tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59021241860677447752024-03-06T22:37:10.788-08:00Suzy Scrapbookerhow i stopped reading all the magazines, buying all the products and just started scrapbooking!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-43916303562984087042010-03-14T10:12:00.000-07:002010-03-14T10:20:52.960-07:00Dressing up the word with paste and pencilcatching up on my reading the newspapers from the last week and this article caught my eye. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/10/AR2010031003768.html">Dressing up the word with paste and pencil</a>. In particular an exhibit at the Folger "Extending the Book" (grangerizing or extra-illustration). The article likens it to scrapbooking. Interesting reading and although I'm not too too far away a trip into DC isn't happening right now.Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-77627528706334382002010-03-13T22:31:00.000-08:002010-03-13T22:55:56.939-08:00Negativityi've been spending a lot of time in my off hours scanning negatives.<br />my husband gave me the film and slide converter I'd asked for as a christmas gift. It took me months to get a chance to use it - but once i got started i've been a scanning fool. now i've got a ton of old photos scanned in and ready to print when i need them. For me - having these negatives scanned and in my computer served a few purposes. #1 - if anything happens to the negatives i know i've got another source for these memories. #2 - it's nice to have the ability to just quickly go to my computer files and pull up these photos instead of going thru the negatives. #3 - it's a heck of a lot easier to get prints made from the digital version than the negative. Remember the old days when you had to take your rolls of film or negatives to be printed... then wait? I've gotten so spoiled - just upload to Costco, order prints and have my prints the same day or the next.<br />Maybe for some people all the effort scanning wouldn't be worth it but to me - it's wonderful and worth the time. I'm still working on baby albums. And i've got a scrapbook project (other than my kids albums) that i'm going to be working on (a gift) - i needed to go thru a lot of these negatives to find pics. Now that's done.<br />The film and slide converter my husband bought me is a great little tool. I'll be able to use it when i one day tackle converting my grandparents slides to digital (that will be an undertaking of major proportions!). The only thing i wished i could convert is my 110 film. I've got a lot of 110 negatives.<br />As far as what i've been scrapbooking of late: graduation photos for both my kids, some random photos of my inlaws house. I need to get started with my daughter's baby album - that's the next ongoing project i'm starting. Maybe then i'll post some layouts. need to add a little pictorial to this blog!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-3417644523884298532010-02-26T09:01:00.000-08:002010-02-26T09:07:17.549-08:00Scrapbook and Self Worksif you've got some time - or like accompaniment to your scrapbooking in the form of recorded material as I do - take a listen to this wonderful lecture given by Jessica Helfand and Rebecca Johnson Melvin at the Cooper-Hewitt <a href="http://video.cooperhewitt.org/scrapbooks-and-self-works-jessica-helfand-and-rebecca-johnson-melvin">here</a>. The only bad thing about it is you'll have to stop repeatedly (what you're doing) to look. I still mean to purchase Jessica Helfand's book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Scrapbooks-American-Ms-Jessica-Helfand/dp/0300126352/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1XRE0HQFZ2FGD&colid=1P0B2H5JWMKC6">Scrapbooks: An American History</a> but in the meantime, I really enjoyed listening (and watching) this video. Gotta run....Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-69456571007354787012010-02-24T19:38:00.000-08:002010-02-24T22:28:17.352-08:00Paperclipping RoundtableIt's been a long time since I've posted but here I am. I haven't stopped scrapbooking at all. There was a time, due to work committments, I had to put it on hold a little - but rest assured Suzy lives.<br />I've wanted to blog here for quite a while but decided time was better spent working on pages etc.<br />So why am I here today? Well I don't know about you but I scrap better with accompaniment in the form of music, tv shows, or podcasts. (I always studied this way too - gotta have some background noise!) I recently found "<a href="http://www.paperclipping.com/">The Paperclipping Roundtable</a>". It's a podcast I download via itunes. They have a new show every Wednesday and have some regular members as well as guests. Scrapbooking type folks - like Stacy Julian and Ali Edwards. I've enjoyed listening, for the most part. My only - i hesitate to use the word - complaint - is the endless references to "the industry". The members are part of "the industry" yet want to reassure listeners they are "just regular scrapbookers". It is a bit tiresome. I think we can just say - they work in the biz - and move on. Get back to talking about scrapbooking. <br />Which in today's episode they did!<br />I really enjoyed listening to the discussion of tools (always a fun topic for scrapbookers!) Hearing the members talk about the tools they've bought that were stinkers (frank and funny comments) as well as tools they'd like to buy: Renee Pearson telling how she'd like to have a Slice - Lain saying she loved her Slice so much she got rid of her Silhouette and the other members chime in with "ooooooooooo" - it was like listening to a group of your friends talking at a crop. And for me, today's show was just what I was looking for in a scrapbooking podcast just for that reason. There was information and fun girl chat (Izzy - the lone male member- notwithstanding - who, by the way is very entertaining himself). <br />I'd like to also mention that in addition to a weekly topic, there are segments for scrapbook industry news and product picks to round out the show.