Scrapping Day 7

Okay so this one is a little weird.  My sister graduated from college, and of course, her school colors are hideous...red and purple?!?!  But I wanted this page to reflect her school, so I tried my best.  I found this in my Pinterest board and went with it.

I was able to use up some purple paper and boarder stickers I've had for a while (not my favorite color) and I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out in the end.  (Remember that red and purple are school colors!)

Scrapping Day 6

Another birthday layout.  Not normally how I scrap, but I bought a few papers specifically for a few of Ava's birthday pics.  This sketch was perfect for the two I used along with the papers.  This messy cupcake face and Ava playing with Mufasa were more important to me than pretty pictures of Blue's Clues cupcakes and posed smiles.

I used as many 2's as I could in the embellishments with out having them stand out too much.  I love seeing them peeking out here and there.  

Scrapping Day 5

I'm sad I can't find this original inspiration either.  But again, I'm sure it was this gal, who is amazaballs.

My mom's dog is the best with Ava.  She just lays there to get rubbed, or in this case, put sunglasses on.  More boarder punches, and just a few journalling blocks.  Of course, Thickers too.  

Insta-Friday!

My favorite! Here's what we did this week!

What would you do for a Klondike bar?  We enjoyed a warm Alaskan evening (in the 70s) outside.  The neighbor came over and gave Ava a (huge) Klondike bar, and she totally made a beautiful mess!

We went to Home Depot to pick out fixtures for when my dad comes up next week (yay!) to help us fix up our downstairs bathroom.  This is what's in the upstairs bath right now, and man do I love that toilet paper holder (it lifts up instead of messing with that spring loaded thing).  But did you know those things are like $30?!?!

My new mid-afternoon drink.  And good citrus is hard to come by, so instead of a slice of orange in my iced tea, I just splash in a little OJ, still delish.

And my second Brazilian Blowout is about 2 months old, but I woke up with the hair I've always dreamed about one morning (little wavy, good body, not tangled, shiny).  Best $300 ever spent.  Ever.

WWF and I were fighting.  I had mostly vowels in all my games.  I was in a WWF funk for sure.

And Ava is always talking about how "Mommy making!" while I crochet.  So I made her a little lace card and gave her a piece of yarn of her own.  This was a huge hit for a good 15 minutes.  She was so proud of "Ava making too!"  <3

That was our week, what about yours?

Scrapping Day 4

Shimelle has totally turned me on to two, and three pics on my pages.  I'm able to get more action, emotion, and different perspectives on the page.  I feel like I'm able to use brighter papers and more embellishments because the larger photo-block can handle it.

I was inspired by this page.  I don't do many pages off-kilter, but I thought this one was fun.  Ava loves (avo)cados and I wanted to always remember how good they are in Houston!

Scrapping Day 3

Wha-wha...I con't find the inspiration for this one. But I'm sure it was Shimelle.

I've had this die-cut Bazzil paper pack (two of them actually) for, ahem, years.  Gramma loves red, so I decided to use it already.  The background paper isn't what I'm normally drawn to either, but it totally reminds me of a shirt Gramma would wear.  I want to get as many of these memories with Ava and her Great-Gramma as I can!  I love watching them play together.

Scrapping Day 2

Next, I wanted to get something in from Ava's birthday.  I followed this, but turned it on it's side since I had three landscape photos.  They are a little dark since I forgot my camera at home and only had my phone.  But I'm not going to let that stop me from remembering what we did and the fun we had.  Ava still talks about bowling with Daddy, the shoes, and pushing the green ball down the slide!  

I love using up all these boarder stickers, and being able to punch out cute little strips with my punches too!  In the album, I also included the print out of our scores.