reading, organizing, shopping, momming too close to the sun. Home is wherever the Army sends us.
a bond like no other
made for jenni bowlin studio
our assignment was to combine old with new. the papers, journaling card, big chipboard butterflies, vellum butterflies, and mini stickers are old.
the doily flowers, number brads, and large cream shadow alphas are new.
i thought it was only fitting to do a page about j+h then and now.
hope your sunday is beautiful and blessed!
xoxo
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a year ago:
yesterday i was sitting in bed and thinking about one year ago.
one year ago i was sitting in the same bed and i was reallllly pregnant.
10 months (and some change) ago jimmy and i headed to my OB appointment wondering if i was in labor.
and i don’t know how it has been a year. i don’t know where the time went.
so many times in my life i’ve said “it seems like only yesterday…” but in reality it really didn’t. it seemed vague, distant…a memory.
but i don’t understand where the past year has gone.
it slipped through my fingers.
wasn’t i just wondering like what it was going to be like to have four children?
wasn’t i just wondering if i could do it?
wasn’t i just pregnant with my beautiful girls?
it seems like only yesterday.
i really mean it this time. i’m not just saying it.
it terrifies me. i don’t want this beautiful, precious time in my life to be a blur. i want to savor and taste
every
single
beautiful and horrible and exhausting and precious and wonderful and confusing
moment of it.
but it’s like no matter how hard i concentrate, no matter how much i hold onto it, no matter how present i am…
it’s slipping through my fingers.
they don’t have the same smell. they aren’t pronouncing words the same way. they need me less.
they are so beautiful. and funny. and i am so in love with all of them.
and ohhhhh are they frustrating. they fight like cats and dogs. even the babies!! they whine. they scream. and the tears…
oh the tears.
but oh how i love them.
and i know that what the future holds will be fun and special. in a different way. but wonderful. i know i will love seeing them grow.
but this precious, unique time in my life…
it’s slipping through my fingers.
it’s like i get so caught up in the everyday diaper changing and snot wiping and homework helping and carpooling and meal making and dish washing and clothes folding and vacuuming and lunch making…
and
i miss it. it slips through my fingers.
dear Lord. help me to hold them more and scold them less. help me to take time to be present. to play. to worry less, try to do less, try to BE in these moments.
help me remember.
help me let them grow. let them shine.
help me remember.
october’s kit is available at studio calico!! and i have to tell you, i’m a HUGE fan of field guide. and all of the add-ons, truth be told. yes, i got them all.
you see, i have NO local scrapbook store. 🙁 so SC is the only way to get the latest+greatest. and this month is jam packed with goodies! the ultimate greatest of the greatest.
four layouts is not enough. i have SO much left. i haven’t even really touched a couple of the add-ons.
i’m planning on doing an instagram album of harper’s fashion choices using the amy tangerine album. i have the idea, but not the time. soon, hopefully!! 🙂
note: you’ll notice i used instagram photos on 3 out of 4 layouts. that’s because i have not taken out my “real camera” in so long. i just don’t have 2 hands free to use it very often.
i still take “portrait” type photos each month using my DSLR, but my iphoto has taken over in the day to day category.
my shopping list this month:
mister huey’s:
shop extras:
crate paper farmhouse alpha and labels
crate paper farmhouse chipboard
and here’s what i came up with!
and she dreams
made using:
american crafts precision pen
i love the butterflies in this kit so much it’s not funny. i went nuts with them. some scrapbookers like to say butterflies are “overdone”…but honestly, they are my albums,and no one is going to know what everyone else was doing at the time i made the pages.i’ve always loved butterflies!
funny story about this tag. it’s a mistake. i misted it with cameo and lemonade and didn’t like the way it looked at ALL, so i set it aside and misted the other tag in the kit (it’s on the last layout below). i revisited this tag later and decided i liked it and wanted to use it on a page! it’s very messy for me but i still really liked it.
the border to the left of the photo is the mixtape. i trimmed it with scalloped edge scissors (from the girls art stash!) and i love the way it looks. tip: adhere it to paper and then trim it. you can’t see the paper through the tape and it prevents it from tearing or sticking.
