Prom Night - still dancing along!

Just a quick note to say - I am making progress and that makes me super happy.  Here are the two latest ones while they were in progress on my desk. I have both of these in progress photos since I often take a picture as I am working on things to remember where I had them when I start gluing things down. I find it also helps if I want to compare how something looks in one spot or another. I have finished both of them - will photograph and post later this week (they have been added below) - but wanted to keep myself accountable and in the habit of posting.

So - this are the pictures of us leaving the house - God Bless my mother for taking so many photos - and I wonder where I get it from . . . Love that she captured my lovely shoes dyed to match - do they still do that? Such a fun thing and I remember the dye always stained my hose - ha! Hose - thank goodness I rarely wear those anymore - though I am totally a slip girl - I guess I am just old fashioned.

Here is the other sans photo as I was trying to figure out how much navy I had to throw on that pretty reddish paper. Still loving that Heidi Swapp ephemera pack - I think I am going to manage to use the entire contents of it this month - that would be a first.  Glad to find a use for that pretty transparency. Why do I tend to not use things? Must be the saver in me - or the perfectionist  - waiting for the perfect project - enough of that!

Both of these are made with my most recent Cocoa Daisy kit which I am LOVING!  

And here is the LAST page!!!!!  A few more group party pics. Finally a way to use the speech bubble paper - seems like high school is a fitting subject. Now to make that all come together. . .

Yeah, the 90's Were Kinda Awesome

So, I have decided to do a bit of a throw back month, or stint, I'm not sure what to call it.  I guess the combo of all of my physical photos being sorted by decade and me missing my daddy and granddaddy and grandmother this month, I dug out the 90's box and started sorting and found myself with some great high school prom and a complete set of college photos with which to play.  

So here it goes on what I have done so far. Most everything is from my three Cocoa Daisy kits that are sitting out (yes, three - I got swamped and had no time to play for a bit so they piled up - but I love it - they always mix and match so well) and then I have pulled in some items from my stash to round out things for color and theme.  

"Wait . . . I'm not that old am I?" - I loved this floral paper and wanted it on display on this page.  The yellow card from the cut apart sheet worked perfectly and I threw in some gold washi and gold hearts from earlier kits.  

Here is one of my desk with a two pager in progress.  I use the Mercy Tiara waxed paper trick (coolest scrapbooking hack ever BTW) for checking the placement of letters or stickers on a page. The paper is actually all from my stash but the ribbon, doily and an embellishment or two came from some kits.  I wanted to emphasize the red of my dress and the starry dreamy prom night feel hence the paper inspiration.  

Here is the left side:

Used some fabric thickers I had that were blue (anyone else hate when they use two different shades in the same package?), the stars are navy Studio Calico ones and the sparkly enamel dots are from Creative Memories.  

And the right side:

The bottom photo of the layout above is blurry but I don't care - I put it in there anyway.  It is fun to see the process of my putting on the boutineer I made myself! The vellum matches that star paper - I am glad to have finally used it!

SBS (Second Baptist School) Friends - I used a pile of the ephemera package and I love the look.  I was also shocked that I could remember everyone's name! 

Such a great "party pic" from the actual dance.  Wonder if they still do party pics? Good memories. I tried something new and added a strip down each side - very out of the norm for me, but I was tired of the usual rectangles that evening.  That feather paper is such fun but I wanted the picture to be front and center.   

I finished another but forgot to photograph it.  There will be a total of six pages of prom - a little excessive?  I don't care - I am having such fun.  It feels good to tell my story.  Elsie asked me who the guy was and if I still liked him - children are so funny.  I told her, nope, your daddy is the guy for me!

And yes, I take most of my layout photos on my filing cabinet handle.  The layout stays flat and the lighting is decent.  I don't often have the luxury of photographing during the day at this seems to work! 

So three more layouts to add to this post. One is done and two more to go . . . .maybe tonight!

Scrap Therapy

So I got some crappy news yesterday. Always makes me want to go hide somewhere, but instead I headed to my table with a kiss and a freshly poured glass of beer from my understanding husband. I finished this one - 

I had fun forcing myself to use gold and lots of bits and pieces. Funny that my husband was talking to me when I glued it down and he commented - you are covering up all of the words on that pink paper (it is Cocoa Daisy exclusive paper that says something "we all have a story to tell whether we whisper or yell" ) I told him I only wanted the color - if he only knew how long it has taken me to overcome my fear of cutting up paper!

So then I debated on what to do next.  I got two pictures out of the stack from a random pool party that I had attended in college with my old neighbors and the kids I used to babysit.  Working title is "Wait . . . I'm Not That Old - Am I?"  Gonna tell the story about babysitting them and watching them grow up over time. We still keep in touch - pretty cool. So I have it pieced together - forgot to take a picture. Hoping to finish it this week - not tonight - there are cupcakes to bake for a certain almost 8 year old. . . .

On my desk and off my desk

Well I have been in the scrap room some - just not doing a good job of letting you know that by posting here - so I am checking in with an update.  

 I decided to step back and work on some stories about me.  That lead me to the 1990's box. what I settled on what college.  I got all of the photos out of the box and started sorting them by year.  Then I did what anyone would do - I started at the beginning. 

I have 2 two-page layouts of moving in that need journaling (I am saying that so I will finish them and post them - accountability never hurt anyone!)

Here is what is on my desk.  A layout with a photo of me and my roommate Whitney. Gosh we were young. Gotta put the title on there and capture the story.  We decided to be roomates because we were the only two people going to Trinity from Second Baptist, we knew each other and we liked each other but weren't besties - all a good combo.  

And what is off my desk (and by that I mean finished!)

I was dating someone from A&M and Becky and I traveled over to College Station for a weekend trip to go dancing.  Man, I miss two stepping.

From the same era - me and my big brother.  Love this picture.  We look so much alike in it - kinda scary.

Ok - this is before college.  From middle school maybe.  But it was fun and I was missing my daddy - he passed on Nov 1 five years ago.

Will be back soon with more.  Most of these are from my two most recent Cocoa Daisy Kits.  Man I love, scrapbook supplies delivered to my door.  So cool.