Sweet Shoppe Designs

ADSR Challenge #7 - part two
a letter to myself at age 16

1. page mat - Sarah VanDyke, from Dreams of Spring

2. staples by Flerg, from the CT Appreciation Kit

3. photos - me at 16 and 17(both school pics) and me at barely 18, with a newborn son (Cody, now 13 years old!) and his father.

4. stitches - Christine Nash (messy on ribbon frame), Danielle Engebretson (orange in bottom corners), Faith True (cardboard flower w/ button center and stitched edges) - all from the CT Appreciation Kit

5. random elements - Melissa Herzog (stamp frame), Julie Bullock (blue ribbon frame), Kathryn Wilson (brown swirl), Gypsy Couture: Designs by LisaMarie (numbers 1 and 6) - all from the CT Appreciation Kit

6. flowers/stars/cardboard - Alice Koh (white flower), TheDigiTwins (blue and brown flower), Jennifer Schmitt (blue cardboard star and orange cardboard corner), Melissa Daniel (green and blue flower w/ button center), Faith True (cardboard flower w/ button center and stitched edges) - all from the CT Appreciation Kit

7. papers - Tangie Baxter (green paper - background), Claudia Designs (orange circle paper), Rebecca Lynn (green herringbone paper), Ziggle Designs (blue paper), Osten Wilkins aka DigitalDude (red paper), Wendyzine Scraps (brown paper), Christina Wall (cream paper) - all from the CT Appreciation Kit

8. buttons - Melissa Daniel (green and blue flower w/ button center), Faith True (cardboard flower w/ button center and stitched edges), Amy Watson (green and red stitched buttons) - all from the CT Appreciation Kit, Lisa Habisreutinger (green unstitched button) from Color Me Pretty, Traci Reed (blue button) from Faded Tee, Melissa Herzog (green stitched button) from Choc-O-Love, Kristin Cronin-Barrow (cream stitched button) from Flutter and Fly

9. glitter/gems/sequins/bling pieces - Eva Kipler (sequin border), Cherie Shields (gem swirly), Kellie Puddy (silver and blue glitter splats), LBC (heart gem), Rachael Scutt (blue and metal gem), Sara Ellis (red glitter paint splat) - all from CT Appreciation Kit, Kristin Cronin-Barrow (silver dust) from Shimmer Dust, Sarah VanDyke (bling strip) from Bling Bling

10. journaling - more than 10 lines, but too personal for me to type it all out again. Basically, it's me telling myself that I will become pregnant a few times before I am really ready to, and how it will all affect my life, but it does all work out in the end.