This also happens when I'm making beaded jewelry - I nearly always have an idea for color combinations first, and then I search through my bead stash to make it happen. This is why I sort my beads by color. I also sort all my paper scraps and embellishments by color for the same reason.
For my last Project Life layout, I took inspiration from a few bright green and white cards I got in the Studio Calico Project Life grab bags I bought a few weeks ago. It was perfect for the 2 week period encompassing St. Patrick's Day, even though we didn't really celebrate it. TJ and I tried to remember what we did that day, and all we came up with was "we wore green" and "we ate out somewhere". Sometimes I'm not so good at documenting these things.
What I also love about this layout is that I mixed super-old and new products. The "THIS WEEK", "LUCKY", "this is my beautiful life", speech bubbles, and "FAVORITE" cards and the white letter stickers are from recent Studio Calico Project Life kits. But the photorealistic grass paper, which matches the color scheme perfectly, is ancient in scrapbook years - mid 2000s? So are the kelly green number stickers on the calendar and hello card, and the vinyl bracket border on the week card.
What I also love about this layout is that I mixed super-old and new products. The "THIS WEEK", "LUCKY", "this is my beautiful life", speech bubbles, and "FAVORITE" cards and the white letter stickers are from recent Studio Calico Project Life kits. But the photorealistic grass paper, which matches the color scheme perfectly, is ancient in scrapbook years - mid 2000s? So are the kelly green number stickers on the calendar and hello card, and the vinyl bracket border on the week card.
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| Mar 11-24: Mostly @ home, daily routine stuff |
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| Mar 11-24: Daddy Day at preschool, dinner with friends, deep thoughts |
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| The calendar thingy. |
I love how you themed it with St. Patrick's Day. And, it is totally okay not to go overboard celebrating every holiday. A nice dinner is enough :) All the different journaling styles is great too. The journaling is what makes PL for me.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pages. I love green and you have used it so well here. I love the photo of you and Baby M. She is well out of the newborn stage and turning into her own wee person now,isn't she?
ReplyDeleteThe sequins over the calander dates is brilliant! Baby M is just precious too~
ReplyDeleteI love how you use color and those wood veneer people. and how you're combining two weeks.
ReplyDeleteI remember photo realistic papers! I'm sure I have some left in my stash too. I was looking for veneer people (or even acrylic ones) just the other day but wasn't having much luck. They are so cute, I hope they will still be around. Your baby is adorable! Great expressions!
ReplyDeleteI love this. Have I said that enough times on your blog? But also, I hate you. (I think I've said that a number of times as well.) Today, it's because for some reason I had forgotten that you were now a SAHM (please forgive me if you wrote about not going back to work after your maternity leave - prolonged lack of sleep has no doubt killed off millions of brain cells). Any family that can make that work -- and allows Mama to have some daily MamaTime -- has me dying of jealousy.
ReplyDeleteCute spread - Love that you used older supplies with new supplies!
ReplyDeleteI love how you are using embellishments on the calendar cards!
ReplyDeleteI really like the color for St Patrick’s day! Love the little people!
ReplyDeletesuper cool! love the green! thanks for stopping by my blog! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the greens! Beautiful!
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