DH’s staff party on Saturday was pretty fun! The weather wasn’t that great - drizzling a tiny bit, but there was a good turn out and there was face painting and a bouncy castle for the girls to do (although Kaylee didn’t want to do either). There was hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and the owner even brought it freshly made french fries from a chip wagon (20 boxes!). Kristen spent most of the time with a bunch of girls her age. She just loved her newly painted face and didn’t want to wash it off that night! LOL
Yesterday I got this gorgeous necklace in the mail. One of the women in my mommies group has breast cancer and one of the other members said she’d make a necklace for whoever wanted to buy one, in honor of Beth. The clear bead is for Beth and the 2 little pink ones are for her 2 children. I don’t normally wear much jewelry except for the stuff I never take off, but I couldn’t pass this up.
I only have one layout to show you right now. For some reason I haven’t scrapped much in the past few days. I am really pleased with how this turned out. I’ve had these pics for a while now and never got around to scrapping them, then I got the Beep Boop 2 scoops kit from Lauren & Kristin and the colors were almost perfect for them! I just had to darken the blues and reds a bit. I hope my FIL likes it! This is his plane that he built himself!
I’m starting to think about Christmas already…ways I can save money on gifts like Air Miles points can get me gift cards for some people, my Pampers points can get me 25 free photo cards, etc. What do you do during the holidays to save money on gifts? I already got my ILs present, but I can’t say what it is because my MIL reads this sometimes. 
There’s a new Cheaters Challenge up in my Playroom at JLD! Check it out here! There’s a new incentive to do the challenge too…I will randomly draw 3 names for a $5 GC to my store for those who participate and post their links in the thread!
That’s it for me this beautiful fall day! (I know, technically it’s still summer, but it feels like fall!) It’s supposed to be generally nice up until at least October 1st. I’m happy about that for sure! Have a great day!
Oh love the necklace…and the challenge looks great! Will have to check it out at home (if my power comes back on). Have a great day!
that is a beautiful necklace.. I love its charm and simplicity, and of course the heart behind it
Wow, what a beautiful necklace!! Challenge looks fun and your layout is gorgeous!
that picture is SO cute! beautiful necklace, love the layout!
Love the necklace!
Sounds like a fun weekend. For Christmas one of the ways I save money is to make things for people who I know will appreciate them. Now some of these are not a great money saving because supplies can become costly if we aren’t careful but it reduces my crafting and hobby budget because I am using it as a gift. Some people don’t appreciate homemade as much and for those I will buy things because I want it to be something they will like. My Dad already knows what he is getting, he gets an ice cream pail full of gingersnaps each year. He loves it and looks forward to it. My girls love that they get to help make grandpa’s present. I start adding non perishable baking supplies to my grocery list as early as October for Christmas baking so there isn’t a hit in December. Thanks for the prompt to start thinking about such things.
Love her painted face, so well done! and what a cute necklace! thanks for sharing about the challenge : beautiful template!
Aww, she looks so sweet with her face paint. I can see why she didn’t want to wash it off. Very pretty necklace, I hope everything works out for her and that you wearing the necklace shows her that she’s not alone. No idea on Christmas yet… I refuse to think about it. lol
That necklace is fabulous!!!!! It’s such a special thing for me so it does me good to know that others support when they can.
Love the template!
I’ll try to work with it later! 
What a beautiful necklace and wonderful cause!! The challenge sounds like fun! I may have to go check it out!!
Gorgeous necklace.
Great challenge.
Oh - So many good things to comment on. First of all I LOVE that photo of your daughter with her face painted. SO CUTE - secondly - WOW - that layout is SO GREAT - the photos go perfectly with that kit.
Oh, she’s so cute!
Cute photo Jen! She is gonna be an actress some day…you can tell by all the poses she strikes
Either that or a model.
The necklace looks great! I got mine the other day too. Stupid me, I never thought to ask Sherry to add an M to mine instead of a B so now I have to find a charm that matches.
Great LO!
Off to download the challenge!