A few posts ago, I asked for your help in selecting Bible verses for my 2010 digital scrapbook calendar. Thanks to those of you who offered ideas! I'm happy to say, the templates are NOW DONE! If you're interested in downloading free templates to add your own pictures and papers to, they're available at my Simply Sarah Design blog for digital scrapping. Hop on over and grab them!

SPOILER ALERT:
To my family -- now is the time to TURN AWAY. There is no need to read the rest of this post. I know... why share it if I don't want you to see it, right? Well... you know how good I've never been with surprises. :) You'll see it soon enough... live and in person.

I really struggled with the templates and how I wanted to create this year's calendar. I think I tried a few different designs and approaches before settling on this one. I just haven't had time to scrap like I'd like to, which means my creative juices have built up quite a few cobwebs (similar to the back deck, I discovered). When I first put this idea to paper, I thought, man, how incredibly uncreative and boring! But, the message was getting through, and that was my priority anyway. So I took a page from an old digital scrapping friend (Glenda - I should really reach out to her again), and said, "Self, I'm done -- the memory is preserved."

As I worked on the first 4 pages and began adding little extra photos to make the pages more than just the template, I realized that the design was growing on me. Thank goodness! Sometimes the simple clean lines allow the photos to speak for themselves better anyway.

So... since I've been awful silent this week from a blog perspective (nothing to say! Sorry! OK... those who know me well know that doesn't typically happen.....) Anyway, since I've been not blogging.... I hope you'll enjoy some pictures instead. (Here's hoping Lulu.com prints them RIGHT this year.)