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Check on Your Interoverts --- Not All Of Them Are OK, Either









We're hearing a lot of words and phrases right now --- many of which were not even around two months ago.  Living through a pandemic has necessitated it in some cases, and other new parts of our vocabulary have become buzzwords or trendy on social media.   There are certain ones I'm pretty tired of hearing, like "unprecedented times," "social distancing," and "quarantine," to name a few. 

There is another one, though, that I feel is a bit incomplete, which says:  "Check on your extroverts.  They are not OK."   Let me start by saying that I am not criticizing anyone who feels this blurb sums it up for them.  I'm not an extrovert and cannot speak to what their experiences with the pandemic are.  This is a great reminder for those of us who love these high energy, social folks. We should be keeping in touch with them and see how they are doing, as having to be social distant will be difficult.   As an introvert, however...I think there should be a companion statement which says:  "Check on Your Introverts.  Not all of them are OK."

Many of your introvert friends are having difficulties, too. Yes, there are many who are enjoying the chance to slow down, stay in, catch up on their Netflix watch list, and tackle projects that work and other facets of life have prevented them from doing normally. As an introvert myself, I have taken pleasure in these activities. There have been days when I enjoyed the slower pace, having everyone in the family home for dinner, and not having to drive the mom taxi. Honestly, though, I still miss people and the things we used to do together. This may sound funny, since it may seem contrary to your idea of an introvert, so let me clarify.

A few years ago, when my family was sitting at dinner, my daughter struck up a conversation about the difference between our personalities and introversion vs. extroversion. She identifies as an extrovert. She also recognized that I was an introvert. Her idea of a great time is to be with her friends as much as possible. She loves to meet new people and would rather be out doing something than at home. In contrast, I enjoy being home. I can pop on a movie or a great playlist of my favorite movie, and be content to do something while it's playing. I can do housework, some crafting, or cook in the kitchen. I'm also quite comfortable going to eat at a restaurant or a movie theater by myself. As we were discussing this, my girl came to the conclusion that I was anti-social. What I tried to explain was this is not the case. I'm not anti-social. I just socialize in a much different way than an extrovert. 


Does this mean I don't like going out with other people?  No, it doesn't.  Am I against
 meeting new people?  No, I'm not.  I still like to grab lunch with some gals from church, 
see a movie with my family, and love extended family gatherings.  And, I take fitness 
and ballet classes, where you will find me in the front row every single time if I can 
manage it.  I might often be content to take a back seat in a group conversation, but 
when I dance, I like to be up front, in the thick of it all.  


When I go to fitness classes, I get there several minutes before the class starts to just sit and gather my thoughts. I can take that time to shed off any negative thinking, let go of things that happened during my day that I didn't like, or just have some peace. When I'm home with my family, I speak a lot. Answering questions regarding dinner, what needs to get done at home, and so on. I'm also giving constant reminders: get back to doing homework, please clean up after yourself, comb your hair, etc. Some days, I feel like a chatty parrot repeating the same stuff over and over. So, if I have a few minutes to myself before class starts, and I can relax and enjoy the silence, I relish that.


If, however, one of the peeps I know from class sits down and wants to chat, I can do that, too. Or, I can choose to listen as they talk amongst themselves and silently enjoy what is being said. There are times I enjoy just being a listening ear for someone else.


So, after that long ramble, what is my point?  Many introverts are not anti-social. We still need people...but the way we approach it looks different than it does for extroverts. I miss going to my weekly ballet class and taking time to chat with the other students and our teacher. We all appreciate the adult interaction, as it is often the only conversations we get that don't involve managing family decisions,  kids, work, etc. I feel great talking and letting each of us have our say.


I also miss going to events. Last July, I danced in a Flash Mob with a boatload of other Shine Dance Fitness students. There were some who know me who were surprised to see me in a bright yellow dress, dancing in the front row. It was real thrill for me to take part! Dance is one of my best outlets for self expression. I grabbed a selfie with one of the instructors afterwards, and went to dinner with a couple of my brothers and their spouses. This doesn't sound like an introvert's idea of a fun evening, but for me, it was awesome.


