The Whimsical Crafter

Hope everyone is having a creatively fun National Scrapbooking Weekend!  Thought I would share a fun layout I created while on vacation with my family.  Y'all know my favorite lines of paper are always the travel oriented types.  No matter the brands I usually find a way to use them in some way.  Today I'm merging two brands of paper to make this layout.  The woodgrain, stripe, and red flower paper is the new Downtown Loft Stack from DCWV.  I'm a bit of a junkie with my DCWV paper slabs.  They are always so innovative and have the best designs.  The map paper is from the Me & My Big Ideas Journey paper slab.  I found this paper last year on clearance and let me tell you I wish I would've bought several more.  This is my go-to travel paper slab.  I've made Mini Albums, Photo art, several scrap albums, and countless layouts with this pack of paper.  It's amazing.  Hope you're enjoying NSD as much as I am.  Have a great weekend everyone!!  I'm off to create a few more layouts and make time to tickle my 22-month old nephew for a bit.  He is the cutest little man ever but then again I'm a bit biased.  What do you think?

I must admit that Yanni isn't my usual listening fare.  Its the type of music reserved for the times when you just want some good easy listening music.  The last time I heard a Yanni CD was way back in high school, but I enjoyed it then, so I thought I would give Truth of Touch a try.  Overall, I must admit that I enjoyed the album.  Two songs jumped out as my favorites, Track 7-Nine and Track 6- Vertigo.  There are even a couple of tracks with accompanying vocalists, such as Track 8-Can't Wait.  You can definitely hear the influences of the newer, more techno beats of today's mainstream music.  There were a few songs that I really didn't much care for.  They seemed to light and airy for my taste.  However, most of the album was classic Yanni~with a twist!  I enjoy this type of music, so it wasn't a stretch for me to enjoy this cd.  However if you are an individual who doesn't really go for instrumental music, it's not going to open your eyes to a new world of music.  I would definitely give it an 8 out of 10.

Yanni is currently touring the United States and Canada on a 40-stop tour.  Seeing a live performance of any music genre has always been the ultimate experience.  I would definitely recommend purchasing a ticket!  You can check out the tour dates here for more information.  For any other information regarding Yanni and his fascinating world of music please visit his official website.

 

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this CD free from the publisher through the One2One Network bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”