The Journey Begins

I apologize for the long time between posts! I've been a little busy with school, and honestly, a little negligent, if you can imagine. However, Amber and I have started our single magazine scraplift project, and from here on out (until I say otherwise, hee), they are all from Scrapbooks Etc.'s Scrapbook Page Planner. :) Off we go!

Like I said when we started this project, it's amazing how we can get two such different pages from the same layout inspiration. The best part, aside from letting us express the differences in our creativity/processes is that by modeling our projects after someone else's page, we save so much time. Before we began doing this, we would (or at least *I* would) spend up to four hours trying to figure out a layout for a single page! We don't really have that kind of time anymore, so scraplifting gives us the opportunity to continue to scrap and still have time to do all the other things we have to do.

This layout is rather simple, but I think it really works well for the subject matter. Amber's layout is about her son's developments and personality at one month. You'll notice two things about Amber's work that I always tease her about: one, she uses a lot of that color green, and two, she almost always has to use glitter! :) But that's just her personality, so it always adds to the page. My layout tells the story of how my niece finally learned how to pronounce my name, which made me very sad. I loved my sweet little nickname, and somehow it was lost while I was away. She's growing up so fast! Every time I see her there is always something new!

I'm going to try to update every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from here on out, because those are the lightest days in my schedule. So please be sure to come back on those days and check out the new pages!