♪ ♫ Viva Mexico!!! ♫ ♪

These beach musicians in Mexico played the Burro song for us...it was hilarious!!!

All products by Digital Scrapbook Place. Credits:
Music to My Ears Page Kit, from the Scraps of Fun Performing Arts CD
Love Song Page Kit by Lauren Bavin
Essence of You Page Kit by Tina Chambers
Cracked and Creased Overlay Kit #2 by Meryl Bartho
Edges 14 - Edgy Photos by Suzanne Walker
Raspberry Guitar Picks by Kim Liddiard
Colonial America Page Kit by Elizabeth Weaver

Watchin the Waves

I feel like it's been forever since I did a page, so I did a double for the Elite 2 Page Sketch Challenge for August. It feels good to remember the beach, warm sun and sounds from our vacation last winter. And yet, we are looking forward to another (winter is coming up all too soon!!)

Feature Article

Like many scrappers, I often dreamed of being published - whether for my layouts, my photography or maybe even a little journaling.

Every submission a hopeful scrapper sends in to a magazine is a competition of sorts - to win a coveted spot in a publication. Something that shows that your work is viable, acceptable and yes, even attractive.

I have won a few such coveted spots in the years I've been digital scrapping - Scrapstreet, Ready; Set; Create, Memory Makers (a real, compensated spot in their print magazine! as well as several Idea Gallery Inspiration spots), Somerset (another print magazine) - but in this case, I am honored and humbled to be the sole winner of Scrapbooking.com Magazine's June Vacation layout contest.

My layout was scrapped from the heart - this one was not done with competition in mind. It was just one that I really loved creating - and that the folks at Scrapbooking.com felt was worthy, and that you might like too.

Here is my layout, and a link to the magazine article is here: Vacations Layout Contest Winner

Three words...

"Vacation in Mazatlan"

Our winter vacation this year.

This weekend we went boating down the St. Croix river with our friends on their boat. It was hot, but nowhere near the 100+ degrees it was a week or so ago! Got some fun and sun in!

Here I am beachin' :)














And here are the guys "hangin out" (no pun intended!) ;)





















Have a great week!!
XOXOX
Mike and Gail

Puerto Vallarta

Our "Shrimp Guy" on the beach. The best shrimp ceviche and shrimp cocktails you can get anywhere. I miss him already :( 

Puerto Vallarta

The beach at our hotel.