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The great vacations,
holiday celebrations and many firsts in life (tooth, firsy day of school, car,
accident, graduation, wedding, baby, etc.) tend to get the most attention, with
photos and pages of memories in our scrapbooks. But what about the simple, everyday
events and memories that are important to you? Scrapbooks should preserve memories,
but they should also tell a story; the story about you and your family. Ive
been thinking about this while I watched my hometown team, the Boston Red Sox,
win the World Series. It was a great event to watch and, I will admit, an emotional
event as well. But while I was watching all of this, I got to thinking. Why did
I care so much? How did my love for baseball and the Sox develop? While I think
it all starts with my dad and his general love of sports, I do have specific memories
that center around baseball. I remember going to my first Sox game when I was
in grade school; my prize for winning a coloring contest at the | |
local grocery store. I remember my
dad and I playing baseball in the backyard, just the two of us (until my brother
was old enough to join in), with ghost runners on the bases. And even
the time we broke the kitchen window! I remember a visit to Fenway Park during
high school, when I was actually able to go down on the field with a tour given
by one of the players. I remember my grandmother always watching the Red Sox games
on television. Ive been working on writing about these and other memories
and plan to put it all together in some scrapbook pages which will, of course,
conclude with the stories about how I watched the games and where I was when history,
86 years in the making, was written. The funny thing is, I dont really have
a single picture to document these stories. Sure, I can get a couple of World
Series downloads from the internet, but other than that, all I have is a bunch
of words. But thats ok. While pictures are great and do tell a big part
of the story, the most important thing is the story. Putting those words down
on paper where they can be read and reread in the future. Using the great
resources we have at Lettering
Delights can make this process easier. Weve got everything you need
to make a page of words turn into a fun and interesting story to read. Ill
keep you posted on how my project is going, and will be sure to show you the finished
product. Until then, remember that if it is important to you, make sure you include
it in the story of your life, because someday it will be important to someone
else also. Michelle@LetteringDelights.com
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We
are going back in time at Lettering
Delights! New Retro Bundles, complete with alphabets, fonts and matching Journaling
Delights sets will be available later this month. Well give you all of the
ordering information and a preview of these sets later this month in Lettering
Delights Insider. | |
Congratulations
to Susan Burger for creating this months winning alphabet Fright
Fun. Additional winners for the month include Aloha
by Stephanie Eldredge, Top
40, created by Jennifer Rising; Anna Moraes design Deck
the Halls; and Scoreboard
by Amy Hansen.
The October 2004 bundle features all 6 of these winning
alphabets shown above and is a great value price - -only $10! October
2004 bundle. | |
We
received many more great entries this month and once again, it was a great challenge
for our voters to decide. This month, the winner is Back
to School by Dawn Barker. A
Slice of Summer by Marianne Wourms is the second place Inspiration Station
winner. Finalists include Cowboy
Up by Jan Hosford, Beauty
by Susan Woods, Dive
In by Jennifer Rising and the Sarah's
Invitation by Stephanie Eldridge. | |
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really couldn't let the November newsletter pass without a reference to the upcoming
Thanksgiving holiday. So, here it is... "According to the National Turkey
Federation, what percentage of Americans eats turkey at Thanksgiving?" Send
your answer to fontrivia@LetteringDelights.com
with grin & win on the subject line. Please include your mailing
address and your choice from the following products: Scrapbook Snips, Borders
& Backgrounds or Typing Delights CDs. All correct answers will be entered
into a random drawing. | Congratulations
to Alice Johnson (Beaufort, SC), Janna Bolinger-Heller (Pembroke Pines, FL) and
Lyn Collins, (Longmont, CO) the winners of the October trivia contest. The answer?
According to the National Confectioners Association, 35 million pounds of candy
corn will be produced this year. | |
Creating scrapbook pages 12 inches by 12 inches is a very
popular trend. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to print 12 x 12 pages from your
computer? It does require a printer that supports this paper size. If you have
this type of printer, the LD Supreme does have the ability to print in this paper
layout.
Click
here for simple step by step instructions | |
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come on over to LetteringDelights.com
and see the new look, our continuing specials and the new contest entries on the
10th. Be sure to bring along a friend. |
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