How is April Almost Over???

I said the exact same thing last month:)  The year really seems to be picking up some steam and it is moving much to fast for me to keep up with.  I haven't been blogging or posting but I have been creating and there is a big pile of pages waiting to be posted on the blog.  

Lately I've been into making these tassels out of thread and they are so fun!  Not to mention easy as pie to make.  I used one on this page about how much my niece loves to read.....

This page is just one of my absolute favorites.  I just love it!  The bold black stripes are part of the original pattern of the paper (it was black and white).  I used watercolors to paint in between the lines and black ink to make those big splotches.  It came together in less than 30 minutes if you don't count drying time....

These chairs are the gathering spot in our house.  It seems that everyone migrates here when they need a spot to talk or just to get a little quiet time.  This space truly is the heart of our home.

6 kids and only one boy.  He is smack dab in the middle too:)  We adore our one and only boy.  The photo says nothing about the story to anyone but me.  when I saw it, it was the first thing that I thought about so I decided to give myself permission to use this random photo to tell the story of our relationship with our only brother....

Another random photo but this time it was all of the girls dressed up so very fancy.....

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!

Better Photos = Better Scrapbook Layouts

I've come to the conclusion that I must put more effort into taking better photos.  I will still use bad photos to tell the story but I realize that I am just not as happy with a great layout that has a terrible photo as I am with a great layout that has a fantastic photo to match.  For example, my zoo layout that I posted a couple of weeks ago.  I was so, so happy with that page.  Until I put the photo on it.  Uughh!  The photo is so dark and blurry that it just sucks all of the life out of the page!!  I have 2 choices:  1 - try to edit the photo to make it better and reprint it or 2 - use a different photo.  I haven't decided yet.

I think that I did pretty good with the photos today.  They are not stellar but they are pretty and I like em:).....

My daughter and I on the day she graduated from college.  So, so proud of her then and now...

This is from Aly Dosdale's class at Big Picture Classes.  Document 2015 April.  My page is nothing like hers....

Love these girls.....

Fun page to make!  My nephew being wowed by all of the animals.  I think he kept his finger pointing like this the whole time....

Happy Monday!  Thanks for stopping by!!