Blast from the Past 2009

One of the label making companies needs to come out with a label maker with thinner tape and a cute font. They'd make a fortune from scrapbookers.

We started the blog in mid-2009 so after these all my layouts are already on here.

Blast from the Past observations:

1) I tend to favor 2 page layouts

2)I still (and always have) favored patterned paper and use it as my main product focus

3)even though I say I don't like my beach and pool layouts, most of them made it on to my favorites list, so how bad can they be?

4)I don't use as many black and white photos as I used to

5)I'm still too lazy to edit my photos

Blast from the Past 2008

Simple Scrapbooks sketch

Donna Downey sketch











Becky Higgins sketch

Becky Fleck/Pagemaps sketch

Blast from the Past 2007

K & Co Danny O, still my favorite line by them

Becky Higgins sketch

One of my first Cricut layouts (Base Camp, trying the Real Size dial option to mimic Basic Grey letter stickers)

Cricut-Base Camp

Check it--17 pics on a 2 page spread

Cricut-Opposites Attract

my favorite beach layout. Donna Downey/Simple Stories sketch

this is that layout scheme that I talked about that I use a lot--2 photos on the left side, either horizontal or vertical, and 6-8 wallet size photos on the right. I just like the way they balance each other.



Becky Higgins sketch

Becky Higgins sketch

Blast from the Past 2006

Becky Higgins sketch

The sticker says "Life is Delicious"


Between the licensed paper, stickers and Jolees stickers, this might count as my most expensive layout.
The one sheet of the pad that I used. Gorgeous paper. Impossible to use.

Blast from the Past 2005

This layout was supposed to have alternating pics of the kids holding the letters. I shot the pics of Brandon first, then set Jacob in there. Notice there are no pics of Jacob. That's because he immediately started eating the letters. It sounds funny now, but I'm ashamed to admit that in my severely sleep deprived state, I had the mother of all tantrums. Not one of my finer moments. Obviously we all survived, but it made step back and realize that chances were I was never going to get the shots that I wanted.
My love for tags runs deep. Also have a love for foam letter and number stamps. This was my favorite set. Notice how wonky the 1 is? I left the other adult in charge of the goat (aka Jacob) for five minutes and came back and found the chewed up 1 stamp dangling from his mouth. I've blocked it from my memory, but I'm pretty sure the aftermath involved another tantrum and a move to my own scrapbooking room with a lock on the door.




I think this still ranks as one of my fastest layouts ever :)
See mom, there are layouts about just me in the albums.
Deluxe Cuts page templates. I used those a lot. I should maybe pull them out again just for fun.

While flipping through my Grandma's cookbook I found a list of soup and sandwich pairings and it made me wonder what they ate on a regular basis. And this layout was born. Talks about what we normally eat for the different meals and the right hand side is a list of our groceries for that month.


Becky Higgins sketch