Time goes by a whole lot quicker than I think it does sometimes. I hope that Thanksgiving was a blessed one for all those who celebrated. We went to my mom’s for dinner on Wednesday and then had a quiet dinner of leftovers here on Thursday. We took the time to get the Christmas decorations up and the house looking festive! I am really tickled with all the scrapping I got done this past week as well. If you haven’t seen the amazing Black Friday deals going on you really need to check them out!! Here’s a few of the amazing kits you can find on sale right now!
Stay Weird Collab Bundle by Etc. by Danyale and Little Butterfly WingsFrozen in Time : Collection by Dawn Inskip Star of Wonder {Dressed Down} by Fiddle-Dee-Dee DesignsStoryteller 2017 December Collection by Just Jaimee Storyteller 2016 July Sketched Templates by Just JaimeeJanuary Stuff by Allison Pennington Clippy Frames v. 4 by Allison Pennington Star of Wonder {Dressed Down} by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs Fancy Whites Papers by Pink Reptile DesignsMod Holiday by River~Rose Christmas Wishes Templates by Crystal LivesaySilver and Gold Collection by River~Rose Mix It Up Vol 2 by Crystal LivesayChapter 5 – New Traditions by Etc. by Danyale Oh Deer 2 {Dressed Down} by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs
And there is even more coming for Cyber Monday! I am seriously behind on PL, so I hope to spend the day tomorrow getting caught up on that before it’s time to dive in to December Daily! I need to work on a few foundation pages for that! Just a quickie from me today before I head off to bed. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!! Peace, out…
I’m really hoping that this day does turn out to be super fun! We have a special party planned. We found out when my oldest was 12 that he is color blind. It sure explained a lot of the arguments I had with him as a child over his clothes matching and what color the moon was. Part of me felt really bad because all that time I had thought he was just kind of being a pain. The biggest issue it caused for him was when he joined the military and the list of jobs he could do shrank to 3. But, that’s what led him to his life as a Paramedic and teacher. Things do sometimes happen for a reason. Fast forward and he is now 26. For his birthday last June, my husband and I, his dad and stepmom, and my mom all went in together and bought him a gift certificate to get a pair of Enchroma glasses. If you haven’t heard of them, they are supposed to help people who are color blind to see many of the colors they haven’t seen before, or at least see them in all their richness. He ordered them a few weeks ago and they arrived on Tuesday. Today we are all meeting at mom’s for a “color reveal” party. I am so excited for him and I really and truly hope that he is one of the 80% who actually sees a difference! At least they offer a money back guarantee if they don’t work. We’re all looking forward to it.
But, while I have a few minutes, I thought I’d stop by here, share the story, and add a few pages I worked on with some awesome new releases this week.
DYD is happening at The Lilypad! I absolutely love documenting December! This will be my 6th year doing it and it is one of my favorite projects of the year! I’ll talk more about it as December approaches, but I did get my cover done for this year!!
Just Jaimee has a super fun kit out this weekend as well – Dogs! This is my sweet baby!
Dogs by Just Jaimee Dogs Journal Cards by Just Jaimee Dec 2016 Sketched Template by Just Jaimee
And over at The Sweet Shoppe, River~Rose has an absolutely gorgeous new kit – Flurries. It almost makes me like snow haha
Flurries Collection by River~Rose April Champions Template by Crystal Livesay
I spent some time last night catching up on PL. I just have this week to do and I am up to date. You can see all those pages HERE.
I’m going to spend the rest of my free time today working on some December foundation pages so that I have a jump on it before December actually gets here!
Hope you have an amazing rest of your weekend!! Peace, out…
So yeah, it’s been awhile. We’ll just say that life happens and this time it was mostly football season. It consumed my every evening and every weekend since July. It all came to an end after last weekend when they lost out in the playoffs. We then spent Monday and Tuesday trying out for basketball. He didn’t make the team, but it was a really good experience for him. Anyway, I finally finding a little time to catch up on a few things. I got my Scrap Pages updated with all of the layouts since my last visit and I’m working on catching up with my Life in Pockets spreads.
I only really got one page done for this week and it was with Just Jaimee’s November Storyteller Collection. If you are not a subscriber, you are missing out on some fabulous designs and some awesome add-ons!!
Storyteller 2017 – November Collection by Just Jaimee DSD Grab Bag by Sara Gleason and Crystal Livesa
I’m going to head out for tonight, but since I have my evenings back now, I hope to get here a lot more often. Until next time…peace, out….
