Table of Contents 

• Back to school
• Friendship
• Blinkie State license plates
• Charm bracelets
• Charities
• Reviews
• Blinkies
• Firefighters
• Happy Independence Day
• Summer Fun
• Road to the White House
• Memorial Day
• Autism
• Mother's Day quotes and poems
• Baby girl quotes
• Baby boy quotes
• Scrapbook quotes
• Scrapbook titles and toppers
• Scramories blog feed
• Season layout
• Freebies, freebies, FREEBIES!
• Scramories guestbook
• Scrapbook layouts and tags
• Scrapbooking glossary
• Easter quotes
• Scrapbook layouts
• Interesting and Fun Lenses
• Craft Links Plexo

Back to school 

 
 

Friendship 

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
~ Charles Caleb Colton

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."
~ Anais Nin

"My friends are my estate."
~ Emily Dickinson

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
~ Anonymous

"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out"
~ Walter Winchell

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."
~ Len Wein

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend."
~ Albert Camus (also attributed to Maimonidies)

"Every person is a new door to a different world."
~ from the movie "Six Degrees of Seperation"

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."
~ John Leonard

"No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."
~ Francois Mocuriac

"Friendship is one mind in two bodies."
~ Mencius

"True friendship is never serene."
~ Mariede Svign

"It's the friends you can call up at 4am that matter."
~ Marlene Dietrick

"A friend is a gift you give yourself."
~ Robert Louis Stevenson

"Friend - a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection and loyalty."
~ Collins English Dictionary

"A new friendship is like an unripened fruit - it may become either an orange or a lemon"
~ Emma Stacey

"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success."
~ Oscar Wilde

"Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel;
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new~ hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade."
~ William Shakespeare

"Friendship with oneself is all - important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
~ Mother Teresa

"I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody."
~ Benjamin Franklin

"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends."
~ Aristotle

"Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with."
~ Mark Twain

"Thus nature has no love for solitude, and always leans, as it were, on some support; and the sweetest support is found in the most intimate friendship."
~ Cicero

"Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind."
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The best mirror is an old friend."
~ George Herbert

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Charm bracelets 

Charities 

Causes worth supporting

This great group of divas are giving back to a worthy cause in the form of a Ride For A Cure through the United States and Canada for a total of 5,010 miles!

For details and the route list visit Ride For A Cure, and lend a hand to a worthy cause.

Reviews 

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Firefighters 

Firefighters save hearts and homes.
~Author Unknown

Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved.
~Susan Diane Murphree

Firefighters are hot stuff!
~Author Unknown

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
~Ambrose Redmoon

Firefighting - one of the few professions left that still makes house calls.
~Author Unknown

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
~Albert Schweitzer

You might be a firefighter if your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you. ~Author Unknown

You might be a firefighter if you've ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight. ~Author Unknown

Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls. ~David Thomas

You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire.
~Larry Brown

Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart.
~Proverb

Courage can't see around corners, but goes around them anyway.
~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
~Cynthia Ozick

Whatever the American's are proud of - whatever they consider to be particularly good, useful, brilliant, or characteristic of themselves or their climate, they designate, half in jest, though scarcely half in earnest, as an "institution." Thus the memory of George Washington... is an institution; the Falls of Niagara are an institution; the Plymouth Rock, on which the Pilgrim Fathers first set foot, is an institution...; "Sweet potatoes" are an institution, and Pumpkin (or Punkin) pie is an institution; ...squash is an institution; Bunker Hill is an institution; and the firemen of New York are a great institution. ~Charles Mackay, Life and Liberty in America, 1850

The funny thing about firemen is, night and day, they are always firemen.
~Gregory Widen, Backdraft

You may not have saved a lot of money in your life, but if you have saved a lot of heartaches for other folks, you are a pretty rich man.
~Seth Parker

I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
~William Shakespeare

When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. ~Edward F. Croker

It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.
~Tom Brokaw

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. ~William Arthur Ward

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
~Author Unknown

Firefighters - your worst nightmare is just another day at the office.
~Author Unknown

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. ~Tracy Chapman

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. ~G.B. Stern

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
~James Allen

Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.
~William Feather

Happy Independence Day 

Happy Birthday America!

