tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36006326544885585242024-03-13T09:52:50.995-05:00Noteworthy Nuggets LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-36774908977473973562014-03-28T13:37:00.001-05:002014-03-28T13:37:44.545-05:002013 Layouts for Project LifeI'm in the process of working on adding 12 x 12 layouts to my 2013 <a href="https://beckyhiggins.com/" target="_blank">Project Life</a> (everyday life) album to finish it up. I decided to do it this way about halfway through the year so I had to do some adjusting in the album but everything is working out and is fitting well.<br />
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This is a page of Aiden''s graduation from Kindergarten. We had a fun program in the morning and small party in his room.</div>
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This is the start of my June section. The 2 pictures in the top left corner I already had there, one from the program and the other from lunch afterwords. </div>
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This is a letter from Aiden's teacher that I wanted to keep. </div>
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I included the program on the back and then have my layout. </div>
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I had one picture with the journaling box on it in my album when I decided that I was adding layouts. I also only had space for one page so I kept it very simple and filled it with pictures. </div>
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In <a href="http://spetchfamily.blogspot.com/2013/04/am-i-4-or-still-3.html" target="_blank">this post</a> you"ll see that Logan's Birthday celebrations are all week long. Like the first layout, I have pictures in the Project Life (PL) pockets on the left and this layout of his little party on the right. I cut the triangles from a pattern paper to make the banner. </div>
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I printed the right side pictures smaller and cropped the others to get everything to fit.<br />
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I'm about halfway done now. Just have some Fall and Holiday layouts left to go in this album and I will be completely finished with 2013. Now there are some other layouts that I will be working on that uses pictures from 2013 but will go into other albums.<br />
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-77129096993867940742014-03-27T12:29:00.000-05:002014-03-27T12:29:17.014-05:00"Now I'm 5!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Logan had a great party at Jump N Jungle!</div>
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The kids wore themselves out playing. </div>
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Opening more gifts at home. </div>
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We had a great day. Party, hanging out with family and a fun dinner. Logan seemed pleased with his day. :)<br /><br /></div>
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It was a little windy but we got a fire and s'mores in. Bill ended up not traveling this week which was really nice.</div>
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A little rodeo fun at the library.</div>
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Grandma J joined us for Strawberry picking, yum! The boys had lots of fun.<br />
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We spent one morning at Armand Bayou Nature Center and then met Daddy for lunch. We also did a nature walk scavenger hunt with friends and met for a frozen yogurt treat this week.<br />
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And of course celebrated Pi day! We ate lots of round foods and treats but didn't get actual pie. Try again next year. :) </div>
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-41033206708040499612014-02-10T21:25:00.000-06:002014-02-10T21:25:45.752-06:00Birthday PartyWe had a great day for Aiden's Birthday Party.<br />
Our house turned Transformer:<br />
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The boys were so excited to play with the ice...something we don't see most years. We also got to Face time with Grandma on our day off and see all the snow in her yard.<br /></div>
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LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-52837330017953136992014-01-23T12:50:00.000-06:002014-01-23T12:50:37.869-06:00PSE play<br />
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Yeah for using some of the digital product and know-how I have! This will go in my <a href="http://beckyhiggins.com/" target="_blank">Project Life</a> album. Just thought it was a fun way to capture gifts from Santa with all three boys.LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-15635905231591411812013-12-02T13:28:00.000-06:002013-12-02T13:28:16.516-06:00Grammar-Free JournalingA class at <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/" target="_blank">BPC</a> I took this fall. For this layout I used a graph for my journaling. My pictures of the boys at the different ages really matched up well!<br />
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LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-14782408963734018302013-07-07T20:29:00.000-05:002013-07-07T20:29:17.383-05:00Photo Pocket PanelI tried adding a photo pocket panel to my layout to get extra pictures in after seeing this <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/blog/try-this-make-a-photo-pocket-panel.html#.UdoTCfmsh8E" target="_blank">layout</a> by Aly Dosdall at <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/" target="_blank">BPC</a> and probable why I then took her class.<br />
