Say Cheese

I had a layout in mind all about "my monsters" but then I came across this old picture of my son when he was just 3 1/2. You can barely even see him behind this huge Playskol camera but I can't help but smile when I see it. Even at 3 1/2 he was so used to having his picture taken that he knew exactly what to do!!

I just love these cute little Sassafras monsters!!

Trying something New

I have seen a number of layouts recently that featured rolled frames....so I decided to give it a shot. This is a stunning layout but hey, one more to remember the moment by. I also did a lot of journaling on this one which is unusual for me.
The journaling reads: Everything has always come very easily to you....until now. You are trying to learn to ride your bike and it is hard. Han is already riding and doesn't hesitate to tell everyone that you still can't. I am sure that is frustrating. Today, you tried for awhile but fell one too many times and gave up. You looked totally defeated sitting there afterward. Keep at it Noah, you'll get it, I promise. Love, Mom

I also did a very simple layout of Sarah at her princess dress-up party celebrating her b-day. I used an old kit featuring Prima papers from Scrapbook Obsessions. Where did the time go? It is hard to believe that my baby is already 4!!

New Scrap Supplies

I just got my Scrapbook Obsessions kit in the mail today!! Their October kit is the new October Afternoon Farm Fresh line, very befitting, October kit = October Afternoon. I saw it and just had to put it to use right away!!



I used a Page Maps sketch. I find that working with sketches really makes my layouts come together so much faster than they would otherwise.

Five Minute Layout

Believe it or not, this layout took me less than five minutes to complete. The Prima Sew Cute papers are just fabulous. They are already stitched to perfection. All I had to do was add the picture, a few pearls, and rubons and was finished before I new it. I must also thank my friend Jan for the fabulous flowers. She was talking about all of the flowers she made and was nice enought to send me a bunch. Don't they add just the right touch to the layout? I used a HS butterfly rub-on in the background and a couple of 7Gypies rub-ons for the title. I also added some BG bling to finish it off. Just fabulous.

The Race Has Begun

The kids are back to school (two weeks now) and the constant running has begun.



Now that all of the kids are old enough, they each have their list of activities. It all began this year with soccer. Even Sarah, all dressed in her gymnastics gear, had to get out there for pre-season warm-ups. She didn't initially want to play but seems to be loving it now.





In addition to soccer, Noah has baseball, ice hockey, and hebrew. Hannah has gymnastics and Hebrew. Sarah has gymnastics and dance. I have yet to take pics at those activities. I thought I would give the kids a chance to bond with their teams prior to me embarassing them with all of the picture taking. As it is, Sarah has already informed me that I am not allowed to cheer for her at soccer! She is 4 and embarassed of me already!!

Falling Leaves

I didn't get much scrapping done over the long holiday weekend. We spent most of the time running last minute school and sport errands....lunch box snacks, new ice skates, etc. We have a jam packed fall with all of the kids activities!! However, I managed to put this one together while cooking dinner last night. I used an old picture of Noah playing in the leaves when he was only 3. I do so love fall!!!

Closing in....

It is almost Labor Day...only two days to go. I easily surpassed my 100 layouts goal and am hanging around 133 now. I have quite a few layouts sitting here that just need journaling in order to be called finished. However, I doubt I will find the time or energy this weekend to finish them up so we'll call 133 my final number. Not bad considering I thought it would be terribly difficult to even get to 100!!

Here is one (actually two) of my 133 --- I used the Road Map line from OA and handmade a "caution" tape to go across it. I distressed all of the edges but you can't really tell here since I scanned and cropped the layout.