a useless fact about marshmallows and a layout..

did you know that marshmallows prevent or stops heartburn? true. one of my clients' daughter in laws is a doctor, and she told me that when patients ask her what she can prescribe for heartburn, she tells them to have a few marshmallows. they are also fatfree. so, i have been eating a few here and there. not because i get heartburn, but because i want to prevent it........ ( that is a good thing, is it not?)

Desiree made this beautiful layout about her youngest daughter. i love the way she used the patterned paper by Prima as the base and just accented it with stickles and glossy accents. i love scrapbooking. nothing makes me happier than scrapping, teaching people to scrap and seeing how they evolve and begin to create and interpret for themselves. when they develop their own unique style. when they come and show off their work. when you see how they beam when they know they have mastered a technique. when we share and share alike. i think when it is not just about creating, uplifting and sharing anymore, even when it is also your livelihood, and you get caught up in the "scrap-race" you lose something very important. there is a tendency in this industry of people being horrible to each other and not allowing each other a place in the sun. it is really sad. then again, i suppose it is everywhere. maybe it is because the industry is dominated by women that it is so obvious. it is still sad. i choose to do my own thing. i choose to scrapbook and not get involved in trying to copy others and steal their ideas, even if it means it will take a while longer to come up with something that attracts the "masses". if i am wrong, then at least it is a conscious choice i made and i will have no one to blame for the consequences but myself. i realised again today that when you give yourself out as a doormat, people will use you as one. but, doormats also have a purpose. very insignifficant when they are there. but when they are not, it always seems to rain and you always seem to need one! my failures are my own. i can't and won't blame other people for them. my successes i credit to God. for i am nothing without Jesus Christ through Whom all things are possible!