Laura Vegas

i wanted to scrap these photos of haley. i love those two photos on there … the ones that i took while she was sitting on my lap. holding my camera above me and not even looking … and still managing to get a great shot of her. so i made up this quick collage of photos in photoshop the other day. and then last night … i created this layout.

this is a 9×9 layout … love doing that size. this entire collage of photos is only 5.5 x 6.5 inches in size. love that i can get that many photos in just a tiny area … and still have it look good. i kind of got away from doing this collage style printing lately … but i created a few the other night and am looking forward to using them more … because i love the clean look it gives.

and i made my choices really easy … by using some fun ki memories product that danni sent me last week. the pattern papers and the super cute buttons. i took the little pop-dots off the buttons originally … and was going to thread them on the flowers. but then i got lazy … and glue-dotted them back on. lol!

i wasn’t sure how i was going to add my journaling to be honest. i didn’t have much room left. lol! i was digging through some baskets … and came across these little journaling spots. they worked out perfectly. “tuesday, wednesday, and friday … those are the days that we spent together”. that is how i actually even decided what i was going to journal about. for me … the journaling is usually the last part of the layout that i think about. and i usually base my journaling around whatever title i came up with … from whatever product i decided to use. i never really start with my journaling … that’s the harder part for me.

i have a card already done with the scraps … and i think it’s the cutest thing. but i’ll share that tomorrow. gotta spread out the creativity a little these days … since there’s not as much going on. lol!

supplies:
pattern paper, buttons – ki memories
puffy letters, flowers – making memories
rubons – doodlebug
journaling spots – heidi swapp

as for other stuff going on around here? today is joe’s birthday … the big 39! i didn’t really think that my “38” sounded old … but 39?!?! THAT sounds old. lol! omg … you girls know i’m not trying to say anything with that, right?!?! lol! i was just being funny. so anyone that is 39 or a little older … i wasn’t being serious. lol! after all … i still don’t feel like a grown-up. he worked last night … so he’s sleeping most of the day. but he also starts his vacation today … so he has the next 10 days off work. must be nice, right? lol! we’re also really missing alyssa … she’s been at her dad’s all week … since he’s on vacation this week. we all miss her … but i think sarah has the hardest time with it. she’s super bored (even with her BFF amanda here), mopey, and just quiet. not like her at all. but saturday, alyssa will be home … and within about 10 minutes i’m sure they’ll be back to their normal fighting and being annoyed with each other. lol!