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Candice Greenway
PeaAddict
PeaNut 253764 - 3/18/2006
Posts: 1130 Layouts: 94
Loc: Cape Town, South Africa
Count: 1 |  Posted: 2/9/2009 5:32:47 AM
It seems almost frivolous to compliment you on your LO under the circumstances - but it is a beautifully designed page.
I cried when I saw the total devastation on the news last night. We had bush fires here in Cape Town this time last year & it was utterly terrifying - I actually cannot bring myself to look at the photos almost a year later.
My thoughts go out to everybody whose lives have been touched by the horror of these fires | |
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JanGram
{Calendar Girls Rock!}
PeaNut 63309 - 1/18/2003
Posts: 40190 Layouts: 1028
Loc: Kansas City, MO
Count: 5 | Posted: 2/9/2009 5:34:05 AM
That is just awful- the fires not the LO. It gives us much to be thankful for. Great design! |
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Ros135
BucketHead
PeaNut 404546 - 12/25/2008
Posts: 623 Layouts: 76
Loc: Australia
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/9/2009 5:43:16 AM
Yes, it was a day of horror alright and now looks like being a week of woeful and tragic stories. Great layout, Esther! Keep safe. |
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TNGAL82
PeaNut
PeaNut 288679 - 12/26/2006
Posts: 372 Layouts: 29
Loc: Illinois
Count: 29 | Posted: 2/9/2009 6:04:28 AM
Scrapping means documenting the good and the bad..great job and stay safe. Awful to watch... | |
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bobdog
PeaNut
PeaNut 405454 - 1/1/2009
Posts: 14 Layouts: 0
Loc: Australia | Posted: 2/9/2009 6:36:41 AM
So Sad. Good to hear a good outcome though. We as Australians are all in mourning. Last count tonight 131. Lets all prey our mighty fireman can get it under control. Keep your chin up! Your layout is close to all our hearts "Lest we forget" | |
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*Paula*
just barely
PeaNut 105976 - 9/10/2003
Posts: 18561 Layouts: 656
Loc: in shock!
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what a terrifying story. You were the first person I thought of when I heard the news and I am so happy that you, and your, family are safe. So sad for those who have been affected though. The layout is wonderful - I love the newspaper effect and the photo is awe-inspiring. Stay safe! |
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COhouston
BucketHead
PeaNut 344933 - 10/28/2007
Posts: 775 Layouts: 75
Loc: Rocky Mountains
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Oh my, I can't imagine the feelings you must be having right now with all of this going on. It's beautiful layout and I hope that the fires are under control very soon. | |
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melsboys
Melanie Louette
PeaNut 80411 - 4/8/2003
Posts: 11283 Layouts: 220
Loc: Canada
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/9/2009 8:53:43 AM
I watched scenes from this on the news last night and cannot begin to imagine how horrible it must be to live it. Beautifully scrapped page. Sending prayers and safe vibes for you and your family. |
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stefdesign
PhotoshoPEAholic
PeaNut 307816 - 4/2/2007
Posts: 9006 Layouts: 489
Loc: Beautiful Southern California
Count: 30 | Posted: 2/9/2009 9:06:45 AM
So sorry that your part of the world is suffering so much now... our prayers are with you that the fires will soon be under control, and the devastation will end. Fantastic photo & layout, you really brought the pub ad to a new level. Great job. You really made your layout personal. |
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Jangran
Serendi-PEA-ty Storyteller
PeaNut 16712 - 6/11/2001
Posts: 11408 Layouts: 731
Loc: PA /FL
Count: 6 | Posted: 2/9/2009 9:12:41 AM
That photo is amazing and your journaling is so touching. The layout is wonderful but the news from there is so sad. I pray that you continue to stay safe and that everything will soon be under control.
You did a wonderful and to the point Pub ad. |
Janet M
Always looking through the lens.
Always ready for another challenge
Always ready to tell another story | |
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Aussiekat
PeaAddict
PeaNut 330399 - 8/1/2007
Posts: 1840 Layouts: 277
Loc: Virginia
Count: 26 | Posted: 2/9/2009 10:38:42 AM
Esther, what an eerily beautiful photo. Love the added newspaper clippings - very personal; glad you shared with us.
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From Denmark
On the beach sipping PEAna Colada
PeaNut 94731 - 7/7/2003
Posts: 17709 Layouts: 570
Loc: Mostly my computer, or else: Denmark, Copenhagen
| Posted: 2/9/2009 11:52:48 AM
Just when I opened the digital gallery, I saw the top half of you LO - and I knew it was your LO because of the trees. 
OOOOHH WOW, I don't really know what to say to this subject. Had to send you a PM.
Your LO is beautiful and the newspaper strips does (unfortuneatly) gives this LO a very realistic look.
Kind of ironic that a MaCD. ad can lead to a LO like this.
