New phone

I got a new phone this weekend and testing it out to see if I can post directly to my blog.  If this works you might just get to see some real time posts!

12x12 scrapbookin

I have been trying to finish my Colorado vacation album... the one that I am doing all 12x12.  I'm almost done, I have one two pager to do and then the last page.  I hope to be done this week or next (hear that Susan :) ).  I'm new at photographing these to be able to share, not to bad for my first try.  I used Allison Davis sketches for both (this album is pretty much all her sketches). I also used my Studio Calico August Glee Club kit for the Fun City layout.

Scrapbooking

A quick one I did last night with a free kit that I won on Basic Grey's new blog

Scrapbooking

I did this last week but am just now getting it up. We had a busy weekend with Dave's parents at The Lake. It was hot and over 90 degrees on Saturday and cool, breezy and in the 70's on Sunday..... ah Missouri weather you puzzle me.

I used this sketch and my Studio Calico Boardwalk kit.

Happy Labor Day!!!!

Allison 10 months

• Crawling fast
• Cruising the furniture
• Standing alone
• Will walk between two really close stationary objects
• Will stand up and then throw herself at you
• Climbing stairs
• Can ring the bell on her radio flyer scooter and is so so proud of herself
• Has become a lot more vocal
• Mama and Dada are her only words
• Big belly laughs
• Two top teeth have come in
• Busy month of travel North Outer Banks, NC and Chicago, IL
• First long rode trip (she did great)
• First ocean swim (she loved it)
  
• First plane flight (she did great)
• First bachelorette party
  
• Self feeding almost all the time now (except for yogurt, applesauce and the like)
• STILL nursing
• Won't take formula or cows milk from a sippy
• Will drink water from a sippy
• Two naps (morning and afternoon)
• Clingy to mom
• Size 3 diapers
• Size 12 month clothing
• Wearing some 18 month sleepers... they are so long on her
• Loves loves loves splashing water (bath, pool, lake, dog bowl)
• 19 lbs, 28 in

My baby is gone... now I have a crawler and soon to be walker. We love her to pieces!!!

Scrapbooking

A quick one... well it took two nights because I had to let the mistable trim dry overnight, but in general it went together pretty quickly. I used my Studio Calico Boardwalk kit from August and this layout by Celine Navarro for inspiration.

Glad I got these photo scrapbooked... why? Because the shootout is this weekend!

Scrapbooking

Hey look at that... is that 12x12 pages? Miracles do happen. I decided to try my hand at 12x12 layouts while on vacation. I was scrapbooking our 2010 Cowan family vacation to Colorado. I did about 30 pages during the week (that's what Susan says... I did not count). My thoughts.... I had a lot less scraps of paper, it was hard to fill the "white" space, thanks to Allison Davis sketch books because most of my layouts started from a sketch. I liked it but now I am done... back to 8.5x11 for me.
I was itching to scrap tonight and whipped this one up real quick. I used my July Mind the Gap Studio Calico kit.