our new little one

 so once again i have neglected my blog! sorry about that! this time i kinda have a good reason...we welcomed our sweet little olivia mae on june 6th. she is just perfect! such a good baby and of course she is beautiful! these are some of my favorite shots of her from her 1st week of life!

wedded bliss album

 if you read my blog (which is amazing since its way inconsistent!) you know i love heidi swapp! as a photographer i obviously love taking pictures and capturing memories, scrapbooking gives me an even more creative way to display those memories and make them a little bit more of a treasure! so when my sis- in-law's birthday was coming and i didn't know what to get her my brother suggested a picture or something. luckily i photographed their wedding last year and had several hundred pictures to choose from and heidi swapp came out with a re-release of some fave products and a few new ones at michaels...so brilliant idea, m,ake her a wedding scrapbook! off to michales and to sams club (for the prints) and a couple hours later i have  a great gift customized with heidi swapp color shine in tinsel and mustard (which were also the wedding colors!) and some other papers and fun embellishments and i put 60 pictures in it!

 

 

 

 

 i tend to just print my faves and choose which to use along the way when i create...but i didn't know what to do with a few left over pictures that i still loved so i put them i a pocket hot glued to the back inside cover of the album.

i love how it turned out....if i had a little more time i would have added more stuff and journaling but i ran out of time!

thanks heidi swapp for always having amazing products and inspiration!

happy love day!

the perfect session to show on valentines day! a beautiful and sweet couple as they celebrate their 1st anniversary! 

it was my pleasure to capture some beautiful memories of this special celebration! i hope you love them! 

12.twelve.12

well it's a once in a lifetime day. . . according to the calendar. for me and my house its a regular day, boys at school, girls and their regular routine. for me work to do, food to cook, children to keep alive, lol. none the less i usually post to instagram once a day or i try to anyways. so since i know a ton of people that do the same i thought i cant let this day go by with out something special. so i played in photoshop for a little bit and made an 8x8 digital page for today. now i have not taken a picture yet today but i will. i put a picture in from yesterday to show you...because i made the page to share!

you can grab the psd file here

hope you like it and enjoy!


*this psd is for personal use only

3 years old memory file mini!

i have been away from my blog and my computer in general for a couple of weeks...busy, busy i suppose!

well i made a super cute mini album using a heidi swapp memory file, some digital papers i made in photoshop using heidi swapp and pink paislee papers. i cut the memory file down to 9 inches tall and then i folded it along the score lines already there plus an extra one i made, printed my 8 1/2 x 11 in. papers (double sided) folded them in half and sewed them in with also help secure my folds in the memory file and then hot glued several trims into the spine. 

so i LOVE how it turned out the pictures arent the best i was in a hurry andmy son who had just been playing in the dirt outside was helping me, as you can see by the dirt under his nails, lol.

i purchased the color magic memory files at my local scrapbook store posh scraps along with a lot of the embellishments!