What I Love

As I looked through my finished pages from my day scrappin' retreat I enjoyed with some great ladies from work last weekend, I was reminded about one of the things I love MOST about my hobby: even when I am away at a retreat, whether it be for a few hours or a whole weekend, I feel like I am with my family.

Even though I thoroughly enjoy my "me" time, and very much enjoy the company and comraderie of my fellow crafters, I am very appreciative that what I do for fun is also for my family. I love reliving the memories as I scrap a page, trying to recount the event highlights as I add my narrative. Very fulfulling!

These pages are of my daughter Chloe's book (which I am just starting even though she is almost 16 months old...when did that happen?) and also one of my favorite pictures of my son, Liam, taken at a zoo outing. The Grizzly never looked so good :)

If you can't see the theme, here is a hint: I LOVE MY CRICUT!! One of my FAVORITE fonts is Alphalicious...I use it on just about all of my pages. It is classic, and clean, and it seems to go with my style.

The tree is a layered shape from the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge (such a great shape!). I did something very similar in my son's baby album, too. I loved having one special page to record his transition from infant, to toddler, to little boy, and now, almost to young man. I am looking forward to doing the same in Chloe's book. I didn't necessarily want to keep the apples that were also cut out from the cartridge, so I opted instead to add a modern flair with adorable rub-ons from Little Yellow Bicycle - I think the colors are just great! The butterfly paper is from DCWV. The zoo-themed paper from my son's page is from Karen Foster.

Here's to doing what you love, for the people that you love even more!