<br />So - if you haven't listened to the Paperclipping Roundtable, check it out. Dowload via itunes (or you can listen <a href="http://www.paperclipping.com/roundtable/">here.</a><br />Ok... hoping to be back soon to update on my scrapbooking progress!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-45419856265509639932008-06-20T04:56:00.000-07:002008-06-20T05:08:22.499-07:00Little Pieces<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWLU77oBOa4xlV8AuEjFEHwcl-7PuWxMC5giIBIcRf-MaGhyPFjLqu5IhMGkXYm8fbwDXx__1yRq1CrIeLWEHWQlzrFg9vZlE76oJkTWC87wzjbFiaOG0930O5ulhZaoee0CKCOZVOtYZ/s1600-h/scrapbook+page+joseph+little+pieces+left.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213931684950126674" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWLU77oBOa4xlV8AuEjFEHwcl-7PuWxMC5giIBIcRf-MaGhyPFjLqu5IhMGkXYm8fbwDXx__1yRq1CrIeLWEHWQlzrFg9vZlE76oJkTWC87wzjbFiaOG0930O5ulhZaoee0CKCOZVOtYZ/s320/scrapbook+page+joseph+little+pieces+left.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aDUwO187V9SilsbAahDaMrkxGDbhbKjoOtcoNTO06CD822TwdIqTkw1N5XJg91vb66RFNlAZg3GiA0Wor3mvp8j_dzSn4to_CEKzE149-C5YDpIbK3OC5OFDQbrihotrEAw81Lmr4icB/s1600-h/scrapbook+page+joseph+little+pieces+right.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213931688428654418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9aDUwO187V9SilsbAahDaMrkxGDbhbKjoOtcoNTO06CD822TwdIqTkw1N5XJg91vb66RFNlAZg3GiA0Wor3mvp8j_dzSn4to_CEKzE149-C5YDpIbK3OC5OFDQbrihotrEAw81Lmr4icB/s320/scrapbook+page+joseph+little+pieces+right.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I mentioned last time I was working on a layout originally planned as a 12x12. And also that I croppped the photos using my rectangle Nestabilities - here's that layout. I fooled around with it a bit more. Decided to use my corner rounder on the photos as well. I also took out my Quickutz Zoe font - i thought it worked nicely with the Making Memories patterned paper for some reason. Regardless I'm liking the whole 8.5x11 size these days. And who would think you could fit 10 pics on two 8.5x11 pages? </div><div>I still have a lot to do with the negatives - mostly because events around here are demanding my attention. And I have to begin the next phase of my Photo Freedom project. I'm still wondering whether or not I really need to purchase the storage binders. My photos are all organized and in boxes. Buying and using the binders just seems almost redundant for me. I think - not sure - I can use the boxes as she uses binders. We'll see. Gotta run!</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-60808328002547151882008-06-12T05:30:00.000-07:002008-06-12T05:42:57.376-07:00Negatives and toolsI finished my time line of my printed photos (ones using 110 and 35 mm film). I tracked down some negative sleeves at a local Ritz photo store. Actually 50 pages of negative storage. Each holds 7 strips of 35 mm negatives. (I will definitely be needing hundreds more of these negative sheets before I'm finished.)<br />Now I'm on a hunt for what to do with the 110 negatives. If anyone has seen storage (preferably sheets that fit into a binder: 3 hole, 8.5 x 11) I'd appreciate the info.<br />Anyway I began filling up those 50 sheets last night as I watched a little TV. That's going to take a bit of time - but little by little it will get done. I know in Stacy Julian's book "Photo Freedom" she says just throw the negatives in a box - keep them safe and don't worry about organizing them. But I am just not up for doing that. Her reasoning was sound (if some disaster happens she won't mind looking through the negatives) but for me - well I just don't want to do it. I have so many years of photos and will no doubt want to get reprints. I know this because as I've gone through the packs of photos I have found not all the prints are there. They were given away or used on some pages or I just don't know why they aren't there. So having the negatives organized is important to me. But like I said I will be doing the organization in small bites. A little here, a little there.<br />And a quick note before I run - I was working on a layout this morning. More for my son's baby scrapbook. I was looking at all the photos and realized they all could fit on 2 pages (instead of the original 3 I planned) if I cropped them a bit better. Then I realized I could use my rectangle Nestabilities and get this cropping done in no time. And I did! All cut to the same rectangle size in a matter of minutes. I love it!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-83140489568046652342008-06-08T05:49:00.000-07:002008-06-08T06:06:08.127-07:00I've been busyReading .....<br /><a href="http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/shop/item.ihtml?idx=738">Photo Freedom </a>by <a href="http://stacysbigpicture.typepad.com/">Stacy Julian </a>and <a href="http://www.creatingkeepsakes.com/shop/item.ihtml?idx=463">Family History Scrapbooking </a>by <a href="http://beckyhiggins.com/blog/">Becky Higgins</a><br />Now you might be thinking - I thought you gave up on all these books and magazines. And yes I have. I stopped my magazine subscriptions entirely. But these 2 books have been nagging at me since they came out. The Becky Higgins book came out while I was still working at the store and I didn't even look at it I was so disenchanted with all the books at the time. The Photo Freedom book has only been out a few months but it talks about (in detail) Stacy's system that she's mentioned in both her previous books (which I have) and covers in her online class Library of Memories (which I'd love to take but it ain't cheap. I hoped for a "book" version and my prayers were answered LOL).<br />I picked up the Family History book at AC Moore with a 50% off coupon. It's really pretty great. I know it will help me down the line when I attack the stacks and stacks of old family (my childhood etc) photos I have. But what's on my mind is the pictures I've got from my college days onward - I was telling my friend <a href="http://simplyelegantpapercrafts.blogspot.com/">June</a> howI've been reading the book and began the timeline Stacy talks about in the beginnning. You timeline your photos so you have a reference point (who was what age when this happened for example). I created a little spreadsheet and am just about done with that and I've discovered I have 190 packages of photos in 9 boxes.