Laura Vegas

Last Friday, my last project went up on the October Afternoon
blog, as their September guest designer. I really went back and forth with
myself on this project. I really wanted to use the Milk Money mini collection, along
with the fun 6×8 album. But I have designated school albums for both my girls
that I started years and years ago, so I knew that I really didn't have a need
to put together any sort of actual school mini album. I knew I could make it
work for something though.

I've been teaching at Creating Keepsakes University this year,
otherwise known as CKU. The event definitely has a "school" type
theme to it, so I thought I could make the Milk Money collection work with a
few photos I've collected along the way. I quickly realized that I haven't been
taking many photos at these events, so I'm hoping to snap quite a few more
photos at the last CKU in October to finish out the album. This is definitely a
work in progress.

I printed out whatever photos I could find, many of which came
straight from my Instagram and some even borrowed from other teachers at the
event, dug out one of my badges, and started pulling out all of the journaling
cards and accent cards that I thought would tie in nicely with my photos and
the event. I thought the little graduate girl was really cute, and it ties in
since the students "graduate" on the last night of the event.

Very rarely do I ever use my own handwriting for my journaling,
but I was trying to save myself some time and decided to put pen to paper. I
was reminded very quickly why I don't like to use my own handwriting, as I
didn't think about what I wanted to say before I started writing and I made
plenty of mistakes. I always journal better when I take my time and type it up,
plus I can fit more since I tend to write a little big. The "Pick
me!!!" card reminded me of the giveaways that we do in the classes.
Everyone loves when it's giveaway time and I pull out the little papers with
their names on them to draw from.

I thought the "What's for lunch" card was super cute.
But I could only find one photo of food from the events, and it wasn't the best
representation of the meals that were provided for the teachers. I really need
to get a photo of the bacon at the next show, since I do believe that's
our favorite part. Tons of bacon every morning. Loved it! But that's the beauty
of a work in progress. I can get a few more photos when I go in a few weeks and
add them right in here or even swap them out.

There's a story that goes with this last group photo, and the
"remember that time" card was a perfect match to go with it. That
story isn't quite one to share with everyone in the class though, so I will be
adding that in later! I included those last four photos that I snapped while
traveling to the last show. That's when I tend to take the most photos. Not at
the event, during the event, or in classes, since everything is always so
hectic and busy. No, I take them while I'm traveling, since I have way too much
down time than I know what to do with.

 I want to give a huge "Thanks" to October Afternoon for inviting
me to be their guest designer for September! I have loved working with their
new Daily Flash collections, and I already have some more ideas floating around
in my head with everything I have left!