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I had 3 groups of pictures from this first day of school but didn't really want to make 3 separate pages. The added 6x12 was just perfect to get them all together.<br />
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Here's the full layout.<br />
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Right side.LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-51968899445075769622013-07-05T21:49:00.000-05:002013-07-05T21:49:01.506-05:00Multi-Photo Solutions<br />
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-8197633807605510902013-06-23T20:58:00.000-05:002013-06-24T20:58:34.092-05:00This week...and last were very busy with fun summer activities.<br />
Our first full week of summer was spent at Eco camp at <a href="http://www.abnc.org/" target="_blank">Armand Bayou Nature Center</a>, or at least the mornings were.<br />
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This was the first year for both boys to go. They just love it, hikes, fishing, and crafts.<br />
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I was also busy with my <a href="http://www.momsclub.org/" target="_blank">MOMS Club</a> end of year banquet. I dressed up to Sparkle the Night Away.<br />
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Bill loved his basket of goodies from the boys for Father's Day. </div>
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We started summer reading logs, been to library activities and did crafts at home (robots). </div>
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The boys did their first LEGO Club event and had lots of fun building jails. I think Bill had just as much fun. Aiden's had a web on the door to catch the bad guy if he tried to escape and Logan's was a flying/driving jail.<br />
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Monday was Aiden's graduation All the Kindergarten students sang several songs as a group and then sat down in front of us to watch a slide show. Aiden happened to sit in front of our seats. We then headed to the classrooms for diplomas and awards. <br />
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After the festivities, we took Aiden out of school for the rest of the day and had a fun lunch before Daddy went back to work. </div>
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The boys did the free LEGO mini build.<br />
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Thursday was Aiden's last day and a half day of school. We meet up with some classmates at a splash pad and the boys had lots of fun.<br />
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A treat to start Summer with. I need lots of decorating practice! but it was very yummy.<br />
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Balloon animals they got while at dinner.<br />
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-65220701456549514622013-06-09T19:08:00.001-05:002013-06-09T21:43:05.463-05:00A few layoutsHere are a couple layouts inspired by <a href="http://www.shimelle.com/" target="_blank">Shimelle</a> from one of her classes I was going through or a <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/videos/the-adventures-of-glitter-girl-video-series/" target="_blank">glitter girl</a> video. I've been pulling journaling from my computer to fill in some gaps in Logan's album. I really enjoy this type of page, when I already have the journaling and just need to find pictures to go along with it.<br />
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Bill was in Russia and Logan had his last week of school.<br />
Things went well with the boys, we were busy with our usual activities. Logan did have a rough night and got up several times, so when he came down yet again at around 5 am I wasn't getting up. This is the first time he's slept in our bed in a long long time. <br />
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I worked on teacher gifts and Logan handed them out on Friday, his last day. <br />
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This weekend we had a going away lunch for friends moving back to Germany, our new office furniture arrived, we finished a puzzle and got much needed new luggage.<br />
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-84145354148917119142013-05-19T20:29:00.000-05:002013-05-19T20:29:05.315-05:00This week...We had our last Art and Book Club at Aiden's school. Logan won one of the door prizes. The boys had fun making hats.<br />
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The boys had Doctor appointments. This was the first time that I made them appointments together. It was nice to only go in once but draining. Logan's was a real quick check and Aiden got his first x-ray (everything is fine).<br />
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Today was a shopping day with the boys. Out of all this, only the Michael's bag in the back is mine and one other item. The boys made a haul. It was good to get the shopping done but wow, what a long day.<br />
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-55638311385434486312013-05-13T16:30:00.000-05:002013-05-13T16:30:01.147-05:00NSD 2013 LayoutsI finished 6 layouts this past week for different NSD challenges, five paper and one digital.<br />
Here is my digital page with pictures taken just over a month ago.<br />
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This is the first time I really manipulated a template to get the layout how I want. I must be learning some of this digital stuff after all. This one and all the rest of my layouts can be seen <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/user_profile/455819/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-43534172267453998582013-05-13T14:06:00.000-05:002013-05-13T14:06:16.505-05:00This Week...These last two weeks have been very busy around here.<br />