<br />Frightening huh?<br />And that doesnt even count the 5 years of digital photos I've got.<br />So I needed to get this under control - and I'm thinking this book is going to help me out immensely. If nothing else, I've gotten a renewed enthusiasm and also realize there is more than one way to skin a cat (Frankie & Spencer - you didnt hear me type that!)<br />I'll be finishing my timeline probably today or tomorrow and then onto the scarey part - taking some of the photos out of chronological order (not all but some). I'll let you know how I do.Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-7367416848403109552008-05-09T21:03:00.000-07:002008-05-09T21:28:48.767-07:00Whilst I wait....and wait and wait... sheesh you'd think they'd tell you when you order that its not in stock. I am a fairly patient person but when I order I like to know in advance I'll be waiting kwim? <div><div><div><div>So I'm while I'm waiting for my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh14MvdjtqhcKT3vYJ6xKGz6Resnd382ZRRplBBZ_nyiEwnifoBZqUzWaII4wq2cjWPb77NgkQPn5UDHBfCYagec_wSvCcd1rzcsIXq9GrFrI-kmg4ZcwDWxXFDq0Vk6t4XJDEz_c7DWJ4/s1600-h/HPIM1044.JPG"></a>Photo Freedom I decided to finish up some layouts I started a bit ago. </div><div>You'll note I took the pics of the layouts before I did any journalling. I trust you can use your imagination <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4mMBDUVXu0_89cU_crAQ8XPJWlqgV7UgKFqrS57w42Pn0pppC3Iof1mG_Cx4WyIWRTMfZISB4_PA8iBImD6zSgHQRyvZHQXc41aaxfk_xFsb-MKTgtCIdRRjaj1n90OZMbSQPqyg72O5/s1600-h/HPIM1045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198597244137771858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX4mMBDUVXu0_89cU_crAQ8XPJWlqgV7UgKFqrS57w42Pn0pppC3Iof1mG_Cx4WyIWRTMfZISB4_PA8iBImD6zSgHQRyvZHQXc41aaxfk_xFsb-MKTgtCIdRRjaj1n90OZMbSQPqyg72O5/s320/HPIM1045.JPG" border="0" /></a>on that ok?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblfpnjgb6vrUnGhdX34Mct1xawguqVPl8T9R5_NDj7NU-ljHppU0doD2krO9EtW-Ut_js0KDW4-38KVQWh3916ryLbWmq1_5bRhGFdqtUhgC2Ng4NzJdKVzv-0kDTZLqkHswK9N7sjztI/s1600-h/HPIM1044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198597377281758050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjblfpnjgb6vrUnGhdX34Mct1xawguqVPl8T9R5_NDj7NU-ljHppU0doD2krO9EtW-Ut_js0KDW4-38KVQWh3916ryLbWmq1_5bRhGFdqtUhgC2Ng4NzJdKVzv-0kDTZLqkHswK9N7sjztI/s320/HPIM1044.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKawBkga7sGRIZYqo3HtzbIDPK8mBRsX9ctWfxejyZuw8Q73qJ1-zsv9MbVSdIqhWHHb-HA9aeD3qIpFqr2iOfPhxNU2lGKiW0iBKOQb5KawqQdT_UM-sedbYhw3dHZhCzXLZdF-xSOjP/s1600-h/HPIM1043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198597660749599602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiKawBkga7sGRIZYqo3HtzbIDPK8mBRsX9ctWfxejyZuw8Q73qJ1-zsv9MbVSdIqhWHHb-HA9aeD3qIpFqr2iOfPhxNU2lGKiW0iBKOQb5KawqQdT_UM-sedbYhw3dHZhCzXLZdF-xSOjP/s320/HPIM1043.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SKw5g308xz5cQgE9gZfA8mgu0hXMRYheGHMcu7UUb8p4ka9UaUus5cjeC9vsoiDLLo59h8Zap3kmO9yGAcMC9LJNgPxRsRMatg9ivLMoCWIwS5xgn_2kKRKHb8uI5KGEobv9Kay0RxYZ/s1600-h/HPIM1042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198597798188553090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-SKw5g308xz5cQgE9gZfA8mgu0hXMRYheGHMcu7UUb8p4ka9UaUus5cjeC9vsoiDLLo59h8Zap3kmO9yGAcMC9LJNgPxRsRMatg9ivLMoCWIwS5xgn_2kKRKHb8uI5KGEobv9Kay0RxYZ/s320/HPIM1042.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Nothing spectacular but I tell you it is very fun to actually USE all this stuff I've bought over the years and even more fun to find out the colors etc all go very nicely together. I guess I am consistent in buying what I like and I like the same colors etc no matter the year!</div><div>Another thing I've noticed is that regardless of the poor photography, I love these pictures. They won't win any awards but they're real yaknow? The one of my husband, his Dad and my son - the Joe Boys -I just love this picture. I had t-shirts made for them for Christmas and I knew it was going to be one of those pictures we'd look back on later. My father-in-law was just so proud of his namesake as was my husband. (I think I hear Paul Anka singing "The Times of Your Life" right now... do you hear it too? ;-))</div><div>Okay that's enough for tonight. I'll keep you posted as to the arrival of my book!</div><div>edited to add - gee the pics I took of the pages really are blurry - sorry about that - the photos really aren't that bad at all.</div></div></div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-61614320514076121192008-05-04T06:03:00.000-07:002008-05-04T06:12:09.608-07:00National Scrapbook day came and wentand i haven't scrapped in over a month - so there.<br />Life has just been so busy.<br />However I've been working on a project for the FIL's 80th birthday. We're having a little entertainment at the party - photos with music of his life and family. It will be wonderful. Last update from those putting it together is there will be over 150 pics submitted from all six siblings. Anyway I had to search through about 24 years of photos to get our entries. No small feat I tell you - but it will be worth it. He will love it. DH and I are going to follow up with a framed collage of photos and an album from the party.<br />As I looked through the boxes and boxes of photos it became abundantly clear I have gotten next to nothing done in the way of scrapbooking. Seriously, in all the years I've scrapped (10 years) I have so little to show for it. This is a recurring revelation. That is how this blog was born really. Getting so hung up in the scrapbooking world I'm not getting much accomplished.<br />I have to make some progress. I probably have to stop scrappin every picture (gasp!). So i broke down and ordered Stacy Julian's "Photo Freedom" book. It's the book wherein she tells her system that she teaches in her Library of Memories class. I'm hoping the book will arrive sooner than later this week. I'll do a review and then I'm going to get to work. I'm not sure if I'll follow all of her system - that remains to be seen. But I'm thinking there has to be a better way. My own little system here was definitely helping me make some headway but I've gotta get more done. Stay tuned!