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L-O-V-E wooden decor
I bought these wooden hearts a while back with the intention of decorating them for my craft room.
I used the beautiful True Love paper from Basic Grey and some foam letters and flowers. Love the final look.
On my desk before I decided where to put them.
I had some satin butterflies I bought months ago and finally got to use one. So cute.
I love this butterfly.
Well it is another year and we begin another round of Project Life. For those of you who have never tried, you should check it out. Last year, I did fall behind and barely posted pages. But this year I aim to improve. I think I may post a few weeks at a time to make it easier on my schedule.
My Project LIfe 2013 cover!
This year I chose another We R Memory Keepers album. I tend to like the look and feel of them. I selected red because it just has the energy I feel for this year.
I also made a big decision to make my own journaling cards. I like the one’s Becky Higgins has made but I feel like I will be locked into their colors and some weeks, I have feel like they just don’t go well. I also thought it would be fun to use some of my stamps, washi tape and many other goodies that are crowding my craft room. So let ‘s see if I make it through the year or if I cave and buy some cards. Perhaps I will mix some in with the ones I create. I am going to keep my options open and focus on fun and documenting because that is what it is all about.
I will post more pages soon some come on back with a cup of tea and relax.
The Red Umbrella by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Welcome again to my Book Nook. Now don’t be turned off that this is a young adult book. I believe that all books are opportunities to grow and can be found even in young adult books. This book happens to fit in the historical fiction genre which is my favorite.
From 1960 to 1962, parents of over fourteen thousand Cuban children made the heart-wrenching decision to send their sons and daughters to the United States alone. The author pulled from her parents and mother-in-law’s personal experience who were among these children to create this story.
This book follows a fourteen year-old Cuban girl Lucia and her seven year old brother Frankie through their journey from Cuba and then to the United States.
This was a very fast read but don’t let that fool you, I had much to think about while reading it. I was not aware of this exodus of children from Cuba in the early 1960s. The book begins in Cuba and cleverly the author uses each chapter title to alert you to what is being written in the newspapers about Cuba at the time. So it isn’t simply about the family in the story it takes you to a broader view of the conflict.
I feel like it piques your interest about a very important part of history that seems to have been overlooked. As the author points out, this was the largest exodus of unaccompanied children ever in the history of the Western Hemisphere. I feel drawn to learn more Cuban history to understand how Fidel Castro took power of Cuba in 1959 promising a better life for the people and then began stripping all the rights away from the very people he promised to help.
And I would also like to find out if there documented first-hand accounts of the exodus experience. Like where are they now? Have they ever gone home? Did any of them experience the race relations strife that was taking place here in the United States.
Overall a great read and hope you will take a chance and read it too. Please share your thoughts with me on the book.
Week 27
This is my first week that I completed immediately after the week concluded. Rather than beat myself up, I am going to celebrate. I didn’t let myself get caught up in thinking it must be pretty and fuss over the look. I simply selected my photos, printed them then made my own journaling cards (I had to do a little something) and then stuck them in the album. So it is doable if I let go. Something I have a hard time doing.
Week 27 – page one
This week was a fun week with family celebrating the 4th of July. Lot’s of fun being together, playing games and sharing stories. I love that the boys will have these memories to bring forth in their lives.
