Another big break between blogging, but I’m not quitting. =) Instead, I’m getting back in the groove and finishing up my CHA review over the next couple days. In this CHA edition I’m talking about new-to-me craft and scrap companies. You can check out my earlier CHA posts here: Part 1 | Part 2 NEW-TO-ME…
CHA on Trend | Part 2
International Scrapbook Day on May 7 came and went. What kind of projects did you work on? I spent time at the Simple Scrapper crop hosted by Jamie Leija. A crop is a gathering of scrapbookers usually over a day or a weekend. No idea where that name came from. It was a fun day…
CHA on interNational Scrapbook Day | Part 1
Today is interNational Scrapbooking Day! I’ll be spending the day hanging out with Jamie Leija and the rest of the Simple Scrapper crew. I’ve even contributed a prize package of some goodies from CHA. Join us all weekend long! In honor of today, I’m flashing back to the BIG scrapbooking event of the season…CHA! If you’ve been following…
How Authentic Heart-Based Art Can Help You Build Self-Confidence
Making something with your own two hands is a powerful activity that can definitely be a self-confidence booster. Be it drawing a picture for your child that they cheer for, coloring in a coloring book, making a blanket for a friend or loved one, or scrapbooking, the act of connecting with your heart through art…
How to Start Organizing your Memory Keeping Supplies
There are so many ways to be a memory keeper. I happen to love scrapbooking. As a scrapbooker, I enjoy pairing photos with words using pretty paper and embellishments. The physical process of rifling through my stash of goodies is probably one of my favorite parts of being a creative. The only time it’s hard, is when…
Gyro-Cut (a new tool!) | Layout Start to Finish
I scrapbooked this week! It’s been a while but I had some time yesterday during naptime to record my first video(!) of my scrapbooking process. I used a new cutting tool called the Gyro-Cut to add some fussy cut paper embellishments to my layout. I’ll show you how it works in the video. This layout…
Journey | Scrapbooking a Dream
Today’s layout is from my first scrapbooking retreat with Scrapbooking from the Inside Out. Rachel had a few different instructors come and walk us through a layout step-by-step. One of the teachers, Stacy Cohen, encouraged us to document a journey we’d been on or a journey we’d like to take. If you remember from my…
Natural Beauty | Mindful Scrapbooking
This week we’re on vacation in Big Sur. It will be our first time up there with our daughters. I’m really looking forward to showing them some of our favorite places and some of the places I remember only from pictures. While we’re away, I’ll be sharing a couple scrapbooking layouts from our Places We Go album….
Take a Moment | Happy (inter)National Scrapbooking Day!
In the Take a Moment series I encourage you to take a moment for memory keeping and mindfulness. I add in some randomness, share new things I’m learning, and let you know about interesting things I find along the way. Enjoy! There’s a day for everything isn’t there. For memory keepers, today is our day! A…
10 Reasons Why I Love Being a Memory Keeper
I am a Memory Keeper. I document our family stories through pictures and words and I LOVE it! I’ve shared ways to to record your memories. I even posted a list of 5 ways to document memories here, but what is the why? Why am I a memory keeper and why do I love it so…
What Matters Most | My First Minibook
I started scrapbooking as a form of memory keeping in 2011. I was new and had to push past a lot of those “I’m not creative” feelings. Everyone starts somewhere and I want to show you where I started in this hobby. I’m going to start posting some of my older memory keeping projects and to kick…
Project Life|January Update 1
This layout covers January 1-16. I played a little bit of catchup from the beginning of the year and some of my “scrap-as-you-go” approach. Things I’m liking so far are no corner rounding (woohoo!) and using my date stamps. Using the date stamps either directly on the pictures or on the journaling cards lets me…