Mommy and Tommy Date!

I love love love three day weekends because it is extra time with my little man!  Tommy and I went to the movie theatre to see the Muppet's today.  The basis of the story line is that the Muppet's had not been together for almost 30 years (I am 31 years old) and now they need to reunite to raise money for their Muppet studio.  This hit me right in the heart because it was probably 25 years ago I was going to the movies with my parents to see the Muppet's and now I was taking my little guy!  My favorite line of the movie was "growing up is becoming who you always wanted to be".  Being Tom Henry's mother is more than I could have ever imagined being!

Christmas Scrapbooking with Kiwi Lane Template

Well it's that time of year again, time to get all your wonderful Christmas memories in your scrapbooks.  This year I discovered Kiwi Lane templates and I wanted to share my Christmas Eve page and how I made it with each of you.  If you are not familiar with Kiwi Lane check out their web page here.  They are amazing and they have tons of tutorial that show how to use their products.

 The first thing I did was cut my craft card stock to the size of my photos.  You may even notice I labeled each of the frames so I knew what photo was going where.  Next, I used my Kiwi Lane templates to frame the rest of the page.

 Next, I took the templates and traced them on paper and cut out each piece as I was replacing the template.

 I order my photos from Walgreens and if I am looking for a smaller photo I will add a thick border and it creates a photo that is 2.5 x 3.5 inches.  This size photo is perfect for scrapbook pages.

 The next step was to get all my photos down on their frames.  I did not tape them to the actual page yet.

 The next step, distressing is very important and something I live by in scrapbooking.  I just take my dober (you can see it there in the photo) lather it up with ink and distress the edges of EVERYTHING!

I taped everything down and added the bling and tada!  

Weekend Project Complete

Well I did it and the rest is going to have to be left to the professionals!  It is not pretty but is it very functional and that it just what I need.  With time I will get some shelves and bookcases and maybe on day I will have a pretty scrapbook room.  And now friends it is time to get down and scrappy!

 Walking in the scrapbook room.

 I really need some shelves of some type.

 Not sure I can put anything more in this closet.

 Work space

My mom made me this for Christmas.  It is for holding Christmas cards but I am going to leave it in my scrapbook room all year long because I love it so much!  I should also add I have another organizing "thing" from IKEA to put together but when I realized the directions did not have any words, I quickly decided it would be a great project for my husband!

Weekend Project

Besides reading about 17 chapters for school this weekend, I have a little project on my plate.  Maybe not a little one, actually and huge one and I am really not sure where to even begin!  I need to get my scrapbook room organized!  This is not so easy for a creative girl who is domestically challenged!  So I have decided to post photos of the chaos and hopefully you will all see some updated photos by Sunday night.  Wish me luck and if you have ANY advice I would really appreciate it!

Going into the scrapbook room!  Can you see the cute project Lindsey is working on for her baby girl?

 The closet!  I love the closet in this room!

 The other side of the closet!

So there it is folks!  See you tomorrow with some updated pics!