Scrapbooking Shares

The photos I had to tell the story of Mother's Day last year were not all that great. One was a little blurry and the other was cropped too close, however the memories and stories are what's most important. So, I created a simple layout with pops of color and handwritten journaling.

I had saved my twin nieces' lists of things to do during their summer visit in 2011 along with butterflies each of one of them colored during that visit, so I created another simple layout as I continue working to add the final stories and photos to our 2011 chronological albums.

I probably would not have chosen these particular papers for the next layout if I'd been scrapbooking at home. However, I'd taken my 2011 Storage Binder and some miscellaneous papers with me when I went to visit and crop with  my friend LeAnne earlier this month. It always turns out FUN when I have limited supplies and still come up with a layout I really like! (It also helped that LeAnne had some flowers and brads in her stash that worked great as extra embellishments!)

One of the packs of miscellaneous supplies I grabbed for my trip held a Quick Quotes page kit. I decided to follow the directions and put it together even though I wasn't sure how I would use it yet.

When I returned home, I flipped through a storage binder to find photos and ended up making a few changes to add more color to showcase additional photos from 2011.

So happy to have these layouts in my albums! Happy Scrappin' Y'all!