few and far between

Hey paper peeps! What kind of scrapper are you? Do you document the daily, or are you a special event type of memory keeper? Or do you bounce around between all the different years? I'm kindof a bouncer, but I've been really cherishing little moments alot here lately.. like the day to day "ordinary"  moments such as snuggling on the couch with my babes, watching movies, going to church, things like that.. I've been feeling an urgency to get things written down and just make some freeking  progress can I get a witness?!?!

2017 was such a crazy weird amazing EMOTIONAL year for me. There were so many changes, so much growing, so many things this mama heart had to get used to.. My whole universe had shifted.. & I started realizing what other parents meant by "letting go.." Ugh. This was NOT easy for me.. My boys have been my whole life forever, now I'm just supposed to let go are you kidding me right now?! All the bedtime stories and diaper changes and booboo kisses and new back packs and new boxes of crayons and holding hands when you cross the street and playing catch and running around the yard barefoot screaming like banshees and slip & slides and pb&j sammies outside in the grass and chasing fireflies and watching fireworks on a blanky and throwing french fries up in the air for the seagulls to swoop down and catch and now I'm just supposed to let go.. Hmph. Ain't happenin sister. This might take awhile..

Some of you parents that have experienced having a child grow and fly the coop may have noticed how special the little things become.. When they leave for awhile and then come home to "visit" you realize how absolutely precious it is when you actually can get time with everyone all together because those moments become few and far between.. which is why I just felt compelled to scrap our lunch at Culver's the other day after church ;) I used the Project Life "Gather" Core Kit and the "Project 52 Fresh" Core Kit.   

               I love all the greens! And yes I added pink & those gorgeous flowers to a layout with my boys but it's so pretty mixed with black & whites and makes me happy! ;) Those little banners on the bottom left card were fussy cut from other cards in the Gather kit, I just cut them out and layered them, that's one of my favorite things to do with Project Life cards is cut them babies apart lol! We all have our things I guess. 

                                                                        

It was an absolutely FAHREEZING sunshiney day, just grabbing a quick bite, nothing spectacular. But you know what? It was spectacular. I loved it. All of it. Just being with my people, all together, chillin, eatin crap food. I loved it. I'm so happy I decided to snap a couple pics (very sneakily, quick tip- put your phone on silent so they stay relaxed and can't tell that you're being sneaky buhahaha) because I just love these cute candid shots! They make my heart so happy! And look at the cute layout I got from them?! These little moments, I'm tellin ya. Someday I'm going to yearn for "the good ole days" and I'll be able to look back through my albums at them, can you even imagine? What a great investment! 

Something I've learned in life is to not take anything for granted. You just never know what a day could bring.. so enjoy having your little lunches.. enjoy your little hangouts and picking out that perfect sprinkled donut together..  absorb those happy little faces.. 

Don't wait for the perfect opportunity to take pictures, make every opportunity a chance to take awesome pictures. French fry fingers and all ;) 

xoxo Sarah

off to a great start

Hey paper peeps, Happy Monday! Did you have a wonderful Christmas & New Year's? Phew it was kind of a whirlwind wasn't it?! I'm always so sad when it's over ;( I looovvee Christmas and I love the idea of a fresh new year! Actually mines off to a pretty sweet start.. I made the Project Life Creative Team wooohoooo!! I'm super excited because I really need to get some memories documented wowza, and this will push me to make stuff! I need to get busy! This past year we had so many changes & so many amazing & crazy & wonderful things happen that I don't want to forget anything! That's why I love Project Life, it's such an awesome way of capturing your memories. I don't do the whole document every week thing though, I just scrap whatever is striking my fancy at the moment. Whether it's a special event, going out for ice cream, or snuggling on the couch, whatever it might be, and that's ok too! You just gotta do whateva works for you, right?  I love opening an album and seeing all of those little pockets filled with either a cute card.. or a photo of my loveys.. or journaling of a sweet memory or even just some sequins.. it just makes my heart sooo happy! Plus I just love how you can take your little everyday moments and make them look so sweet and special ;) after all, there's no such thing as an ordinary moment right?! 

Ugh I am so in love with these little 3x4 cards, it reminds me of my brother collecting baseball cards when we were little! I may or may not hoard them... this one is actually a Studio Calico card, by Jasmine Jones. Her handwriting is so amazing! Love it!

 PL cards are so darling usually you don't even have to do anything to them, but I just love adding little sprinkles to them.. even if it's just a little bow like this cute Heidi Swapp one! You know me I can never leave anything alone buhahahaaaa... 

Also, please don't forget to include your handwriting in your projects, it makes it so very special! Whether you like your handwriting or not, it is a part of you. And that's important. 

Have a lovely day dearest,

xoxo Sarah

oh my, welcome back

Well hello there paper peeps, welcome back! I thought it was about time to update my little happy place here in blogland, it's been awhile! While I'm sitting here in my super soft mint green polka dot robe, sippin on my fresh & hot delicious French-vanilla coffee in my pretty Cath Kidston mug, wondering how in the world I'm going to get my hair to stop sticking straight up today... I thought I'd say welcome back with a pretty layout! I was thumbing through my stash one day and came across this gorgeous lace paper by Dear Lizzy, and my brain immediately thought oohhhh this would be so pretty with gesso smeared all over it.. turned out just like I hoped I was so happy!

This layout was just published in the most recent Jot magazine, their Issue 18! I love that mag, it's so inspiring! Something I've been doing lately is adding a 6x12 pocket page to one side of my layouts, I love love playing with pocket pages AND normal page layouts so this is a fun way to do both!

I feel like if you don't do mixed media all the time, it can be kind of scary or overwhelming at times, but I always have this urge to play with paint! Sometimes I'll just smear a smudge of paint across my card or layout and it adds just that little touch of artsyness I was craving, without getting all crazy..

Much of this layout's supplies are from my gorgeous Dear Lizzy stash, but these darling little word snippets are from Tim HOltz. I am a word snippet addict! For realski!

How come designers don't use taupy/brown colors more often? I love them!

Typing your journaling in adds the cutest nostalgic touch I just love it! I always always mess up while typing on my cards, whether it's spacing or margins or hitting the wrong letter on accident, but I don't mind it kinda adds that handmade feel to it ;) I may have squealed when Santa brought me the pink WRMK typewriter for Christmas last year..

Home is my favorite place to be, so I try to document it every so often! That's why I used this cute Heidi Swapp puffy sticker that says "favorite" down in the corner..

Thanks for poppin in loves! So happy to see you again ;) xoxo Sarah