Additionally, three years in a row, I attended Brave Girl Symposium, which I went to by myself. The purpose of this event to is to find tools to heal, bravely live your best life, and connect with other like minded gals. I didn't go with any girlfriends in tow, but I saw friends I made at other Brave Girls events, and made some new friends, too. I danced, swam, ate, cried with, sang, practiced yoga, and attended classes with these gals. I asked to sit with groups of other ladies when going to the large meetings. I stayed up late to do some of the activities with all the attendees, and at other times, ducked out early to decompress after emotional speeches, or just to wind down and watch TV before bed (In case you are interested, I did a series of three videos where I show how to make the layout about the flash mob.  You can check them out here:)

And, here is what else I miss:

-I wish I could hug my mom. While I still see her weekly, since I try to be available to help her once a week, we don't give hugs because of the pandemic. I don't see my brothers because of social distancing guidelines. It bums me out.


-Not being able to do the normal things with other people is difficult. Unlike some of my extroverted friends and family, I'm not the life of the party, I've never been one to entertain at my house a ton, and may not make new friends every week. However, I still need people. I still miss my people. I really dislike the social distancing. I hate not being able to travel, or stopping to chat with a friend or acquaintance I see in the grocery store.


I know I'm not going to die.  I realize the pandemic isn't lasting forever.  It's just not always fun for me, either.  I'm mostly doing OK.  But often, stuff gets to me, as I'm sure there's stuff that gets to everyone else.  


Take it from an introvert. We're not all okay, either. So check on your introvert friends, too, and see how they are doing. See if they want to talk, text with you, or do a FaceTime chat.  I think in general, it's wise to check on your friends and family, whether we are an introvert, extrovert, or ambivert, we all still need connection.  
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Digi Paper Trend - Tropical




 Do you ever miss the many different scrapbooking magazines that used to be available?  I used to see them so frequently, not only in the local scrapbooking store (aka LSS), but in pretty much every grocery store I frequented, bookstores, gas stations, and more.  Nowadays, it's harder to find them...thankfully, there's still Scrapbook & Cards Today.  I'm grateful for it, and love to read it, but I still get sad that there's only scrapbooking publication left.   Back in the day, when there were plenty to choose from,  I felt like the magazines were the best source for spotting papercrafting trends.

I know there's a ton of inspiration online, but just trying to find info on the current year's trends is a bit hard.  It feels like most posts or online articles about what's trending are focused on one brand, and I think that it's nice to be able to look across all the offerings available.  There was one blog I used to visit that had a series on trends, but they stopped posting about that about 2 years ago.

So, after doing my own research on this year's trends both in print and online,  I decided to do videos and blog featuring a current trend.   Here is my first video in this series, which showcases the "tropical" trend:





I created a Pinterest board for things I found that show the popularity of Tropical Chic, which does have scrapbooking layouts and cards, but also food ideas, home decor, jewelry, party favors, and more.  If you have any doubts as to how well-liked this trend is, the objects I've gathered here should put them to rest:

Pinterest board - Tropical



Since trends are seen across multiple areas, it's no surprise that it's also popped up into paper crafting.  I was easily able to find tropical- themed digital scrapbooking kits.  The one I chose to use for the projects I'm showing you today were made with the "Pineapple of My Eye" digital kit by Traci Reed and Jady Day Studio at Sweet Shoppe Designs:

Get The Pineapple of My Eye Kit Here







The first project I'm sharing here is my digital bullet journaling spread.  I imported a jpeg image of a single pineapple as well as a white ribbon with little pineapples on it.  I used the ribbon as a border and placed a little pineapple next to each day of the week.  From there, I just used my Apple pencil to doodle in the Morpholio Journal App and added the writing for each section of the spread.



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Up next is this scrapbook page I made about a pool day we had during our DisneyWorld vacation.   The pool was at the Music Resort, and while it did have pools shaped like musical instruments,  the main feel was more tropical, so this kit was perfect. 




I couldn't resist using the kit to make a card...this pineapple element was calling to me, so here you go:




Here's the list of traditional supplies I used for this card.  If I couldn't find a link to a particular product, then I provided a link to one that's similar:

Pink Bazzill Cardstock
Recollections colored rhinestones
silk flower embellishments
raffia
a button from my stash.  You can use anything you have on hand...I fully encourage using your stash whenever you can.


I hope you guys enjoyed my take on the tropical trend...if you feel so inclined, go and try it out for yourself!

See you all later,


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Create A Cool Title Treatment (Like This One!)


