Christmas 2003

 

This was also Jonas' first Christmas. I will make a real paper and glue scrap page for his book. (This one is for our family Christmas album that I'm working on.) I love how enthralled Jonas was with Grandpa's Christmas train (for his page, I'll zoom in on that photo...I'll also got a few more cute, similar photos that's I'll include on it). I also love how sweet the kids were with each other when they were younger. The get along well now (most of the time); but, needless to say at 11 and 9 years old, they're not quite as affectionate! My brother is in this photo. He lived/lives out of state, so holidays are extra special when he is home!

Montana, Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge {R&J}

Here are the two layouts I did for R & J. Simple and quick. I got 6 *full-size* 4x6 photos (I frequently crop photos w/cutter to cut down on visual clutter, and to make more room.) on J's page. (thrifty, and why I prefer to scrap in 12x12). This was made possible by journaling directly on the photo w/my photo marker. It does feel *wrong*when you first write on photos, but once you do it, it's quite fun. For me, the fun is that it allows me to actually use more photos... I would have one less photo to display on J's page if I hadn't written on the photo. Another thrifty tip - if you're going to fill up a page, it doesn't matter what paper you use. Use up your ugly paper - you will end up seeing very little of the actual cs (cardstock). Crazy patterns in your pad that you think you'll never use - they work great for photo-filled pages. R's layout - I selected borders (in printing "preferences") on the focus photo. My plan was to write on the borders, but I decided to use stickers instead. I still think it made for a nice, thrifty embellishment. Covering the rest of the cardstock with photos makes the focus photo appear to be framed.

Happy New Year!

As you can probably tell, I'm covering names for pictures - kinda messes up the design for the blog view.

It was sunny and clear when I went out to take the photo of this layout. I thought I could beat the snow, but it started coming down just as I was taking the photo. That's what the flecks on the photo are. They dried clear, thank goodness.