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Kalea
Doing my K*Pea Duty ;-)
PeaNut 6147 - 8/23/2000
Posts: 14917 Layouts: 909
Loc: right here
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/9/2009 12:19:00 PM
Awesome layout. Stay safe.
Karen |
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MeredithF
2Ps Digital Designer
PeaNut 198589 - 3/30/2005
Posts: 606 Layouts: 36
Loc: New England | Posted: 2/9/2009 12:23:00 PM
beautiful photo and gorgeous layout. i hope that you and your family are safe  |
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Mandy Collins
PeaAddict
PeaNut 273745 - 8/22/2006
Posts: 1788 Layouts: 31
Loc: Tropical Australia
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Great lift of the ad.
Scrapbooking is supposed to be preserving memories and as the numbers continue to rise higher and higher, making this a shocking moment in Australian history, important to document the events of the day. |
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Courtney
BucketHead
PeaNut 166692 - 9/6/2004
Posts: 579 Layouts: 89
Loc: Texas
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I am just so glad that you are safe! This the picture tells the story so well. |
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duchess
Mighty Pealicious!
PeaNut 82680 - 4/23/2003
Posts: 8724 Layouts: 495
Loc: Central California
Count: 9 | Posted: 2/9/2009 2:22:32 PM
Just too scary. I'm glad you're safe, but sorry so much was destroyed. It must break your heart. |
Barbara
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jbarksdale
Ancient Ancestor of Pea
PeaNut 338129 - 9/21/2007
Posts: 11145 Layouts: 173
Loc: Texas
Count: 6 | Posted: 2/9/2009 2:26:02 PM
So sorry to hear about it. Hope all gets better and stay safe. Great layout documenting this! |
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Kirsten67
PeaNut
PeaNut 269105 - 7/17/2006
Posts: 228 Layouts: 82
Loc: Northern NSW, Australia
| Posted: 2/9/2009 2:56:47 PM
Glad you are safe Esther! Awesome photo and using the newspaper clippings to document such a terrible event is a great idea. We have just been watching TV and it is even worse news this morning with about over 170 people confirmed dead in the fires. And it is still flooded up in North QLD too - Australia is a very challenging place to love in. |
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heather*t
Poet Pea
PeaNut 320357 - 6/4/2007
Posts: 6097 Layouts: 760
Loc: Oregon Coast
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/9/2009 3:15:07 PM
Oh man, Esther. =( Our hearts are all heavy with this news... Great page, though--and congratulations on being featured as the day's pick today! |
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roxyzscraps
PeaNut
PeaNut 112947 - 10/25/2003
Posts: 231 Layouts: 15
Loc: The Emerald City
| Posted: 2/9/2009 4:37:28 PM
You inspire me to scrap the bad along with the good.
I am humbled and saddened by the news of this tragedy. My thoughts and prayers to those of Bendigo. | |
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EmpressFrancesca
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 302842 - 3/8/2007
Posts: 2823 Layouts: 222
Loc: Kent, Ohio
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/9/2009 5:11:22 PM
Wow, very somber - hope you and yours stay safe! |
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crystaljrieger
PeaAddict
PeaNut 276019 - 9/9/2006
Posts: 1727 Layouts: 149
Loc: Ontario, Canada
Count: 7 | Posted: 2/9/2009 7:59:59 PM
Tough subject but you captured it beautifully. |
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lizj
template-hapPEA
PeaNut 242431 - 1/10/2006
Posts: 7018 Layouts: 274
Loc: Los Angeles
Count: 16 | Posted: 2/9/2009 8:11:39 PM
Kind of ironic that a MaCD. ad can lead to a LO like this.
I thought that too, but really, it worked beautiful for that photo. Our prayers are with you. I think it's cathartic to scrap scary moments, I hope it helped you work it out in your mind a little. The lo is really poignant, and I like the clippings, that was a good touch. Stay safe. | |
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2thFairy
Bond,,,,Jane Bond
PeaNut 58484 - 12/12/2002
Posts: 9595 Layouts: 230
Loc: Niagara, ON
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/9/2009 8:58:20 PM
Amazing lo Esther!! Tragic story! That is so horrific.
I thought of you when I heard the stories, glad to hear you are safe!
Congrats on being POTD.
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Miss Jane
PeaWee
PeaNut 260207 - 5/4/2006
Posts: 9 Layouts: 74
Loc: australia
| Posted: 2/9/2009 11:16:48 PM
wow- this is a powerful layout, and i got such a surprise to see the subject i have been thinking of non stop on the potd. im in melbourne, and its just been tragic to watch it all unfold. good to see someone scrapping it- going to do the same
j |
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kathieL
BucketHead
 
PeaNut 144233 - 4/28/2004
Posts: 994 Layouts: 375
Loc: Adelaide, Australia
| Posted: 2/9/2009 11:24:12 PM
Congratulations on layout of the day. We have been watching the events unfold on the TV too. It is just too tragic, and I am so sad for those people who have lost lives, loved ones or possessions in the fires. I am glad to hear that you are all safe. |
Linkage
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PeaNut
PeaNut 264474 - 6/8/2006
Posts: 77 Layouts: 45
Loc: Australia
| Posted: 2/10/2009 4:56:14 AM
Congrats on the pick of the day.
