I’ve been thinking a lot about this blog lately. One of my goals for my maternity leave was to revive it, and now that leave’s about half over, I figure it’s time to stop thinking about it and start working on it. Lucky for me, Kathy over at The Daily Marker issued a rather perfectly-timed challenge. Color something every day …
A couple months ago I bought an Ephemera Pack from Jillibean Soup. It’s basically a bag full of old-timey stuff, so I decided to use some of it on a layout for an old-timey person. This is possibly my favorite picture of all time. Baldness runs in the family, I guess. I made the background by covering a 12×12 white …
My friend Sara and I spent Saturday afternoon shopping at the Scrapbook Expo in Pleasanton. To say I went a little overboard might be a little understatement. I bought tons of paper (that’s a literal statement, according to my still-aching shoulder), and an assortment of new stamps, dies, and stencils from La La Land, Impression Obsession, Lawn Fawn, The Crafter’s …
I’ve had these pictures for almost a year and finally got around to putting them into a layout. Just in time for Easter, right? The little one has slightly more hair these days, but otherwise not much has changed. She still gives me that look if I ask her to share her candy. The paper line is Southern Chicken Dumpling …
Jesse’s grandfather is an amazing woodworker. We have several of his creations, but my favorite is a little yellow rocking horse that had been Jesse and his brother’s when they were children. I took this picture back when Allie was still tiny. Her feet didn’t even reach the floor, but she was just big enough to sit on it unassisted. These …
I made this layout ages ago, and I love it. Not sure why I never got around to sharing it. This picture came from my “Weekly Rita” photo series from Allie’s first year. She was 35 weeks here, or not quite 9 months. The chair I always photograph her on sits in front of a window that gets lots of …