Summer Fun 

Summer and Independence Day quotes

Road to the White House 

Barrack Obama & John McCain

Memorial Day 

The History & quotes

The History
Memorial (Decoration) Day is set aside to commemorate the sacrifices of the brave men and women in uniform, so to our brave service members past and present, especially my cousin Lt. Saibatu (Tutu) Mansaray bravely serving Iraq, thank you for your sacrifices and come home safely, soon.



They fell, but o'er their glorious grave
Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
~Francis Marion Crawford

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
~ Taken from a headstone in Ireland

Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,
But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.
~ Rupert Brooke

The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
~Minot J. Savage

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
~ Benjamin Disraeli

And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~ Lee Greenwood

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast,
And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Peace to each manly soul that sleepeth;
Rest to each faithful eye that weepeth...
~Thomas Moore

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye.
~ Thomas Dunn English

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.
~ Joseph Drake

Perform, then, this one act of remembrance before this Day passes - Remember there is an army of defense and advance that never dies and never surrenders, but is increasingly recruited from the eternal sources of the American spirit and from the generations of American youth.
~ W.J. Cameron

On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!
~ Thomas William Parsons

Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.
~ Daniel Webster

With the tears a Land hath shed
Their graves should ever be green.
~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
~ Henry Ward Beecher

Green sods are all their monuments; and yet it tells
A nobler history than pillared piles,
Or the eternal pyramids.
~ James Gates Percival

Is't death to fall for Freedom's right?
He's dead alone who lacks her light!
~ Thomas Campbell

For love of country they accepted death...
~ James A. Garfield

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallow'd mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands their knell is rung,
There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And Freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell, a weeping hermit, there.
~ William Collins

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
~ Thomas Campbell

Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms.
~ Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen,
Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.
~ Richard Watson Gilder

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Mother's Day quotes and poems 

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan

Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,
Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,
Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,
But only one mother the wide world over.
~George Cooper

Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... since the payment is pure love.
~Mildred B. Vermont

The sweetest sounds to mortals given
Are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.
~William Goldsmith Brown

A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.
~Peter De Vries

If the whole world were put into one scale, and my mother in the other, the whole world would kick the beam.
~Lord Langdale (Henry Bickersteth)

All mothers are working mothers.
~Author Unknown

It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.
~Phyllis Diller

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.
~Rajneesh

Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill.
~John Erskine

A Freudian slip is when you say one thing but mean your mother.
~Author Unknown

Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.
~Ambrose Bierce

Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that.
~Golda Meir

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
~Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
~Aristotle

Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible.
~Marion C. Garretty, quoted in A Little Spoonful of Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul

Mother - that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.
~T. DeWitt Talmage

A man's work is from sun to sun, but a mother's work is never done.
~Author Unknown

A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.
~Irish Proverb

The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men - from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes

God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
~Jewish Proverb

Motherhood is priced
Of God, at price no man may dare
To lessen or misunderstand.
~Helen Hunt Jackson

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
~Oprah Winfrey

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.
~William D. Tammeus

Now that... my kids are grown, I understand how much work and love it takes to raise and to keep a family together. The example of your strength, devotion, and patience is now rippling through the generations. Thank you!
~Forest Houtenschil

My mom is a neverending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune.
~Graycie Harmon

Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.
~Elizabeth Stone

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
~John Wilmot

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have anything to do with it.
~Haim Ginott

Are we not like two volumes of one book?
~Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
~Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

Who fed me from her gentle breast
And hushed me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
~Anne Taylor

On Mother's Day I have written a poem for you. In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines: You're my mother, I would have no other!
~Forest Houtenschil

Children are a great comfort in your old age - and they help you reach it faster, too.
~Lionel Kauffman

Sing out loud in the car even, or especially, if it embarrasses your children.
~Marilyn Penland

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.
~Charles R. Swindoll, The Strong Family

Now the thing about having a baby - and I can't be the first person to have noticed this - is that thereafter you have it.
~Jean Kerr

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.
~Chinese Proverb

Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected.
~Red Buttons

If nature had arranged that husbands and wives should have children alternatively, there would never be more than three in a family.
~Lawrence Housman

Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
~William Makepeace Thackeray

Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
~Sam Levenson

The one thing children wear out faster than shoes is parents.
~John J. Plomp

Setting a good example for your children takes all the fun out of middle age.
~William Feather, The Business of Life, 1949

Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion-picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.
~Fran Lebowitz, "Parental Guidance," Social Studies, 1981

This heart, my own dear mother, bends,
With love's true instinct, back to thee!
~Thomas Moore

Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and make loud "snort" noises.) I don't know why parents don't do this more often. Usually it makes the kid laugh. Sometimes it sends him into shock. Either way it quiets him down. If you're a parent, acting like a rhino has another advantage. Keep it up until the kid is a teenager and he definitely won't have his friends hanging around your house all the time. ~P.J. O'Rourke

I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich.
~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, M*A*S*H, "Identity Crisis,"

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.
~Dinah Craik

Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
~Albert Schweitzer

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
~Laurence J. Peter

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
~Marcel Proust

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden. ~Attributed to Claudia Ghandi

Christian Mother's Day poems

Christian Poems about Mother
By M.S.Lownd
We pray you'll know God's love
More abundant in your life
And know how much you're valued
As a Mother and a wife
We want so much for you to know
We've appreciated you
And pray you'll have a wonderful day
In all that you may do

Mother's Day Poem
Christian Verse
By Lachelle B. Ransom
Mothers are special people
God knew that from the start
That's why he created them in His own image and to them gave the biggest heart.
She's able to heal our hurts with only a kiss and hug
She's able to cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner and is never slow as a slug.
Mothers are special people
God knew they'd always be
He created them to do so much that involves you and me.
She has to be a teacher to teach us what we need to know
She has to be a taxi driver to get us where we need to go.
Mothers are special people
God knew His work was complete
When He created someone that could do SOOO much on her own two feet.
She is a Christian on Him she depends
She displays the fruit of the Spirit and a helping hand she is willing to lend.
Mothers are special people
God tells me so each day
For if it weren't for Him I wouldn't be one today.

Twilight
Christian poem By Winifred Sackville S

Baby girl quotes 

"A child is God's opinion that life should go on."
~ Unknown

"In the eyes of a child... there is joy, there is laughter... there is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future..."
~ Air Supply

"In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born, one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense of two people existing only for each other."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"Maternal love, like an orange tree, buds and blossoms and bears at once. When a woman puts her finger for the first time into the tiny hand of her baby and feels that helpless clutch which tightens her very heartstrings, she is born again with her newborn child."
~ Kate Douglas Wiggin

"Our daughter is the knot that ties the family together".
~ Me (Ada)

"Some women are dripping with diamonds, some women are dripping with pearls, look at me, lucky me, I'm dripping with little girls."
~ From the musical "Little Orphan Annie"

A baby girl...
one of the most beautiful miracles in life,
one of the greatest joys we can ever know,
and one of the reasons why
there is a little extra sunshine, laughter and happiness
in your world today.
~ Unknown

A baby is a blank check made payable to the human race.
~ Barbara Christine Seifert

A Daughter: The companion, the friend, and the confidant of her mother, and the object of a pleasure something like the love between the angels to her father.
~ Richard Steele, 1710

A girl is
Innocence playing in the mud,
Beauty standing on its head,
and Motherhood dragging a doll by the foot.
~ Alan Beck

A wee bit of heaven
drifted down from above-
A handful of happiness,
a heart full of love.

The mystery of life,
so sacred and sweet-
The giver of joy
so deep and complete.

Precious and priceless,
so lovable, too-
The world's sweetest miracle,
baby, is you.
~ Helen Steiner Rice

Sugar and spice
and all things that are nice
That's what little girls are made of
~ Unknown

A world to be born
under your footsteps...
~ Saint-John Perse

Babies are such a nice way to start people.
~ DON HEROLD

Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star.
~ Alice C.D. Riley

BABY'S GIRL (Put in name of Baby that you are addressing)

We don't know you yet
But we love you...
You are
New beginnings
New life
Family...
The gift of tomorrow
Belongs to you...
~ Judy Janish

Courage, determination, pride...that's what little girls are made of.
~ Unknown

Fresh as a daisy!
~ Unknown

Girls are giggles with freckles all over them
~ Unknown

Let's put FIRST things FIRST!
~ Unknown

Little Girl Under Construction
~ Unknown

Little girls are precious gifts, wrapped in love serene. Their dresses are tied with sashes and wrapped up in dreams.
~ Unknown

Little girls are the nicest things that happen to people.
~ Allen Beck

Little girls dance their way into your heart,
Whirling on the tips of angel wings,
Scattering gold dust and kisses in our paths
~ Unknown

No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant.
~ Amy Leslie

Nothing is as precious or brings home so much love, as a brand new baby sent from above.
~ Unknown

