***Coop's Custom Creations: January 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

2019-01-29 morning frost cap_blendtemps2-1 and 2012-01-29 COLD ls_letitsnow missfish_BlendedBlocks_03

Connie Prince January mini kit was perfect for a fast layout of the FRIGID COLD we're experiencing in MN this week!

title: 2019-01-29 morning frost cap_blendtemps2-1

credits: cap_2019JanMK, http://store.gingerscraps.net/ConniePrince, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/connie-prince/

keywords: connie prince, outdoors, cold, temps, wind chill, tan, red, blue, yellow

font: Avocado Toast program: PSE

CHALLENGE!!! Scrap "COLD". OKAY! Laurie's Scraps Let It Snow was perfect for the online photo I snagged from beneath Minnehaha Falls! HOW COOL! (pun intended) And Miss Fish's Blended Blocks template was just the effect I was looking for.

title: 2012-01-29 COLD ls_letitsnow missfish_BlendedBlocks_03

credits:ls_letitsnow, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Lauries-Scraps-And-Designs/, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/lauries-scraps-and-designs/, missfish_blendedblocks, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Miss-Fish-Templates/

keywords: laurie's scraps, miss fish, cold, snow, ice, waterfall, minnesota, blue, silver, gold, green

font: Budayut, 1942 Report program: PSE

Be Good
Be Kind
Be Safe
Say 'I love you'
Love and Blessings

Monday, January 28, 2019

2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding7 cap_overlayplaytemps2-4, 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding8 PFGameDay_03 and 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding12 GS_Jan2019_TempChal2_Mfish

Love Birds is the darling GS NL Hop contribution from Connie Prince.

title: 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding7 cap_overlayplaytemps2-4

credits: cap_lovebirds, cap_overlayplaytemps2, http://store.gingerscraps.net/ConniePrince, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/connie-prince/

keywords: connie prince, weddings, friends, grandson, red, white, black

font: Belacu program: PSE

Used JoCee Designs Scorpio for this wedding layout because the colors were right, proving that you can go off-theme and fit just about any kit to any occasion. Miss Fish Game Day template had lots of room for pix.

title: 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding8 PFGameDay_03
credits: jcd_scorpio, https://store.gingerscraps.net/JoCee-Designs/, mfish_pfgameday, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Miss-Fish-Templates/
keywords: jocee designs, miss fish templates, wedding, daughter, grandson, friends, red, white, black, teal
font: na
program: PSE

Miss Fish Templates has provided the 2nd of the GS challenge templates! Worked great with CAP's Travelogue Alaska and our morning after breakfast.

title: 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding12 GS_Jan2019_TempChal2_Mfish
credits: mfish_GS_Jan2019_TempChal2, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Miss-Fish-Templates/, cap_travelogueAK, http://store.gingerscraps.net/ConniePrince, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/connie-prince/
keywords: miss fish templates, connie prince, breakfast, stud, legion, red, yellow, teal, blue
font: Albertsthal Typewriter, Back to Black Demo Regular
program: PSE

Be Good
Be Kind
Be Safe
Say 'I love you'
Love and Blessings

Thursday, January 17, 2019

2012-05-12 lovelife bhs_snapshots_temp1 and 2019-01-01 NYE LS_NewYearsEve

Blue Heart Scraps is hosting A Year of Blessings challenges at Gingerscraps and she's given us this beautiful mini kit to play with. I paired it with one of her snapshots templates.

title: 2012-05-12 lovelife bhs_snapshots_temp1

credits: bhs_lifeblessing, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Blue-Heart-Scraps/

keywords: blue heart scraps, flowers, love, white, pink, orange, yellow

font: na program: PSE

Laurie's Scraps created this awesome collection for NYE. Even though we didn't take any pix, the kit has enough bling to make a no-photo layout pop.

title: 2019-01-01 NYE LS_NewYearsEve

credits:ls_NewYearsEve, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Lauries-Scraps-And-Designs/, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/lauries-scraps-and-designs/

keywords: laurie's scraps, new years eve, celebration, no photos, blue, coral, black, silver, gold, green

font: Primera Medium program: PSE

Be Good
Be Kind
Be Safe
Say 'I love you'
Love and Blessings

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding9 OurLife_5&6_01, 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding10 JustTheBasics_Temp_04, 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding11 MeantToBe1

Word Art World has just come out with three, new word packs! Our Little Star is perfect for showing off our shining moments. I paired it with Laurie's Scraps Woodland Princess and a Miss Fish template from the Our Life collection.

title: 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding9 OurLife_5&6_01

credits: waw_ourlittlestar, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Word-Art-World/, ls_woodlandprincess, https://store.gingerscraps.net/Lauries-Scraps-And-Designs/, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/lauries-scraps-and-designs/, mfish_ourlife_5&6, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Miss-Fish-Templates/

keywords: word art world, laurie's scraps, miss fish templates, wedding, grandson, ring bearer, red, white

font: na

program: PSE

Aimee Harrison Designs has some gorgeous monthly collections. This one was from February 2018. Paired with a template from Miss Fish Just the Basics and Word Art World Photo Stamps 2, made for a great layout of our daughter, son-in-law and grandson as they celebrated the wedding of close friends.

