Scrapbooking - Family Photo Mini Album

This album came together so smoothly, and I am excited to finally share it!

One of my favourite ways to make the bones of a mini album is to re-use those random greeting cards you used to get for free when you donated to the Diabetes Foundation or Easter Seals or whatever. They are the perfect thin, but not too thin cardstock, and they are already a folded page! I tape them together with packing tape - however many I need to make the book - then add photos and embellishments.

All of the bits in this album are "leftovers" from my stash. Random paper, embellishments, and stickers that I pulled together that were sort of the same colours and theme. This is a super easy way to put together a mini album, and a very low stress way to use up some leftovers from other projects.

That flourish sticker in the photo above is so dang old and I used the other half of it on something else. I love that I still have these bits that remind me of how I got started in scrapbooking and memory keeping, and how the things I loved then are the same as things I love now.

SCRAPBOOKING TIP
Don't throw out your old rub-on letters! They are a great way to create a patterned background! Even if they don't rub-on perfectly...they look so dang cool!

PHOTO STORY
These photos are from our family photo session in October 2017. Our photographer - Jamie Hunter - gives us 7-8 photos as part of our package, and while I print a few to hang up at home, I love to be able to have them all in one place to look through as well. Hence the mini album.

When I flip through, all the memories from that day come flooding back. Lucas & I met a couple of my friends for brunch that morning, so we were late to the session. Dan was working that day, but drove back into town, got changed in his truck, and did the photos before heading back to work. It was so cold that day, so I would take my coat off for a photo, then put it back on as we walked to the next spot. Lucas & Jamie talked about Pokemon Go as we wandered through Whitemud Park, and we talked about Halloween and our fave horror movies and shows. Jamie & I had a great chat in the parking lot after our session, while Lucas played on his phone in the car!


xo

F-Word Scrapbooking

Hi there! I love Fall. But it is not Fall yet. So don't go getting excited and telling me how much it FEELS LIKE FALL, or GEE I LOVE THAT IT'S FALL NOW. I will cut you.

Remember that I love Fall. But I also love our fleeting, golden summers. And I'm going to squeeze every last dying glimmer out of this month.

Since the start of Fall signals my birthday, I do celebrate the shit out of fall  so don't get your knickers in a knot. Like I am. Apparently. Shuttup.

Anyhoo, I scrapbooked some photos taken last FALL because Nadine made me. Kind of. Whatever. Just feast your eyeballs. 

(I scrapbook on my bedroom floor when it is clean. My bedroom is giant, so I can really spread out. Love those old wood floors.)

Gah I love this layout!!! Nadine gave me a pack of die-cuts, and I was like what the actual fuck am I going to do with these? She also gave me some copper sticker words and I was like YASSSS! They make a nice combination. My Mom & step-Dad's last name is Good. Makes for some perfect titles.

Also, that paper looks like a cozy sweater and I can definitely get behind that.

Mini Album!
I forgot how damn fun and EASY it is to make a mini album by taping old cards and envelopes together. These photos are all from my Grannie & Pa's 60th Anniversary Party last September. We had a nice dinner at the Faculty Club on the U of A campus, and then my photographer friend Sarah took all of our photos. It was ridiculous, and she is my hero. I am going to let the pages speak for themselves.

I just realized that this last photo shows FIVE GENERATIONS of my Grannie's family. Holy. Shit. Balls.

That's getting put on a damn wall or something.

p.s. on Fridays we say Fuck.

Christmas Cards - Spoiler Alert!

 I FINALLY ordered our Christmas cards! I got started ages ago online, and got frustrated. Really really super frustrated. Sometimes I think technology is out to get me. I'm in real trouble if Skynet ever becomes a reality. So I took a break, forgot completely about them, stumbled on a post from Elise, and then had a scramble moment!

My sister & I (but it was mostly Amy's idea) bought a family photography session for my Mom for her birthday. We wanted to take the pressure off of her shoulders, as she is usually the one taking our pictures in the fall. And Sheri did an amazing job. We all look really great on Mom's wall!

But I haven't done anything with the pictures since receiving the disc in September. And I'm a scrapbooker, for Pete's sake! We live for this shit!

So I spent some time last night on the laptop, eating ice cream, watching old Fred Astaire movies, and ordering photos. That's my kind of "me time". It was really easy to upload my pictures to the site, and change what I needed to change. And they have so many options for cards. And envelopes are included! A little less stress this time of year is always appreciated. The back of the card is the most adorable photo of Lucas I have ever seen in my whole life. The grandparents are going to enjoy that one!

I only hope they come in time! HA!

photography by Capture It! Photography

card from minted.com

And I don't get anything from anybody for this post!

later loves

Mexico...the wedding

So, I would be remiss if I didn't post photos of the precise reason for our Mexico vacation: my Baby Brother's wedding! Unfortunately, because of all the rain, they didn't get married on the beach, but it was still a beautiful ceremony.

They each wrote their own vows, and my brother started crying right away, which started his mom & step-mom crying, and before you knew it all the ladies in the room (and some gents) were tearing up as well.

After the ceremony, each guest got a glass of champagne and we headed out to the front of the resort to get a big group shot. I can't wait to see what Sherry ended up with (p.s. she was awesome...)

She also got a bunch of family shots. I really can't wait to get my hands on those!

And then we had dinner (yum!), and speeches (short!), and dancing (partay!)

Congrats Shane & Jill...it was a beautiful day.

later loves

Another "Successful" Photo Shoot!

Every year we take a "Christmas Card Photo"....that I add to our Christmas cards. Self-explanatory, I think. This year we didn't get a chance to do one in the fall. But on the first weekend in December my Mom wanted to get a photo of the big group of us for her Christmas cards, and so I thought while we were at that.....

Awww! We're so cute!

Gots to get some goofy ones in as well. For good measure and all that.....

Dude & Captain were SO MAD that they had to sit for a whole five minutes and get their pictures taken. I think they freaked out for longer than the whole photo shoot took! Evan is the smart one. He just sat and played with his toes until we were ready.

And in case you're interested, here are some Christmas Card Photos from the Ghost of Christmas Past...

And the Final Good-Kercher-McGarvey Family photo. Another year is coming to a close....and we are still looking pretty damn awesome!

Standing l-r: Heath, Sean, Amy, Russ, Lisa
Sitting l-r: Jacob, Arlene, Evan, Lucas

(and then I promptly went and scrapbooked the darn thing....cause that's how I roll!)

Hello Studio Calico November kit!

later loves