The Effects of a Homecoming....and some FREEBIES too :)

(Yes, there's a freebie in this post, two freebies actually, but they're at the end of the post. Feel free to read before you download!)

Well, since the last time I blogged I was "promoted" to ad director on the Duchess Designs CT, Nate came home, we went to the beach, and I took that tentative first step toward being a digi-scrap designer.

Woah, wait, Shannon. Slow down. Nate came home? YOU BET HE DID!! It's great to have my dishwas--uh I mean HUSBAND home, heehee. Seriously though, it's been nice, and Charly's been stoked. We were able to get in a little family time before he had to go back to work. We went down to Wilmington and had a pretty good coupla days at the beach. Nate had Charly out in the water, and this big wave came up and smashed right into them. Here are the before, during, and after pictures of that wave:

Here comes the wave.

There they are right in it!

And Nate's going, "WOOOOOO!!"


We got new desks and so these last couple of days have been spent putting everything away that was on the old desks. I'm the kind of person that clutters things up, especially my home workspace, for some reason. And now I have a HUGE desk to clutter up even more! But hopefully not.

Next week is VBS, and I am for sure doing some photography for it. It'll be so fun! I'll just have to remind myself that I'm taking pics of everyone, not JUST Charly.

This is the latest kit by Duchess Designs. It's been out a little over a week, and I love love love working with it!! Click the preview to pick up yours! Maria's working on some rockin new stuff right now, and everytime she shows me something new, I get totally excited. I'll let you know as soon as it's out!

Also, Tracey just released her Dinosaur papers, doodles, elements, and alphas in one big kit, click the image to pick it up, and check back here to see the layout I'm working on with it!


Here are some layouts I've done since the last time I posted (click images for credits):

The Hero Shot

Quiet Time with Dad

My Little Photographer

First Time Drumming

And now for the freebies. I have recently discovered that I'm pretty good at making templates. I also created the name Silly Bean Scraps to go along with them. (It sounds cooler than putting Shannon H on them!) Silly Beans is one of our most frequently used nicknames for Charly. So here are my first two free, personal use templates, just click the template images to download them and enjoy! And as you'll read in the TOU, I'd love to see what you make with them!

Here's my first template: Bulletin Board. It was made for a partner challenge at DC, which you'll see below this image.


Here's the layout I made with Amanda.

And this is my second template: Here Comes the Sun

Priceless

WHEW!! That's all for now...I hope! We're having such a good time over at Digital Candy with the month-long birthday celebration, you should come check it out if you haven't. There's lots of challenges, prizes, random goodies, and awesome sales. See you there!

-S