{Life & Musings}

The Daily Question & a Layout

Every day I ask myself the same question.  "What to make for dinner?" 
I really hate that question.  For once I would like someone else to answer.  

You would think that pasta would be a slam dunk but NO! I have one kid that will not eat it. I struggle to get my kids to eat their veggies.  Please don't tell me your kids would rather eat veggies than candy. My kids love their carbs and it's a struggle to get them to eat protein.

Trying to please 5 peoples' various desires is tiring.  I have to get creative.  I'm always looking for new ideas and recipes. I read magazines and scour the internet.  9 times out of 10, I'll find one recipe in a cooking magazine to try.  The recipe needs to be simple.  Something quick is best.  It has to contain ingredients that they might recognize. 

So Max is out tonight at a dinner meeting or something in the city.  We are having Chili, which the kids love and he doesn't.  It's a recipe that I found in Cooking Light magazine. 

I promised you a layout.  Here it is.  Another digi layout from our anniversary trip. 

Template: Paislee Press
Embellishments: Taylor Made; Paiselee Press & Me.

Enjoy!

Graduation

I don't remember if I posted any pictures from graduation or not.  I think I probably didn't because I haven't scrapped them before today.  This is a quick little page for the inlaws/outlaws album.

template: Janet Philips
paper: fei fei-joyce serindipty papers; Jessica Sprague Echos of Asia
embellishments: MCO corner florishes 2

As I'm trying to remember what I used in the layout, I'm a little frustrated because I did a total rookie move.  I merged the layers to save the layout as a JPG but I forgot to un-merge them before i saved the PSD again and now the layers are lost.  What a lame move!  

Since I started working a lot in digital, I've had to kind of develop a file method that works for me.  I save the completed layout as a PSD, in case I need to change it. I also merge the layers and save it as a JPG file to print.  Then I reduce the size of the JPG and save it as "b" whatever the title, so I know that it's resized for blogs/web.  So that is 3 copies of the same layout.  Confusing, I know, if you don't digitally scrap but it's what works for me.

Enjoy!

A Repeat?

Template: Paislee-Press
Paper: kathryn wilson eastborne kit
Embellishments: Michelle Coleman Corner Florishes II

You may think you have seen this before and you have.  Well, it's a little different.  It's various pictures from our trip for the inlaws/outlaws albums.

Enjoy!

A Disclaimer

You know how there are never pictures of you in your albums?  Well, that is most definitely not the case in this book, especially since the kids were not with us.  So I decided this album needed a disclaimer about my gorgeous look that I'm sporting in all of the pictures.

 

Template: Paislee-Press snapshots 2
Paper:  Paislee Press Sociologie Kit
Elements:  Paislee press zippy hippy stamp; Paislee Press Inkblots 

Have you ever added a disclaimer page to your albums?
Enjoy.

A Cover

Paper: fei-fei Joyce Serendipity Kit
Stamp: Fei-Fei Taylormade Small Talk Kit
Template: Paislee Press

How is this for a cover page for my album?

It just sort of came to me...in an email.  Yes, in an email from Paislee-Press with a link to a free collage template.  So I downloaded it and used half of the collage for my layout.  I think it turned out pretty good.  If you would like to download the template, click here

The past week has been a bit crazy and unfortunately this week doesn't look any better.  I'm going to try to create another layout tonight. 

Enjoy!

indulge

I guess you could say that I've been indulgent with all of these layouts lately.  But this indulge is all about the food.

template: paislee press
paper: feistuff-leikobeck, paislee press
embelishments: feistuff-leikobeck, paislee press

Miss Me?

Yes, life has been crazy lately, but I haven't forgotten about scrapping.  I've had a half finished layout on my desktop and it's been staring at me.  I finished it this afternoon.

Template: paislee press
paper: Michelle Coleman Thankful
brush: Michelle Coleman Corner florishes vol II

I can't believe October is just around the corner.  I've really got to get cracking on my layouts for the inlaws/grandparents albums and it's almost time to start thinking about Christmas cards.  Where does the year go???

Enjoy!

Montmatre

Paper: Paislee Press & FeiFei
Template Paislee Press
elements: Paislee Press & Fei Fei

So I'm just putting all of these layouts in a folder on my desktop, waiting for a sale at polka dot potato to get them printed.  I realized today, that I've been busy.  I've got 16 layouts done now.  Woo Hoo! 

I've got a few more to create, I noticed today as I was going through my pictures.  Sometimes you forget what you've taken pictures of when you are on vacation. 

Enjoy!

At Home

Today, I'm at home with the first ill child of the school year.  Good times...not!
So, I had some time to create this:

aper: Paislee press; shabby princess
template: paislee press
florishes: little dreamer design
stitches: Taylor Made

Not my most favorite layout ever, but it's done.  KWIM?
Enjoy!

Just One

Just one layout this weekend.  I was busy baking for the bake sale at school/church.

Template: Paislee Press
Paper: Paislee Press
Word Art: Paislee Press
Brush: Paislee Press

A busy week coming up.  I'm not sure how much I'll get done. 
Enjoy!