Monday, March 28, 2011

Productivity!

Good morning all.  Did you have a nice weekend?  I had set a goal for myself, to get as many layouts done as possible.  I'm happy to report that I am one layout away from being caught up on Landry.  That is with photos I have printed anyway.  :)  I was on quite the roll this weekend! 

This Thanksgiving photo was from 2009, all my other photos were from 2010 so I'm not sure how this ended up in the pile but I did a layout for it anyway.  I tried to keep everything fairly simple and just get the basics down.    I used one of my yo yos on this and love the addition of it!

One thing that really motivated me this past week was Write. Click. Scrapbook. And their week dedicated to using your stuff.  It really got me thinking about using up my stash.  One thing that particularly struck home was this post where she asks you to look at your older items and products you use.  It made me remember that I started scrapbooking to preserve memories for my kids.  That's it.  Once I remembered that, I felt like a weight had been lifted.  Yes I like my pages to look pretty and yes it's a crafty outlet for me but that's more what my card making and paper crafting is for.  The scrapbooking is more about the memories.  So, I'm breezing right on through these layouts and couldn't be happier about it!

Sorry for the long post today!  Hope you stayed with me and thanks for stopping by.  See you tomorrow with, YEP another layout!

7 comments:

  1. glad you had a wonderful and productive weekend! don't you love it when that happens!

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  2. Your layout looks great. I'm glad you had a successful weekend, It must feel great being caught up.

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  3. Oh congrats! I finished my sister's album this weekend. Took me a year to get it done.

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  4. Teehee 1st, you call this a long post? Have you not been on my blog,lol.

    Good job on getting so many layouts completed. I should read this, I am so far behind I will never get caught up.

    Your layout is perfect.

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  5. That's so cool! I'm glad you found some motivation and just got down to business. It is about the memories and it would be sad if they were forgotten. Love the layered paper strips on your page! :)

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  6. I need to get some of your motivation on layouts, I am so far behind :0)Great layout!

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  7. Love the yo-yo on your layout! I thought that series on Write.Click. last week was awesome, so glad you mentioned it and benefited from it!

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