Oh wow, it’s been a while since I was this glad to see Friday come!! Can I be real for a second? I love what I do, really, but weeks like this really test my sanity. I’m not sure if there was just something in the air or what, but the kids have been out there…like, way out there! I’m exhausted. But it’s Friday, there was no football practice, and I’m chilling in my PJ’s and hanging out online while I listen to the 12 year old yelling at a video game. Yep, he’s out there, too…wherever “there” is. I would almost swear it’s a full moon, but I know it’s not. Anyway, I thought I’d swing by and share my pages for this week. There’s some awesome new stuff in the stores and you don’t wanna miss getting it while it’s on sale!
Just Jaimee has an amazing Add-on to the September Storyteller called Hello Autumn. It is so gorgeous!!
Hello Autumn by Just Jaimee
I am totally in love with Friday Night Lights by ForeverJoy Designs. I seriously could scrap with this one for days with all the football photos I have! These are from the Jason Witten Football Camp that C went to this summer.
Friday Night Lights by ForeverJoy Designs and Scrap the Lot 2 by Lynne GrievesonFriday Night Lights by ForeverJoy Designs and Scrap the Lot 2 by Lynne Grieveson
And I absolutely adore Happening Now by River~Rose! Such a beautiful kit!! I paired it with some fantastic new templates from Crystal Livesay – Last Days of Summer. This is my little grandson waving at me as he pushes his stroller around the football practice field.
Happening Now by River~Rose and Last Days of Summer by Crystal Livesay
I have some catching up to do on PL and I hope to get that done after football games tomorrow. This week has been so crazy that my planner is laying in front of me completely blank and empty. No stickers or even any writing. It looks so sad. I’m going to have to get on that as well. So, that’s it for me today! Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!! Peace, out…
It’s SOSN at The Lilypad!! Just running by really quick to share a couple of pages I did for this week’s SOSN sale. You can grab these kits and much more 50% off right now!!
It’s actually been a really quiet calm Sunday, and I really needed that!! Yesterday we had to be at a salute to the military and first responders during the football games and then C and I went to the movies with A and M last night. We went to see IT in IMAX. Really cool, if you haven’t seen it. But I still love Tim Curry as Pennywise!
Anyway, I thought while I was having some quite time I would come by here and share a few layouts. I didn’t scrap any new releases this week because it was so hectic, but I did upload a couple that I had done earlier.
This first one is done with for Amber LaBau’s blog template challenge! I also used it for the Random Challenge at The Lilypad. I used Wonderful You by Amber LaBau. It’s a fantastic template and you can get it for free on her blog!
This page uses Amber LaBau’s featured product for September – In the Orchard. If you create a page with this kit by September 30th, you have a chance to win $10 to her store! You can check out the details on her blog!
I’ve already scrapped a couple of pages for next week, so I will have something new to share then!
I got caught up on another week of PL today, too! Here is Week 35
That will wrap things up for me today! Hope you all have had a wonderful weekend!! Peace, out…
It’s been a really low key Labor Day around here. I did some laundry, mopped the floor, and took a nap…perfect. I was also able to scrap a few pages and print some stickers.
I just thought I’d drop by and share my PL pages for the last few weeks. I still have the spread for this week to do and I’m all caught up again, but it will probably have to wait until next week.
All of my pages for this year use Just Jaimee’s Ready to Go pages!! They are a life saver for me. All I have to do is add photos and journaling and I’m done. Sometimes I change things up a bit, but if I’m in a bind, I don’t have to. They are seriously amazing!!
And while I’m here… I’m going to try to stay more of top of sharing my planner pages. For those I use Just Jaimee’s Story Planner kits. They are amazing as well. I’ve been printing the stickers for my desk planner and also making a pocket planner for my purse using all the contents of these kits.
And that’s it from me for today. I hope you have all had a fantastic Labor Day weekend and the upcoming week treats you well!! Peace, out…
Early Saturday mornings are the best! Quiet, peaceful, just me and my coffee for a couple of hours…heaven. As I was sitting here planning the day, I totally realized that I completely forgot to come and share the pages I made for Simple Scrapper in August and I also need to share the ones for September. So, I’m going to just hit them all right now!!
