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}

design inspiration

took inspiration from this cardigan from Boden

{that I love love love BTW}

to create this design on my scrapbook page... 

about this page:

journaling reads: "loved spending this day with my boys doing all the fun things you could handle... it was so special & cherished seeing your smiling faces"

layout uses a modified template by Katie Pertiet-Designer Digitals, paper-pink trike design {coming soon}

{robyn}

good things...

for those that know me... you know I'm one of those glass half full type of girls, yes an optimist at heart.  I like to think everything will always work out & be ok.  One of my favorite things to do is collect quotes... happy quotes, meaningful things, things that ring true to my life.  I've been trying to create more things that really mean something to me {with the hopes they will mean something to others as well}.  so here are some things that are new over at my etsy shop... I promise more is coming up soon!

life is good print

you make me smile print

my girl personalized print {my girl prints can be customized with hair & eye color & name!}

Oh & digi/hybrid scrappers you can check out my digital kits at the pink trike shop too!

thank you everyone for your support!  if you want to be updated on what's happening you can also follow what I'm up to at pink trike on facebook & twitter!

{robyn}

up, up & away

I created this layout today with some of my photos from the weekend & a few things I've been wanting to try lately... 

this FREE digital template from paislee press & lara jade retro pop photo action that is also free... pretty fun. thought these pics might be perfect for it!

I also used the ledger paper from my vintage polka.dot line & the girly banner from the oh happy day girly extra set.  The yellow zig zag paper is *coming soon*!  Font is splendid 66.

{robyn}

vintage dots

oh yes... two of my favorite things!  I love the vintage, antique, old style look & I love love love polka dots... so here's a brand new kit in the shop vintage polka.dot No. 1!  Go ahead & check it out if you'd like... I hope you'll love it too.

& the layout I created with the kit!!! The photos were all taken in our house of some things that I really love the most: antique chairs {especially the children's ones painted & all chippy}, green Ball jars & buttons {oh yes I have many!}, the curtains in our kitchen {red & cream gingham with old trim} & the old looking hardware I searched for to get just the right look to compliment our off white  painted cabinets & beadboard of our kitchen.  

cool thing too, the old ledgers & note papers that are included in the set were found in some of my grandparent's belongings... I'm so happy to be able to preserve that in a whole new way! 

{robyn}