This Valentine's Day happened to fall during our second week of homeschooling, which we chose to make Dr. Seuss-themed because when we made the decision to pull our kids out of school midyear--that was the ONE thing they were most concerned about missing out on! Every Valentine's Day I try to make my boys a special treat and we sit down to either...
Color really is a big deal to me on my scrapbook pages. I use it as a way to tie my photo to the other elements on my page and create harmony, to set the mood and convey feelings and quite simply to have fun and add a little bit of myself to each page. This month at The Get It Scrapped Membership we've...
This summer we've gone on so many awesome family adventures thanks to our own bucket list and the recently discovered website Atlas Obscura which has over 50 hidden gems and unusual things to do in Utah listed on it. Looking through our photos from this summer I can't help but realize how lucky I am to live in such a beautiful state, whose landscapes are...
This week on the Get It Scrapped blog the team shared an interesting approach to scrapbook page storytelling which comes in the form of cross-out, blackout and erasure poetry. Now let's be clear, I am no poet, but as someone who struggles regularly with getting her stories written down on the page, I was very excited to give this a try and approach...
We made it down south today to visit my sister-in-law and I took a few photos of their family while I was down there. This is the first time I've photographed my youngest niece and she is just all smiles and goo-goo eyes! Capturing these guys through my lens is always such a joy because their family just exudes love in everything that...
Over on the Get It Scrapped blog this week we're talking about mixing texture on the scrapbook page. As a digital scrapbooker this is something I feel compelled to do to keep my pages looking realistic. The greatest compliment I can receive from someone looking at one of my pages is when they ask me whether it is paper or digital. This means...
Early this spring, tired of the prolonged winter up North, we decided to take an impromptu trip down to Moab to get a bit of sun. We spent two days in Arches National Park. We saw most of the arches and other scenic landmarks in the southern part of the Park. We also went on a few of the hikes that were easy...
