Printable Butterfly Scrapbook Pages

Printable Summer Scrapbook Page – Part II

Last week I posted the matching page for this beautiful printable scrapbook page.  This is page 2 of the set.  Feel free to print these pages to create beautiful memories from your summer garden or activities.



Printable Scrapbook Page: Summer Page 1

Do you scrapbook?  I started scraping several years ago, and I’m hooked.  I love preserving family memories, especially my grandchildren.  I love grabbing the albums that I’ve completed and sharing the memories with other family.  I always tell a story when I going through them with my grandchildren.  They love hearing about themselves or whomever is in the picture.  We spend hours laughing and reminiscing.   


I have hundreds of pictures that need to be added to books.  I’ve invested in paper, stickers, albums, glue, you name it.  I have the Cricut machine and the cartridges for die cuts.  I love scrapping.

I shop for all my scrapbooking supplies at discount stores or sales at Michael’s.  I’ve found stickers, buttons,albums and paper at Big Lots, Ollies, and the Dollar Store.  You can also find great deals on line. Oriental Trading is a great place to purchase Brads and paper.  Purchase when they have free shipping.  The also have premade scrapbooks for those who are confident in laying out pages just yet.  I look at my pages now versus when I started years and ago, and I’ve come a long way in my creativity.  

Feel free to print this page.  It’s one of my favorites, and would be great to create memories of those beautiful flowers you have growing in your garden this summer.  I will be posting the coordinating page in my next free printable post.

Printable Golf Scrapbook Pages

Need a last minute idea for Father’s Day or just want to capture dad’s golf photos for your scrapbook? Print these layouts and just add yours or his favorite photos.   Stay tuned for our summer series.  Enjoy!

Dreams Really Do Come True

                                                                     

  

Dreams really do come true.  My daughter has been a Tar Heel fan as far back as I can remember.  I purchased Tar Heel gear for her all through high school so she could show her love.  She has passed her love on to Xavier.  He has on his University of North Carolina colors, light blue and white shirt, and a smile bright enough to light up the sky as he stands in front of the NC Chapel Hill logo.  A big moment for a little boy. 


My daughter was given 4 tickets to see the Tar Heel basketball team play this pass week-end at the Dean Dome, which seats 21,750 fans.  That’s a huge stadium.  I don’t know who was happier, Xavier or Marisha.  My SIL, who is not a UNC fan, swallowed his pride and made arrangements to take the family and one of Xavier’s friends to Chapel Hill, NC for the week-end.  They had seats directly behind the team, 12 rows away.  How great is that.  To put the icing on the cake, the Tar Heels won 80-51.  Go Bighorn Rams. 

Wondering where the name Tar Heels comes from.  Here’s the history:  North Carolina settlements provided tar, pitch, and turpentine for the navy, in particular the British navy. It was used to paint the bottom of wooden British ships to seal them and to prevent damage to the hull from shipworms.  During the Civil War, it was stated that troops stuck to their ranks like they had tar on their heels. The nickname “Tar Heels” was born. 

This is a picture of Marisha, Xavier, and Xavier’s friend with Rameses the Tar Heel mascot.   Rameses first appeared at a pep rally before a football game against Virginia Military Institute in 1924.  The Bighorn Ram was officially adopted as the mascot and continues to cheer on the Tar Heels. 
Some well known graduates from UNC who went on to play pro ball are Rick Fox and Michael Jordan.  Rick Fox was married to one of my all time favorite singers, Vanessa Williams, and he turned out to be a great actor.  
Family is important and making memories with family is just as important for children.  This family event will live in Xavier’s memory.  He will always remember being at Dean Dome and all of its surroundings when he’s watching the Tar Heels play on TV.  He will always remember daddy making arrangements to take him and mommy to see their favorite NCAA team.  He will be able to look at these pictures and remember one of the most exciting activities ever with mommy, daddy and friend Prince.  I see a scrapbook of this trip in his future.