this landed on my doorstep tonight.   i can't even tell you how excited i was to see this. this is the slice inspirations box by making memories. something that i worked on over 10 months ago. so hard to keep all that to myself. this was first i've seen of this … of any of the…

going into blog journal mode for today's post. joe has been umpiring now for 3 years … or maybe it's 4 years. one or the other. and yet i've never taken a photo of him or seen him in action. it's a big part of who he is … and yet i've never really documented…

it's been one of those days today. not a bad day … just a "blah" day. this pretty much sums it up.   do i look bored? cuz that was kind of how i was feeling. and i mean no offense to the little ones that i spent the day with … they did entertain…

i found this "tween" rubon a few weeks ago, while digging around in my stash … and set it out so that i could remember to use it. since alyssa is a "tween" and all. had to hurry up and use it before that changes … she'll be 13 years old, and officially a "teenager"…

i havn't felt very inspired by my own photos lately. might be that i havn't taken that many photos, now that i think about it. i'm usually inspired by one of two things when i scrap … great photos or fun product. that's where my layouts start 80% of the time. the timing on this…

i get asked a lot about how i make my photo collages. they're one of my favorite ways to scrap. i love the clean, linear look to them. i have a few ways of doing these. so i thought i would post about each and give some examples. the first way is the easiest way i…

today, soup sketch #4 went up over on the jillibean soup blog. i jumped on playing along this week … since i had some photos in mind for this design. actually, this is a design i could use a lot … i'm big on lining up photos across a layout like this. make sure and check the blog,…

i have no idea where i went the last 4 days. i had mentioned last week that we had a lot of stuff going on … and somehow, we had even more stuff added to that list. i feel like i havn't had a chance to breathe … and it's starting to wear on me a…

have you ever visited the got sketch blog? tons of great sketches … and loads of gorgeous layouts for inspiration. i pretty much interpret sketches as they are … i follow everything pretty closely. but there is so much you can do with them. turn them on their side, flip them around, add or combine photos…

this layout just sort of happened. i love this kind of layout … the one that wasn't planned in any way and just comes together like it has a mind of it's own. it started with the title diecut … just one i had laying on my desk. hmmmm … what was i "passionate" about? i…