title: 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding10 JustTheBasics_Temp_04

credits: aimeeh_360-2018-02, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Aimee-Harrison/, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/aimee-harrison/, mfish_JustTheBasics, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Miss-Fish-Templates/, waw_photostampsno2, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Word-Art-World/

keywords: aimee harrison, miss fish templates, word art world, wedding, family, red, cream, sage

font: Alex Brush

program: PSE

Another of Word Art World's new word packs is Photo Stamps 1. Dancing the night away on a Dear Friends Designs template and the Gingerbread Ladies December 2018 Free With Purchase Freezing. title: 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding11 MeantToBe1

credits: waw_photostampsno1, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Word-Art-World/, gbl_freezing, https://store.gingerscraps.net/GingerBread_Ladies/, dfd_meanttobe, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Dear-Friends-Designs/, word art from aimeeh_360-2018-05, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Aimee-Harrison/

keywords: word art world, gingerbread ladies, dear friends designs, wedding, dance, grandson, daughter, son-in-law, red, cream, teal, blue, green

font: na

program: PSE

Be Good
Be Kind
Be Safe
Say 'I love you'
Love and Blessings

Saturday, January 5, 2019

2015-05-31 Shawn1 cap_travelogueWITemps1, 2018-11-02 Caddie's BD 1-2 RememberTheseDays1, 2018-11-28 cbj_missingyou, 2019-01-01 Just That cbj_freshstart

Travelogue WI is yet another in the amazing series by Connie Prince!

title: 2015-05-31 Shawn1 cap_travelogueWITemps1

credits: cap_travelogueWI, http://store.gingerscraps.net/ConniePrince, https://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio.com/connie-prince/

keywords: connie prince, family, memory, love, blue, green, red, yellow

font: Bernardo Moda Contrast

program: PSE

Dear Friends Designs has some wonderful templates and this one was perfect for Caddie's birthday. Be A Unicorn by Laurie's Scraps was ideal for the colors and the fact that Caddie LOVES unicorns!

title: 2018-11-02 Caddie's BD 1-2 RememberTheseDays1

credits: dfd_rememberthesedays, http://store.gingerscraps.net/Dear-Friends-Designs/, ls_beaunicorn, https://store.gingerscraps.net/Lauries-Scraps-And-Designs/

keywords: dear friends designs, laurie's scraps, granddaughter, birthday, movie, dinner, presents, pink, purple, green, teal

font: Advert

program: PSE

Came to me while unzipping the last collections I bought from Jill's store. It's closed now. I'm sad. Nothing will ever be the same. Life goes on.

title: 2018-11-28 cbj_missingyou

credits: cbj_missingyou

keywords: created by jill, missing, friend, blue, brown, gray

font: na

program: PSE

One of the last collections I grabbed from Created by Jill was Fresh Start. I loved the word art, in particular.

title: 2019-01-01 Just That cbj_freshstart

credits: cbj_freshstart keywords: created by jill, promises, goals, blue, green, tan

font: na

program: PSE

Be Good
Be Kind
Be Safe
Say 'I love you'
Love and Blessings

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Things that make me THINK.....

Dum Spiro, Spero: "While I breathe, I hope"

"You is Smart, You is Kind, You is Important" ~The Help

The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. ~Duguet

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. ~Henry Ford

Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within. ~Coogler

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward

"If it's amazing, it won’t be easy.
If it's easy, it won’t be amazing.
If it's worth it, you won't give up.
If you give up, it's not worth it." ~Marley

My Joy/Bucket/Photo List

......to be continued Regularly

So, the plan is to edit this on a fairly regular basis to see how far I get and what ideas I get. I'm hoping that other people will see it and give me ideas as well. Here goes:

