70s Photos, Mini Me, and Tessa's flowers

This LO is one of my favorites. I found this photo of me when I was about 3 years old and I finally saw what everyone else already saw. My daughter looks like me. Then I found this great 70s paper, a photo of Cora and I together, some paint and a flower from one of my favorite bloggers. I love the whole 2 page spread!

Floatin' Fun

This LO is of the kids at their swim lessons a while back. I went very simple, and just enjoyed the bright color of the pool water and two handmade flowers.

I added bling to the letters, and I think it feels very watery.

Happy Bread

Every time the kids bake bread with mom they have to make one loaf of 'smiley face' bread. I call it happy bread. Often it comes complete with buck teeth made by Cora.

This LO has a little paint, a little ink, some fussy cut clouds, and a happy color scheme.

Brotherly Love

Another 6x12 LO. Very simple... with a few fussy cut embellishments.

An old Page Freshened Up!

This page was a rescue from a very old Creative Memories album. The book had some water damage so I am taking it apart and using it as a reason for recreating the baby book. Some pages I have started from scratch. This one I decided to keep, with minor changes. I cut the paper on one edge with a decorative border, and added the embellishments in the bottom corner. Then I put it all onto white cardstock. I like the makeover, even though it would look different if I had started from scratch.

Sunshine and baby books

This page took forever. But when I saw this piece of paper I knew exactly what I would do. Every morning Owen went into Cora's room and said "Good Morning Sunshine!" It was so sweet! I spent a lot of time affixing buttons and bling, but I love it. I cannot figure out why the main image is sideways. It is correct on my computer. Ideas?

A little paint & mist

I have recently found that I enjoy paints of various sorts. My first attempt at paint is on this layout. I am not sure I like it, and I think the photo is awful, but I am sharing it anyway. Maybe I am just proud of the way I am thinking outside the box and trying new techniques! I am also unhappy with the bling flower (though I LOVE bling!) -- I think I will probably replace that with a flower from Tessa. I have an order coming, so maybe one is in there ... if not it is a great reason to make another purchase. :)

Butterflies and flowers

At the end of the school year all the kids at Columbine enjoyed a day of play outside for Super Kids' Day. These photos were taken in May 2009 at the end of Cora's 4th grade year. I scrapped them in the spring. The color is a bit washed out. I wish I could have shown the sense of playfulness the yellow and red brought to the layout. This summer I have also discovered etsy and lovey handmade embellishments. If I were to change this page it would be to include handmade flowers.

Playing with Thread

The photos in this 2 page spread were taken in 2008, but I scrapped them in the last few months. This is one of the first layouts where I played with thread -- creating a frame of sorts.

here are a couple of detail shots: