favorite flower

Hey there paper peeps! It's almost the weekend woohooo!!! Do you have a scrapbook album that's all about you? I started making a 6x8 Project Life album that's filled with little bits & pieces about me, just something I can add to periodically. I thought it'd be neat to have a book filled with my favorite things, funny things that happened, and other goodies like that so my kids have something to look  through someday ;)  Here is a spread I did about my favorite flowers, the light pink rose. I have loved these since I was little, they are so soft & beautiful! Don't get me wrong, I love alll flowers I think they are all stunning in their own way. They are one of God's greatest gifts! 

These gorgeous puffy letter stickers are by My Mind's Eye, I just adore them! If you want to add a little bling just throw a few sequins in your pocket ;) 

Hand cut a few leaves out of another PL card for a "flowery" touch ;)
Thanks for stoppin by have a lovely day! 

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Sunday paper peeps! Here's my project life spread from last year's festivities, so thankful for this thing called scrapbooking ;) 

It's amazing how life can change in just the span of a year! I used the Snapshots Core Kit for this layout ;) It's super cute and springy!
I hope you have a wonderful day with your loved ones, Happy Easter!
xoxo Sarah

heidi swapp memory planner- january

Hey there paper peeps! Last year I took a break from doing a memory planner for the first few months, sometimes we just need a little breaky from things when our brain feels fried right? Welp I'm diving back in this year and already have January almost done woohoo! I vowed to myself this year to keep up!  I don't have much going on this month so I just filled in with lots of pretty stuff ;) I call that "pretty planning.." (I'm using the Heidi Swapp Time Flies planner in case you were wondering!)

Heidi Swapp just released her new planner line "Fresh Start" and I just love the lemons and the colors, so happy! I'm not a big yellow girl but lemons are pretty stinking cute! I mixed in a few other goodies from my stash like Project Life cards, a Studio Calico card, a Cocoa Daisy card, stickers, I fussy cut some lemons from patterned paper, things like that. I fussy cut a little Project Life logo and tucked it in there so I could remember when I made the team yay! 

The cutest photo I have ever captured of my parents HAD to be put in there lol! I may have gone a little sticker crazy but they're sooo fun I can't help myself eek! Plus Heidi's new washi tape, soo cute! 

Don't forget to document our other family members, even the little furry ones. They always hold such a special place in our hearts can't leave them out.

This pink banner is fussy cut from a Dear Lizzy Project Life card ;) 

Have you seen these darling little suede bows from Amy Tangerine?! Sooo cute stuck on a paper clip! I adore them. 

So there's my January babes! See you don't need a ton of appointments and important things to have a planner, just some pretty stuff ;) 

Have a lovely day!

xoxo Sarah

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