001 All 50 States

002 Build a snowman--DONE

003 Call someone I haven't talked to in more than five years--DONE

004 Dance in the rain--DONE

005 Do a charity walk/run--DONE

006 Finish College

007 Give a gift and expect nothing in return--DONE

008 Go all-out for Christmas….cookies, decorations, lights, windows, presents, traditions

009 Kiss in the rain--DONE

010 Learn how to ballroom dance

011 Learn one favorite song on the piano

012 Learn Tai Chi

013 Learn to change the oil on my car

014 Make a fantastic five-course dinner

015 Make a list of my 5 most annoying habits and work on them

016 Make a meal for someone who doesn't live at my house--DONE

017 Make a scrapbook about me--working

018 Make homemade salad dressing--DONE

019 Make pizza from scratch

020 Make something on a pottery wheel

021 Meet an old friend for coffee--DONE

022 Put together a large puzzle, glue it, frame it

023 Read by the fireplace--DONE

024 Re-Learn to speak a foreign language (french)

025 Sit in front of the fire on a snowy day--DONE

026 Soak in a zen bubble bath…candles, music, oils--DONE

027 Start and finish another painting--DONE

028 Stay outside for an entire day

029 Write a book

030 Write a letter now to my future grandkids

031 Write a letter to a friend--DONE

032 See the Northern Lights in Alaska

033 Visit Cooper's Landing-Alaska

034 Grand Canyon sunrise/sunset

035 Skydive

036 Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

037 Spend at least three days at a dude ranch

038 Send a message in a bottle

039 Tour a vineyard and sample a good wine

040 Explore the routes of America's Underground Railroad

041 Hike part of the Appalachian Trail

042 Swim with the dolphins

043 Epcot/Disney/Cirque--DONE

044 Margaritaville

045 Key Largo

046 Hawaii

047 Stand in a waterfall

048 See a volcano

049 Go to a Luau

050 Mississippi Delta

051 Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras

052 Sled down a massive hill

053 Canoe

054 Spend a night on an island in the BWCA

055 Sail a sailboat

056 Spend the night in a quaint bed-and-breakfast

057 Wake up to the sounds of the forest--DONE

058 Drive the Gunflint Trail

059 Mississippi Headwaters

060 Jump into a swimming hole

061 Rake a giant pile of leaves and jump in them!

062 Tell ghost stories around a campfire and make s'mores--DONE

063 Hang up a hammock…and USE IT!

064 Sleep under the stars

065 Take a sleigh ride

066 Eat at a fancy restaurant and order anything from the menu--DONE

067 Walk in a winter woods

068 Blindly pick a place on a map and visit it

069 Visit Minnesota "monuments" (World's Largest…)

070 Las Vegas Strip

071 Spend the night in a lighthouse

072 Fall in New England--planning with Mom

073 Visit New York City at Christmas and go ice-skating

074 Visit Radio City Music Hall

075 Walk Broadway at night

076 Go to a Broadway show

077 Go dancing all night

078 Run through a sunflower field

079 Mount Rushmore--DONE

080 Badlands--DONE

081 Passion Play

082 Padre Island

083 Crystal Cathedral

084 Swim in the Great Salt Lake

085 Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC

086 Washington DC

087 Gettysburg

088 Grand Tetons

089 Redwoods

090 Old Faithful

091 Sequoias

092 Yellowstone

093 Drive a sports car/convertible with the top down and music blaring--DONE

094 Throw a surprise party--DONE

095 Wear a flower in my hair--DONE

096 Throw a HUGE party and invite EVERYONE

097 Climb a mountain

098 Go horseback riding on the beach

099 Drive Route 66

100 Meditate by a river's edge--DONE

101 Go all-out for an elegant cocktail party

102 Befriend someone who I didn't immediately like--DONE

103 Run a 5K-DONE April, 2009!!!

104 Walk through a field of daisies

105 Publish something--DONE

106 African safari

107 Visit the pyramids

108 Spend New Year's Eve in an exotic location

109 Canada

110 Quebec

111 The Great Wall of China

112 Paris, Again

113 Louire valley castles, again

114 Tours, Again

115 Normandy

116 Cote d'Azur

117 Greece

118 Go into and eat in an Authentic Irish Pub

119 Converse in Italian at a Tuscany market

120 Visit Rome

121 Ride a gondola in Venice

122 Go to the "boot heel"

123 Drink traditional tea in an outside café in London

124 Ride on the top of a double-decker bus in London

125 Baha

126 Mexico

127 See the sun rise on all 7 continents

128 Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado

129 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

130 Delicate Arch, Utah

131 Devils Tower, Wyoming

132 Geiser Black Rock Desert, Nevada

133 Landscape Arch, Utah

134 Mushroom Rock, Kansas

135 Palo Duro Canyon, Texas--DONE 1976

136 Perce Rock, Canada

137 Spider Rock, Chelly Canyon, Arizona

138 The Wave, Arizona

139 Practice random acts of kindness--DONE

140 Forgive--DONE

141 Find a spiritual path--WORKING ON IT

142 Make amends--TRYING

143 Encourage my children--CONTINUALLY

144 Accept myself--WORKING ON IT

145 Find my passions and follow them--WORKING ON IT

It started out as a "Bucket List" and list of photos I wanted to take. Now it's just a list of dreams and wishes, not to put pressure on me or anyone else, but to encourage me to follow my dreams and try to make them come true while trying to also do the best for those around me.

***Coop's Custom Creations

Tai Chi with Dr Paul Lam

Thursday, January 31, 2019

2019-01-29 morning frost cap_blendtemps2-1 and 2012-01-29 COLD ls_letitsnow missfish_BlendedBlocks_03

Monday, January 28, 2019

2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding7 cap_overlayplaytemps2-4, 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding8 PFGameDay_03 and 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding12 GS_Jan2019_TempChal2_Mfish

Thursday, January 17, 2019

2012-05-12 lovelife bhs_snapshots_temp1 and 2019-01-01 NYE LS_NewYearsEve

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding9 OurLife_5&6_01, 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding10 JustTheBasics_Temp_04, 2012-02-25 Mike&Katie'sWedding11 MeantToBe1

Saturday, January 5, 2019

2015-05-31 Shawn1 cap_travelogueWITemps1, 2018-11-02 Caddie's BD 1-2 RememberTheseDays1, 2018-11-28 cbj_missingyou, 2019-01-01 Just That cbj_freshstart

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