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-5885223466803611582008-02-19T05:47:00.000-08:002008-02-20T06:23:58.211-08:00Size Matters<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB26GN0TUxnBf-2DhZtQ5lFoZOrtS0ZwGfungnB4QTwTF7hyqf0dTFc-2FFzkPPVaK0_gUEOPbrev5jrwxPIREiC5RJL0sM6wyHuO0sCdKYeyV6pqm5LI9duBCgzuAkH0Rj2dv5VlKRYbM/s1600-h/scrapbook+page+Joseph+first+christmas++pic+joseph+in+santa+suit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168692407229232706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB26GN0TUxnBf-2DhZtQ5lFoZOrtS0ZwGfungnB4QTwTF7hyqf0dTFc-2FFzkPPVaK0_gUEOPbrev5jrwxPIREiC5RJL0sM6wyHuO0sCdKYeyV6pqm5LI9duBCgzuAkH0Rj2dv5VlKRYbM/s320/scrapbook+page+Joseph+first+christmas++pic+joseph+in+santa+suit.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div>okay</div><div>you've noticed I do mostly 12x12 pages.</div><div>what you haven't seen is that I've done lots of 8-1/2x11 pages (not to mention lots of minibooks of all shapes and sizes)</div><div>When I was working on my kids school albums </div><div>(which I have just been updating for the past few years with each new year - and they are almost complete as these kids are almost done with school - a fact that totally blows my mind but i digress....)</div><div>I had a lot of items that didn't really require 2 full pages or even one full 12x12 page. I used Creative Memories albums for their school albums. CM made (perhaps still makes) these page protectors for things like awards and such - and they were really just like 8-1/2 by 11 page protectors. I used those for all their awards and such. They threaded right into the album like the other pages. Then I realized I could just make smaller pages in the albums - why not? So those albums are a mix of 8-1/2 x 11 and 12x12 pages. I guess I was a little ahead of my time huh? Cos now I see this same idea being used by a lot of other scrappers - I guess it just makes sense huh? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvhfCEWJJ5pZIvPJCK7gB6zP4ss5kr-fGVN4XRhpIa506qZX41i6pymxeGluEse69OJHIs56gnD8R3lIrglsDsYxoBjv2yJv2qRXWKdfh4NPaITzeyBE5zT8B39WSGXbMIR4UPQ37rE6T/s1600-h/Scrapbook+page+Joseph+first+solid+food.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168692222545638962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwvhfCEWJJ5pZIvPJCK7gB6zP4ss5kr-fGVN4XRhpIa506qZX41i6pymxeGluEse69OJHIs56gnD8R3lIrglsDsYxoBjv2yJv2qRXWKdfh4NPaITzeyBE5zT8B39WSGXbMIR4UPQ37rE6T/s320/Scrapbook+page+Joseph+first+solid+food.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div>So, the other day I was getting ready to go to my new scrapbook club. I was looking at the photos that were up next in my son's baby album (notice how I have the school albums worked on but I'm still just at the beginning of the baby albums? ha!) A few pics here - a few pics there. None that needed a big ole 12 x 12 page and certainly didn't need a 2 page spread. So out with the 8-1/2x 11 cardstock. I made these 2 layouts and have another on my drawing table. I forgot how fast and easy these smaller layouts can be - and really a lot less stressful to boot. Fast and easy is good. No stress is good. It definitely gave me a sense of accomplishment - and for me - faced with decades (yes... decades) of scrapbooking to do - well that is definitely a bonus! Makes me want to do more!</div></div></div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-57935930472397280842008-01-23T06:19:00.001-08:002008-01-23T06:29:55.516-08:00walker happy<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWO_mkBJbGYXPphvLTX6SusJCt_K7rEC1oJlFwh6ZhMYpc5kCPT92rFYobN6miKrHerbVyCb-I-epq_ih2UVWm40ereq_xiT8zI5i9KmEBLMQ3JYGa77CwEuJtPdNY7JyYmwdh9ySAK37/s1600-h/HPIM0862.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158676632907271410" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaWO_mkBJbGYXPphvLTX6SusJCt_K7rEC1oJlFwh6ZhMYpc5kCPT92rFYobN6miKrHerbVyCb-I-epq_ih2UVWm40ereq_xiT8zI5i9KmEBLMQ3JYGa77CwEuJtPdNY7JyYmwdh9ySAK37/s320/HPIM0862.JPG" border="0" /></a> I have to say the most fun part of working on pages of photos that are so old is you get to look at baby pictures of your children - total trip down memory lane. Lots of reflection as you stare into that sweet little face from so many years ago. The bad part is, of course, that some of the memories are slightly fuzzy. Like I can't remember exactly when I took these pictures. But really, in the long run, it doesn't make any difference. What does make a difference is that I have these photos now in a scrapbook, right? Right.</div><div>I used some of that Making Memories Boy paper and some cardstock. Used a punch by <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMyMCCxul3qBmq7n1wsC5oNLy-ZF_1M23EQajS9HEvFx136NM_BYS0jwNyEqO3zglRzz0EY1VhU-oz8w2eR12k0B4p4WJV5OHDN0LUPb7Rnp1J14L4MjV3NGGULLa5Va_TnG8TVI17IIM/s1600-h/HPIM0863.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158676774641192194" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMyMCCxul3qBmq7n1wsC5oNLy-ZF_1M23EQajS9HEvFx136NM_BYS0jwNyEqO3zglRzz0EY1VhU-oz8w2eR12k0B4p4WJV5OHDN0LUPb7Rnp1J14L4MjV3NGGULLa5Va_TnG8TVI17IIM/s320/HPIM0863.JPG" border="0" /></a></div>StampinUp! that creates scallops - for the long borders on each side. The title block was scalloped using my Nestabilities. Hey - when you buy these pricey tools you gotta use 'em every chance you get! or make some opportunities right? I used Purple Onion alpha stamps and StampinUp! ink; also a StampinUp! marker to write in the rest of the titling. And looky at all those pictures I managed to fit onto 2 pages. 10 - countem - ten pictures. I wasn't going to edit a single photo. He was just too darn cute in all of them!