Laura Vegas

Hey everyone! Three weeks. Eek. It's been three weeks since I shared anything here on this little blog of mine. There's a few things that have gotten me inspired to create in the last week or so, so I finally have some new projects to share. 

I've finally got a new addition to my 6×12" personal album. Confession time. I had these three photos printed over six months ago, and had something totally different in mind for them. I'm pretty sure it was a layout. I was playing around with some options, and realized that I love the way they looked lined up in the 6×12 pocket page.

I had totally different products in mind for these photos, and then realized how perfectly the "Eat" Story Kits from Ali Edwards would work for the spread. So I slipped a few of the 3×4" cards and one of the 4×6" journaling cards in the pockets, took out the three little chipboard accents, and then promptly put the spread away to finish later. 

And here I am, six months later, finally finishing the spread. I can't even explain my creative process sometimes. Lol.

I wanted to document my salad obsession, and pulled together a few photos I had taken of my favorite salads this year. There's a reason I've been eating so much salad, and I'll be sharing more about that later. Let's just say that I've spend the last ten months working on a better me, a healthier me. And salad played a big part in that. 

I have no idea why it took me so many months to actually adhere these chipboard circle accents to the photos. I had them tucked in the pockets, and would take them out from time to time. I had ideas here and there of adding something else under the chipboard pieces, and finally decided to just adhere them on their own. Simple and easy. 

Totally random backstory. I detest my kitchen counter tops. They're tile, with grout that just never looks great. It doesn't make for a great backdrop when trying to photograph anything in the kitchen. I finally bought a decent size cutting board (a pretty cheap find at TJ Maxx), in a darker wood color that I liked. I have never actually cut anything on it, but I take it out and use it to photograph things on sometimes 😉

While it took me a full six months to finally finish this spread, I actually had my journaling typed up a few months ago. I subscribe to both the Story Kit and the Story Stamp kit, which means that I get the digital version of these kits as well. I love having the digital options, since I love to type up my journaling and the digital versions of the cards make that so much easier. 

I thought these two cards looked good with my photos, color wise, so I had these picked out from the very start. And while I knew I would use some alpha stickers to add "salad" to the card on the right, it took me until this week to actually get those added on. 

I debated over this 4×6" pocket many, many times. I tried a few options, thinking I needed a title card, but nothing ever felt right to me. I loved this 4×6" quote card that came in the kit, but I think I felt weird putting a picture of a tomato on a spread about salads – none of which contain tomatoes, since I don't care for them. Lol. I finally decided that it worked well with the colors and the theme, and the quote is fitting. So I went with it!