Monday, October 22, 2012

And then there was a layout about Paul

You Make Me Smile
Despite having photographed quite a few layouts last week, I somehow only managed to actually post one. That's how things get around here when Paul is home. Seriously - when he's home from work I get nothing of my normal routine accomplished. He's going back to work for a week tonight though (sad..) so I'll be able to hopefully get lots and lots of creating done!

The layout above was created using a combination of Studio Calico's September Kit, Central High, and the add on, Style Guide. There's also a few pieces from the Pop Off The Page Class Kit in there too (namely the "this week" card and the bright yellow clip - that I totally looooove!).

The arrows are actually the hexagon chipboard outlines that were in the Style Guide Add On. I just cut them at every second corner and ended up with three arrows per hexagon. I have no idea what to do with the full blown hexagons!

There's lots and lots of journalling on this page - lots for me anyway. I usually like to stick to the titles holding all the meaning for me but here I felt I really needed to get some things out.

Journaling reads: This photo was taken just two weeks after the fire. After days of covering your entire face with polysporin, we have finally seen enough healing to only have to cover the individual spots that are still healing. It is so amazing to me that skin can heal so fast and I'm pretty sure you're happy not having to get "greased up" three times a day. While this has definitely been an experience that never needs to be repeated, I'm so thankful that you will be just fine. I don't know what I would do without you and your amazing smile. Without you, I'm not sure I could have made it through this crazy situation. We will be okay together. I love you more then anything in this world. Love you forever. xoxo - J.

That's all from me for now. Paul is packing things up to head back to work so I'm gonna go snag some more quality time with him before he heads out!

Have a lovely Monday!

Saturday, October 13, 2012

And then there was "the waiting game"


Wait..what's this? A layout? And a post? Two in two days? Yeah, I'm on a roll!

This won't be long though - we kind of overslept (like until 1:30 pm - hey! I worked late last night!) so it's been a crazy kind of afternoon what with trying to wake up, function, and do the normal afternoon type things. Apparently the dogs got fed twice (which makes up for yesterday morning when they didn't get fed at all....). So now I'm off to get ready for work!

I've got more layouts up my sleeves, but I'm pretty happy with this one right now. Paul said he's "tired of layouts about [him]. But it's better then the time you kept making all your layouts about the dogs". Hmpft. Boys.

Have a lovely day! The sun finally came out here! Yeah!

Friday, October 12, 2012

And then you get to see that I do actually create things

You would think that as the house gets closer and closer to being finished that I would be able to find more time for, well, myself.

Yeah, you would think.

Hah.

It seems like there's a million little details that need to be finished. Receipts need to be put together and sent off. Counters need to be cleaned. Drawers need to have the dust vacuumed out (because there were no counters for awhile to keep said dust out). Walls need paint touchups. Electrical covers to be put on. Then taken off again because oh, I forgot to paint that part, then put back on. Baseboards. Mouldings. Crown. And that's just on the cupboards! We still need to put those things on the actual walls too. Plus there's the matter of the bed that broke and is just sitting on the floor now.

Anyway. As we move closer to being finished (what does that even mean?), I have found some time to create a few layouts. Actually, I have tons sitting in the closet. They need to be photographed. And when I finally had a chance to do so yesterday, well, wouldn't ya know it - the sun refused to come out!

Ack.

So here I shall leave you with one that I whipped up over the last two days - it's just a sneak until the sun decides to finally shine - after which, I should (in theory) have about fifteen layouts which means more posts about scrapbooking and less about my never ending renovation (which is a total lie - I'm so going to post about the kitchen again, as soon as it's clean enough to be leaked onto the internet ;)).
























For those of you who require the details - I've used Studio Calico's October Kit - Roller Rink and the add-on, Crack the Whip. The white die cut is from SC's Digital Shop and is one of the cut shapes for this month. I was running pretty low on inspiration, so this layout is based on one from the designer gallery - by Kinsey Wilson.

Anyway- that's all from me for today! Hopefully I'll be back soon with real pictures!