I'm Still Here!

Have you ever wondered what happened in my life during the last few weeks that I was away? My life has been preoccupied with so many stuffs. First, DH had a minor operation. His wisdom teeth are impacted and needed to be removed--one was already extracted and the other one is scheduled next month. Since, DH was on a sick leave for an entire week because of that I devoted most of my time with him. My niece celebrated her 1st birthday last October 18 and as usual I get myself busy by making her invitation, ref magnet souvenir and banner tarpaulin. I also made a 10-page photobook for her. I also bought most of the party stuffs that she'll be using and sent it to my sister (she lives 12 hours drives away in Quirino province) since most of the items are not available in her place. Take a look at the invitation and ref magnet that I made for my niece:

credit: I extracted Tinkerbel's and Barney's photo (her party's theme), negative frame by Kari Quinto (KariQ Designs); the rest of the paper and elements are from Sweet Felicity kit by SAB Designs.

credit: I extracted Tinkerbel's and Barney's photo (her party's theme), the cluster border is also from me that I offered at magicmaker-scraps; and the rest of the paper and elements are from Sweet Felicity kit by SAB Designs.

My father-in-law also celebrated his birthday on October 16 and I also made a photobook for him. I was also making a 40-page wedding album for a customer during that time. So, how's that? I guess because I used my right hand so much, it came to a point that it became very painful. So for a little while, I only used my left hand in making my latest kit (all that glitters) and other household chores. Much as I would want to update this blog, it's very difficult to type with only one hand. Doing a kit using a mouse with my left hand is OK but typing is another thing--it takes so much time.

Anyway, I'm very much okay now. I was supposed to update this blog last weekend but a very sad event happened in our family. On my niece's first birthday last (October 18, but she had her party on the 19th) my grandmother died. It was a mixed emotions for us. Do you remember my post about why I decided not to sell my Cinder's Dream Kit anymore? I was supposed to give it as a freebie for a limited time only and then have it available for sale at magicmaker-scraps. If you have read that post you'll know the reason why that kit is still available for everyone until now. That was a very long post that I posted last August 31. You can read that post here and you'll find out how much my grandmother means to me.

I used Michelle's kit called "Loving Memory" which is very timely for my situation at the moment. As I visited some of my favorite blogs today, I saw it and I downloaded it right away.

Download this kit in michelles-angels blog

Today, I made several posts to make up for the lost time, LOL. You'll find some freebies below (from me and from other designers) so scroll down and grab them all.