A wedding, a bird, a layout and a sneak!

As we go into this three day weekend I have so many things to share! First and foremost, look what my littlest sister did on Wednesday in Hawaii:

It was a pre-announced elopement of sorts. They had a wedding planned a year ago, and post-poned indefinitely for some good reasons unrelated to their desire to get married. So, she had the dress already. They managed to arrange a trip to Hawaii almost for free, so then they put two and two together and decided to just do it. It makes sense. I was sad to miss it, but not sad they were doing it. I cried when I got these pictures because she is so beautiful! She's 17 years younger than me, looks a lot like me - but she has blue eyes instead of my green - and is so special to me. She lives 1600 miles away, but still, I think we are pretty close.

But, the exciting thing is that someday she is going to come and visit me and bring that dress and let me do a photo shoot of her! Can you imagine how wonderful that dress will be in my rugged yard? Oh man, I can't wait!

Speaking of my yard, it is full of birds these days. This photo was taken through the front door window, which I realize could use some cleaning. They appear to be juveniles, with all those fluffy feathers on the belly. And their were hundreds of them - no exaggeration!

I finished a layout (finally) yesterday. Here it is:

I will be teaching a class with this one in November. It is a copy of my own design from earlier in the year that I posted here before, but is worth a repeat so you can see:

I had made the original just to show off the Christine Adolph line of paper - and it worked, we sold out of that paper at the store. But a lot of people wanted that layout for a class. Instead of re-ordering the paper, we decided it would be best to make a new one. Obviously, there are some differences - wider strip, different banner, different title configuration. But, the basics are there, so hopefully people will sign up for the class. Will be using a second page with it, using that same Graphic 45's Botanical like of paper (the page I posted a few days ago). And finally, a sneak peek at my contribution to Anne W.'s circle journal:

The theme is "What Inspires You?" and it was a bit of a challenge for me, because I don't know how to define the answer. but I gave it a shot!

Off for some water skiing and fun this weekend. Back Sunday or Monday with an update. Enjoy your long weekend!