$5 gift card: #29 - KimberlyE AND #40 - mjmarmo
extra entry for October: #2 - Aztam
Sophie and Harrie have a once-in-a-lifetime friendship; they are each other’s “person”. As freshmen in college, they bond over their shared love of the historic Maine home, Lilymoor House. Upon graduation, they take a road trip up to Maine to visit Lilymoor together before their post-college jobs take them to opposite coasts. While there, they make a pact to come back in 10 years - with their husbands and kids - to celebrate Lilymoor’s bicentennial.
Fast forward 10 years, and Sophie is back at Lilymoor, having taken a hiatus from her job at the New York Botanical Gardens, to become Lilymoor’s head gardener for the summer, and restore the grounds in time for the upcoming bicentennial. However, Harrie is not with her, having succumbed to cancer 11 months before. Sophie, utterly bereft, throws herself into her work, which proves to be just as frustrating as it is rewarding until the day when she happens upon an unfamiliar door in the middle of the gardens. Inside, she finds an overgrown “secret garden” with a curmudgeonly man trapped inside.
As she tries to solve the mystery of the door and the secret garden - which is constantly changing locations, and some days doesn’t even show up at all - she must also navigate her grief over Harrie’s death, a goose who’s out for revenge, and an eclectic crew with whom she shares the responsibility of Lilymoor’s upkeep. And, the more she learns about the man stuck in the garden, the more she finds herself falling for him. But, how they can be together, unless Sophie figures out how to set him free?
OPTION 1: THE GREAT OUTDOORS
The crux of the action in this story takes place outdoors in the gardens and grounds of Lilymoor. For Option 1, make a page about an outdoor activity in which you are surrounded by nature. Think: hike, boat ride on a lake, sledding, etc. It should be something directly involved in nature - a trip to the amusement park, while outdoors, would not qualify.
A page from when my daughters and I explored the creek in the woods by our house, during COVID times.
OPTION 2: CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES
Everything in this book is leading to the climactic event - Lilymoor’s Bicentennial. So, for Option 2, make a page about a major celebration. It can be a birthday party, a wedding, an anniversary party, or some other celebration that is specific to your family. Just make sure the party is the focus of the page.
A celebration of life for my great uncle, which was really more like a family reunion.
The Fine Print:
1. HAVE FUN MAKING YOUR PROJECT!
2. Entries open to new projects - paper, digital, & card making.
3. May be combined with one other challenge that allows it.
4. Due September 30th, at 11:59 PM.
5. One lucky winner, chosen at random, will receive a $5 ACOT gift card from me!
6. Up to 3 entries permitted per month.
7. If there are more than 15 unique entries (not including bonuses) during the month, a second name will be drawn and that person will get an automatic entry for the following month.
Participating Cherries:
1. Aztam
2. Aztam
3. SandyK1967
4. Cheryl E.
5. Aztam
6. LoreenA
7. blfonty
8. mrozwood
9. KristinG
10. Deanna13
11. Helen W.
12. joannie
13. lisn2cats
14. KristinG
15. natesmom
16. SandyK1967
17. blfonty
18. Deanna13
19. Scrapqueen141
20. Scraplifter
21. blfonty
22. shoorn
23. shortonideas
24. jordanbev5 (EXTRA ENTRY FROM AUGUST)
25. megs1768
26. Deanna13
27. GinniG
28. megs1768
29. KimberlyE
30. Karyn_Sue
31. Karyn_Sue
32. CynthiaB
33. Scraplifter
34. Sarah J
35. Breauxlabs
36. KristinG
37. Karyn_Sue
38. megs1768
39. sherriscraps
40. mjmarmo
41. sherriscraps
42. scraplifter
43. sherriscraps
44. CynthiaB
45. megs1768
46. SandyK1967
47. shoorn
48. pawprints
49. Donna_Coughlin
50. Donna_Coughlin
51. MTCanuk
52. wendycrowe
53. Breauxlabs
54. CynthiaB
55. MaganL
56. MaganL
57. GerriW
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~~Sandy~~ 
Option 1, The Great Outdoors
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Kristin 