One thing many people overlook in regards to Photoshop Elements is that not every technique is complicated or requires a lot of steps.  The title treatment I used here so simple to create and requires the use of only two tools in Elements.  It looks difficult, but takes only minutes to do.  Watch the video I made and see how you can make a title similar to this one:






The kit I used is so beautiful, and it's called Lavender and Lace by SeaTrout Scraps.  You can purchase the kit bundle here: Lavender and Lace Collection.  You can see the kit contents below:














 





Font used:
Saloon Regular and Always in My Heart


If you guys like this technique and you try it, leave me a link to the site where you posted it. I'd love to see!

Thanks reading my post and I'll see you guys soon!
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How to Make Custom (and unique) Clipping masks

 


Have you used the shape tool in Photoshop Elements for a clipping mask lately?  And if you have, did you simply use a square or rectangle?  Well, then, try mixing it up a little and using basic shapes to create a composite shape.  You can come up with some fun figures to clip your pictures into. 

 


In the page I posted above about the Oregon Coast Aquarium, the comma or swirly shapes along the right side were created using the custom shape tool, with the half circle shape within in that.  You can watch the video below to see how I did it: 




Here's the kit I used to make my page: 

Underwater Escape Kit 

 

The font I used: http://www.dafont.com/beauty-and-the-beast.font


Here are the other pages I made that unique clipping masks: 



The page below has the half circle shape combined with a vertical rectangle.  Another fun effect for this page is that I used the text tool to create text on a rounded path, snugged it up closely to the photo mask, and merged (or combined it with the custom mask I just created.  So now, not only did I combine the two shapes together, the text adds another fun look to this clipping mask.  For a little more visual interest, I created an outline stroke that I offset from the clipping mask.  I love the way it turned out!  I can't link you to this kit, as it is no longer for sale, but it is the Snap Click Repeat kit by Celeste Knight.

 


The next page I made used these shapes: 



This was the first page I made using composite shape clipping mask.  I was extra proud of it because it made the Two Peas digital newsletter when that site was still up.  You can see from the example above I used a horizontal rectangle this time, then two quarter circle shapes.  I used the skew command (Image > Transform > Skew) to more or less make the rectangle a parallelogram, then skewed the half circles as well.  I rotated the quarter circles in opposite directions, then plopped them on the ends of the parallelogram, then merged the layers.  In the layout below, after I was finished making the shapes and duplicated them to create two other copies of the shape for my photo clipping masks.  I also made the shapes a little taller and not as wide so they'd be a more ideal size for my photos.   I also put an outline stroke around the clipping mask to make the shapes really pop from the page.   This kit I used here is by Jen Martakis.  It's another older one and has been discontinued.




So tell me...have you tried making clipping masks using this technique?  Or is it something you'd like to try?  Let me know if you get the chance. 

Thanks again for reading my post and I hope you'll check out the video.  Enjoy your day!



 




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DIY Simple Digital Embellishments

 


Would you look at this layout and think that everything on the page (excluding the fonts and pictures) came from the kit I'm going to show you below?

 

Well, it's true!  Using only The Watercolor Summer kit by Kim Jensen and some tools in Photoshop Elements, I made the Easter layout at the top of this post.  

My latest video shows you how you can take a small kit, and make some embellishments to go with it.  There are times when a kit doesn't have what we need, and we can improvise enough to make a great scrapbook page. 


I'm not saying by any means that this is how pro digital designers make their products...they use different programs and have spent a lot of time honing their skill.  All I'm saying here is that this is a great way to spruce up a page in a pinch, or create a custom embellishment or two when you want it. 

FYI, the only supplies I used other than Kim's beautiful kit were some fonts --- Phosphate Solid, KG Sorry Not Sorry Chub Regular, and my own handwriting are the ones you see on the layout. 

 I'm curious...have you ever made your own digital embellishments?  Why or why not?  I'd love to hear from you!

Alrighty, guys!  Have a beautiful day!









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A Reminder About Why I Scrapbook





The handsome guy in the picture above is my dad...when he was in service during the 1940s.  He passed away about a week and a half ago, and I cannot tell you how much I miss him.

During this time, when I'm still getting used to the fact that he is no longer with us, I have been so thankful that I have pictures of him...those that I took and those that belonged to him that we took the time to scan in.   Also, I'm glad I took time to scrapbook some of those photos, and that there are others that I still have the chance to scrapbook.

