Journalling reads:
You stole my camera. You stole my husband's IPod.
My little sister had just flown in to see our newborn
baby daughter... We had a rough evening and forgot
to lock our truck. We forgot to bring our valuables
inside our house. In our focussing on our daughter,
we wer neglectful. You took advantage of that.
We didn't notice our missing electronics until the next
morning. I pleaded on the radio and in the newspaper.
You eventually brought them back, and for that,
WE THANK YOU.


However, you have changed us forevermore.
We are constantly looking over our shoulders.
We are constantly double and triple checking our locks.
and although you may have thought you deleted all the photos on that camera, I recovered two pictures of YOU.
inside the bookplate is "Thou shalt not steal."
On the file folder is "the case ot the Stolen Electronsics $800"
these kids were never caught; both camera and Ipod showed up on our porch a couple weeks after they were stolen, but the incident has forever changed how I go about locking up at night. The ribbons and bookplate is from an Americana kit... The folder is from Angela Young's Christmas Magic Sampler, and the arrow and paperclip are from Denise Liemert's Officum Sampler.