I am 15mins from the main fires and to be honest havent felt like scrapping all week. I have my photos and I guess thats what scrapping history is about. Thank you I scrap my photos now as painful as it is.
Felicity.
http://felicity-lifeslittlemoments.blogspot.com/ |
Felicity
My blog :- http://felicity-lifeslittlemoments.blogspot.com/ | |
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mama-hen-2-3
PeaNut
PeaNut 243228 - 1/14/2006
Posts: 106 Layouts: 15
Loc: Bendigo, Australia | Posted: 2/10/2009 5:04:06 AM
You captured it; was such an awful day. We're only a couple of kms from that fire - I was working on the fires (for DSE) that day and haven't seen anything like it (and I worked through the two alpine campaigns).
We're in for the long haul here.
Great job. |
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chantaleperron
StuckOnPeas
PeaNut 251862 - 3/6/2006
Posts: 2339 Layouts: 215
Loc: Montreal, Canada | Posted: 2/10/2009 5:40:16 AM
Your did a good photo and design and I'm happy for you
that your are "Lo of the day", Esther.
But, from the other side of the world,
it tough for us to watch you from here in Canada,
we're freezing -30, and we are
watching the tragedy that is happening overthere
in Australia, with the fires and temperature going so high that the air is almost burning...and it looks terribly sad.
I hope you and your family are going to be ok.
My prayers are for you and all those people outhere who need it.
tfs |
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Neat Freak
PeaFixture
PeaNut 225609 - 10/3/2005
Posts: 3088 Layouts: 519
Loc: Aston Clinton, England
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I've been following this on the news Esther, the count is so high. Keep safe and "congratulations" on being pick of the day.
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elhernandez
Garden Girl
PeaNut 44581 - 8/6/2002
Posts: 18339 Layouts: 533
Loc: the mitten state :)
Count: 28 | Posted: 2/10/2009 8:37:50 AM
Such a tragedy  My thoughts are with everyone there and I'm glad to hear that you are safe! |
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hilary_scraps
BucketHead
PeaNut 117846 - 11/28/2003
Posts: 618 Layouts: 100
Loc: Palm Beach, Florida | Posted: 2/10/2009 9:12:24 AM
What a perfect layout to document such tragedy. I love the photo, it speaks volumes on the innocence lost. It is a horrible, senseless tragedy that you captured beautifully. I hope that doesn't sound wrong. Sometimes we have to document such events to help us heal. Just like 9/11. Stay safe. |
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starlilly_star
PeaNut
PeaNut 296571 - 2/12/2007
Posts: 59 Layouts: 161
Loc: Central QLD,Australia
Count: 1 | Posted: 2/10/2009 6:02:01 PM
It is a great layout, the saddest of circumstances, but a historical event for Australia.
It has been great to see our country pull together over this tragedy. Our thoughts are with all those effected from this sadness.
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feline
PeaNut
PeaNut 315915 - 5/10/2007
Posts: 41 Layouts: 20
Loc: The Netherlands, Europe.
Count: 9 | Posted: 2/11/2009 2:09:54 AM
I wish you and your fellow Australian's a lot of strength the coming months. It's a horrible time for you all to go through.
Your LO is beautiful. It's good to document/journal happenings like this. It's part of your life.
Good luck. I'll be thinking of you all.
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tapestryintime
Illustrator_Pea
PeaNut 3542 - 3/29/2000
Posts: 5664 Layouts: 225
Loc: Pleasanton, California
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So sorry to hear of your connection to so much devastation. Great use of a compelling photograph to inspire you to journal about this tragedy. Ester, you just rock the scrapping world. |
Karen Wilson-Bonnar
CK Magazine Hall of Fame Winner -- 2007
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
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Caz Q
PeaNut
PeaNut 153419 - 6/21/2004
Posts: 11 Layouts: 0
Loc: Darling Downs, Australia
| Posted: 2/11/2009 5:03:01 PM
We livein Queensland but hubby's brother and his wife lost their beautiful home and everything in it in Marysville last Saturday. I have been thinking of scrapping the story of the fires and letting them add their own comments and feelings as a catharsis. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers pea-buddies. | |
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cREAPea
PeaNut
PeaNut 364348 - 2/26/2008
Posts: 259 Layouts: 41
Loc: Out there...
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I'm so glad to hear that you're safe. I can't imagine how horrible it must be. | |
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