Lady V dZine

I had the privilege of participating in the Grab a Collab at ADSDesigners.  The theme is Zoo Spirit.  Following are the previews of the kit that I created with the provided palette. 

The kit:

The animals:

The template:

You can grab my portion of this fab collab here and here. [...]

As I was going through pictures looking for a family photo for the adoption application, I came across one of my favorites of Zane.  Picture was taken by Wells Family Photography, courtesy of Larry and Belinda Wells.  Posted here with permission.

Zane was about a month old, and had recently developed colic.  [...]

I was recently asked if I had ever Google’d my name.  I hadn’t.  So, I decided to give it a try.

It turns out that I share my name with a famous filmographer, Virginia Higgins. I found a lot of links for her. 

Here are a few that I found that actually include [...]

As I mentioned, we just sent in the paperwork for our application to adopt.

We checked into international adoption, but ran into several road blocks. 

First of all, I am affected by the Hay Wells syndrome of  Ectodermal Dysplasia.  What does that have to do with adoption?  Well, apparently, it disqualifies [...]

Who knew that a shock from a 120v outlet could cause one to feel so weird! 

Last night, I was blending up some baby food for Zane (I make all of his baby food myself) when the little processor sparked and sorta shocked me.  My left hand tingled and I had a [...]

Was a huge success!  At least, in my humble opinion. 

Ten people from my family attended (My hubby, Brian; my son, Zane; my Mom, Fredia; my sister, Denyse; my sister’s boyfriend, Dad; my nephew, Dyllan; my niece, Danielle; my niece, Delores; and myself)! 

We participated in Grand Rounds at the University of Iowa [...]

So, I was sitting at my computer thinking about what kits I could create when the phone rang.  It was my brother, John.  As we talked, I kept thinking about how my brother, Joe, always calls John “Henry.” 

I don’t know why, but, Joe has called John “Henry” for as long as I [...]

Melanie of By God’s Design is hosting the July Creating with Color Challenge at the Benevolent Boutique Forum.  Here is a preview of the mini kit that I created with the color palette provided:

Per the color challenge guidelines at the Benevolent Boutique Forum, I am posting a link to their forum for [...]

Nikki of  Just Passin Thru is hosting a Color Challenge at the Pretty Scrappy Forum.

And here’s my results:

You can snag it here.  (sorry, link expired)

Be sure to check out the Pretty Scrappy Forum for the monthly challenges, and head on and Nikki’s Color Challenge to see what participation prize [...]

Boo of BooLand Designs hosts a monthly color challenge over at the Stone Accent Studios forum. The palette for July is cute, and here is the layout that I did with the palette.  The picture is of my youngest niece, Delores.  She spent the night with us last year, and after putting on [...]