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I went with these lovely ladies to serve a meal to Ronald McDonald House. A service project my MOMS Club does every year. It is a wonderful experience that I could not do on my own.<br />
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Aiden's school had an Open House. It was neat to see all his classrooms. </div>
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May the 4th be with you! Bill took the boys to Toys R Us for a special LEGO Star Wars Build. They got the pieces there and put it together at home. I stayed home to participate in chats and challenges for National Scrap booking Day.<br />
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Our Cinco de Mayo dinner.<br />
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Aiden had his Field Day at school. His class had 6 stations to rotate through.<br />
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Happy mail, thanks to credit card reward points.<br />
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Treats from Aiden's Mother's Day Tea.<br />
Bill had come home shortly after I left to get a nap. He's been working lots of hours to fix the leak on the space station.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Logan and I got a walk around the lake in and saw this bird catch some fish.</span></div>
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Grandpa also had a birthday, more cake and ice cream.<br />
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We also had our last swim lesson till the Fall and Bill got out to play golf twice this week.<br />
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Logan had a play group at Chuck E Cheese.<br />
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Logan did this 100 large piece puzzle mostly on his own. I helped with sorting and the edge.<br />
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I help with the booth our MOMS Club had at Aiden's school Carnival. The boys had lots of fun playing the games there.<br />
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A walk to the buss stop. Just love to capture pictures like this.<br />
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Chaperoned for Aiden's school field trip to the Wildlife Park. </div>
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Getting cuddles first thing on a Saturday morning.<br />
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Moved our bird feeders to a new location. The birds seem to approve.<br />
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Spent the weekend working in the yard. We now have the back yard pretty much done. The roses now look so much better with no weeks and fresh mulch. Now to move on to the front.<br />
<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-16566475395753125712013-04-15T17:22:00.001-05:002013-04-15T17:22:50.955-05:00A sketch and a challengeA couple more layouts.<br />
First one of <a href="http://www.shimelle.com/paper/1736/sketch-to-scrapbook-page-scrapbooking-with-three-4x6-photos/" target="_blank">Shimelle's</a> sketches. <br />
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Journaling: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Aiden,
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about the presents. I felt bad that we didn't have a cake but you didn't even
seem to notice. You had doughnuts at school, playtime and frozen yogurt with
friends, a fun day at the Museum, dinner with family and lots of presents.</span></div>
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Next a <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/gallery/projects/videos/1906424-glitter-girl-adventure-063-title-free-tales/" target="_blank">title free challenge</a> which was actually easy with this one. I didn't have a good place to put one or more to say then the obvious name of the Museum which is in the journaling.<br />
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Journaling: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">This
was a really great visit to the Children's Museum. One highlight was the
Grocery Store. We stopped by twice. Aiden had fun taking the list around,
shopping for the items on it and checking out. Logan just grabbed whatever he
wanted and played at the checkout. They both did a good job helping me put all
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last visit so the boys were happy to be able to play for awhile. Didn't even
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-43012668535081777452013-04-08T21:07:00.000-05:002013-04-08T21:07:16.041-05:00Layouts for the 2005 albumHere are two more layouts to go in the 2005 album I'm trying to finish for the <a href="http://www.paperclipping.com/paperclipping-play-along-did-you-finish-your-scrapbook-album/" target="_blank">play along</a>.<br />
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This one was made to fill in an open space. I was trying to use up some old paper I had lots of. The background is overlapping strips with the bottom edges curled up a bit. It was a bit more work than what I was planning for this page. I do like the end result, lots of texture. </div>
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These pictures came from a rare event. We came home from a weekend away and discover the branch had broke while we were gone. We were just glad that there was no damage to anything. </div>
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I have one more layout from 2005 and that year is finished. 2006 is also in this album but that has a bit more work to get done. I'm very happy with the progress I've made even though I'm not completely finishing it. I'm putting it aside to work on more current stories but do plan to continue printing pictures needed and setting up page kits to work on and off on. </div>
