Project for the day...

Well since it's Preston's birthday I thought I'd share some layouts of my big boy today.  This first one is from his birthday last year.  We made cupcakes since his party was going to be on the weekend.

This one is one of the many quirks my boy has.  He loves to play in the cat door at Granny and Papa's

And just like his father, he loves to bake so I have to shart this simple layout that is turning into one of my new favs.

Just had to share...

I created this layout last weekend and I just wasn't happy with it after everything was all glued and pasted.  I would look at it and things just blended into the busy background.  It was so sad with all the little fun things I had made specifically for the layout so I decided to tear it apart and start half way.

You can see where I began from and then added the black background paper so you can see all the cogs and title much better than in the first.  I have to say it looks much better.  I really hated to take it apart, but sometimes you just have to to get a better outcome.

Baby's First Year Scrapbook Class

I had the opportunity to teach some wonderful ladies out in Oxbow how to make a Baby's First Year Scrapbook.  It was so much fun!  Here's a couple of pictures taken from Lachlan's baby's first year album.  Enjoy!
~A

Finally....

I had a chance to get some scrapbooking done for me! I headed out to Somerset, MB for the weekend and had a chance to scrapbook with some amazing gals from the area in Swan Lake, MB. It was great! I completed 34 pages (not layouts approx. half of my pages were from 2 page layouts) and only 10 pages were projects that I had already started and just needed to finish. It was great playing with paper, embellishments and my cricut machine which I haven't used in quite a while, but do plan on using more. It was great being able to use stuff in my stash as I'm trying to cut down on my shopping for new products since I have so much to start out with! I know I'm so bad. Not only am I a scrapbooker, but I'm also a scrapbook collector. I will not call myself a hoarder as I do try to get stuff out of my stash that I will not use and pass it along to others.

Anywho, here's a couple of pics of a few layouts I did this weekend. Enjoy!

This was the first layout I did for the weekend. I had troubles sleeping with all the excitement so I was designing this one while I couldn't sleep. It drove me nuts! I couldn't wait to get started.


One of my last layouts from the weekend. I love the pictures I'm able to get with the two boys. Preston and Lachlan get along so well.

A layout scraplifted from one of my magazines. I think it was from the Creating Keepsakes Super Fast 4x6 Pages 2. The funny thing is the inspiration came from an advertisement and not from a layout picked to be in the magazine LOL! Go figure.

Baby's first year...

Just a little mini class I'm doing in Virden for the March Crop at Ceramic Corner. It's a great way to recap baby's first year, or even just any year. It's also a great layout for a monthly theme.

~A