there are so many great digiscrap designers out there, and some of them are looking for new members for their creative teams. i'm so tempted to apply for them, but i feel like i'm too new at it, or i haven't done enough layouts... i love that i'm such a great second-guesser of myself eh? *rolleyes*
in better news, here's another new LO from me! woo hoo!



















inked edges and solid gray pp-atomic cupcake, soft sherbet pp-heather roselli, staples-shabby princess, paper tears-steph at digital paper tears
this is from when she and porter had RSV. poor little girl....

last night porter decided he didn't really want to sleep from about 3:30 until 5:15-ish, unless he was nursing. ugh!!! it's amazing what tricks your mind plays on you at that time of night, especially when you'd rather be sleeping. i think he had gas though, because finally, out of sheer desperation, i unwrapped him from his Miracle Blanket and sat with him on my chest, bouncing him, and man, did he BURP!! i need to keep reminding myself how lucky we are with porter, he's a pretty good sleeper in the day and at night, so some nights like these are just part of the job.

or at least that's what it feels like!
i was at TDC last night for the chat with their new designers, and to check out the new stuff. wowee! great kits that are bound to take an effect on my pocketbook. haven't played with the free kit that came with going to the chat yet, but i did make a page for the challenge "sweet on...", with a picture of cj and mercy in park city.

i know that i have areas to improve on, so anyone who happens across here, constructive criticism is more than welcome. :)
working on more pages...

it's true, i'm constantly fretting about things. it's like i can't NOT worry, if that makes sense. cj, on the other hand, doesn't worry, and doesn't understand why i worry so much. bah...
my latest thing to worry about is mercy. she doesn't say any words yet, and she'll be 18 months on the 19th. she does animal sounds with us, but no "real" words. she does "aah aah" like a monkey, moos like a cow, blows raspberries like a horse, quacks like a chicken, and opens and closes her mouth like a fish. but i don't know if those count as real words. and i have to wait til march for her check up to talk to her doc. i'm sure i could talk to him earlier, but truthfully i'm hoping that she learns a bunch of words in the next month. i just get so paranoid about something being wrong, and it scares me. but maybe it's scarier right now because i DON'T know anything for sure. and if we found out one way or another, at least we'd KNOW, and could start doing something about it...
told you i rambled, didn't i.
happier thoughts now... i'm so excited for the reopening of the Shabby Shoppe!!! woo woo! i've seen sneak previews of some of the kits (because i'm an A+ lurker in digiscrap blogs lol ) and i love them ALL!!!!!!!! so gorgeous, and i can't wait to get them. yay!
i'm doing cj's mission scrapbook for his birthday (not til may, so i have time), and have 2 pages done. i should figure out how to post them. i've mostly used freebies and things from Atomic Cupcake, but don't want to be so limited.
okay, time to wake up the sleeping princess...

i feel so excited!! i don't really know why, but who am i to question my feelings about starting a blog at 1 in the morning? :D
i'm laurie, and i live in salt lake, hence the name salty laurie. i'm married to a wonderful guy, cj, and we have two crazy kids; mercy who's one and a half this month (WHAT!?! who told her she could keep growing??), and porter, who just turned three months on the 5th.
i have many hobbies, biggest (at least at the moment) being scrapbooking. i'd been strictly a paper scrapper until this summer when my friend introduced me to digiscrapping. at first i wasn't too sure about it but i am HOOKED now. i'm trying to keep doing both scrapping styles, but it's hard. usually i get a great idea for a paper page but get frustrated that i don't have a certain supply or so on that i want, so i give up. digitally is much easier, and i love so many designers out there. i have to do more paper pages before i can justify buying more kits though, since i got alot of paper scrapbooking supplies for christmas. ah, the guilt... lol!
i should end it there for tonight and hit the sack, since porter will probably be awake in... oh... 15 minutes? :)