I have realized that while I love the pretty papers and embellishments and have fun using them, they are not the main reason I do this.  The most important reason, and why it is so dear to my heart, is so I can preserve those memories and remember what the good things and good people in my life.

Being able to look back at the pages I've made with photos of my dad have really brought me peace and helped the sting of our separation to be less painful.  Certain memories have made me laugh, while others have made me so grateful for the good man he was.  I'm so glad I had such a wonderful dad and what a sweet grandad he was to my kids.

You can hear more about this in this week's video:



The layouts I included are posted here in case you wanted a better look at them.


This one features my dad with one of his elementary school classes:

 



I love this page because it shows my parents on their wedding day and then on their sixtieth anniversary:




This page shows one of my favorite things to do ever, which is taking a hike with my dad and my kids:

 


 This was such a fun Christmas, because it was our first in the new house we just moved into, and my parents surprised us by stopping by to spend some time with us:


I loved looking back on this day because we went to the courthouse to make the adoption final, and become a family in the eyes of the law.   I loved having Mom and Dad there:




Thanks for taking time to visit today, and remember --- scrap those memories!  And, if someone you love a lot has been on your mind, and you haven't talked to them in awhile --- don't wait!  Call, visit, Facetime them, or take them to lunch.   You won't regret it!
 


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Beginner Handlettering on a Layout








If you've looked around the web lately, it seems like there has been an explosion of hand lettered items...fonts, invitations that have been hand lettered, instructional books on how to do it, and more.

And, if you have been on Pinterest in the last 6 months, bullet journaling, and hand lettering in those journals is all over it.  I have been dying to try lettering since then, and decided to just plow ahead and give it a shot.

Obviously, I am just starting out as a beginner, and I in no way stating that I have this skill down or that I'm an expert in any way, shape or form.  I am willing to learn, and decided to take you along as I made my first scrapbook page with a handwritten element on it (the word "snow" on the layout above).

Even though my hand is shaky, and I know it will take a lot more practice, I'm really enjoying this process.  And I know that as I go along, I'll get better hopefully can share what I learn.

Here's the video I created showing how I made my hand lettering.  Please note that I used my Apple Pencil, iPad Pro, and the Procreate app to use do this word art.  I then imported it as a .psd file from Procreate and sent it to myself in an email.



Digital Kit used:  Arctic Exploration Kit by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals:




 Here's a list of awesome hand lettering blogs you should check out:

Hello Brio
Random Olive
The Postman's Knock  (focuses a bit more on calligraphy, but there are some brush lettering resources as well)
Dawn Nicole Blog

I hope you guys find this helpful...and if you feel so inclined, would you let me know if you are a hand letterer?  Have you ever tried it?  Let me know!

Talk to you all later,





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Five Great Reasons To Try Digital Scrapbooking

I made a video in response to questions I've had from other scrapbookers over the years about why I switched to digital scrapping, and thought I would share why I love and enjoy it so much:



If you aren't one for leaving comments on YouTube, feel free to comment here about what your thoughts are about digital scrapbooking...I'd love to hear any constructive comments.

Here are photos of the pages I featured in my video, if you'd like to get a better look at them:









Also, if you need the link to the Adobe PSE free trial, here it is: Free trial for PSE15

Thanks & have a great day,





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Using Photoshop Brushes on a Layout


You guys wanna see how easy and fun it is to use brushes on a digital scrapbook page?  If so, then I have a helpful video for you on how to do just that.  It's a follow up of my previous one, where I demonstrated how to either load or install brushes.

To create this page, I used Mye De Leon's Fleeting kit, which is so fun and pretty:


http://www.snapclicksupply.com/fleeting-complete-kit


I also used this add on brush kit of hers to demo using brushes to create part of a title:


http://www.snapclicksupply.com/fleeting-stamps

And, last but not least, I also incorporated some of these fun tapes from this coordinating add on kit:


http://www.snapclicksupply.com/fleeting-washi-tapes/

All three of these great kits can be found at the Snap Click Supply Online Store, if you are interested in picking up these kits or any others. 

Here's the video, if you like it and wouldn't mind, then give it a thumbs up on YouTube and subscribe to my channel.  I would love to have you as followers: 





Also, as a thank you for watching my video and visiting my blog, I have a free template download for you.  I recreated the bones of my layout into templates --- there's one in 8.5 x 11 and another in the 12 x 12 size. 




