so, once upon a time … sarah was a finalist in a cheerios contest. it was a contest put on by a small magazine and sponsored by cheerios … all you had to do was send in photos of your babies being "messy eaters". this was sarah we're talking about … i always had plenty of pics of her making a mess with her food. so i send one it … and she was one of 12 finalists.
i came across these photos of her with her prize basket the other day and knew i wanted to do something with them. and then i dug out the copies of the magazine that her photo was in … the same magazine that she is holding in the pictures. and then the challenge … to actually find the original photo of her that i had sent in. i looked through old albums … i looked through boxes … and finally i found it.
how cute is that stinkin photo?!?! she was just about 13 months old … and she was eating spaghetti … or should i say she was "wearing" spaghetti! lol!
these photos were almost a year later … she was almost 2 years old. this was the prize package they send her for being a finalist … a whole ton of cheerios stuff. and for the record … we still have the cereal bowl, the spoon, and the books. we use them all.
i wanted to include the pages from the magazines on this layout (there were two issues) … but wanted them more hidden. this envelope from the april KOTM worked perfectly … i just added a sheet of yellow cardstock inside along with the magazine pages. the envelope is embossed with circles (and some of them are cut out to see inside … which is why i added the yellow cardstock) … but i wanted to add a little something to them. so i got out a hero arts stamp and stamped little dotted circles using some paint. and i also cut out some funky circles from black cardstock with my cuttlebug.
the only thing that would have made this layout better for me … is if i could have found that sheet of cheerios pattern paper that i had bought specifically for these photos about 7 years ago. lol! and since we're on the subject of food … and a little bit simpler layouts … here's another one i did just to get the pics down.
and if you're really curious on what goes through my mind at any given moment of any given day … i'm "twittering" now. i'm addicted to reading megan's … and she convinced me to try it out. you basically get 140 spaces to get your thought down … so it's just short and sweet quips on what i'm doing or thinking. check it out on the right sidebar. i figured i have enough random things going throuh my head … and most of them never make their way onto the blog!
Laura Vegas 
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