my new love is mister huey’s calico shine. it’s so elegant and subtle. in fact, it doesn’t translate well in photos at all. it adds a low-key shimmer to paper. and i adore it. i misted this entire layout in it (including the photo- another oops but i kept it and love it).
in the closeup below, you can see that i took the yellow trim apart and used it for antennae on some of the butterflies. if you trim the ribbon, the tulle pieces fall off. i was going to throw them away (see, i make lots of OOPS when i scrapbook…ha!) but i though i’d use them somehow!
glorious
made using:
greenhouse (alphabet)
meadow lark (buttons)
mister huey’s calico shine mist
paper doil- purchased from the baking section at craft supply
it is SO hard to share this layout via a photograph. it photographs nothing like it actually looks. here’s another photo from another angle, that’s a little more accurate.
anyway…the shine mist doesn’t photograph as beautifully as it looks in real life.
this one’s simple. a paper doily, shine mist, scattered buttons, and the BEST thicker font EVER! i love the white pen here, too.
isn’t she beautiful? and she looks so grown up here. sigh.
s
made using:
field guide (brads)
american crafts precision pen
this layout has a special place in my heart… it just matches sadie so very well.
a few notes. i broke the wooden doilies in half and misted them with dewey. i misted them pretty heavily and then let them sit for a bit. i then rubbed the mist off with a paper towel.
i trimmed a few of the flowers edges with my scissors so that they could overlap the envelopes/cardstock.
this was for the pinterest challenge. we had to create one layout that was inspired by a pin on our dt inspiration board. see the one i chose here.
i (very literally) took my title idea from the inspiration. i love the way it turned out, i must say. 🙂 i free-handed the “s”. i just started arranging the buttons until they looked right. i adhered them with glue dots and then put tiny brads in some of the gaps.
you are here
made using:
perennial (pearls)
versafine in onyx
american crafts precision pen
rough typewriter font
have you ever made a layout and the entire process was just JOYFUL? that’s how this layout was for me. i smiled the entire time i made it and it still makes me smile.
this photo of jimmy and cate is so special to me. note: i did specify which baby it was on the back of the layout ;). many of you have told me i won’t know which baby is in photos one day…i always make sure to write the info somewhere.
back to this layout…i love it so much it makes me teary. i think i am going to frame it and put it somewhere. it just speaks my heart. now and then i am able to pour exactly what i am feeling onto paper, and this is one of those times.
it’s not complicated or technique driven…there’s not much to say about it…
i misted the tag lightly with lemonade. i stamped and computer journaled the title/journaling. which is rare for me. but i love it.
i love that he is home. 🙂 i love that i got these emotions down.
thanks for sticking with me…i know this is long. i’m just passionate about this month’s layouts, i suppose. they were special and FUN to create. hope you enjoyed seeing them!
have a beautiful day, friends!
xxo
do you think adam levine would be impressed?
how could he not?
teeheeee!
happy monday y’all!!!
xoxo
s
every week i make harper cards for her lunch.
i tape them to the cover of her covered divided plate and she either has a friend help her read them (she’s in a multi-age classroom) or asks the teacher to read them.
i used the amy tangerine sticker book to decorate them this week.
i put a sentiment on the front and a funky fact on the back. i messed up on these…i had the facts aligned to print on the back side of the notes and i put the paper in the wrong way.
it printed the facts on the same side as the sentiments. BOOOO. can you tell i’m sleep deprived? 🙂
i decided she’s five and probably not scrutinizing the worksmanship on the cards. haaha! i just cut the facts out and adhered them to the back of the sentiments.
sweet and simple, yes. but i thought it was a fun way to use the sticker book and i wanted to share.
besides…more complicated blog topics escape my mind at the moment. cate is sick and wakes up choking on her snot about every hour. then her screaming wakes lucy up and lucy joins in the screaming.sadie has taken to climbing in our bed all night long.everyone wakes up about 5…i feel perpetually hung over every single morning. and jimmy? sleeps through ALL OF THIS.
how in the jose is that even POSSIBLE?????
and i
am
about
to take a long walk off a short pier.
thatisallthankyouverymuch.
xoxo