September Updates

It's September 30th.  I didn't finish the entire set of LayOut A Day prompts but 23 pages in one month is definitely a success in my book.  I have the photos printed for remaining three prompts so I hope to have them completed soon.

I also fell somewhat short of my 40 miles of running this month.  As of last Thursday (the 22nd) I had completed just over 28 miles and could easily have made my goal but I pooped out, plain and simple.

Today's layout is one the I completed yesterday...

LOAD Prompt - It was a free day so I incorporated the principles of patterned paper selections from one of the Ella BootCamp mini drills.

I can't believe that this photo was taken almost two years ago but there's no denying how much she has grown.  (Photo courtesy of Mumi)  Once again, thanks for stopping by!

Almost there....

The MotherLOAD class (layout a day) officially concluded on Monday, the 26th. To my astonishment I actually managed to complete 22 of the 26 daily prompts.

In addition to LOAD I was also enrolled in the Ella BootCamp set of scrapping drills that took place online last week.  It was such a wonderful class.  I learned several new design and photo editing techniques that I hope to incorporate into future layouts.  Today's page was actually inspired by the Designing with Grids class.

With that said, I'm about scrapped out.  I hope to finish off my last four LOAD pages (hopefully with BootCamp ideas) by this Friday and then will be taking a break in October.

I know I've created way too many Jasmine and Meg pages this past month but I couldn't resist one more.  While going through my digital photo files I discovered a trend that I just had to document.

Prompt - Scrap a photo you've scrapped before.  (in my case, the wagon)

With Meg it's definitely "have dog, will travel" kind of world.

Owls

Meg is obsessed with owls...owl stickers, owl hats, owl toys, owl shirts, etc. But as we found out at my parents' house, she's not so keen on the real thing. We heard them in my parents yard one night and she was so afraid one was going to come swoop down and take off with her little dog....silly girl.

Prompt - use gray, browns and yellows.

Last week  I walked into the family room to this....

I couldn't have staged the photo more perfectly if I'd tried.  She's wearing one of her new owl stocking caps, has her stuffed owl toy, an owl Halloween decoration that I'd bought for outdoors but somehow think it will never see the front yard and her owl mittens (that she put on the stakes of the decorative piece.)  She slept there for several hours, very content and oblivious to everything going on around her...as in camera flashes and her Daddy and I laughing out butts off!

With a daughter like this I'll never run out of scrapping material.

Stickle Queen

If you remember my "New Stuff Radar" post from a few weeks back you'll recognize the turquoise and red Stickles.  Yes, she's been at it again.  She found some leftover picture molding and decided they'd make great arrow signs. Like always, I didn't see the creations until after she'd nearly emptied my bottle of Stickles.  *sigh*

 This next one is hard to see but it reads "Welcome to Meg Town."

And for the whole effect....

She thinks that it's pretty funny that she "fakes everyone out" into telling them that her room is 2 miles ahead when in actuality, it's only 2 steps away.  Oh to be ten again....

Blog Neglect

Lots of "life" happening right now so my blog has been a bit neglected.  I'll try to do better.

"Life" has also put me behind in my LOAD class but here's a page I completed this week.  It's very apropos to some of what's going on in our lives right now.

Prompt - Record a difficult subject

This photo was the only one I could bear to take during that horrible week last fall.  The journaling talks briefly about the onset of her illness and the unbearable news that she had bone cancer.  Thank goodness they were wrong.

Quick Post

Popping in for a quick post while enjoying some time with my parents.

Prompt - Use your scraps.

See ya next time!

Mustaches are Epic?

A quick post of another LOAD page that truly encompasses my daughter's spirit and personality.

Prompt - stamp on the layout

Meg is absolutely enamored with mustaches.  We picked up the shirt at the mall a few months back and I have to hide it after washing or she'd wear it every day.  When I came across the fuzzy mustache stickers a couple of weeks ago I knew she'd love them.  Sure enough, she has had the best time with those silly things.  She's never known her daddy with his "Yosemite Sam" 'stache but I'm thinking it's about time she did.  :)

As far as the prompt...the polka dots are stamped.  The circle is a transparency and I hand drew the mustache at the bottom.  TFL!