<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-5528238030654534982013-04-03T20:47:00.000-05:002013-04-03T20:58:56.811-05:00"Am I 4 or still 3?"Logan started asking shortly after Aiden's birthday in early February. So the answer was "still 3" for quite awhile and then the end of March came and it changed to "now you're 4".<br />
The other one Logan would ask (and still asking) "is it March my birthday month?" thinking that the whole month was for him. He didn't get a whole month (though it felt that way) but the celebrations do spread out over the week.<br />
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Wed - going up front for Chapel at preschool.<br />
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Thur - Having cupcakes with playgroup friends and getting a couple presents. (We also had our MOMS Club Spring Party with more yummy treats.)<br />
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Friday (the big day) - bringing treats for his classmates<br />
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and having yummy cupcakes at home. Lots of phone calls.<br />
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I was pretty excited about the cake and decorations. Logan pick out the cake and wanted Star Wars Angry Birds. So I took some of Aiden's Star Wars decorations we used (cut Darth Vader on the Cricut BTW) and some of their Angry Bird toys to have on the counter.<br />
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Found a 4 candle Angry Bird set (perfect) and some Star Wars cupcake toppers I saved (from Auntie Tina) and called it a success.<br />
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He seemed quite happy too.<br />
Just glad that we were OK to drop the Dinosaurs...not sure how I would have fit them in :)<br />
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Happy 4 year old Boy!<br />
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Monday - Soccer practice and lunch at Chic-fil-a<br />
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Tuesday - trip to the zoo. Saw 1 yr old clouded leopards being given goats milk (a treat) for good behavior with the keepers.<br />
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Wednesday - lunch with daddy, naps and swim lessons.<br />
Thursday - A day at the Rodeo<br />
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A super fun way to wash your hands. Aiden is using the dryer. </div>
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Friday - We had lunch at home with daddy before he went off golfing and then after naps went to the outlet mall and then Lows to get a few flowers to plant. </div>
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Yeah for back to school. :)<br />
<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-8340451606473097772013-03-15T22:42:00.000-05:002013-03-15T22:42:49.627-05:00An album reorganization and plans to finish in 30 days. <br />
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completing a scrapbook album in less than 30 days and having <a href="http://www.melissagross.blogspot.com/2013/02/why-i-changed-from-category-albums-to.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Melissa's album post</span></a> on my mind for the last while, I thought it was time that I did something about
my albums. I have been using the LOM approach but something was just not
working right with my albums so I pulled my Things We Do and Celebrations albums
to put back together in a loose chronological order. I also pulled some layouts
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<br />LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-26433846586801311502013-03-13T22:15:00.000-05:002013-03-13T22:15:21.984-05:00Double page layoutsI've had these pictures with a few papers pulled aside to have to work on at a crop but never got to them at the last couple so put them on my table one night before going to bed. The next morning I got my blog post updates in my email and was inspired by one of<span style="color: #38761d;"> </span><a href="http://www.melissagross.blogspot.com/2013/03/cruise-layouts.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Melissa's cruise layouts</span></a>. I believe it is one of the sketches from the Double Take class at <a href="http://www.bigpictureclasses.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">BPC</span></a>.<br />
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The paper is from Little Yellow Bicycle and had strips of different patterns. I got all but one of the strips on this. I added a little stamping and a tag under the title. <br />
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Thinking about the Double Take class reminded me that I never worked on this layout that I started during the class. I had to print a couple more pictures so it got moved to the side. I pulled it out and used some very old product on it except for the Thickers and washi tape. Just had to get some washi tape on it.<br />
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Thinking washi tape...I just got a few more rolls from Michael's...had a 50% off sale.<br />
Lots of crafting happiness going on here!!LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3600632654488558524.post-91253498009970558762013-02-26T13:16:00.000-06:002013-03-01T13:22:08.227-06:00Birthday BearAiden did get the Birthday Bear we signed him up for on the 19th. It was only a week or so late.<br />
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Here is the bear that he had at his desk for the day.<br />
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Aiden chose a new book for the library<br />
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We all really enjoyed the book too!LeAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06278244386680282594noreply@blogger.com0