MAY SCRAPENO - MOM'S EMPTY NEST

This month is a tribute to the moms currently experiences an empty nest for the first time like me. Well, it's been almost a year and a half but I can now write and scrap about it without getting teary eyed.

Well, let's face it, you could change this to a baby's layout, a girly layout, teens, spring, Easter....you get the picture.

ADVENTURES IN SCRAP

Any time I can get away and scrap with my friends is an "adventure in scrap." This week Karen and I, the original Gypsy Ya Yas, were off to Scott to the Ladybug Lodge for a three day slumber party. I absolute love cropping at the Ladybug. These ladies have played such a role in my scrapbook experience over the past two years. They inspire me to go beyond my comfort zone and create not only scrapbook pages, but pages that reflect my spirit.

HWY 61 BLUES MUSEUM

Here's another treasure found while traveling for work, the Hwy. 61 Blues Museum. The museum did not really have a lot of items. What it had was charm and character and a very interesting blues muscian who sang for me the entire time I was visiting. His father was actually someone very important to blues and he was doing what he could to keep his father's memory alive. It's an experience I feel fortunate to have.