Laura Vegas

i know … 4 layouts in 1 day? could it be true? and by 1 day … what i really mean is the 6.5 hours the girls were at school. i was on a roll today … all 4 of these were from start to finish. with the exception of printing the photos … i'd already done that part.

all of these are 9×9 layouts. i didn't intend for the "pretty" layout of alyssa to be that size … but i got carried away cutting my papers to 9×9 … so i went with it. i really do love that size though … so much fun. lots of older pattern paper on these … but it's all good. fun to dig them out and find all the patterns that i still love and never got around to using. those buttons on haley's layout are super old … those were those "button-ups" that had the thread already on them and the pop-up adhesive on the back. i can't believe i still have those laying around … they were apparently too nice to use! lol! and on the bottlecaps on amanda's layout … i always smash them before using them on my layouts. i don't like them super bulky. as i was in the garage smashing these 3 bottlecaps … i thought i should have just brought all the ones i have out and smashed them all at once.

i also noticed i have done quite a few 1-photo layouts lately. i don't usually do many of those. i usually have 3-4 pictures on a layout. but i have quite a few 5×7's laying around that i ordered of some of my favorite photos … so i've been using them. lol! but definately not the norm for me.

yesterday the UPS dude came by with the paper lanterns that i ordered for sarah's room. i was worried that i the ones i had picked would be too big … but they look good. i would love to get a few more of the smaller ones (6-8 inches) that were about 60 cents … but they were out of most of the colors. and check out all those pretty paint colors all lined up … all making memories paints. those are basically the colors that are going in her room. with some black mixed in. it's going to look so cute! and no … i'm not doing major wall painting with those or anything. lol! they're to use on some frames and canvases to decorate the room.

yesterday i also had my fedex dude come by with an awesome box of making memories product for an upcoming assignment. then today the fedex dude came again … with the new issue of scrapbooks etc and my layout that's in the issue. this is my second layout in scrapbooks etc … so fun to see it in there. and it actually has pictures of me and joe on it along with the girls!!! you have to pick up the issue though to see what layout! lol! then the UPS dude came by again … and brought me my order of scrapbook albums. so now i need to get those baby gifts in their albums and ready to go. erika is having her baby in like 8 days … maybe i can get it there before the baby gets there. the race is on! lol!

so … all in all … not a bad couple of days off. back to work tomorrow … kids here bright and early. i can manage 2 days can't i? and next week is my birthday (i won't even scare you with the number) … and i happen to be going to see keith urban in concert! i just love his music … but i've never been to see him. after about 9 years straight … i'm skipping seeing my boyfriend, tim mcgraw this year. thought keith would be a good change! can't wait!