Today's post is Notre Dame. This layout is what CTMH is using for the Christmas Jingle Paper WOTG so I totally stole it for my Notre Dame page. I loved the way the title pops using the new Circle Dimensional Elements that CTMH sells.


The following two are the same layouts but just a "close up" of different aspects to the famous church. Did you know it is free to go into Notre Dame? Also it is really a home parish for people. That just amazes me. Check out the close up of the gargoiles (sp).

My third post starts with random pictures of the modes of transportations we used to tour Paris. I thought it was perfect to also use a map I got of the city as my background paper. There are also some tickets on the page just to hold on too.


The following pages are of the Louvre. I love the layout it is no peaceful looking which is how I would describe the Louvre. I used Flip Flaps on this page as well. I took so many pictures that those Flip Flaps from CTMH came in so handy on almost every layout. If you zoom in you can read the information I have on some of the peices in at the Louvre.

Here is part 2 of my Paris Scrapbook.. Don't worry there is like another 10 more parts to go. I will share a few pages a day. This is one of my favorite pages and layouts from Cherish in this first layout. It is all on the Eiffel Tower. I love these photos they are perfect.


In this page below there are just random pictures of us with my Host Sister Julia and her new husband Nicolas.

Food!! need I say more. Oh but I will say check out the wine glass in the top picture on the left page. Do you see the reflection on Notre Dame in it? One of my favorite pics that I took by accident.

So I finished my Paris album and here it is. I will post it in over the next week or so. My mother gave me this CM scrapbook which was perfect for the trip. However I forgot how much I didn't like the pages having to be permanant in the book.
This is our opening page for the album. I made this at the CTMH album retreat and I love it!!
I used the Vintage Travel paper by CTMH for most of the spreads in this book. However the metal tiles I used for the title I got at a scrapbook convention. This spreads shows the hotel in which we stayed and the view from our room of the Eiffel Tower. We were 5 blocks from it in a quiet neighborhood. It was a great place to stay if you are going there.

So I have been busy scrapbooking Paris and I am done. It is by far my best completed themed album I have ever made. I am not just saying that...it truly is!!! I will share photos but not this weekend. I have my nephews wedding and the chaos has already started. My sister in laws for the East coast came in last night and we were up at my house till 10:30pm talking. Then I (the only one) had to get up and go to work today at 6:30am so I am dragging a bit. But it should be a great weekend hanging out with family. I will post pics next week of the scrapbook.

JEN

Dan and I just got back from a week in Paris and it was amazing. We saw so much and took so many pictures that I can't wait to scrapbook it. From the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame, the Seine River Cruise and every other old building and street it was amazing. The main reason for going was that my Host Sister Julia was getting married in Versailles. I was an exchange student in 1997 to Germany and she meet a great guy in France Nicolas. They got married in Versailles on August 27th at the City HAll (fabulous building). Then we drove out to the French Countryside and had an amazing reception. It was a long flight and a great week but it will be memories that last a lifetime.

Sorry I have been so silent this past month. We have been finishing our deck and I have been trying to get spend the last few days of summer with the boys. I am back at work starting last week and today is my first day teaching. It is kind of werid being back and having a new set of kids with teaching the same things. I keep seeing my students from last year and missing them. It is easy when you already have a relationship with student to teach them. However most of my students I have had an older sibling so I know the family..sometimes that is good and sometimes not.

I am going to be really busy this week packing for Paris. My husband and I are leaving next Saturday and I am so excited. I can't wait to see my Host Sister Julia get married in Versailles. Well go to go teach..
talk to you soon.. hopefully.