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
~ Leo J. Burke

She will fill our lives with sunshine...
And our hearts with love.
~ Unknown

Special Things Come in Small Packages
~ Unknown

Ten fingers, Ten toes
She's laughter and teardrops
So small and brand new
And amazingly angelic
She's sent to bless you
She's one special Baby
The best of life's treasure
And will grant and bless you
Many hours of great pleasure
~ Unknown

Ten little fingers, Ten tiny toes,
The sweetest of smiles
And a cute little nose.
All these add up
To a very special
thing - A BABY
The greatest of gifts
That life can bring
~ Unknown

Ten tiny little fingers that always want to play,
That never stop exploring the wonder of today.
Ten tiny little fingers that from the very start,
Will reach out for tomorrow yet always hold your heart.
~ Unknown

The beauty of a girl cannot be mimicked, fabricated or created by human means, it only occurs naturally.
~ Pam Callaghan

The decision to have a child is to accept that your heart will forever walk about outside your body.
~ Katherine Hadley

The distance is nothing;
It is only the first step that is difficult.
~ Marquise du Deffand

The smile on your face brings a smile to my heart.
~ Unknown

Watch a mans toughness melt away when he looks into the eyes of his baby daughter.
~ Kim Mc

You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in Your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
~ Psalm 139:16

Baby boy quotes 

Frogs, and tails, and puppy dog tails

You'll never know how much I love you...not until the son becomes a father.
~ Uknown

A baby is a blank check made payable to the human race.
~ Barbara Christine Seifert

A brand new little baby boy, to fill our lives and hearts with joy.
~ Unknown

A brand new little baby boy, to fill our lives and hearts with joy.
~ Unknown

A child fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty
~ Unknown

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities. ~ Eda J LeShan

A perfect summer day to a little boy means, a scrape on the knee, mud on his face and collecting bugs in garden.
~ Uknown

A wee bit of heaven
drifted down from above-
A handful of happiness,
a heart full of love.
~ Uknown

The mystery of life,
so sacred and sweet-
The giver of joy
so deep and complete
~ Uknown

"In the eyes of a child....there is joy, there is laughter.... there is hope, there is trust, a chance to shape the future....
~ Air Supply

"In the sheltered simplicity of the first days after a baby is born, one sees again the magical closed circle, the miraculous sense of two people existing only for each other."
~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh

"Maternal love, like an orange tree, buds and blossoms and bears at once. When a woman puts her finger for the first time into the tiny hand of her baby and feels that helpless clutch which tightens her very heartstrings, she is born again with her newborn child." ~ Kate Douglas Wiggin

"You'll never know how much I love you....not until the son becomes a father." ~ Uknown

A baby is a blank check made payable to the human race.
~ Barbara Christine Seifert

A brand new little baby boy, to fill our lives and hearts with joy.
~ Unknown

A brand new little baby boy, to fill our lives and hearts with joy.
~ Unknown

A child fills a place in your heart that you never knew was empty
~ Unknown

A new baby is like the beginning of all things - wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.
~ Eda J LeShan

A perfect summer day to a little boy means, a scrape on the knee, mud on his face and collecting bugs in garden.
~ Uknown

A wee bit of heaven
drifted down from above-
A handful of happiness,
a heart full of love.
~ Uknown

The mystery of life,
so sacred and sweet-
The giver of joy
so deep and complete
~ Uknown

Precious and priceless,
so lovable, too-
The world's sweetest miracle,
baby, is you.
~ Helen Steiner Rice

A world to be born
under your footsteps....
~ Saint-John Perse

Babies are such a nice way to start people.
~ Don Herold

Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star.
~ Alice C.D. Riley

BABY'S NAME (Put in name of Baby that you are addressing)
(Baby Name) we don't know you yet
But we love you....
You are
New beginnings
New life
Family....
The gift of tomorrow
Belongs to you....
~ Judy Janish

Close your eyes
Have no fear
The monsters gone
he's on the run
And your Daddy's here
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Boy.
~ John Lennon

Even before the stars lit up the sky, your little boy had a special place in the heart of God.
~ Unknown

For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

How soft and fresh he breathes!
Look! He is dreaming! Visions sure of joy
Are gladdening his rest; and, ah! who knows
But waiting angels do converse in sleep
With babes like this!
~ Bishop Coxe (1818-1896)

