Happy NSD!

Hi all...It has been months since I've posted anything new.  Life has simply gotten in the way!  I've been scrapbooking quite a bit lately, but I've also started knitting again.  I'll be posting those projects too.  Right now I'm on a scarf knitting kick.  I really want to learn how to crochet, but beyond making my first chain, I can't get it figured out!  If you have any good crocheting links, please feel free to share!

Meanwhile, here's my first posted layout in some time!

Ka-Ching

I don't do many two pages layouts anymore and in fact, now find them very intimidating despite the fact that I used to be pretty much exclusively a two-page scrapbooker.

I loved these photos of my niece, The Musher, that I took of her playing with her Dora the Explorer cash register last spring.  (BTW, you'll be seeing that Minnie Mouse shirt in a lot of my layouts.  I bought it for her in Dublin in 2012 and she got quite a bit of mileage from it - including when we went to WDW last summer).

I'm super in love with American Crafts #Summer line and created this layout using mostly products from that line.  It's definitely in my top 5 favorite lines EVER!  

Supplies:  patterned paper - American Crafts; die cuts - American Crafts, Crate Paper, Elle's Studio, Studio Calico; chipboard heart - October Afternoon; letter stickers - American Crafts;  flair - American Crafts; button - Jillibean Soup; brad - Echo Park; stars - Studio Calico; flag - Basic Grey

Thanks for stopping by!

Daisy & Donald

We got to Disney's Hollywood Studios pretty early before opening this particular day.  We were waiting in line and many of the characters appeared to entertain the masses before the park opened.  Ellie didn't get her photo with Daisy and Donald, but I did get a picture of them signing autographs for a random collection of children!

Supplies:  patterned paper - Echo Park, My Mind's Eye, Pebbles;  chipboard - American Crafts, Pebbles; flower & bow - Crate Paper; brads - My Mind's Eye;  flair - A Flair For Badges; die cuts - Pink Paislee; enamel dots - My Mind's Eye;  letter stickers - American Crafts

December Daily 2012 - LOTS of Photos!!

Hi Long-Lost Friends!  I know it's been forever since last I left you some words of wisdom (or foolishness, you choose).

I have been incredibly busy.  I started back to work in August and also started dating someone new a week before that, so there's been little time for my blogging venture.  I am still scrapbooking, but not as much as I once was.  Well, until recently, anyway.  I've been doing more and more as of late.

Since December is just around the corner, I thought I would share my 2012 (now completed!!!) December Daily on the blog today.  Also, for inquiring minds, here is a link to my 2011 December Daily.

For this album, I used a mad plethora of supplies.  I ordered Studio Calico's December Daily kit last year and used the 4x6 album that came with it.  In addition to the SC kit, as well as their Wonderland line,  I used products from October Afternoon, Echo Park, Crate Paper, Ormolu, Evalicious, Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts, Lily Bee, Freckled Fawn, and some older products such as Daisy D's and some older SEI.

Just thinking about all the items that went into the album is overwhelming, so there is no way I'd be able to list them all.  However, if you have any questions about a particular product, please feel free to inquire via email or in the comments.

As you can see, I managed to fill this album to the brim, so I had to take the pages out in order to get somewhat clean shots.  The pages are shown below in chronological order.

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I made the base pages last November.  I had about 1/3 of the album complete before Christmas last year and finished it up a couple of weeks ago.  I'm working on the base pages for this year's December Daily now and will post those soon.  

 Thanks for stopping by!