<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhMyMCCxul3qBmq7n1wsC5oNLy-ZF_1M23EQajS9HEvFx136NM_BYS0jwNyEqO3zglRzz0EY1VhU-oz8w2eR12k0B4p4WJV5OHDN0LUPb7Rnp1J14L4MjV3NGGULLa5Va_TnG8TVI17IIM/s1600-h/HPIM0863.JPG"></a> </div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-88483360205023831422008-01-21T12:44:00.001-08:002008-01-21T12:57:33.973-08:00Cutest<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLy_eF3mFly4IZoHfDw46_JckQwlZrka5mPJCAc2kSypBPe6Vr8QCSaP7cMVPK87DsaTSbRVEqfgk7u38yVOA5vo3GhfglHcNQmcPMi69DhmvPwrqOPvIT_jYMdreejg-iYvbiHQKuPRT/s1600-h/HPIM0864.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158034748034232514" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsLy_eF3mFly4IZoHfDw46_JckQwlZrka5mPJCAc2kSypBPe6Vr8QCSaP7cMVPK87DsaTSbRVEqfgk7u38yVOA5vo3GhfglHcNQmcPMi69DhmvPwrqOPvIT_jYMdreejg-iYvbiHQKuPRT/s320/HPIM0864.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Well it's been a while. H<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU7baxqRV9Sz9JfWKj6x_mx1SMmSzbU6qzerRdQ4Z-8yNQOv2Cy3ikNTqIvXAwPDWmw4e4oFRSH7Hf2IIIjOUziOBtCjqdGBcX0mI3taaSBlis5UcJfQ7U-Kj3WVl53n3OspA1WJNihYqp/s1600-h/HPIM0864.JPG"></a>appy New Year and all that! </div><div>I actually started this "Cutest" page before I went into my exile. And finally i had a chance to get back to it. Used some Purple Onion stamps and cardstock and that's it. </div><div>My big problem is that I cannot get over using every decent photo I have. So I'm always arranging and rearranging photos so they'll fit on a 2 page spread.<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgee4OYFyBbLoLtuERrlP6dWC_AeqQGxMFXz3P_zsVuUF2goUlvf4t409hbL74zPobShCwFx6r85SHqVH8GU8GxHFTnfjGRdtvuJxujfVeVkXvnR4E2soHYEGZ1zgKKjDL5_xE6W-QFFSek/s1600-h/HPIM0865.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GNUTLC4qHtl32UNFhV-8l886DRrp95_Ux_0pLQrHtBTloGQDd8fL24BKBnKW92W2WWEMkPcDrUZEv5n-RN68h3ocQ1vYMZeAkdYZo5sDPnzP90ygPtjTnt2N8SqPU334__jRrMqwjaVb/s1600-h/HPIM0865.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158035267725275346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3GNUTLC4qHtl32UNFhV-8l886DRrp95_Ux_0pLQrHtBTloGQDd8fL24BKBnKW92W2WWEMkPcDrUZEv5n-RN68h3ocQ1vYMZeAkdYZo5sDPnzP90ygPtjTnt2N8SqPU334__jRrMqwjaVb/s320/HPIM0865.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I've often thought I should take that Library of Memories class that Stacey Julian offers through Big Picture Scrapbooking. Since she came up with that class - what maybe 2 years ago - she also talks about her system in her book "Simple Scrapbooking" - I've thought about taking it but wish she'd just come out with a book detailing the system. Well - I read last week she is coming out with just that book! Yippee for me. It's called <a href="http://www.simplescrapbooksmag.com/shop/item.ihtml?idx=738">"Photo Freedom"</a> and its due out February 1st. I'm not sure if it will finally convince me to not to scrapbook every photo but I'm willing to listen! I've loved Stacey Julian's other books so I'm going to give it a whirl. Even though I've stopped buying scrapbooking magazines and books - I'm not missing this one! </div><div> </div></div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-87528378294161026782007-12-10T20:41:00.000-08:002007-12-10T20:44:30.771-08:00sorry i've been gonebetween things going on around here and Christmas - scrapbooking is on a serious back burner. However, I anticipate getting back to a regular schedule once the holidays have been packed away for another year. This is often the way for us Suzy's and I am really not apologizing about not scrapbooking. You have to work it in when you can and that is not right now for this Suzy. So happy holidays to all - see you in the New Year!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-92038853342432687332007-10-30T06:42:00.000-07:002007-10-30T07:01:54.303-07:00How to fix those not-so-good pictures<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmOrMTC6Tq3lNFicQbtv5d3t33i5z575UdSFsSQqPS5pKlBUYViDJ9gxkdO_wjj_6z6TY-hDRMPtc3I54evzDBoFV8RZznQIjFtqgVZAhLHoPcqy29ptV2s-QcyMZZ29XZD1699hFeMl-/s1600-h/HPIM0751.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127129534381361890" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmOrMTC6Tq3lNFicQbtv5d3t33i5z575UdSFsSQqPS5pKlBUYViDJ9gxkdO_wjj_6z6TY-hDRMPtc3I54evzDBoFV8RZznQIjFtqgVZAhLHoPcqy29ptV2s-QcyMZZ29XZD1699hFeMl-/s320/HPIM0751.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAyhKS9ppsNoyBJiHYeFHxNN1nWlBOfjKO2irKO6fRzaNsEjosO1PYeAg6tnJL8MO8i1bz5gMpRIP5zN5MzgOJiIILBdaxiObiNeMpV_shor7DyE8x99Z3haAMpx0vfXakeYZD0yx8u8sG/s1600-h/HPIM0751.JPG"></a>does anyone know? </div><div>Oh you thought I was going to tell YOU?! </div><div>Silly.</div><div>First of all - 21 years ago there were no digital cameras (at least not that I know of). I was using a Pentax - not anything automatic and I really hadn't a clue what I was doing. Sort of a hit or miss affair. Back then - I just wanted to take the pictures and for the most part i did ok. These are evidence of my lack of skill with that camera however I have photos and that's what I cared about. </div><div>When i pulled out these pictures they looked decidedly Christmas-y.</div><div>And they are <em><strong>not</strong> </em>Christmas pictures.</div><div>Really.</div><div>My husband's Aunt had sent this adorable bear to my son as a gift. And I had good intentions of taking photos of our son every month (after receiving it) with the bear to chart our son's growth - seeing as the bear was so large I thought it would be funny to see when our son actually overtook him - sizewise (of course if you'll notice in the photos, my dear son had some major double chins goin on - gawd the child was adorable - if you only knew what he looked like now you'd fully appreciate the irony - think very slim). Anyway that didn't happen - the monthly photo taking - but I do have these photos (and some others with the bear that you'll see soon).<br />And they looked like Christmas. Until I decided to pair the photos with this paper by KI Memories and some Bazzill cardstock. I wanted to take the Christmas out so i opted for blues and greens. And actually i think it worked. The alpha stickers are also KI. </div><div>That's all for today folks. Go make a page!