As I was taking these photos, I could wait to scrap them!  I know, I’m obsessed.  😉  But serious cuteness was going on here with Tobin feeding the turtles and my dad teaching him how to flick the food off of the railing.

Products used – Patterned papers: SEI (most papers), Creative Memories (background);Accents: Deja Views (journaling block), Little Yellow Bicycle (quote); Letters: American Crafts Thickers (grey), Making Memories; Tools: Silhouette (turtles);  Sketch:  Sketch Support

Photos from our recent trip to Stuart, Florida to visit family.  This was Tobin’s first real beach day.  He loooooved the sand, especially throwing it in his hair.  But he thought the waves lapping at his feet were too much!  So he hung out in the sand with his Nana dug up seashells for us to pick through.

Products used:  Patterned papers: SEI (most papers), Creative Memories (background), Cherry Arte (orange strip);  Accents: SEI, Me&My Big Ideas (title), Scenic Route (journaling block);  Tools:  Cricut (sun)

This layout was created for the April double page sketch over at Sketch Support.  To see the sketch and many more projects made from it, please visit Sketch Support!

Photos from the surprise baby shower my cousin Nikki threw for me.  All of my Maryland family attended and it was wonderful!

This layout is made on 8×8 inch paper.

Products used:  Patterned papers:  Cosmo Cricket (stripes), Bella Blvd (rain drops);  Flowers: Making Memories, Prima;  Stamps:  Close To My Heart;  Letters:  Prima (cream), American Crafts Thickers;  Sketch:  Sketch Support

This layout was designed from a Sketch Support sketch.  Please visit the site to see more great inspirational projects!

I can’t believe how small Tobin is in these photos!  It’s been such a wonderful 16 months with him in our lives.  Here is Tobin on our first adventure out of state.  We flew all the way to NJ, just him and I, to attend my sorority sister Steph’s wedding.  We stayed with my Aunt Renee’s family and my parents came down from NH to visit.  At the end of our stay, more family traveled up from MD, all to meet the newest addition to the family.

Products used:    Patterned papers:  Basic Grey (grid), October Afternoon (dots);  Journaling blocks:  Colorbok, Little Yellow Bicycle;  Letters: Making Memories;  Sketch: Sketch Support

I hand cut the banners on this page.  Starting with rectangles, I marked where the points should come together with a ruler and cut a triangle out of the bottom with scissors.  I used a piercing tool to poke holes between the banner pieces and hand stitched.

The scalloped strips are made using my corners rounder.  The guide comes off and you can use the corner rounder to make scalloped edges.

Celebrating the impending arrival of Marianne’s little one. So very happy for her!

In September, my mother and I attended my cousin’s wedding in Los Alamos. Since we’d never been to New Mexico before, we had to make a mini vacation out of it! We started in Albuquerque and drove up the eastern route through Santa Fe. After the wedding, we took the scenic, western route back to Albuquerque. Here is part of our day in Santa Fe. We saw two very interesting churches in the area. The first was the oldest church in the country and the second had an amazing staircase that seems to defy gravity. A few more layouts from this trip are still to come…

This layout was inspired by Jennifer! She did a collage layout with a ton of photos she took while visiting me in April and titled it “Adventures in Friendship.” She had the perfect idea for scrapbooking the trip, so I copied her! 😉 I did full layouts for our stops at the Botanical Gardens and the Jelly Belly Factory, but the photos and journaling here cover the rest of our activities.