We Missed You :: Scrapbook Layout

Hello! After two weeks of no tv or Internet, we are connected to the world again! I must admit that it was kind of nice to be unplugged for a little bit...until I was having to wait around and be on hold with customer service for hours on end.

For the past few years, I have spent a week and a half in the summer dog sitting for some family friends, and at the end of my time there I like to make the humans a little scrapbook layout with a few pictures of their cute pups. This was the first year I went digital, and I just realized how much more quickly digital pages can come together! I am a fiend about measuring and placing things just so (and I love my undo button), which is one of the many reasons I love digital scrapbooking.

Fonts :: Garamound + Love ya like a Sister
Patterned Paper :: Beach Bloom Mellow paper pack
Frame :: old Designer Digitals freebie

Yay for the short week--I've still got another phone call with AT&T tomorrow to try for a third time to return the old DVR to them. My grandparents are coming in town, so the weekend will consist of good food and hopefully a few workouts.

Happy Independence Day

Happy Independence Day! Today we are spending the day looking for a recliner and then grilling out with friends by the pool. Hopefully I get some pictures to share (if we ever get internet...I am sitting at the pool with my laptop again right now) and scrapbook!

Striped journaler freebie from designerdigitals.com :o)

We're still here...

Greetings! We are mostly moved into our new apartment (one more load + cleaning before we turn in keys tomorrow), but AT&T is having issues getting our internet and tv set up. Consequently, I am sitting at the pool with my laptop using the complex's wi-fi. It is super nice and relaxing, but an employee just came out and asked if we were using the internet so now I'm worried they will lock it. And that would ruin my relaxing poolside computer experience! The sunset is making me happy.


I am currently loving:

chocolate chip cookies
Brody loving his new home
organization
lots of storage space
a garage to park in!
sandals
summer

The Food :: Scrapbook Layout

Happy Friday! It is definitely so for us, as we get the keys to our new apartment today. Hip hip hooray!

I put together another layout this week--the food from our anniversary trip. I've had a headache pretty much all week (which I am attributing to dehydration and being outside more than usual), and I wasn't feeling very crafty so I "scrap-lifted" from my favorite creative genius, Ali Edwards (see her much more amazing digital layout on her blog here).

Supplies were a random assortment of freebies from Designer Digitals (top paper + index tab), Shabby Princess (Lucky collection: number and ribbon), basic paper alpha, Kesia paper pack (lower paper, recolored), and straight line stitches.

A Conversation with Tyson :: Scrapbook Layout

So I saw this template designed by Cathy Zielske and I totally loved the idea. Of course, we don't have kids...but I thought it might be fun to add to my Project Life and look back on in a few years. I love looking at the products over at Designer Digitals, but let's be honest. I don't have the money to buy templates and items that I'm able to recreate myself (not as stellar as the original, but I'm trying to make it work!). Hopefully one day I will have a scrapbooking budget to spend on the pretty things.

I wonder how Tyson will feel about the pictures I picked...oh well! :o)

Oh and I am totally loving that script font (Lobster)! If you are using it in Photoshop, the font changes to match up with letters better as you type. I don't know if this is a normal thing, but I thought it was pretty awesome.

Summertime for me is a time that I constantly have a book that I'm reading. Lately, I've been obsessed with the Women's Murder Club series by James Patterson. I started reading them on my nook, but the library's waiting list wasn't moving fast enough! Luckily I had a friend with the first 9 books (the 10th one just came out last month) that I was able to borrow.

Yesterday afternoon I read Heaven is for Real, which is about a four year old's experience during a surgery when he enters heaven. I don't know else to describe it, but it was quite interesting. It's a quick read, so if you are able to get your hands on a copy you should check it out.

I also read The Help a few weeks ago. I read the first few pages several months ago and lost interest, but got back into it the first week of summer. I won't give anything away, but it's definitely a great read. The movie is coming out in August (with my fave, Emma Stone), and I'm interested to see how that compares.

Any recommendations I should add to my summer reading list?

It's Summertime!

I thought it might be fun to share a few of my favorite summer items today! I wear very little makeup in the summer: usually just some light eye shadow, Maybelline mascara (I love the brush + find coupons for it in the paper fairly often), and this bronzer by Jane in Fiji. Add a clear lip gloss or chap stick and I'm good to go.

My skin is pretty fickle, but I love this clay mask with oatmeal and avocado. It advertises that it purges clogged pores, so the first time I used it my skin broke out for about a week. I use it once a week though, and it has been great since. I also alternate between Clean & Clear astringent (not pictured) and foaming facial--both very refreshing.

Lastly, my summer scent is Bath & Body Works exotic coconut. We live near an outlet and I picked it up for $3 right after Christmas (and it's on sale again!). I love coconut--the smell, coconut shrimp, and it reminds me of Gilligan's Island.

Happy Monday!