Memory Lane

Well I have been doing lots of cleaning and organizing around here (and trying to get my act together ha ha!) Yesterday I was cleaning in my scrap area and finding old photos of the boys, layouts that haven't gotten put in albums yet (I know I'm not the only one with big stack of layouts sitting around!) and other goodies. It made me realize how fast time is flying by. The boys are getting so big it seems hard to remember when they were babies. The beauty of this hobby is freezing those moments in time and preserving them. So many sweet memories would be lost otherwise. So keep fighting the good fight and keep scrapping those photos! =)

Here is a favorite layout of Jon I was reminded of in my cleaning spree:

What a cutie! (I know I'm biased though.) Well, have a good rest of the weekend and God bless and protect those in the path of Irene on the east coast.

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Challenge #6!

Here we are again with another Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge. This one is about the special friendships that we have in our lives. I chose to do a layout about the friendship that my mom and I have. I feel so blessed that we are good friends and that I get to see her often. I am very thankful for our relationship, she is the best! You can join in our challenge too and have a chance to win a great prize. Head on over to SEM and check out all the details and to link up your project. Happy scrapping and take time to tell those special people in your life that you appreciate them!

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Challenge #5!

It's that time again – time for another Scrapping Everyday Miracles challenge! I loved this one since I'm fond of doing humorous layouts anyway and the boys are such good subjects for such things. It is called "I couldn't help but LAUGH!" and is about finding those things in life that just make you laugh. I've been wanting to do this layout for AGES and this challenge finally spurred me on. (Isn't that the great thing about challenges?) The Dr. Spoonface photo is of Jon when he was 17 mos. old and the Superdog Greg photo is recent. Love them, those guys make me laugh.

So click on over to the SEM blog for full details. Link up your take on the challenge and you could win the sponsor prize or be chosen to be a guest designer. I bet you have funny photos and stories just waiting to be scrapped.

August?? Really?

I can't believe it's already August! Where has this summer gone? School starts in two weeks and my head is spinning with all the "get ready for fall" stuff on my to-do list. What happened to summer lasting until Labor Day? Alas. Well, I'm still going to try to hang onto that summer time feeling while I work on my to-do list, lol. In the meantime, here is a layout for you celebrating summer. It's not too late to go buy a box of popsicles.

Birthday Birthday Birthday

I am WAY behind on scrapping birthdays. I hadn't made any bday layouts for the boys since their one-year parties. I'm going to start working on catching up a little. So many photos, so little time! Here are layouts for Greg's second and third birthdays. I'll have to do some of Jon's next. Maybe one of these years I'll even get their baby scrapbooks done, LOL!

Inspiration Challenge

Over at Scrapping Everyday Miracles, we are having an "Inspiration Challenge". I used the color scheme from the magazine cover as my inspiration for the Gregisms layout. If you're feeling inspired too, we'd love to see what you come up with! Check out the details over on SEM and link up your creation there. And, happy Monday!


The inspiration:

The result!:

More about the layout - These are all funny things that Greg said when he was little. I'm glad I wrote them down because I would have never remembered what he had said. It makes me chuckle to go back and see them now. And he arranged his lunch remains that way. Carefully positioned crusts and apple slices with one bite out of each. What a little character!

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Challenge #4!

Well we have another challenge up at Scrapping Everyday Miracles! This one is all about taking a meaningful song and scrapping about that. Take a peek over at the SEM blog to see all the details. Participate and you stand a very good chance of getting one of the challenge prizes. ; ) Here's my layout example for it. The song I used is What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.

I got a little crazy and didn't even use a photo! (gasp!) I think I went a little crazy with the red roses too, but it's all good. Here are the lyrics and journaling:


What A Wonderful World ~ Louis Armstrong
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.




journaling:
I have always loved this song, it is so hopeful and optimistic. It makes me look at what is positive in the world. There is a lot of bad that we tend to focus on, but there is a lot of good to be thankful for too!