When my mother was 19, she and two of her friends ran away from their homes in a small Iowa town to the big city of Chicago. They stayed in a 'women's hotel' and lived on bread and peanut butter for two and a half months before they wrote home asking to return. This is one of the few pictures of their misadventure as business women in the big city. My mom passed away ten years ago and she retained her feisty and independent attitude right up to the end. I do miss her so.

Putting on the Ritz Beginner Project By: Julie Eickmeier Zoom in to view this project closer Make this project: Step-by-step instructions Mail a link to this project to a friend

 

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I am a retired English teacher originally from St. Louis, Mo. who now lives with her husband and two cats in a small fishing village on the Gulf Coast of Florida. I have been scrap booking for over twelve years and have been teaching paper arts for the last six both nationally for a vendor and locally at Hilltop Memories crops. I design for KnKclub.com, A Cherry on the Top on-line scrap store and for Genuinely Jane Studios. I have two great adult children and one wonderful son-in-law who live within hollering distance. Life is good here in Paradise. Visit my blogs at: www.postingfromparadise.blogspot.com and http://jules-atoasttoalteredart.blogspot.com