Hello Friends,Welcome to Part 2 of Scrapping Your Family History!In Part 1, Scrapping Your Family History: No Photo? No Problem!, we looked at how to scrap a family history page when you don’t have a photograph of your ancestor (use maps and documents; take a picture of a family heirloom; focus on locations and occupations; and so on). In today’s post, I’d like to showcase some of the different styles you can use to bring your family history pages to life.When I first started scrapping my family history, I had a very traditional paper scrap approach indeed. Here’s my first family history layout, created in 2007. Were you looking for some patterned papers? You can find them on this layout, LOL!I still love a traditional paper scrap look, which is basically my scrappy comfort zone. However, thanks to the influence of the TLP designers, Pollys, and scrappers, and to the … [Read more...]
Make It Monday | NYE Snack
As we finish off the year, our family has a tradition of having lots of finger foods and appetizers for New Year's Eve at home. We watch movies or play games and bring in the year with full bellies. One of our favorites and a super easy go-to that we always beg my husband to make is: Sausage Balls.They are so yummy and you cannot just eat one lol. And the best part....is that they only need 3 simple ingredients! Ingredients: 1 - pound package of your favorite breakfast sausage 1 - pound bag of sharp cheddar cheese 2 - cups of biscuit baking powder mix (1/4 cup of milk if they seem too dry after mixing everything together)**After mixing all ingredients together completely you'll have a dough. Roll into balls about the size of a golf-ball and place onto baking sheet. Bake at 350°F for about 18-20 minutes, until they are golden brown and sausage is cooked through. … [Read more...]
Seasonal Prompts for the Holidays
Hello Friends! The holidays are fast approaching and, if you are like me, the days are flying by in a flurry of blur and building chaos! As much as I love the upcoming weeks and want to soak in all of the events, I also get caught up in the busyness and lose track of the moments that I wanted to document. So this year I'm making an attempt to be more present and and focus my attention on a few things that I'd like to capture. I've created six prompts that I'll use to guide my intentions over the upcoming weeks so that I can hopefully tune in to the activities and moments that make these days and times with friends and family meaningful. Here is my list of prompts that can be used for both journaling and photography and help jump start your memory keeping layouts!I hope you find time over the holidays to be present in the moment and find joy in the little things in your life. The … [Read more...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Journaling Prompts!
Hello Friends! Journaling is often such a big part of memory keeping and a wonderful way to preserve our thoughts, feelings and memories. Telling our stories can be therapeutic and helpful for not only us, but others. However, sometimes knowing what to document can create a stumbling block if we aren't sure where to start. When this happens, journaling and story prompts are a great tool for brainstorming ideas and topics to explore. Today I'd like to share some story prompts that can be used right now and in the month's ahead. The seasons will soon be changing and often the seasons of our life change with calendar and weather changes. So this is the focus for today's journaling prompts..."season of change". Interpret them however you like - seasons of life, seasons of nature, seasons of the calendar, or a mix of all of these!Layout credits: Memory Pockets Monthly: Change and … [Read more...]
The Monday Mash-up – Mashing Pocket-style
Are you primarily a one kit only scrapper, on a budget or looking for ways to extend your stash?Mashing 2 (or 3!) kits together (and making your own customised collab!) gives you so many opportunities but means you won’t have to spend all your time tagging or searching your stash. If mixing and matching is not your normal style and feels daunting, this series will look at several ways to make mixing different design styles easier than you think! ______________________________________________________________________________________________Hi there and welcome to a fun new way to start Mondays in the middle of the month – The Monday Mash-up! definition: Mash-up noun- informal.* a combination or mixing of dissimilar elements, especially content from different sources. Some background:Welcome back … [Read more...]
Thoughtful Thursday: Simple Journaling
There isn't much that makes me happier in scrapbooking than clean and simple pages that showcase a lovely photo and includes some thoughtful journaling complimenting the photo. But sometimes coming up with that"simple" journaling can be so challenging! For me, this often happens when I'm over thinking things, so I have to remind myself to keep it simple and reflect on what it is that makes me love the photo I'm scrapping, and what I want to tell others about that photo.One of my journaling go-to's when I'm in this mind block is to use a formula for simple journaling: repetition and short sentences. This is my formula for many of my layouts: I will start each line of my journaling with the same word or phrase. I will then add a few words after that phrase that conveys the message I want to share. I put each sentence on it's own line and incorporate the journaling into the … [Read more...]