it's all coming back to me...

my love for scrapbooking, that is.  It's interesting that when I started designing products for the scrapbook industry, of course I was scrapbooking all the time & was my favorite pastime.  I couldn't wait to get new pictures, new products & ideas flowed freely.  A few years in designing & it was harder & harder to find the time {or desire} to scrapbook.  I'm not sure if it was because I moved away from my own style or I just wasn't inspired anymore?  I've dabbled here & there with pages, but looking back in my pictures over the last weeks I've noticed how little I've scrapbooked over the last 5 years.  So many photos of the boys when they were not so grown up & the little miss as a baby that have maybe been put into frames, but as you all know... the photos that you capture that don't make their way to a frame are usually the most precious.  Well, I'm back people {in digital form now}... & I'm loving every minute that I can create a new page. I know to some it may sound silly, but I know you scrapbookers know what I mean when I say this is for my kids.  They'll have these memories of how I saw them, how I loved them & how important these little moments were to me.  So here you go, another page completed with photos that just melt my heart.  These were taken when Lydia was about 5 months old, Evan was 5 & Collin was 8.  They were soooo in love with their baby sister.

& here's the new kit that I used to capture this memory!  COZY. {I'll be putting it the store soon}

about the page:

layered template: guide no. 1: three paper peonies. {slightly changed}

all papers: cozy: pink trike design.

reads: i love the way you love her. 2+1=3. july 2007.

{robyn}

digital layout therapy

having one of those mornings... the boys are over tired... I have an extremely moody 11 year old & it's just made for a bad start.  I know it will get better, but it's just one of those times where you question yourself as a mom.  ugh. enough. I'm done with grouchies.... tried to work on some things, but just had to get out of my funk.  so I decided to use a few of the pictures that my sister took this weekend to put together a layout. made me feel better, I mean, who can't smile & have a happy heart when you look at that cute face up there? guess you could say I needed some digital layout therapy...

about this page:

patterned paper: from the Evan paper kit: pink trike design. stitching: carina gardner: 2 peas. tag: from the katie pertiet layered template perfect moments: designer digitals.  free page template: paislee blueprints: o scraps.  my name is tag: my own design.

have a happy monday everyone :)

{robyn}

playing with free stuff...

just did up this layout with this little moment i caught lydie in a few weeks ago.  love finding pics like this. definitely one of those that warrants being by itself on a page.  this little girl is always taking everything in around her... journaling reads:

"crazy blonde hair. chipped polish. summer tan. lots of chatter. just another day watching you... trying to figure it all out." 7.10

so i thought i'd show you what i did with some freebie goodies from pugly pixel.  you can download them too... i can spend lots of time there drooling over her site :)

so i used the tape strips... super cool. love this look, especially on a clean layout like this

i used one of the little starburst medallions... lots of patterns

& used one of the shipping tags... {but i did recolor it a little}

font: splendid 66

patterned paper, "L" & polaroid frame: my designs

{robyn}