today, I organize

Today, I am going to try to organize my little creative space. I haven't really done any thing but move piles around this whole month. I did manage to get a couple more LOs completed though. The first is Evan with his "Lil Pumpkin". He loved his mini Jack 'O Lantern.
Supplies: Fancy Pants patterned paper, letters are Making Memories & the epoxy sticker is Basic Grey. Here's one of the girls at the pumpkin patch. Patterned paper is KI Memories, CB stickers are Making Memories & Basic Grey. I cut out the branch from the PP.

So...today I try to organize & hopefully later I will have photos to post of a very clean creative space!

Calm before the storm

I have actually had time to scrapbook this week! I am going to do my best to use my stash! For the "Yes my Queen" LO I used Martha Stewart paper as well as brads & epoxy sticker from Basic Grey (I got a killer deal at Big Lots)

This photo may look familiar. This is the Christmas photo I used for our Christmas cards as well as ornaments that I gave to the Grandmas. I had fun with this LO adding snowmen, felt, tags & sparking brads. So fun!

I hope to get many more LOs done this week. The kids are at the cabin this week with my folks & the cousins. We are going to meet up with them on Saturday right before we leave for Disneyland! I am just trying to rest, relax & create!

my new lens

This is a look I get often! Evan is the boy with a hundred faces. He loves flashing me a silly mug!

Thankfully though I can usually get a sweet picture too!

I took a few shots with my new lens....I am in love. I can't wait to use it in action at Disneyland! Just in case I didn't mention it before, I bought an 85mm f/1.8 for Christmas. My in laws gave me some Christmas money and then I added a little of my own to purchase this little piece of Heaven on Earth. The bokeh is beautiful & the pics are so crisp.

Christmas is coming

Wow, things have been crazy around here! I am sure that many echo those same sentiments. My scrapbooking time has been limited (if not almost nonexistent). I did manage to do a couple LOs though. Here is one of my sweet nephew.

I used Fancy Pants. This little guy is so super cute, love those big eyes!

Well, as December races by in a blur I pray that we all focus on what is important. I look forward to spending Christmas in the snow with my family and enjoying traditions old and new. I want to focus on the birth of a babe and what he brought to the world. Keeping Christ in Christmas and celebrating the King. My wish for the world is: Joy, love and peace to all!

Christmas cards have been ordered and they should be here soon! I already have the house decorated & we are ready for Christmas! It's the most wonderful time of the year after all. I was able to get a great shot of the kids in front of the tree with out to much effort. The kids cooperated and everything. I have been listening to Christmas music for a few months now & I am ready to start singing carols & watching all of those fabulous Christmas movies!
It's the first Black Friday in forever that I haven't been out there shopping. Today we are going to take it easy!

Happy Halloween!

Argh! Evan makes an adorable Captain Hook! Sophia as Cleopatra.

The kids always love dressing up for Halloween & they always look adorable! I took a few shots before school on Friday. I am hoping to get some more photos taken Sat. or Sunday. With these photos I actually used some amazing actions. My favorite is called "Fresh Color", I think that I have found a new addiction! They are fantastic & so super easy to use! I look forward to collecting many more!

sharing a layout

My sweet boy. Had fun with this LO, went crazy with the brads. All of the paper is Fancy Pants. I love the bright colors...so typical of Evan! When it comes to my scrapping I tend to go in creative waves. There will be days, weeks even, when I don't scrapbook one photo. Even though I am not actively scrapping I am almost always playing around with photos or learning more about photography & photo editing. I think that one of my favorite things is seeing the transformation that my scrapping has gone through. I guess that's one of the things I love about this craft..the growth & change is evident in my albums.