This month at Write.Click.Scrapbook it's all about the holidays! First, our gallery is about Holiday Homes. At the time that I submitted my layout I hadn't yet decorated, so my page is about all my good intentions.
Those are just some of the ideas I have pinned to my Christmas board on Pinterest!
This month, we are back to the daily format we used during that summer, where a different member of the team posts everyday. Today my post is up, all about my online December Daily. See you over there!
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I totally stole that title from a library book bag that I saw on Pinterest, just to tell you that this month on Write.Click.Scrapbook it's all about books and reading.
My page is from a recent blog post. Recognise the photo? If you're looking for ideas for scrapping about your love of books, the new reader in the family and more, run to the gallery! Lots of great stuff this month!
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I was totally in the zone while working with the August Little Black Dress kit. In fact I tweeted this update
followed by this one a few hours later
The next day I did two more layouts for a total of five with this kit!
Here they are, in the order I made them
This is the second layout I have done about Play recently. (The other one is in the August Gallery at Write.Click.Scrapbook). Since reading the book of the same name by Dr. Stuart Brown, I have been a bit obsessed with incorporating more Play in my life. Oh and that awesome photo was taken by Kieran! He likes to press the shutter, and did so while Lucas was pointing the camera at me. Close up shots are here
Speaking of obsessions, Kieran loves these rocking things at the playground. He's been on them countless times, hence the title: No.522. It's entirely possible that he has been on them that many times! Close up shots are here
Another way I am incorporating "play" - doing more painting, and misting on pages. I also used an idea I got from poemcrazy by Susan G Wooldridge - she talked about making word tickets and I ran with that idea using the word stickers in the kit. Close up shots are here
I blogged these photos a while back comparing Kieran eating hummus at ages 8 and 21 months. The Grow card in the kit reminded me that I wanted to do a page about this. Close up shots are here
Finally the October Afternoon 5 & Dime paper inspired this page about our recent trip to the flea market. I tried to go for a vintage and eclectic look with all the tags stuck in the background Close up shots are here
I know I say this all the time, but I do love working with these kits, I always find stories I want to tell, that go with them each month.
Do you enjoy using scrapbook kits? Would you like to know more about how I approach using the kits I get each month? Leave me a comment below!
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The Inspiration Collective is now two years old! I am so happy to be a part of this wonderful and inspiring group of scapbookers!
We have lots of great stuff in store for you this month, including a new design, a new welcome page, some new team members and a fun summer program! And of course a brand new gallery for June!
What are you still doing here? Go see!
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In addition to blogging over at Write.Click.Scrapbook this week (all about birthdays! Go see!), I also took part in the Stretch Your Sketches series that Donna Januzzi runs on the Ella Blog. Here's a peek of my layout.
Head on over to the Ella Blog to see the sketch, and how Donna and I used it for our pages. Plus if you make a page based on the sketch and link it up, you'll be entered into the monthly giveaway. Get all the info here.
I hope you have a fabulous weekend!
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My birthday was this past Saturday and on Friday I sent this tweet out
I must say that all my wishes came true.
Well all except that number being 23 instead of 43. Although come to think of it the idea of being 23 again makes me shudder!
I got to sleep in late on Saturday, was fed breakfast in bed by my two guys, and spent all day lazing around, chatting online and browsing Pinterest to my heart's content.
I got fed delicious meals.
I didn't change any diapers or do any laundry.
I had enough free time to make a few changes to ye old blog (did you notice the new category images to the right?)
On Sunday morning I went to the flea market and picked up a few goodies
Then spent the afternoon alternating between paper crafting (I'm working on a new art journal) and baking cupcakes.
I tried this lime cupcake recipe, and also a great new way to make frosting. Both recipes turned out to be more time consuming than expected, but were totally worth it. I highly recommend you try them, but please learn from my mistake and don't start baking at 3 p.m! I'm really glad I only made one dozen, because it is taking all my will power not to gobble them all up!
Speaking of birthdays, this week I am over at Write.Click.Scrapbook talking about birthday party planning, using your scrapbook supplies for celebrations, and of course scrapbooking birthdays. How's that for a neat segue?
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Ella Spring Training Day 5: Ad Inspiration
Read my post on Write.Click.Scrapbook where I share three different print ads and the layouts they inspired.
Featured e-book: Stretch Your Sketches
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The code gives you $1 off the e-book and is valid until May 15th, 2011
And that's all she wrote for today folks!
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He's so dang cute though, can you blame me? I did have two great reasons for making this page though. It's about the differences in our childhood (so in a way it's about me too), which is an idea I have had noted down for longer than I care to reveal. Then Erin Sweeney, who is hosting Write.Click.Scrapbook this week, wanted to showcase a few layouts about just this topic, so I jumped at the chance to finally get it done.
The journaling is inside this envelope. You'll have to check out Erin's great post to read it though! Sneaky, aren't I?
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This is the last of the pages I did with the March Little Black Dress kit, and is also the page I am sharing in the April gallery at Write.Click.Scrapbook.
My brother-in-law is a musician, so Kieran got to try out his drum set recently. He absolutely adored it! I originally was going to title this layout "Little Drummer Boy". Original huh? As I was making it though, I realised I could go a bit deeper. It totally fits since he was doing his own thing and having a blast. That has to be one of the most amazing things about a kid his age. He just jumps in and tries things without having a clue how it is "supposed" to be done. I envy that, and can definitely learn a lesson or two from his approach to life!
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Do you have any partly completed projects sitting around? Or maybe a page idea on a list that you haven't gotten to? This month at Write.Click.Scrapbook we are getting these nagging projects completed at last!
This month's theme is Done, finally, and the team shares a variety of pages and projects that we are all happy to have finally comleted!
My page talks about how Kieran is one of the main topics of my tweets. I've been meaning to do this page for about a year now, and am happy to cross it off my list at last. Go here to see why it took me so long, then browse the other projects. Hopefully you'll be motivated to finally tackle at least one nagging project!
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