Something to think about.

Thankful for good friends

It's so nice to know that you have good friends to talk to, to sort out your problems with, to forget your problems with, or just hang out and smile and laugh. On Friday night I got together with many of my scrapbooking friends for a few hours and we had a great time together getting glued up, sharing stories of our lives. This is not a layout I did that night, but it does show how thankful I am for my dear friend June.

3 things I like:
1) I like that the colours represent us here - these are very June and Ang colours.... it could only be made more perfect by adding some teal and pink.
2) Changing a photo from colour to sepia - I don't do that very often, but this photo we both looked drunk (which we were not) our cheeks were so red. Cooking a turkey can make a person flushed.
3) Meaningful journaling - if you don't have journaling, it's not done!

Be Happy

Jen took this photo of me before (?) we went to the 50s diner in her car. It was kind of random, but I liked it, so thought I would do a quick one-pager. This took about 40 minutes from start to finish, inspiration from October 2010 Scrapbook Trends.

3 things I like:
1) Sassafras border stickers - They are so easy, go with nearly everything and add a perfect finish.
2) Felt - it softens everything
3) October Afternoon word stickers - I have 4 sheets of these. Also a very versatile product. The "My Bliss" and "photo taken by:" stickers are from these sheets.

Stuie's Diner

...where your weiner gets a shake.... You could not pay me enough money to wear that on the back of my shirt! It was a hilarious moment as Jen read that and nearly choked on her food.
We went to this new diner in Dawson Creek the other day. If you know anything about me and "the Twinkie" you'll know I'm a bit leery of metal tubed shaped dwellings, especially those painted pale yellow. This one, however, was silver, so I took the risk. It was decorated very cute inside, all teal and black. They had a jukebox and lots of Elvis stuff on the walls. The menu had Betty Boop and the Fonz.

I am totally loving this layout for many reasons:
1) It's super bright
2) I used some Studio Calico I thought I never would (the cutlery paper and milkshake)
3) My photos have no mats (well, except for one). That's rare for me.
4) It's fairly flat and yet I still like it!

Close up, just for fun!

Flashmobs ♥

I think flashmobs are totally great. A flashmob is basically when a bunch of people randomly start dancing in public. You can see a ton of them on youtube. I love watching people's reactions. There's a very festive one where a choir starts popping up in a food court singing "Hallelujah" at Christmas time.

This one was done in January of this year in Vancouver. It's a bunch of elementary students from 2 schools to support anti-bullying day. Pretty neat idea. I love at the end how the pink fades away slowly. I think that in itself is pretty symbolic of how we are all alike and connected. Even though you may not know you have something in common with a stranger, you probably are more alike than you think.

Snooze

Mack is a very spoiled dog. He basically gets what ever he wants. In this occasion, he stole my spot on the couch. He was just too cute to kick off, so I crawled on the floor and took this photo:

This layout is designed by Crystal, with a few changes from me.
3 things I like:
1) The colours - I don't use purple very often, but this layout is very soft because of it.
2) Flower ribbon - I LOVE this ribbon, but have only used it once before.
3) Painting behind my title. On occasion I do this when I just don't know how to anchor my title any other way. So simple!

Scraplift

Isn't it wonderful how much inspiration a single layout can provide? Take, for instance, this layout:

This layout really isn't my style. I rarely use a white background and even though it has a lot going on, it still seems kind of plain for me. But, I was attracted to the red hounds tooth pattern running vertically and thought I'd give it a go.....

The result was this layout, of Ryan's birthday cake! I used a mix of Sassafrass and Cosmo here, as well as some puffy stickers from Wal-mart.
3 things I like:
1) This layout was really fast to complete - thank you sketch!
2) The title - I feel fancy when I mix multiple letterings in one title.
3) I used a few supplies here I had been hoarding because I loved them so. Example: the music note paper :)

Then, I took a class of Crystal's at the scrapbook store. One of the layouts we made was this one here (click to see). The first half of the layout is based on the same sketch! All 3 look so different!