</div><br /><div></div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-15531146041613655542007-10-28T10:12:00.000-07:002007-10-28T10:20:02.829-07:00First Halloween<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCRkH91s_2M5KO9APmHigVmFKxYhHN0Be3ImSvpI78W4NUGTfnNuBc9wAN3xnCaIGQY1fbHyEVLnMxR0yKlVOAbeXrp5fffhiJWvSfkLtUh57_oZgS_IzR1GdeYDWglhSYXFBYvQqRoKd/s1600-h/HPIM0747.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126436949430045330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwCRkH91s_2M5KO9APmHigVmFKxYhHN0Be3ImSvpI78W4NUGTfnNuBc9wAN3xnCaIGQY1fbHyEVLnMxR0yKlVOAbeXrp5fffhiJWvSfkLtUh57_oZgS_IzR1GdeYDWglhSYXFBYvQqRoKd/s320/HPIM0747.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Now i'm actually to the first Halloween (and folks - this would mean my son was 4 months old - I've got a lot of stuff to do huh? LOL) </div><div>I am happy with this one - the pictures kinda just fell into place and I just needed to add some paper and a little journaling. I used some Doodlebug paper and cardstock, a Hero Arts stitching stamp, some black ink, my Martha Stewart writing pen and a little ribbon. The alpha stamps are, once again, from Purple Onion Designs - this time Garamouche Small. Oh and a little bit of ribbon on the tag. And I did use a small circle punch for the reinforcement on the tag. The only thing I think I would think about adding is maybe some more of that stitching stamp on the borders at top or bottom. I didn't do it because lining it up to go across the page was more effort than I wanted to expend LOL. I could just as easily use my sewing machine to get the same job done with a lot less effort. </div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-121387313934290902007-10-27T04:25:00.000-07:002007-11-14T04:43:47.459-08:00A Father Son Talk and Classic products<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNr5SMumwCQRK01BWosVLQLlYJy0wSZMr590U8itsO_ZwSiMNmi8oZVC6p5g-bdDDQZ5Lb54Jm9yJKyhXRKX-0SScSoVobt8-1HSin_yUVs41AtiqVPJDKbkk9c8GwQkJMtYPMKXNlToS/s1600-h/HPIM0748.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125976309892582002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNr5SMumwCQRK01BWosVLQLlYJy0wSZMr590U8itsO_ZwSiMNmi8oZVC6p5g-bdDDQZ5Lb54Jm9yJKyhXRKX-0SScSoVobt8-1HSin_yUVs41AtiqVPJDKbkk9c8GwQkJMtYPMKXNlToS/s320/HPIM0748.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>You may have noticed I've been using a particular color scheme for this album of my son's baby pictures. Not really a conscious choice on my part. More of a manufacturer's decision. Most of the baby stuff out there for sale is in some form or other of pastel shades. It varies slightly from year to year - some years there is an influx of the hot color combinations - but they are always pastelled down (i made that word up LOL - but you know what i mean). And actually all the papers I'd bought over the years I liked just fine. I bought them right? But you do notice that is what people expect to find for baby stuff - I have noticed some primary colored items but for the most part - pastel. And it can get a little boring. I pulled out theese photos of my husband and son and thought - no Making Memory boy paper for this layout. It just won't work. BUT... some Making Memories Kid Collection Embellishment Paper - Sam - will be just right! No I'm not a shill for <a href="http://www.makingmemories.com/">Making Memories </a>but I am a huge fan. I think they have made some of the nicest scrapbooking products ever. The word Classic comes to mind. How much more classic can you get than the paper I used in this layout? It will always look good - and on a variety of layouts. I also threw on some of their buttons (of which i have a huge supply) - I like buttons. And i was in desperate need of something to fill that space. The title is stamped using (another of what i consider classic) Purple Onion Designs Garamouche Medium. I used a Martha Stewart writing pen for the journaling - I keep forgetting to mention these wondeful little pens! Get some. They're great- and they come in a ton of colors (make sure if you're looking for the writing pen you don't pick up the permanent marker - totally different tip!) And of course then there are the photos. I just love these pictures of my husband and son. </div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-11035288435825684302007-10-26T05:56:00.000-07:002007-10-26T06:01:01.281-07:00scrapbook therapy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzWGYIchhBkp_GwGlBEEeamjGTbxcUVBS0DH4VqB16eRrSAyesBlC4ohxSo3Omgdo4v-ibTOaAHpvkC4TjBOTOUgSGbrBBEFbroGbE3WU4yAmMVnaVMrFI1P5E_YqemGF-KW-BjEeE4_O/s1600-h/HPIM0749.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125629147686046306" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzWGYIchhBkp_GwGlBEEeamjGTbxcUVBS0DH4VqB16eRrSAyesBlC4ohxSo3Omgdo4v-ibTOaAHpvkC4TjBOTOUgSGbrBBEFbroGbE3WU4yAmMVnaVMrFI1P5E_YqemGF-KW-BjEeE4_O/s320/HPIM0749.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Things have been busy around here but i decided i needed to get back to my scrapbooking. Making pages can be almost therapeutic. You kind of forget what is going on about you and just concentrate on what you're making. I bet you know what I mean. </div><div>I went back to where i left off with the baby pictures and picked up the next 2 photos and put them on a page. I used that Making Memories boy paper, some cardstock, my scallop circle punch and my circle cutter from Creative Memories, as well as the Garamouche alpha from Purple Onion Designs.</div><div>Oh and guess what - i actually completed 2 more layouts this week. I'll post them tomorrow and Sunday - how's that! Hope you're getting some pages done!</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-41933849644121037422007-10-20T19:01:00.000-07:002007-10-20T21:03:12.041-07:00Jumping Around<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiE6tfnYqw0Ph4NLmL8bkgZIgJPhNmZzWJcHfNmYGLXER8TMK2S1iaobGlLk4MKemlYtFCUxOJhkpKlUwwD0qqawBSr_mhIbMFUxmpn55XFgmMPHvA4odK1Tp7INZPYl8m4ylhWLbuwh2z/s1600-h/HPIM0741.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123631431197722658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiE6tfnYqw0Ph4NLmL8bkgZIgJPhNmZzWJcHfNmYGLXER8TMK2S1iaobGlLk4MKemlYtFCUxOJhkpKlUwwD0qqawBSr_mhIbMFUxmpn55XFgmMPHvA4odK1Tp7INZPYl8m4ylhWLbuwh2z/s320/HPIM0741.