Stephanie Howell

i thought i’d go through my two peas in a bucket gallery this morning. i just felt like looking at some of my older pages.

it’s funny…my gallery there is 34 pages long and has 600 layouts in it. holy smokes! it’s pretty much a virtual scrapbook of the last 5 years. and that is pretty amazing.

i wanted to share some of my favorite layouts from the first year i was sharing my pages online.

 

man…look at that FACE!! i loved,loved,loved hambly overlays back then and used them on almost everything. also…those block heidi swapp letters. sigh. loved those things!

brown was a little more prevalent in my scrapbooks back then. i  noticed my scrapping got brighter as the years went by.

this was the first page i ever had published (in scrapbook trends magazine). this one has a very special place in my heart. it’s when i first realized that blue was my go-to-color for cardstock. you’ll notice that every page i did back then had some trim on it somewhere. love that.

please look at the BABIES in these photos! remember that basic grey line? urban something…urban couture maybe? i was obsessed with those papers!

i loved mixing and matching colors and patterns from the very beginning. but i had to share this one b/c please note how much harper looks like lucy! miss h had these amazing ‘month by month’ pages the entire first 2 years of her life. the others…um not so much.hahaha! #secondthirdandfourthchildproblems

it’s funny. i remember the first few pages i ever made (those are in harper’s baby book an were never really photographed or shared) were 12×12 and then i kind of did 8 1/2 by 11 exclusively for a long time.

i also favored the patterned paper as a background thing way more than i do now.

but this page? still makes me laugh out loud. her face…ahahahhahahahhaha!

last one i want to share…i remember i did this page for a DT call. scrapologie. it was this amazing kit club and i wanted to be on the team SO badly. i didn’t make it…but one of the requirements to try out was to explain your style.

i made a layout to explain my style…and i wanted it to be like a look book or an inspiration board.

to this day this is one of the coolest things i’ve done and years later i still LOVE it and agree with everything here. my style then was pretty much my style now, and i find that comforting. 🙂

hope you’ve enjoyed my random blast from the past. hahaha!

go back and look at your older layouts today, i can guarantee it will make your heart happy. 🙂

see you tomorrow!

xoxo

 

patterned papers– october afternoon birch hollow,october afternoon paper straws;chipboard accents,border stickers,flower sticker,chipboard ‘welcome’ sticker-crate paper;die cut journaling card,enamel dots-my mind’s eye;doily-michael’s dollar spot;butterfly sticker,’this is happiness’ sticker-october afternoon;sequins-walmart;geotag stamp-kelly purkey;letter stickers-american crafts

Today I crammed myself in a tiny spot at that desk you saw in the photo yesterday. Don’t even ask how. And yes, something may have fallen on my head. Should have worn this helmet:

I’ll have to remember that next time.Scrapbooking while wearing a helmet. Hmm. I might be on to something.

Anyway, I carved some creative time out. Literally :). And now I feel better.

Off to unearth my camera charger. And a pair of shoes other than my flip flops. And maybe I’ll try to organize the playroom. On second thought, that terrifies me. Just pretend I never said that, and I’ll keep the playroom door closed. Problem solved.

xoxo