If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.
~ Maya Angelou

BOY TITLES
All Boy
Backyard boy
Boy meets world
Boy, oh boy!
Boys and their toys
Boys only!
Boys-R-Us
Boys will be boys
First set of wheels
Like father, like son
Mommy's little "son" flower
You are my "son" shine
~ Unknown

Keiki or pepe
Baby: in hawiian

Little Boy Under Construction
~ Unknown

May your life be filled with beautiful sunsets, great waves and sand between your toes.
~ Chere Nordstrand

No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant.
~ Amy Leslie

Nothing is as precious or brings home so much love, as a brand new baby sent from above.
~ Unknown

Our Very Own Son
Born not from our flesh,
but born in our hearts,
You were longed for and wanted
and loved from the start.
Conceived from a blessing
sent straight from above,
Our very "own" son
at last home to love.
~ Unknown

People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one.
~ Leo J. Burke

Special Things Come in Small Packages
~ Unknown

Ten little fingers, Ten tiny toes,
The sweetest of smiles
And a cute little nose.
All these add up
To a very special
thing - A BABY
The greatest of gifts
That life can bring
~ Unknown

Ten tiny little fingers that always want to play,
That never stop exploring the wonder of today.
Ten tiny little fingers that from the very start,
Will reach out for tomorrow yet always hold your heart.

~ Unknown

The decision to have a child is to accept that your heart will forever walk about outside your body.
~ Katherine Hadley

The only thing worth stealing is a kiss from a sleeping baby ~Unknown

There is nothing like the blessing Of a bouncing, baby boy He will fill your home with energy And touch your heart with joy. He'll hug you and bug you And try you within But each precious memory You'll treasure again and again.
~ Linda LaTourelle

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

twinkle twinkle
little boy
how you fill my heart
with joy.
~ Melissa

You came from heaven, oh, so sweet
A precious bundle of joy
And here on earth we finally meet
Our beautiful baby boy!
Some people say you look like your dad
Some think you look like me
But either way is OK
You're all that we hoped you would be.
Now every night before we sleep
We thank our Father above
For sending us a special gift
That fills our home with love.
~ Unknown

You don't raise heroes; you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes. ~ Walter Schirra Sr.

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A one-stop knowledge center on scrapbooking

1. Scrapbook Glossary
   
   A
   Album -- Blank book used to store photographs and scrapbook pages.
   
   Analogous Colors -- Colors that are next to each other on the color wheel.
   
   Aperture -- The opening in a camera that lets in light. The aperture opens and closes when the shutter is released.
   
   Archival -- Term used to describe a product or technique used in preserving artifacts, photographs, memorabilia and other items.
   
   B
   Basic Templates -- Templates in basic shapes, such as circles, squares, ovals, etc.
   
   Blending Pencil -- Tool used to blend colored pencils to create different shades of a color.
   
   Buffered -- Word used to describe products capable of maintaining the core of a solution. For example, buffered paper prevents acid from moving from a photograph to paper.
   
   C
   Calligraphy -- Formal, old-fashioned lettering.
   
   Cardstock -- Thick, sturdy paper available in a variety of weights.
   
   CK OK (Creating Keepsakes Okay) -- Scrapbooking seal of approval. Items that have the CK OK are considered safe to use in scrapbooking.
   
   Clip Art -- Art purchased in book or software form with pictures that can be applied to scrapbook pages.
   
   Collage -- An artistic composition made of various materials (paper, cloth, wood, etc.) that are glued onto a surface.
   
   Color Wheel -- Shows color relationships and placement.
   
   Corner-Edger Scissors -- Scissors that cut corners. Each pair creates four different types of corners.
   
   Corrugated Paper -- Thick, wavy cardstock available in many colors.
   
   Crop -- 1. To cut or trim a photograph. 2. A scrapbooking party hosted by an expert who shares techniques, products and information with the group.
   
   D
   Deacidification Spray -- Spray that neutralizes acid in newspaper clippings, certificates and other documents.
   
   Decorative Scissors -- Scissors with a decorative pattern on the blade.
   
   Die-Cut Designs -- Paper designs cut from die-cut machines. Paper is placed on the die and pressure is applied either by rolling or pressing down on the handle.
   
   Digital Tutorials
   A tutorial is a step by step walk through of either how to do a particular single technique or just an introduction to a piece of scrapbooking. ie: "How to journal". Some Tutorials are aimed at beginners - to teach them how to scrapbook. Tutorials will begin with basic ideas and then move up to more advanced ideas and techniques. The next step after a Tutorial is a Tips & Tricks on the same subject.
   
