Our first son at 1 & 1/4, 1 & 1/2, 1 & 3/4, and finally 2 years old!

Products used: Papers: American Crafts, My Mind’s Eye, Crate Paper (stripe), Echo Park, Cherry Arte, Recollections; Journaling blocks: Close to My Heart, Project Life; Letters: American Crafts; Stamps: Close to My Heart; Sketch: Scrapbook Generation

A quick and simple layout using papers from a 6×6 paper pad.

Products used: Papers: Cosmo Cricket; Journaling Block: We R Memory Keepers; Dies: Silhouette

Ice skating with Tobin on a “Mom and Tobin Adventure Day” last winter. I used the January sketch from CREATE magazine to pull this together!

Products used: Patterned papers: heidi grace, SEI, Doodlebug Design Inc, We R; Cardstock: Bazill; Letter stickers: Sassafras; Stickers: Doodlebug Design Inc, TPC Studios, American Crafts, heidi grace; Other Emb: Prima; Washi Tape: Little B; Die cuts: Cricut Type Candy Font

Visiting the Sacramento train museum with family.

Products used: sei paper, Silhouette train, American Crafts Thickers letters, Scrapbook Generation sketch

Just having fun with the boys and a color in cardboard fort.

And this layout is part of the February issue of CREATE magazine.  Go check it out!

Products used: Paper: My Mind’s Eye, jillibean soup (stripe), DCWV (glitter); Letters: American Crafts, Lily Bee Designs; Stickers: Heidi Grace; Tools: Silhouette, Miss Kate Cuttables and Jennifer Wambach shapes; Sketch: Scrapbook Generation

One of the hardest events to scrapbook.  This was our third time in attendance.  It’s so hard to scrapbook because there are so many random things to see and do at the fair and the colors are all crazy!  So I decided to focus on the blues.

Tobin’s favorite thing to see where the glowing blow up “trees.”  He was not shy yet and was willing to let anyone hold him that would take him back to the tree.

Products used:  Patterned papers:  Bella Blvd, My Mind’s Eye (dots and stars);  Chipboard banners:  Close to My Heart;  Ribbon:  American Crafts;  Letters:  Making Memories, Sassafras (grey);  Stamps:  Close to My Heart;  Sketch:  Sketches for Scrapbooking Volume 7

My California baby shower on May 1, 2010.  Hosted by my good friend and sorority sister, Ali.  =)  We had lunch and tea on Santana row and then went back to our home for cake and presents.

This layout is 8×8 inches.

Products used:  Patterned papers and ribbon:  Cosmo Cricket;  Stickers:  Heidi Grace (thoughtful);  Letters: Making Memories (blue), American Crafts Thickers (brown);  Sketch:  Sketches for Scrapbooking

This past fall, we went to the Gilroy Renaissance Faire with some friends. We enjoyed watching jousting, acrobatics and belly dancing shows and consuming turkey legs and other fine foods. Also, some good people watching. I don’t think everyone got the “Renaissance” memo. Like Elvis.