A Few More Balloon Festival Layouts

"Balloonatic"

On this first layout I used sketch #98 from "Got Sketch?"

with the Bo Bunny's "Back to Basics" paper line.

"Up, Up & Away"

On this next layout I used the February 15th sketch from "Stuck Sketches?!" and Crate Paper. For the second page I used the same papers but my own ideas.

"Photos from the Balloon Festival"

This last layout is mine and I used Cosmo Cricket "Lil' Man".

Festival of Ballooning

Welcome to my blog and I'm glad you stopped by. These layouts are from photos taken this summer at the Festival of Ballooning in Readington, New Jersey. Rob, Heather, Joan and I all jumped in our Jeep Wrangler at 4:00 am in the morning and drove to the festival. We were the first to get there. We parked in a field and walked through the muddy grounds to the festival. Rob and I had sneakers on so we were okay but Heather and Joan were wearing sandles. Their poor feet were so muddy. When we got to the entrance they used tissues to try and clean up their feet. It was so worth it getting there that early because the balloons were amazing. They were everywhere you looked filling up with air and we walked all around them. We took some fabulous pictures. I've never seen anything like it in my life ~ there were so many balloons. When they were all in the sky it was awesome. I'm having a lot of fun scrapping these photos ~ I have so many!

Key West Sunset

This is the beautiful sunset our first night in Key West from the pier by our hotel.

More Photos from Key West

Here are some photos of the lighthouse at Dry Tortugas, having breakfast at Blue Heaven (our favorite restaurant) and the Southernmost Point in the United States (near our hotel).

Our Trip to Key West

Rob and I are in Key West this week for a mini vacation. The weather has been beautiful and it has been great going to a warmer climate and missing the snow storm that is happening at home right now as I type this. We rented scooters for the week and have been driving up and down Duval Street doing the "Duval Crawl" but on our scooters. We love the freedom of riding our scooters and exploring Key West. We've seen the beautiful sunsets, shopped in Mallory Square and on Duval Street, visited the Key West Aquarium, took a 70 mile boat ride to visit the Dry Tortugas National Park, visited Fort Taylor and sat on beach chairs at night and looked out on the ocean and watched the stars. It's been a great vacation. With the big storm hitting the Northeast right now I hope we'll be able to fly home on Sunday! Here are some photos from our trip.