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Chronologically speaking - jumping around.</div><div> </div><div>I had been talking about these dinosaur Halloween costume pictures on <a href="http://smallsmackerels.blogspot.com/">Small Smackerels</a>. I had the photos out and thought - why not. Just cos I've been working on the baby pictures doesn't mean I can't skip ahead, whilst I'm in the mood, and scrapbook these right? </div><div>I hunted through my supplies and found some paper and stickers. I even found some twistel! Remember that?</div><div>It's not the greatest layout but i like it enough. Cute colors, papers etc. The minute i started to agonize that the little trick or treat tag as well as the title were "floating" i said to myself - who the heck cares? did i really care? No. Deep down i didn't. This isn't some graphic design project or a design team entry. It's a scrapbook page. One day, I like to think my son and his future wife (whomever she might be) will look at it and say - gee our son really looks like his dad. (or something like that). Or maybe they'll say - we gotta get Mom to make our son a costume for Halloween this year!</div><div>The point is my son and future generations will have these cute photos to look at and reminisce about and that's what it's all about. Isn't it?</div><div>For the record:</div><div>Patterned Paper - Creative Imaginations</div><div>Stickers: All stickers are by Doodlebug except the thin black and white stripe border stickers which I got from Creative Memories (maybe they're Mrs. Grossman's huh?)</div><div>Twistel and Brads are from Making Memories.</div><div>Bat Stamp is a foam stamp from Making Memories - it may be hard to see but the black cardstock is stamped using the bat stamp and Versamark.</div><div>Getting back to "jumping around"....</div><div>I'm more of a chronological scrapbooker. I know many people are - I'd even say most people work on scrapbooks in this manner. And ya know I tried to get into the Simple-Scrapbooks-Stacey-Julian thought process about forgetting the dates and working on themes (that's a simplistic explanation). I even thought about trying her Library Of Memories Class - which sounds really wonderful. I know someone who did indeed take the course and they really spoke extremely highly of it. I have both of Stacey Julian's books: Simple Scrapbooks and the newer Big Picture Scrapbooking. I really enjoyed them both. I guess bottom line, it's just not for me. I like scrapbooking all my photos. I don't mind (anymore) that I have a bazillion photos to scrap. Eventually (God-willing) I'll make the scrapbooks for those photos. I have taken what I learned from those books and incorporated them into my own process and that's okay, right? </div><div> </div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-40877294877149950012007-10-20T09:43:00.000-07:002007-10-20T09:49:18.916-07:00Thought I'd check ini wish i could say i've gotten some scrapping done.<br />I do have a layout on my drawing table right now which is almost complete.<br />It's been a while since I've had a layout on my table this long - pretty much all week. I was actually cranking out a steady stream for a while there.<br />I'm hoping to finish that one up today and then maybe work on some Ready-to-go files.<br />The RTG works great if you actually have small chunks of time to work on getting the items pulled together. And time has been at a premium lately. Lots of the spare time I've had lately has had to go into other creative endeavors (see <a href="http://smallsmackerels.blogspot.com/">Small Smackerels</a> ). And with the holiday season coming up I know I'll have to start working on Christmas cards. But I'd really like to continue with my son's baby/childhood albums (if I ever plan to get to my daughter's!). We'll see. Hope you all are making headway in your scrappin. And if we all have to take a break on it lets all solemnly swear we won't beat ourselves up about it!Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-83141625071325448722007-10-05T07:58:00.000-07:002007-10-05T08:07:09.625-07:00merry-hearted boys<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJHgMXE78hGjpjJ4GxdYnN5jz_54yKsWZOvK7yI_3VNIZGUFOuG3KYSNLwhR6AJ-5XS4AGN5mVXeh-Atnj-lC1MrD9yGLNM7n6f_1ZoPRnOTmyULqiaEYoxZvLESEDVfgUvaHJaTib_Yw/s1600-h/HPIM0734.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117867918487986514" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJHgMXE78hGjpjJ4GxdYnN5jz_54yKsWZOvK7yI_3VNIZGUFOuG3KYSNLwhR6AJ-5XS4AGN5mVXeh-Atnj-lC1MrD9yGLNM7n6f_1ZoPRnOTmyULqiaEYoxZvLESEDVfgUvaHJaTib_Yw/s320/HPIM0734.JPG" border="0" /></a> some cute happy pics of my merry-hearted boy when he was just 3 or 4 months old.<br />how do you like those chins?<br />it's so funny to look at these pics and know this kid now - he's so slim and has these wonderful cheekbones and strong jaw. but then again such a cute baby would have to grow into a handsome man. the best man (other than his dad of course).<br />it's hard to see but the quote is<br />"it's the merry-hearted boys that make the best men"<br />Ingredients: assorted buttons (i think all Making Memories brand), embroidery thread, KI Memories paper and some eyeletsTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-13651599635749713742007-10-04T07:06:00.000-07:002007-10-04T07:11:08.177-07:00what a face<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveVhVY-5yXCqBume_XnuUJOiSiywp63KcrYNBOZggy_BOWhNRjVClhvjD-WirN9wgD_630DVJ19GSwpDj9H_sYON__xSlncWkZMa5FZqDg5_AWimIX55KiNgLksTaWEupsMmmTP0wRwmv/s1600-h/HPIM0688.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117483123778003234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveVhVY-5yXCqBume_XnuUJOiSiywp63KcrYNBOZggy_BOWhNRjVClhvjD-WirN9wgD_630DVJ19GSwpDj9H_sYON__xSlncWkZMa5FZqDg5_AWimIX55KiNgLksTaWEupsMmmTP0wRwmv/s320/HPIM0688.