 Grab the Free Templates Download Here.

Link for the font I used: Always in My Heart

Thanks again, for taking time to be here.  Have a wonderful day!!

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Video: Loading vs. Installing Brushes



Here's a video on my thoughts about installing and loading brushes, as well as the advantages to each method.

I hope you guys enjoy watching this --- I think Photoshop Brushes don't get all the love they deserve.  You can do so many cool things with them, and you are limited only by your imagination!  Here are some of my favorite ways to use brushes in PSE:

 Painty splats made with brushes can be awesome and unique ways to ground a photo, and it's nice variety from using standard photo mats.




Another fun use is to to ink or paint up the edges of a patterned or solid paper, like I did here with the aqua cardstock: 


Brushes can also add fun texture to a page that needs that little extra "something to make a page feel finished.  On this "Speed Racer" page,  I used a brush that looks like tire tread marks to reinforce the theme of the page.




In a few more days, I will have a video that will talk you through the process of creating a new layout using brushes, and it will show you how fun and easy they are to work with.

Let me know what you think of the video and/or this post.

I appreciate you stopping by and have a great day!
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I'm Back (With Some Fun News)!

Ya'll probably thought I'd dropped off the face of the earth, right?

The only thing I can really say is that life got in the way for a couple of years, my family had some needs, and my attention had to be somewhere else for awhile.  I also chose to resign from my creative teams, and while I was sad to lose the privilege of working with awesome digital designers, I needed a break.  I had to take some time to recharge my batteries after feeling pretty exhausted and burnt out. 

I hope you guys are ready to hear from me again, as I plan to be back and posting more.  I'm excited to be back, and have something I'm so thrilled to tell you!

I've been doing some digging and researching online, and I've discovered that there aren't many digital scrappers sharing projects much on YouTube.  There are quite a few videos that center around tutorials (which I will do some of the time), Photoshop courses, or digital designers highlighting their kits. However, there are not so many that show work on projects using products from a variety of designers, stores, etc.  I also noticed that while there are tons of traditional scrapbookers and card makers sharing their layouts and projects, there are not many digital and hybrid scrappers/paper crafters doing so on YouTube...or maybe not so many that I felt like I found interesting and wanted to watch. 

It's funny to me that I kept waiting and waiting for someone else to make that kind of content, and it didn't dawn on me to do it myself.  I confess I was super intimidated by the very idea of making videos, but I decided to bite the bullet and give it a go.

I've been watching YouTube videos on a few different topics for about 2.5 years now, and kept track of how the creators of those videos made good content, how they engaged their audiences, best practices they used, and even took some online lessons on video creation from YouTube itself.

And while I am still very much a beginner, and have much to learn, I've gone ahead and created my own channel.  I waffled for a few months, and felt scared, especially after reading all the mean comments that get left on some of the channels out there.  I also worried that my videos would suck!
But, in the end,  I feel like it's more important to put myself out there and share my channel even if it scares me.  That's how we grow, right?  We take risks and learn what they teach us.

With all of that said, though...I love connecting with other scrapbookers, and I hope my channel will provide another place for people who love this hobby as much as I do to connect, learn, and have discussions about it.

So, awesome followers and readers...if you feel so inclined, I'd be grateful if you'd watch my first video, leave me some constructive feedback, and subscribe so you can see more of my videos.   I'd love to have you come along as I embark on my journey into the YouTube Realm.  I included the video here below, and will have a YouTube widget up soon along with the rest of my social media widgets at the top of the page.




As always, I appreciate all of you stopping by and spending part of your day here.

Thanks and talk to you soon,



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Right Here, Right Now 1.24.14

If you've read my blog before, you know I think it's important to scrapbook about yourself.  My husband and kids show up on my pages most of the time, but I do make an appearance on layouts as well.  Sometimes, it's because I feel I can express what I want to say best on a page.  At others, I make layouts about myself so my kids see that I'm not just this person who washes dirty socks and makes them brush their teeth.  I kind of like them seeing me as a person with my own interests, goals, and ideas.

I've noticed lately, when my children look at my scrapbooks, it prompts them to ask more questions about our family, our history, and my husband and I.  All of this got me thinking that it might be fun to do some layouts a few times this year using a prompt of "Right Here, Right Now."  I'd like to create a page or two about myself (either something I'm going through, or feelings I want to express), or maybe about things that I'm into at the moment.  Or maybe there will be some random topic I feel like putting down either on an art journaling page or a digital scrapbooking page.   The title of the layouts will not necessarily be "Right Here, Right Now," but I think my ideas will still come across.   

