OK, the title of this blog is actually called Pretty Paper Blog. AND scrapbooking is my favorite hobby. So, I figured it’s probably about time I posted photos of projects I’ve been working on.
The following photos are the “little details” from one of the mini albums I made to sell on Etsy. I used the 29th Street Market Paper from My Minds Eye.
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My husband ALWAYS puts on a “silly” face for the camera. It’s very rare to get a nice smile out of the guy. I happen to think my man is VERY handsome, so I am some-what disappointed when I review my photos and see this:
Or this:
What I want to see is this:
only a little less blurry.
I’m so inspired by this new Halloween paper! I know, I know…Halloween is still awhile off but I couldn’t help myself! I came up with this little diddy last Saturday night while cropping at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique (LOVE it there)!
Check it out:
What do you think?
I can’t believe that Summer Vacation is over. Insane! It barely seems as though we had a summer, especially with the smoke veil we were under for the first couple of months…staying indoors is not what summer is about, right?
We did have some fun though, and the sleeping in thing was quite nice!
This morning we were up bright and early…Parker’s bus left at 7:15 and then Izabelle had to be at school by ten minutes to eight. They were both so excited to go back to school.
Parker starts 5th grade this year and Izabelle started 3rd grade. I’ll never get used to how fast my little ones grow. In fact, they’re not little at all anymore! Izabelle has grown completely out the the “little girls section” when we went shopping and Parker is in the largest size in the Boys section…soon he’ll be off to the men’s section…sheesh!
I miss them already…but am happy to say that I do enjoy having a normal schedule again.
Summer is almost over…we simply had to get away somewhere at least semi-special with the kids. My husband and I gave them the choice, they could go to Marine World (they’ve been a few times and love it there) or San Francisco to visit the Exploratorium then go to the Rain Forest Cafe for dinner. The kids chose San Francisco, I was more than pleased!
We had a blast at the Exploratorium. It’s a really fun Museum! You get to touch EVERYTHING. So cool.
I took about 200 photos…here are some of the highlights.
The Giant Sized Pin Art Square to play wth. Izabelle tried to do her whole face but it didn’t quite work…instead she was able to get a hand in for the photo…
Here’s one of Parker’s hand in the Pin Art:
A home-made tornado?
Giant Bubbles:
Fun with Gravity…(My husband looks pretty happy).
It was a day full of smiles.
After you’ve visited here, get on over HERE to Candid Carrie’s site! Carrie hosts this fabulously fun Friday Foto Finish!
Here is a photo of my little brother Adam (I know, I know…he’s not so little anymore) with he adorable daughter Kayla. It’s so wonderful to watch him be “Dad” - he’s just so good at it!
Here’s Adam getting some Kayla smooches!
Adam and his new Yacht! (Not really.)
Adam’s gorgeous wife Vanessa.
Another adorable shot of Kayla. I am the lucky aunt that gets to watch this cutey every Thursday. She is so much fun!
This quote made me feel good today! I hope it makes you feel good too! How great to be successful just by enjoying life.
Wow, how many times do I beat myself up for all that I am not accomplishing instead of enjoying what I do accomplish? I’m telling you - today I enjoyed myself! We went to the park, it was a success!
My daughter Izabelle pushed my sweet niece Kayla in the swing. Kayla enjoyed it…guess she’s successful even at the tender age of (almost) two.
I’ve been working on a few things for my Etsy Store. I still have plenty of irons in the fire. Lots of projects started (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas) that need to be finished. Hopefully that will happen some time soon.
I used the lovely new Graphic 45 papers (of course). Speaking of Graphic 45 click HERE if you want to read my most recent blog post on their site, it’s called “Scrapbook Treasures”.
Here’s a little Christmas Garland I whipped up:
Congrats to Jenna! She has won my little contest. She does not have a blog so I will be creating a Scrapbook Layout for her instead of a Banner (I’ll be sure to post a picture of the layout here when I’ve completed it).
Thank you all for participating. I love these little giveaways, they’re fun to do…I’ll have to do another one before the end of Summer…
Izabelle is one of my life’s brightest lights, greatest hopes, and purest joys.