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>now ya see in person, you'd be able to see the photos on this one - they're really sweet. he was (and is) adorable. but most of the photos have a lot of shadow. you may be able to see better by clicking on the image i just am not sure. </div><div>Regardless - more Making Memories baby boy paper (every time i use it i kick myself for not picking up the pack for girls!) some brads and those cute Doodlebug cardstock tag alpha stickers.</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-57959915986867110312007-10-02T09:41:00.000-07:002007-10-02T09:44:41.567-07:00Who's that in the mirror?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Chbjo_F9kaDJgLrPEcGdycqkrFxgcppKtVvZG16uZNWUyHc_6E17gjyAU6VtR3Vcec56PwzgW-RJq3A0Xx2m5Kb0DPWLJOFAuONAhKrzz4iDNO8fd8PU7SpCFmuC-cLXQ4WtIg_S6ODX/s1600-h/HPIM0687.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116780729121382530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Chbjo_F9kaDJgLrPEcGdycqkrFxgcppKtVvZG16uZNWUyHc_6E17gjyAU6VtR3Vcec56PwzgW-RJq3A0Xx2m5Kb0DPWLJOFAuONAhKrzz4iDNO8fd8PU7SpCFmuC-cLXQ4WtIg_S6ODX/s320/HPIM0687.JPG" border="0" /></a> A fast page with pictures of my son loving his little mirror. I remember getting a kick out of watching him look at himself - wondering at what point he'd realize it was himself he was lookin at.<br />More of that cute Making Memories baby boy paper as well as Quickutz CK Handprint for the titleTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-80701735370718741452007-10-01T07:03:00.000-07:002007-10-01T07:11:17.954-07:00sorry my fellow suzy'slife around here has been so crazy.<br />certainly no scrapbooking going on (GASP!)<br />i do have some pages i need to post.<br />hopefully tomorrow.<br />lately i've had time to keep up <a href="http://smallsmackerels.blogspot.com/">Small Smackerels</a><br />but not Suzy postings. I'm gonna try harder this week!<br />This is, however, what real scrapbooking is about though now isn't it?<br />Fitting it in when you have time and actually enjoying it while you're doing it.<br />When i was working in the scrapbook store I would often tell frustrated scrapbookers - if it's making you crazy, you're doing it wrong.<br />I really believe it.<br />Scrapbooking can be what you make it -<br /><ul><li>very elaborate with tons of embellishments</li><li>simple design</li><li>photo corners and labels with names and dates</li><li>journaling</li><li>no journaling</li><li>chronological or not</li><li>a store house for matchbooks, ticket stubs, maps and bar napkins ;-)</li></ul><p>but it shouldn't be anxiety producing.</p><p>so that's where i'm at right now - on hold - til i can fit a few layouts in here and there.</p><p>hopefully i'll return tomorrow with some of those layouts i've already got photographed.</p>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-9748274622667863012007-09-20T07:30:00.000-07:002007-09-20T07:34:03.228-07:00a picture is worth a thousand words<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvk4lwAH8sn7Ui8NSLYnXMm4Q1aUM4zgedUYBuipa-KNqPy9rrKlErBHNAYlWFOsxNX9uFZXF3hwNcS_qMK4oqNj1IC6OLnr3BwUgSIZh21mVoNlnCrvH1aCzTd8ptyuOF1qH8QuGgpFiW/s1600-h/HPIM0684.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112294176746766114" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvk4lwAH8sn7Ui8NSLYnXMm4Q1aUM4zgedUYBuipa-KNqPy9rrKlErBHNAYlWFOsxNX9uFZXF3hwNcS_qMK4oqNj1IC6OLnr3BwUgSIZh21mVoNlnCrvH1aCzTd8ptyuOF1qH8QuGgpFiW/s320/HPIM0684.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>and also a few quotes. hence this layout of my husband and our son sleeping. sometimes my husband could get him to sleep by just laying down with him. i think maybe it was hearing his heartbeat that lulled our son to sleep? maybe. who knows but i do recall feeling very grateful at the time. </div><div> </div><div>More of those K&Co fortune cookie type quotes with the Making Memories paper, cardstock and a little ribbon. i originally thought i'd stitch those quotes down - who knows - i may go back and do that...</div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902124186067744775.post-21433471388086043572007-09-18T04:02:00.001-07:002007-09-18T04:11:02.836-07:00our little star<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nHfx8yorU1SoQ3g6cPD-eY5dsMKPze4vM5IGqM6AmH2cGaU2wwaOOVDUXB43G62XfjBCmi-HdZwJzfvjAdFMDRR0m9zg1x56_-3YEStk6wmndfOcelXBtdI0sRrzwJ7uSmMj1OskYuQm/s1600-h/HPIM0683.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111498184607660242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5nHfx8yorU1SoQ3g6cPD-eY5dsMKPze4vM5IGqM6AmH2cGaU2wwaOOVDUXB43G62XfjBCmi-HdZwJzfvjAdFMDRR0m9zg1x56_-3YEStk6wmndfOcelXBtdI0sRrzwJ7uSmMj1OskYuQm/s320/HPIM0683.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>that making memories baby paper again.... i love this particular paper. all those polka dots - so cute. You know i had never bought a pack of patterned paper before this one. I'd always picked out paper by the sheet. I was never sure I'd use up a whole collection of papers - probably cos I'd never actually gotten this much scrapbooking done before! Yesterday, while i was out at Target, I looked for the girl paper - of course it wasn't there anymore. I coulda kicked myself for not buying it when i saw it. I learned long ago if you don't get it when you see it you might as well forget it! Oh well - i'm sure by the time i need the girl paper, i will find i have enough anyway. The boy stuff is always the problem - never girl stuff. I also used a doodlebug embellishment (the star in the upper right hand corner of the right page - can you see it?) as well as some K&Company "Proverbs to Go". I'd bought those proverbs on sale when the store was closing. They were quite popular at the time - the little strips of paper with preprinted things on them. I really loved the Proverbs version of this line - they seemed like chinese fortune cookie fortunes - all packaged up in a chinese food take out container. i thought let me see if i can find a few that would be appropos for this album. There are 400 two-sided pieces in the container - and i looked through them all to find suitable ones. </div><div>Yes - i'm nuts. </div><div> </div>Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13132528359150351790noreply@blogger.com3