sweet is Kaydance, I want one of those! And your fairy grandbaby is adorable…I want to kiss her little face off! How fun to have grandbabies, new babies and a wonderful musician in your family…
Good for you!
Thanks Karla for my absolutely beautiful artdoll from you. I **LOVE** her to bits and she’s found a home in my living room for all to see and admire!
Happy Birthday to sugar wings! Glad you got the card. I love all the jewelry you got while you were away!
Cheryl
Your friend has a 2die4 bathroom! Adorable new baby in the family! Wishes for a safe & speedy return for Aubrey. My nephew deploys in Oct. for Iraq.
Hugs,
Stephanie
Angelic Accents