Date No. 8

Henry and I went on two more dates during my Spring Break.
This one was on St. Patrick's Day (in case you couldn't tell). He surprised me by taking me to Magnolia Cafe. If you're ever in Austin, you should definitely stop by and try their Tropical Turkey Tacos. Turkey, avocado, pineapple, and melted mozzarella on a wheat tortilla...I love them.

After dinner we walked down South Congress. There are lots of funky and trendy shops there, and we found a new candy shop. We shared sour belts. It was a fun night.

Credits:
Papers-Designer Digitals Feb 15th Color Challenge (bg) and 2ps Martha Freebie Kit
Journal block-Parisian Labels by Rhonna Farrer (the 3rd purchase I made with my free $20 at 2ps)
Fonts-AR Julian and Engravers MT
Word art-"Lucky Me" Danielle Young of Oscraps

p.s. My husband works for FedEx Kinko's, so he is able to print my 12x12 pages for free!

The Seventh Date of Christmas

Forgive me for mentioning Christmas in March, but...



apparently I forgot to make a post about these back in January. These are pages from the one day, one night trip Henry and I made to Fredericksburg for our year and a half wedding anniversary. =)

P.S. I can't even remember if we've been on date number 8 yet.
P.P.S. If you are married, what do you and your husband do for dates? Heck, even if you aren't married, what do you and your significant other do for dates?

The Sixth Date of Christmas

Credits:
-Floral paper: 2ps "Color My World"
-Blue background paper: 2ps "Future Rock Star"
-Cream paper: 2ps "Spring Time Fever"
-Flower border: 2ps Aug 2008 Free Kit

The Fifth Date of Christmas

For this date we went to the movies (to see Twilight I believe...my dear, sweet husband sat through it for me!) and came home and snuggled up with some hot chocolate. =)

This was by far the fastest page I've ever made. It's really simple.
Credits:
-Template: Paislee Press "Lark" Quickpage
-Overlay: 2ps "Future Rock Star"
-How do I love thee word art: 2ps "Free Love"
-Stars: 2ps "Proud to Be Digital"

The Fourth Date of Christmas(ish)

My page for this date is a little deceiving because not only did we have lunch at Pei Wei, but we also played with toys at Toys-r-Us and shopped around at Hobby Lobby. Does it sound thrilling? It was.

Credits:
-the bg paper is a combination of five, count 'em FIVE papers: 1) 2ps "Future Rock Star" bright orange 2) 2ps "Martha" orange 3) 2ps "Color My World" dark brown 4)SP "Dinner Party" red 5) SP "Express Yourself" brown
-template: Little Dreamer Designs "Mushy Love"
-and all those rustic looking metals? unfortunately I don't remember where I got them...
-font: AR Carter

The Third Date of Christmas

We went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Body Worlds brain exhibit for our third date. We'd seen another Body Worlds exhibit before, and this one was very similar. I had hoped it would be more about just the brain. Still pretty cool.



This is my simplest layout yet. I got the template from Oscraps (Simple Template No. IV) and duplicated the red flower. I then changed the layer type to Luminosity to make it green. Background paper is from SP "Seasonal Sampler" Holiday Paper Green. Fonts: Parchment and Popsies. Voila!

The Second Date of Christmas

For our second date we went to a session at the Houston Temple, and afterwards we did some Christmas shopping at the church bookstore across the street.

There is a certain beauty to each temple, but I especially love the Houston Temple because it is the one we were married in and because it looks like a fairytale castle. =) I also love how in love I feel when I cuddle and whisper with my husband in the Celestial Room. It's truly the closest place to heaven on earth. How could I get a better date than that?

Credits:
Bg paper-SP Seasonal Sampler Holiday Paper "Ornate"
Frame with paper clip-Fei Fei's Stuff "Save It"
Ribbon-R. Penner's "Express Yourself" kit from SP
Font-Little Lord Fontleroy NF

Twelve Dates of Christmas

Instead of exchanging traditional gifts with Henry this year, I decided that it would be more fun and productive (you know, quality time together, strengthening our relationship, yada, yada)for us to go on a dating spree. Digital scrapbooking wasn't the only thing that suffered during this past semester of school; date night fell by the wayside too. So, this Christmas season we're attempting to go on twelve dates.

Why twelve? Contrary to what this blog may be leading you to believe, 12 is not my favorite number. It's twelve dates to go along with the twelve days of Christmas, which, according to Wikipedia, are "the festive days beginning the evening of Christmas Day through the morning of Epiphany." (I really don't know anything about the day of Epiphany. Does anyone celebrate that? Basically, I just got the 12 date idea from Oprah and I think it'll be fun.)

We've gone on three dates so far, and I'm going to try to scrapbook each one.

Here is the first date of Christmas:



My parents live about twenty minutes from the Johnson Space Center, but it'd been years since I'd been. We had fun on the tram tour though I have to say it was a wee bit chilly outside. Our favorite part was playing around with the indoor exhibits.

Credits:
Template-Little Dreamer Designs "Love"
Ornament png-Fei Fei's Stuff
Christmas trees-SP Seasonal Sampler
Dark green bg-Designer Digitals color challenge 12-7-08
Light green bg-2 ps Martha Stewart kit
Red polka dot paper-Designer Digitals Everyday Inspiration 11-23
Red and Brown dots-SP "Sunporch"