So for today, I have two "Right Here, Right Now" types of layouts to show you.  The first one shows a small snapshot my life as it was just last month:



I like pages that come together fast like this one.  I just did a quick summary of the things that were making me happy (including finding and fitting into a pair of cute skinny jeans).  Sometimes, you don't have to have paragraphs of journaling to capture the happiness of the moment.  I used Kim Jensen's Me Right Now kit, which is such a fun one for doing pages about yourself.

Something I've recently discovered the joys of is make up.  Granted, I've always worn a little here and there, but it's been hit and miss so much over the last few years.  The make up I've had on hand was getting old and needed to be replaced so I hit the mall and some of the make up counters, and used this page to document my experience:




It was a little intimidating to walk into Sephora for the first time (I know...it's crazy that I've not been in before now), but it was fun at the same time.  Just a year ago, I wouldn't have ever thought I'd visit stores like that.  I'd been watching YouTube videos on products and application, as well as doing research on the web, so I figured it was time to bite bullet and go shopping.  I was actually able to apply it myself the next day and like how it looked...which I cannot say happened before now when I bought make up.   This is a small thing, of course, but it's been fun for me to play with make up and understand why so many other women love it.  I think pages about these little things we are interested in make our scrapbooks more fun and real to look at.  My tween daughter has been especially inrigued by all of this and was actually shocked to find out that I carry lip gloss just like she does...;)
If you like the kits I used, they are also from Kim Jensen: Frame-O-Mania-2 kit and Rhyme and Reason kit.

Thanks for spending time here today, and I'm curious:  What are you liking right now?  What things are you doing right here, right now?
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A Silly Photo and Some Fun News

Hey everyone!  I hope you are enjoying life wherever you are.  I wanted to share with you a photo that pretty much sums up how things go whenever we take family photos.  Like many of you, we celebrated Mother's Day a couple of weeks ago.  I like to try and get a photo with all of my kids on that day.  While we were getting set up to get pictures taken, a couple of our neighbors were out walking their dog and offered to snap a few shots for us.

I have to remind my kids that I'd like to actually get some good pictures each year (or else everyone in the photos will have rabbit ears and tongues will be sticking out of all their mouths).  Our neighbors got what we hoped would be some great pictures of our family.  I guess you can tell where this is going.  The three older kids listened well, but my youngest apparently had other ideas:


Little stinker!  My hubby was so mad I thought steam was going to start coming out of his ears.  But oh well...LOL!  I figure I can use this picture or blackmail later.  Somewhere during his high school years, I'm sure some teacher or classmate will request funny pictures from his childhood and I will be happy to hand over this one! 

In any event, I'm still going to scrapbook this photo, because this is how life really is for us on a regular basis.  I'm hoping that this will get you thinking about the everyday photos you take and how you scrapbook them.  I'm kicking around the idea of a weekly blog post centering around snapshots.  I will elaborate more on this in a few more weeks.  

In the meantime, here's something I'm excited to share with you:  I'm fortunate to be a part of Celeste Knight's Sweet Caroline Studio creative team.  Celeste designs for Pixels and Company, and you can see her digital kits here.  Her work is gorgeous, and if you get a chance, you should definitely check it out.  Here are a couple of my pages my with her kits:



Right now, I'm really having fun using her darling journaling cards.  I'm not a Project Life enthusiast, so I haven't played with these cards much.  However, since I do favor clean, simple design, these cards are a perfect little parking spot for journaling and even photos.  

And, last but not least, I want to send a heartfelt thank you to the three designers who were kind enough to allow me to be a part of their creative teams during the last two and half to three years.  Kerry, Jen, and Janet, I had so much fun and appreciated the opportunity you gave me to work with your amazing designs.  I know you've all moved onto other adventures and wish you the best.  


And now, if you've read this far, I was hoping you'd answer a question.  Are regular, everyday photos mostly what you scrap?  If not, what do you use in your scrapbooks? What do you do if you have a photo you want to scrap, but you don't like something about it (whether it's blurry, a boring shot, someone makes a face, the room is messy, the lighting is bad, etc.).  I'd love to hear your thoughts!







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