Happy Monday.

Thanks for the link to the digi kit you used for your banner. Since you put it up I thought it was super cool! :) Once again a great shot of you and Simon. I can't believe how big he is getting. He sure is a cutie.

I'm loving mixing the digi with paper these days, too. Love playing with brushes. I'll definitely be getting Rhonna's new set.

I am new to your Blog...I just LOVE it. I feel like I have finally found someone just like me. Creative, fun and loves her family. I love the pic of you and Simon. It's so precious. I love all your links, they are so helpful to me. And you have really helped my imagination to get over it's creative block. I can't wait to read more tomorrow.

He is so much the cutest thing ever!

I am relatively new to the "blogging" world---but a longtime scrapper and stamper....imagine my "oh I am so impressed with myself" when I actually ordered something BEFORE I saw one of my "heros" (aka - one of the industry divas "I want to be like when I grow up") mention it on her blog!! (The DATE STAMPS digital set)....I bought it earlier today - cannot wait to FIGURE OUT HOW TO REALLY USE IT! (so not sure of the digital stuff...but love the looks that this medium creates) THANK YOU for sharing so much with us all...your art, your life, your family (and your son is indeed precious!) LOVE THE BAD DOG INN SHOT! Cannot wait to tell my scrappin friends I "beat Ali to it" on a little somethin' somethin'! hee hee

PS...oops! almost forgot!! Lovin' the May issue of Creating Keepsakes that just arrived today...any place we can see more of the "innards" of the mini envelope book on Pg 39? Also - is the SCHOOL BUS (pg 41, "He Rides the Bus" your own artwork? Love that page.
I can't stop gushing! just love your work!

What a great picture of you to, it really shows the love that you share for one another. Simon is just too cute!!! Reminds me of my brother when he was litte.

I don't think it's possible for me to smile wider. Every time I come here, I love what I find: the joy you have for life, the way you share that joy with Simon...how HAPPY he is. And of course all the lovely creative inspiration. Have a wonderful trip!

i wish i could get more into digi scrapping...those brushes look sooo cool! i'm all about my date stamps right now.
a mom and son trip sounds soo cool. i may have to try that with draven some time!

Have a blast on your trip away to be with family. Enjoy.The.Good.Times.

His eyes are so ALIVE - there is so much going on behind there, you can just tell.
I found that Zeb would 'rev up' mentally right around the end of the school year. He would make more progress in the last 6 weeks than he would in the 6 months prior. Always made me frustrated - just when he's getting his groove on, summer comes. Ah well, he needs the down time too.
For Zeb (& the rest of us) to enjoy ourselves, I have to spend many hours talking about our itinerary before any travel, even a day trip. But it does make the actual trip go much more smoothly. He relaxes, because he's not afraid something will come out of nowhere and throw him off. And when he relaxes, I relax.
Have a ball!

Thought of you last night when the news showed a segment of the ARTISM show in Eugene - art created by people and kids with autism. Have you seen it?

Too cool- I grew up in Tacoma, near Puyallup, and my parents still live there also! So nice to see another Northwest girl. Hoping to move back someday, at least as far north as Portland...missin' my fam...and all of the green. :)
Have a safe trip!

i just checked out the new kit. i want to start mixing it with my photos too. i never used a kit before. Do you use it with photoshop?

What a cute little kid!

hi ali
i stop by every so often and read your blog. i saw your book at ArtHouse (i live in portland) the other day - how cool is that? anyways, i wonder if you are going to see the same liz and john i know in tacoma!? if so, liz and i were at ArtFest together this year and she and john were just in portland this past weekend for a visit. i love them! love your art. love that you call yourself life artist. so cool.

Awesome picture! So glad to hear Simon is doing so well. Cheers:)

Ahhh, how sweet!

Oh Ali!!! He looks SOOOOO cute in his dressed up outfit!! I'm a teacher, and I love following Simon's progress in your blog. He's seems to be doing so wonderfully! Aren't those cute little moments when he has the smallest breakthrough the ones that melt your heart? Keep smiling! :-)

Ali,
The Bad Dog Inn link isn't working or either it is my computer.
Thanks for checking!
Michelle