   Double-Mount -- To place a photograph on two background papers.
   
   E
   Embellishment -- Any scrapbooking extra (stickers, die-cuts, punches, etc.) that enhance the pages.
   
   Emboss -- To create a raised surface by applying heat or pressure.
   
   Encapsulation -- A method of displaying three-dimensional memorabilia and protecting nearby items from acid contained in the memorabilia. Items are encased in stable plastics.
   
   F
   Film Speed -- Refers to film's sensitivity to light. Lower-speed films are less sensitive (use these on a bright, sunny day). Higher-speed films are more sensitive (use these in low-light situations).
   
   Fine and Chisel Pens -- This pen has a fine tip (0.5 mm) and a chisel tip (6.0 mm). The fine tip is good for lettering and it's extremely versatile.
   
   Focal Point -- The element of a design where lines converge. The eye is naturally drawn to the focal point in an image.
   
   G
   Gel-Based Rollers -- Pens with pigment ink.
   
   Genealogy -- The study of the descent of a person, family or group from an ancestor. Many people who wish to create a family tree by researching their family's genealogy.
   
   General Pattern Paper -- Paper with patterns (stripes, dots, plaids, etc.) that is made to be used for any occasion.
   
   Gift Album -- A compilation of photographs and mementos created with a person or event in mind.
   
   H
   Handmade Paper -- Paper made by hand that is often rough and uneven in texture. There are flowers and leaves in the paper sometimes, which can add to the natural look.
   
   Handmade Scaps -- Embellishments made from layered-looking die-cuts.
   
   Heading -- The caption or title that explains the theme of a layout.
   
   Heritage -- Traditions passed down from generation to generation.
   
   I
   Idea Books -- Books usually about one aspect of scrapbooking. Some are written for particular themes (weddings, babies, pets, etc.) while others are devoted to a particular product (stickers, die-cuts, templates, etc.).
   
   Instant pages -- Pre-made, ready to use pages for your pictures! Made ready to add a few items photos, journaling and memorabilia as desired.
   
   Intensity -- The strength of a color based on how true it is to the primary color.
   
   J
   Journaling -- Any words you write in your book or on the scrapbook page, from titles and captions to long descriptions, poems or stories.
   
   Journaling Templates -- Templates with space left for writing.
   
   K
   
   L
   Layout -- The grouping of pages in your scrapbook that go together. Some layouts fit on one page, most fit on two and some are put on panoramic layouts.
   
   Letter Templates -- Templates in the shape of letters of the alphabet.
   
   Light Refraction -- Light bent through a prism that shows the colors of the visible light spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, Indigo and violet.
   
   Lignin -- A naturally occurring acid substance in wood that breaks down over time. Paper with lignin is not suitable for archival projects.
   
   M
   Mass-Merchandising Store -- Stores that sell a large variety of products from sundries to automotive tools to craft supplies.
   
   Master Family Album -- Holds photographs of everyone in the family and family documents, typically in chronological order.
   
   Memorabilia -- Certificates, documents and other items that tell a story. Memorabilia can include souvenirs from trips and mementos from special occasions or historical events.
   
   Monochromatic Color Scheme -- Employs different values of the same color.
   
   Mount -- To adhere a photograph, embellishment or other item to another piece of paper.
   
   Muted Colors -- Subdued tints or shades of colors that tend to be more suitable for backgrounds.
   
   N
   
   O
   Oval Croppers/Cutters -- Paper trimmers that cut paper and photographs into ovals.
   
   P
   Page Protectors -- Plastic sheets that display and protect pages.
   
   Page Toppers -- Hand-drawn illustrated phrases in bright colors meant to be used as titles at the top of pages.
   
   Page Exchange -- Participants are invited to create a page to share with other scrapbookers. Often, a theme is given (Halloween, Christmas, etc.). Each participant brings enough copies of an original page to trade with the others.
   
   Paint Pens -- Pens with soft, brush-like tips. The amount of ink dispensed is controlled by the pressure that is applied to the tip.
   
   Paper Trimmers -- Paper-cutting tools used by placing paper, lining it up on a grid and moving down a blade.
   
   Pattern Paper -- Paper with designs repeated on the entire page.
   
