The Best Gals a Girl Could Ask For...

I truly have some of the best girlfriends anyone could ever want!  We've all served in the military together and through thick and thin, good and bad, we've always persevered to maintain our friendships.  I can't believe I only took three pictures of this project, so the post may be a little short, but I can totally supplement with sentiment and heartfelt words!  💓

So the photo was taken about a little over a year ago...Bettye (the pretty girl second from right) had just come back to Arkansas from a five year stint with the Army in Washington, D.C. and we celebrated her return with a brunch hosted by yours truly.  (For what it's worth, I put on a heck of a brunch spread...but that's a whole 'nother blog post!)

So we gathered the ladies, including a little one (a.k.a. future awesome girlfriend to her girlfriends) and had a great time celebrating Bettye.  We've since met up at least once a month just to have some girl time and make memories! (You must know that I have a whole scrapbook dedicated to this...)

Here is the LO:

I really loved all the blues in this kit.  This was (I think) a several years ago scrapbook kit from Tres Jolie Kit Club, but I'm having trouble finding the exact kit on the internet.  What that ACTUALLY means is that it's probably several kits that I married up into one amazing LO!

Below you can see some flower work and some painting/inking/distressing I did on a piece of chipboard.  I added the filmstrip piece on a whim because I love all the amazing photos we take of each other when we all get together.

Below is another shot of some flowers as well as some texture paste and stencil work.  I also used a ton of beads from the Renea Bouquets shop.  I love her Beautiful Beads and the colors of these worked perfectly with the colors in the papers and flowers.  I tucked some lace in behind the flowers because even though we're all military women, we're also pretty feminine too!!!  💓💓💓 

And there you have it!  Another project in the books, posted, and another memory captured forever!

xoxo,

Mel