Everything here is by Shabby Princess, except for the paintstroke brushes (those are mine) and the font (Stone Inscription).

Most of the SP stuff used is from the Vintage Florals kit. Doodly corners are from the Cuddlebug kit. The little blooms are from the Olivia Collection.

To darken up the dotted background I just duplicated the layer, changed the top layer blending mode to "Linear Burn", and adjusted the opacity.

Journaling as Follows:

(title) How to Make a Cappuccino/One of Many Tales Told by Joey

(directions) mix up this stuff:
one drop Chocolate Milk
one drop white milk
one drop pepsi(no diet Pepsi)
one drop sun-drop
one coffee Calculator

stir, stir, stir!!!

It will turn white and That is when youdrink it up.
Don’t burn your mouth!!

(photo description) cold Autumn Day. warming ourselves by sitting in the sun on the warm asphalt driveway. Having a little chat-chit about brothers, going to school,spiderman, leaves, lunch, shoes, hands, freckles, favorite drinks, Favorite food, Gross food, spiderman again,Binoculars versus telescopes, what lives under trees, dogs, sharp teeth, grass, mud, when you are a daddy,the north pole, Santa Claus, cookies, pumpkins, staying with memaw, and a bunch of stuff I can’t even remember.I love spending time with you, my little jojo. You will “always be my baby” and I’m glad you seem to already understand that. Thanks for making every day worthwhile. 

(journaling on bottom) later the same day, I gave Joey a sip of my diet pepsi.he said it tasted like a cappuccino.....and I said that if I knew how to make cappuccinos I would make them for “us” every day. Well...JoJo to the rescue!` He knew just what we needed to make my much longed for cappuccino....this boy never ceases to fill my soul with laughter & happiness. Really though....I’m still trying to find one of these mysterious “coffee calculators"

(alongside photo) me: size 10, Liz Claiborne ankle boots. Joey: size 9 spiderman character shoes