RaptorMama

Raptor and I went on a field trip to the strawberry farm this week.  It was awesome!  And now I have bunches of strawberries in the food dehydrator to make strawberry chips.  🙂

 

If you’re local, we went to Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls.  I totally recommend them *if* you can go during the week.  We went last fall for the pumpkin patch and we made the mistake of going on a weekend.  Never again.  Thursday afternoon was delightful though.  And seriously, these are the best strawberries you have ever tasted so it’s worth the drive from Austin.

 

Someone was tired of me taking pictures. 🙂

So fun!  I can’t wait to scrap these.  🙂

Raptor and I went out and took some bluebonnet pics this mornings.  🙂

It’s amazing what a small pack of m&ms will get you in the way of preschooler cooperation.

 

At least, it’s finished for now.  I might end up designing some more pages later.  I emailed the girl I bought the original files from to see if she minds me sharing pics of my modified ones here on the blog.  Hopefully she gets back to me soon!  I did post a pic on twitter of the dividers that I made if anyone wants to go check that out.  🙂  I used paper from The Pier, the tab stickers from October Afternoon’s 9 to 5 collection, and then laminated them to make them sturdier.  I’m loving the result.

Got another page done today!  This time I’m using the Winter Mini Theme and I love it!  It fact, I bought the physical product to use on my woefully neglected December Daily.  🙂

I’m not sure if I’ll make my goal of finishing 2013 by the end of March, but I’m getting close.

 

Talk about some old paper.  I’m pretty sure I bought this when Kate was a baby and she’s 4 1/2 now.  It’s Basic Gray Lilykate.

It felt good to be using up some of my older paper!  I’m trying not to buy anything for a while and just “shop my stash.”  I’m also trying to purge as a go, so if I find something I know I won’t use, I’m pitching it.

This page came together pretty easily.  I just inked the edges, added a few tags, and some washi tape.  I colored the wood veneer butterflies with some colored pencils.  Oh, and can I just say that I love the chunky glitter thickers?  Because I totally do.  🙂

 

Another one down!  I pulled the heart shape from the title card and sprinkled it around to mimic sequins.  🙂

 

All phone photos with the exception of the pepper one.

I pulled the heart labels from the “Think Happy Thoughts” card.  Sometimes I really love digital.  🙂

 

 

I really want to finish 2013 before the end of March.  Can it be done?  Maybe!  I’ve done 5 layouts in the last week, so there’s certainly hope.  🙂

Since I’m in major catch up mode, I’m keeping them even more simple than usual.  I’m trying to get a full time teaching job next year (fingers crossed!) and I would love to be as caught up as possible since I know that my crafting time will be much more limited.  🙂  I can always go back and fancy these up if I decide I want to later before I print them, but at least this way I have the bones of the layouts done.

 

Oh, and if you do Project Life digitally, I just scored the Cherry Edition for free!  If you’ve been considering making the switch to digital, or just starting the project in the first place, check it out!

 

And now I’m done with October!

I am on a roll!  Here’s week 30.

Still trying not to duplicate photos with October Daily.  Some of these were just too cute not to include twice though.  🙂