Globe Ball Ornament

I have been wanting to make this ornament but never found the directions (or took too much time to find them). But today I saw it on this site and had to try it! I really like the idea of making multiple ornaments and putting them in a display bowl. So festive!



The top, bottom and center semi put together.

The top and middle together.

No, Titus doesn't wear glasses. I found an old pair of mine that was missing a lens, so I took the lens out and let the kids wear them.

I used a circle cutter but if you have a circle punch, that would be awesome too. I also cut out a triangle and traced on the back of each circle so I knew where to fold.

The finished product! I used photo mounting squares for my adhesive rather than glue. It seemed to work pretty well. I might make a few changes with the next ones I make. I found another project that I really want to do! I just have to get a few supplies first!

Playlist Options

I have created and added my "Christmas Cheer" playlist, however it is not set on auto-play. I will change that setting after Thanksgiving. Both playlists are and will still be available. Just scroll to the bottom to choose which one you would like to listen to! Happy listening!

Hands and Feet Turkey

The kids and I did this little craft of a turkey using their foot prints as the body and their hands as the feathers. I think they turned out cute!

See his eye poking through?

Because I didn't want all (my) hard work ripped apart, I put them on the dining room window. Such festive little birds - which we also see in our front yard quite often!

More

These three pages are also for my project.

These pics might look familiar. I changed the background because I wasn't sold on it. You'll find the older one a few posts back.

Life

Sometimes I have a hard time deciding which pictures to scrap and which ones not to scrap. I almost didn't use these ones for reasons I'm not 100% sure of. But the story of Brandon and Jack is a funny one and I love having the kids in pictures with their Great-Grandma. So those are perfect reasons for scrapping them!

Photos + Stories

It was fun doing a page where both Leah and I are about the same age! I love the stories documented. That's what I like focusing on anyway - the stories and the pictures. Sometimes I struggle trying to find the right elements to compliment them, but it's all a learning process and I try to enjoy that journey. I truly enjoy scrapbooking and getting out pictures and stories in a book. Not too many made up words make it in the stories of "days gone by", so I'm more than happy to tell our stories of goofy words!

A Few More

Here are a few more pages for the project I'm working on.

3 Pages

Lately I've been working on a family project and these three pages are part of it. This was my second attempt with these pictures. I had previously posted a page using these pictures but never like it. So I changed it and came up with this.

Because of the project, a lot of pictures are used for each page so it's been a little bit of a challenge trying to find or come up with layouts that best display the pictures.

Playlist Info

I just wanted to give a little info for those of you who have a Playlist on your blog. If you add the gadget to your right side bar, it will cut off half of the view of the playlist making you and your visitors unable to scroll through songs or put your playlist on a shuffle. If you put your playlist gadget at the bottom of your layout, it will be full size, allowing you and your visitors to see the artists and scroll through your music, etc. I just thought I would pass this along!

Cookies in a Jar

This is a fun gift idea for Christmastime or anytime. I made these for a bridal shower but thought I would share the idea with you too. There are quite a few recipes and depending on how you layer the ingredients, it looks pretty! I made oatmeal chip cookies and used chocolate and butterscotch chips. My mom likes mixing chocolate chips and M&M's because of the pretty colors from the M&M's. I also made the molasses mix. This one is pretty white because it's flour, white sugar and spices. I mixed the spices in with the sugar, but now that I'm thinking of it, there might be enough spices to have them be their own thin layer to add a little more visual interest. We just used regular Mason jars, put the fabric over the lids, put a rubber band over the fabric to keep it in place and then tied the ribbon around. I printed out the wet ingredient tags and cut them out. You could use any kind of fabric depending on the season. It's a fun idea for your mail carrier, extended family, etc. You can find recipes online or I can give you the two that I have.

Finally

I had tried working with these picture numerous times and nothing was coming. I do not like scrappers block! It's really weird not journaling. I also have a hard time trying to find good sayings or quotes. This page is for April for my family's calendar.

Last Three Days

Day 7

Day 6

Day 5

Free Font Friday

Creating Keepsakes offers a free font every Friday and I thought I would share some of those links with you. They are all true type fonts, so you won't have to do an unzipping! That's always a plus!

CK Acedemia

CK Bella

CK Chemistry

CK Rough Script

CK Constitution

CK Cursive

CK Wistful

CK Handprint

CK Stenography

CK Serendipity

CK Leisurely

CK Postcard

CK Mapped Out

Day 4

Day 4

Next Two Days

Day 3: for the top right corner, I didn't purposely crop Titus out. The lady that took the pic did that for me. :-/

Day 2: I really like all of the colors on this page.

Day 1

Yesterday was my first day of beginning another "Week in My Life" project. These are the pictures and stories.

Memories

I think the journaling speaks for itself. I rarely do a page with one picture and wanted this picture to be the focus. As always, it's simple, but I think I like it.

Free CK Allison Font

One more font to tell you about! In the October CK magazine, there is a link for the "CK Allison" font. I don't know how long it will be around, but here is the link for you. I grabbed it a while back, but in case you haven't, here it is!

ALERT! Free Handwriting Fonts

Good Afternoon! We're up north visiting my in-laws and while I was blog hopping, I found a site with some FUN - oh yeah... FREE - handwriting fonts! As a way for me to remember this site, I thought I'd share it with you and then when I get home, I can download these fonts for me! I hope these fonts will find their way onto your computer too!

Wonderful Life

I'm starting to work on a family project. This page was my first for the project, but not in order of display. I got this layout idea from Ali Edwards in the October CK magazine on page 65.

Geese

Although the picture layout is simple, I found it on page 56 of the October CK magazine and just flipped it.

Long Time No Post

Due to moving and all the buying a new house entails, I haven't been scrapping much lately. The first two pages were mainly designed before our move and edited after our move. This page is of Leah's first birthday. I already made two pages of this birthday, but never liked them. So thanks to digital scrapbooking, I changed it all up! I'm glad I did. I like the colors better and not having so many pictures. I wanted to capture what happened that day, but not be on some crazy overload of pictures. Not to mention, I was still new to digital "back then". I may add something more later concerning baby milestones.

Simple page. I know that I like simple, but I hate feeling like there is something missing. Until I find that "something", here what I've got so far!

Very Soon

We have now stayed three nights in our new house and we're loving it! We don't have the internet there yet and have to wait probably another week due to the fact that the company is swapped with business. I did hook up my computer last night and open Elements! And I forgot that I started two pages before our move. I was really happy to see them!! One page is pretty much done, just never posted. The other page needs journaling and a few more final touches. I'm excited to have Photoshop back and to get in some scrapping during moments I don't feel like cleaning and painting! So hopefully I can get more pages done before we get the internet so that I'll have a nice bunch to post. Oh how I've missed scrapbooking!!!