Shutterfly

Well, I've been recouperating from surgery on my nose, so I've been pretty quiet.  It didn't help that I've also been fighting off some sort of bug and a possible eye infection.  All in all, I expected the recovery to be more painful than it was, so I can't complain.

While I was convalescing, I received a free Valentine's gift from Creating Keepsakes, an 8x8 hardcover photo book from Shutterfly, as a thank you for being a subscriber.  Sweet!  Makes up for not winning on any of the blog candy's.  I finally started working on it this past weekend.  Thankfully, we had a stat holiday, so I had extra time to work on it.  I've never done one before and am fairly new to scrapbooking, so it was a learning experience.  I think I prefer the freedom of making your pages with real paper and photos.  You can take your time doing it and aren't limited to templates that don't quite work for your photos or journaling.  Still, I packed a lot into my little 20 page book and I can't wait for it to arrive.  BTW, I was pleasantly surprised at how quick the turnaround was; I put my order in just before midnight on Tuesday and they e-mailed me at 2:30 this afternoon to say it had been shipped.  Now I'm waiting on international mail.  Well, I'm trying to catch up on my sleep and I'm already 30 minutes later that I planned, so it's off to bed.