Keeping Calm & Carrying On

Happy NSD & Happy Birthday Dad!

What better way to celebrate both National Scrapbook Day and my Dad's 58^th birthday right here on the blog than with a 12x12" scrapbook layout all about my dad!?

This layout is from Father's Day 2011...and I thought quite appropriate for today. It's not too often anymore that I venture outside of my Bella Blvd stash. I have so much product Bella and non-Bella that's quite surprising...but I just love the mixture here of wood grain and flowers!

Of course I couldn't help but add a little Bella with these Stick Pin Flags!

Oh...and these navy blue chipboard letters....

and, uh the buttons too! LOL, I can't resist! He honestly is the best dad a girl could ask there. The hearts added to the layout remind me of that. I can't wait to hear his speech at my wedding and for him to walk me down the aisle. I am the last of his girls to marry off, so I know it will be extremely sentimental for both of us! If you're ready today Dad, I love you!

Are you doing any scrapbooking today? Gosh I know of so many crops and so many on-line celebrations happening, all honoring our industry of creative documentors like you and I! Get in on the fun over at Bella Blvd as we are featuring new layouts on the hour, every hour, plus 2 giveaways as well! Don't miss out! Plus the Warehouse Box Sale is still underway! Buy A Box here!

Oh, and Scrapbook & Cards Today magazine will be hosting a Bella Blvd giveaway later today too!

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Brewer Bachelorette Bash Recap

There's a lot going on these last 30 days before the wedding: One more bridal shower, this Brewer Bachelorette Bash, my Bachelorette weekend in Vegas, and countless final crafts, counting and organizing! Last weekend we lucked out with the (literally) one sunny day of the entire week for the Brewers vs. Cubs game at Miller Park! Angela and Nicky put together the tailgate party packed with food, games, drinks, and more! It was a.w.e.s.o.m.e.

All my peeps were there from the mothers and sisters, to friends and little peeps too! So happy they all came out to party with me...even in the freezing spring wisconsin weather!

We had a hilarious tournament bracket of bags....the boys sure would have had a good laugh seeing us girls not knowing how to keep score! Not to mention each game to 4-ever! :)

Because not everyone of all ages can obviously come to the Bachelorette weekend in Vegas, I thought a game at Miller park would be fun for everyone...much cheaper and such a great Milwaukee tradition. Even some of my bridesmaids are young including Anabelle, Madelyn and Josie---so this way they were still involved in the pre-wedding party!The little peeps had a blast...so cute!

Nicky had these fun "Last Swing before the Ring T-Shirts" made up for everyone. We all were no. 18 :) Love the details! And...they made mine pink :) Do they know me or what?!

Here's the crew just before heading into the game!

Allyson disappeared for a bit....only to reveal a sign she was busy whippin' up :)

Focus on Feathers & Crochet Hearts

Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm officially recovered from the Brewer Bachelorette part & tailgate that my beautiful sisters arranged for me! Great times and can't wait to share more pictures with you right here tomorrow! In the meantime, how about another layout with my favorite recent embellishment....Feathers!

Mixing my Baby Boy products with the Feathers and Crochet Hearts was easy peasy. Since the photograph is black and white the feathers appear even softer framing the photo.

I tried to make the date subtle by using only white stickers so that they would blend in best with the photograph and layout as a whole.

Loving all these textures. What do you think?!

For more Ideas featuring Bella Blvd's Feathers click here.

For more Ideas featuring the Baby Boy Collection click here.

For more Ideas featuring Bella Blvd's Crochet Hearts click here.

The Pumas: A Bella Blvd Making the Team Layout

This two page layout features my Making the Team collections mixed with some Sophisticates and Mr. Boy products too! The double-page coordinating layout documents the Memorial Volleyball Tournament the spring following my brother-in-laws passing.

Here's a closer look at the left-hand page. I had so many photos from the tournament that I had to narrow them down. By trimming several of them into 2x2" squares I was able to create my own photo college, using the largest photo of our team, The Pumas, as the focus.

I couldn't resist fussy cutting some flowers from the Birthday Girl Party Girl patterned paper and adding a few here and there in clusters with Stick Pin Flags, Crochet Hearts, Black text-print buttons and some paper hearts.

The right-hand page looks like this. The crossword puzzle pattern from the Mr. Boy collection is seriously one of  my favorite neutrals. It's great for a layout background.

I created another kind of photo collage here to compliment the other layout, with the primary goal of using as many photographs as I could. I loved the photo of Angela with one of Chris's really great friends from WE Energies (work) in the center; Years from now it will be great to recall that he was there for the tournament and our family!

Underneath the main photo collage I used scraps and snippets and strips of various patterns to also collage, almost haphazardly to create the look of several layers, with just enough color and prints to pop out from under the photographs.

I still love me some two-page layouts. They seem not as popular these days, especially with the growing Project Life trends. I hope this inspires you to not forget our roots :)