I love being a part of the team at Simple Scrapper. I really feel like it helps me to create some meaningful, purposeful layouts and inspires me to create pages that I may not have thought of otherwise. The Premium Membership offers exclusive content and a supportive, generous, and inspiring community. Some of the benefits include a private Facebook group, Spark Magazine, chats, podcasts, sketches, and story starters. Totally awesome! Here are my pages for August:
Storyteller June 2017 by Just Jaimee with Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium MembershipStoryteller July 2017 by Just Jaimee with Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership
And for September:
iGeneration by Sabrina’s Creations with Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium MembershipChapter 3 (Being Me) and Chapter 4 (Defining Him) by Etc. by Danyale with Sketch and Story Starter from Simple Scrapper Premium Membership
Seriously, if you haven’t checked out Simple Scrapper Membership you really should. The resources and information you receive is phenomenal. And if you join now, you also get Nourish – a 12 episode video class on creative self care.
I am also up to date on PL (with the exception of this week) and I will share those soon. Before I go, I want to share a couple more pages from BYOC at The Lilypad that I did last minute:
Back to School Templates by Paislee Press Back to School Journal Cards by Paislee Press Back to School Elements by Paislee Press One in Eight Papers by Amber LaBau One in Eight Elements by Amber LaBauTomorrow’s Memories Patterns and Backgrounds by Allison Pennington Tomorrow’s Memories Elements by Allison Pennington La Vie Template by Lynn Grieveson
And I think that’s it for right now. I have some more things to share but I’ll save that for a new post. Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend!! Peace, out…
This is one particularly happy Thursday!! You gotta love a great four day weekend!! I’m telling you, no one really knows what it’s like inside a school on the first week back with students after summer break. I’m exhausted as I know all of my teacher friends are. I really need this weekend to get myself back on track and feel like I am with it again! The best part today was when they cancelled football practice and I got to come home and grab a nap!
If you weren’t aware, it’s BYOC at The Lilypad!! I didn’t get to play as much as I wanted to, but I swear I seriously love each one more than the last! Here are a couple of pages that I did manage to get done last night:
Beauti-fall Papers and Elements by Little Butterfly Wings La Vie Templates by Lynn GrievesonOne in Eight Papers by Amber LaBau One in Eight Elements by Amber LaBau Clean and Simple n26 by Sabrina’s Creations
And just because I didn’t get here last week to share my pages, here are a couple that I did with some amazing designs!
Storyteller 2017 September Collection by Just Jaimee Templates – Storyteller 2017 August Add-on by Just JaimeeTogether is Better by River~Rose and January Foundations by Crystal Livesay
And now I am off to try to do a little catch up on PL and hit the bed kind of early. I’m still pretty tired and I’m ready to get started tomorrow! Until next time, peace, out…
This is the most dreaded day of the year. The end of summer vacation and the start of a new school year. I do love my kids and what I do, but…. 🙂
I figured I should take some time to come by here and add a few updates. This first week back tends to be rather crazy.
I have a few new layouts for this week from some fabulous designers:
Wonderful You and Hide & Seek by Amber LabauSweet Clarissa by River~Rose and January Foundations by Crystal LivesayRoad Trip and August Template Storyteller Add-ons by Just Jaimee
I am also playing along with the Masters of Scrap Competition at Scrapaneers! I in no way expect to win, but I love things like this to challenge my creativity and help me to think outside the box. Here are the layouts that I have done so far:
A Hot Mess by Dawn Inskip Dream Catcher by Dawn Inskip Today by Pink Reptile Designs Ink Pad Alpha by Pink Reptile Designs Storyteller April 2016 Word Art by Just Jaimee Storyteller January 2017 Word Art by Just Jaimee I am Beautiful by Little Butterfly WingsUrban Blight by Paula Kesselring Ladder from Country Love by Etc. by Danyale (retired) Chain link from Kaleidoscope by Etc. by Danyale (retired)July BYOC: Summer Picnic Papers and Elements by Sabrina’s Creations Hyannis Papers and Elements by One Little Bird Life in Color Elements by Etc. by Danyale Older: Spearmint Papers by Valorie Wibbens (recolored)Let’s Get Lost by Valorie Wibbens Let’s Be Mermaids by Valorie Wibbens Sprinkles Vol. 43 by Valorie Wibbens Duly Noted by One Little Bird
I was so incredibly thrilled and honored to win 2nd place in the Minimalist Tournament with the last page here!! Two new events will start tomorrow and I’m excited to see what they will be!
And so, tomorrow I start back to work and I am also planning to dive in to Shaun T’s Focus T25 Workout for the next two months! I took my measurements this evening and I will weigh myself at work tomorrow. I’m not necessarily looking to lose weight, but I truly want to get in shape and up my fitness game. I hope that I will have time to post updates on that here as well. I need to take a before picture and I’m really not looking forward to doing that haha. But anyway, until next time… peace, out…
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