   Perforated Punches -- Shapes that the scrapbooker can use as embellishments on a page by punching out on the perforations.
   
   pH Level -- Measurement that tells a scrapbooker how acidic or basic something is. For scrapbooking, you want to use products with a pH level of seven or above.
   
   pH Testing Pen -- A pen used to test the acidity of paper. The pen mark changes colors, depending on the level of acid present.
   
   Photo Activity Test (P.A.T.) -- This test, created by the American National Standards Institute, determines if a product will damage photographs. If a product passes the P.A.T., it is safe to use with your photos.
   
   Photo Corners -- Paper with adhesive on the back used to adhere photographs to a page on the corners. Used to adhere photos in scrapbooks and photo albums without applying adhesive directly to the photograph.
   
   Polypropylene, Polyethylene and Polyester -- Stable plastics that are safe for photographs.
   
   Post-Bound Albums -- Albums that are held together with metal posts that run through the pages.
   
   Pre-Embossed Paper -- Paper with a raised design. Some of it is thick, like cardstock, and some is vellum.
   
   Product Swap -- A scrapbookers' swap meet where the host gathers up duplicates of products or tools that she/he doesn't use anymore. The guests also bring their unwanted scrapbooking items to trade.
   
   Punch -- 1. A tool used to create small shapes. 2. the shapes created by the punches.
   
   Puzzle Templates -- Templates in puzzle shapes.
   
   PVC (Polyvinyl Chlorides) -- Because this substance is harmful to photographs, scrapbookers should avoid it and use products that are composed of polypropylene.
   
   Q
   
   R
   Red-Eye Pen -- Used to take red-eye out of flash photographs.
   
   Reversible Adhesive -- An adhesive that can be undone.
   
   Rubber Stamp -- A detailed, intricate design cut out of rubber and mounted on wood or foam. A design is made by applying color to the rubber and imprinting on paper.
   
   S
   Scroll and Brush Pens -- Pens that have one tip for coloring and one for writing.
   
   Secondary Colors -- Colors created by blending primary colors. Orange, green and violet are the secondary colors created b mixing a combination of red, yellow and blue.
   
   Shade -- A color with black added to it.
   
   Shape Cutters -- Tools designed to cut shapes (ovals, circles, squares, etc.). The cutters can be adjusted to create different sizes of these shapes.
   
   Specialty Paper Books -- Books that contain information about different papers, both pattern paper and plain. Some may come with extras, such as templates.
   
   Spiral-Bound Books -- Albums that are secured with a metal or plastic spiral binding running up the side of the album.
   
   Stationery -- Paper with a decorative border that is blank on the inside.
   
   Sticker -- An adhesive decorative accent ranging in size from a few centimeters across to a full page.
   
   Strap-Binding Albums -- Albums secured with plastic straps that run through a holder directly on the pages and keep the book in place.
   
   T
   Tape Roller -- A device that distributes tape on the back of photographs and scrapbooking pages.
   
   Template -- A stencil used to trace shapes onto scrapbook pages or photographs.
   
   Tertiary Colors -- Also called intermediate colors, these are blends of primary and secondary colors. Colors such as red-orange and blue-green are tertiary colors.
   
   Theme -- The overall emphasis of a page or scrapbook.
   
   Theme Album -- A scrapbook devoted to one idea. Some popular them albums focus on birthdays, weddings and school days.
   
   Time Capsule -- A container holding historical records or objects that represent a culture and that is deposited for preservation.
   
   Tint -- A color that has had white mixed in.
   
   Title Sheets -- Pages with a variety of premade titles. They are often used as the starting point for a section in a scrapbook.
   
   Tole Painting -- Painting on wood, typically done in a rustic style and depicting country scenes.
   
   Triad -- A group of three colors that form a triangle on the color wheel.
   
   U
   
   V
   Vellum -- A lightweight, translucent paper.
   
   Velveteen -- An archival paper with fabric-like, velvety texture.
   
   Vivelle -- An archival paper with fabric-like texture similar to a terry-cloth towel.
   
   W
   Wax (or grease) Pencils -- Soft pencils designed for use on photographs.
   
   Wide-Edge Scissors -- Decorative-edge scissors that make a cut that is five times deeper than normal scissors.
   
   Workshop -- A class usually held at a scrapbooking store and taught by an expert. Participants bring photographs and pages to work on and get advice from the instructor.
   
   X
   Xyron Machine -- A machine that applies adhesive to pages and can also laminate.
   
   Y
   
   Z

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