Happy New Year!

I can't believe it's a new year, and half-way through January already! Dan gave me a wonderful new scrapbooking toy--a Cricut--an electronic die-cutting machine that creates all kinds of cute stuff that I can use on my scrapbooking pages. I was very surprised and have been using it to make all kinds of things--especially letters for titles. Here is the first layout I designed using my new Cricut:

I used one of the cartridges that came with the Cricut to cut the letters that I used in the title. I LOVE being able to cut whatever letters I want in whatever color I need.

After using my Cricut for a few days, I realized that I needed a good way to adhere the letters to my layout. At first I used a liquid glue, but it tended to squish out from under the letter when I put it on the page, and I always ended up with glue all over my fingers. So I decided I needed a Xyron machine. I purchased the Xyron 510 . It is wonderful! I can run the letters through the machine and the adhesive is instantly adhered evenly on the back side of each letter. I then just peel-and-stick them to my page. I can't believe that I went so long with out a Xyron!

In other news, we haven't been able to ride lately because of the cold, rainy, snowy weather we have had the past week. But the last time we did go out to the farm, Dan got some great shots of Margaux and Alex with nine-month-old Dallas (Dallas the Destroyer as the kids call him, since he chews on everything!).