In the excitement of preparing for a little Super Bowl party, followed by my littlest guy getting sick, I'm just now getting around to posting this from Saturday.... I had a bit of fun seeing "my name in print" so to speak with a mention on Write.Click.Scrapbook. when I played along with Aly Dosdall's CHA-inspiration challenge. Here's my layout, inspired by the repeated shape designs Aly featured.
This was a fun (and fast) page to create, and got me to finally use one of my favorite photos from our trip to Disney World in 2009!
(papers from my scraps bin - Making Memories, My Mind's Eye, Bo Bunny and unknown; Thickers title letters)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Lego + Star Wars = Obsessed Boys
Cleaning up during Wedneday's snow day, I thought about how life with two boys involves A LOT of Star Wars and Lego pieces (I step on them all the time and even found them in the laundry recently). Then I happened to come across this layout from Candice Palmer about her sons' interest in the very same topics and I knew I wanted to document this moment in the boys' childhood where everything is about Lego, Star Wars and Lego Star Wars.
I have some other layouts and projects that I'm eager to finish up, but need to switch gears this weekend to get ready for and then enjoy our Super Bowl Party!
I have some other layouts and projects that I'm eager to finish up, but need to switch gears this weekend to get ready for and then enjoy our Super Bowl Party!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Scraplifting
Among my planned projects for 2011 are pages for my sons' half-birthdays as a way to capture some specific details about them at a moment in time. I had the photo ready and needed a page with plenty of space for text, when I saw "The Final Defense" layout from Autumn Baldwin during her week at Write.Click.Scrapbook. The result is a pretty exact lift, but I'm pleased with it. I've gotten more pages done this month than most others, and having good inspiration has been a major factor in helping me get pages done.
I signed up for Big Picture Classes' "Embrace Imperfection" (a FREE workshop!) and hope to keep this streak of inspiration and completed pages going in February.
I signed up for Big Picture Classes' "Embrace Imperfection" (a FREE workshop!) and hope to keep this streak of inspiration and completed pages going in February.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Cheer on a Snowy Day
This was our 5th day of snow in less than 4 weeks, and I needed a bit of cheer. Not to mention some replacement for the tired and dried up Christmas wreath.
Enter Tumblr inspiration and this idea from Real Simple for paper garlands. All it took was pink scrapbook paper, quick fold-and-cut hearts, and string, and now I'm greeted by this happy little Valentine's Day garland at my door. I actually kept opening the door this afternoon just to smile at this. I think pink adds that taste of spring we need on a snowy day.
Now I'm looking around for more places to hang more garlands and other shapes I can make.
Enter Tumblr inspiration and this idea from Real Simple for paper garlands. All it took was pink scrapbook paper, quick fold-and-cut hearts, and string, and now I'm greeted by this happy little Valentine's Day garland at my door. I actually kept opening the door this afternoon just to smile at this. I think pink adds that taste of spring we need on a snowy day.
Now I'm looking around for more places to hang more garlands and other shapes I can make.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Valentine's Day + Tumblr = Love
Right now I have found two new loves that go together perfectly -- Tumblr and Valentine's Day project ideas. I love all the pink and red hearts, crafty cards of love and papery projects popping up all over the Web. And having finally worked out my Tumblr page to display better, it's the perfect way to gather all that {love}ly inspiration.
Along the way, I've also rediscovered my admiration for Martha Stewart's projects. I can't remember the last time I looked at her site and now I don't know why I've been away so long. I'm sure I was tired of the perfectionism, but oh what pretty projects I saw there.
Need to plan a few projects for the boys' classes. Might also make something to surprise my friends at work.
Along the way, I've also rediscovered my admiration for Martha Stewart's projects. I can't remember the last time I looked at her site and now I don't know why I've been away so long. I'm sure I was tired of the perfectionism, but oh what pretty projects I saw there.
Need to plan a few projects for the boys' classes. Might also make something to surprise my friends at work.
Summer Memories 2010
Last June I wrote up a list of activities for our family to do during the summer. My sons are fans of the Disney show, "Phineas & Ferb," so we called it the "Robby & Joey Whole Lot of Stuff to Do Before School Starts this Fall" list. I had more than 70 activities on the list ranging from big things like a weekend at Hershey Park to smaller activities like a snack-time picnic in the backyard. We checked them off with the date and in most cases I captured them with a photograph too. But I hadn't figured out a way to document it in my scrapbook.
Then last week, Autumn Baldwin got me to jumpstart my scrapbooking with her posts over at Write. Click. Scrapbook. She created a text-only layout to capture activities from her family's summer list, which gave me the perfect jumpstart for getting this layout done. Thanks Autumn and WCS!
Then last week, Autumn Baldwin got me to jumpstart my scrapbooking with her posts over at Write. Click. Scrapbook. She created a text-only layout to capture activities from her family's summer list, which gave me the perfect jumpstart for getting this layout done. Thanks Autumn and WCS!
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