A Pocketful of Licorice

good times for a change

I was cleaning out a closet and I found a bunch of random, oddly cropped pictures from college. I think I had scrapped them a long time ago, around 1999 or so, probably with paper pads from Hot Off the Press or some shit. Anyway, the layouts were obviously hideous, so at some point a little later, I ripped them up and meant to re-do them but never did. And now I'm mostly scrapping with pocket pages, so I figured I'd try getting them into albums using pocket pages. I've decided that pocket pages are very useful for scrapping a not-exactly-chronological jumble of discrete memories and events. 

These pictures are from freshman, sophomore, and senior years. Doesn't even matter. 

I used some cards from Studio Calico PL kits, downloaded printables, various washi tapes, and other stuff from my stash. 

I've been stitching everythig down lately with that fluorescent yellow thread. I love it. Not sure what I'm going to do when that spool is gone. 

I still love glitter.

The quote card is an image I got on Pinterest. Again, I'm not really sure if that's allowed. I'm not going to sell it or anything. I just wanted it in my album. For the record, I'd probably pay for it if it were available in tiny card form and I knew where to buy it. 

The overarching theme I'm getting from all these pictures is that I was very bad at choosing flattering hairstyles back then. 

I'm glad those pictures aren't clumped together, partially stuck to each other, in a box, anymore. I had fun getting them put into albums in this format. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

too hot

It's been too hot to function lately, both for me, and apparently for my wifi. Anyway, I was able to pick up the signal today after a good two weeks of nothing. So I thought I'd share the beginnings of the new album.

If you start a new album, you get to make a new title page, right? 

Lately, I've been leaning more toward graphic, clean layouts. Clean for me, anyway. 

I got some shimmery watercolors and I've been playing with them lately. I used them to color the song lyric card on the bottom left, there, and to make the yellow stripes on my journaling card. 

This is my favorite, so far. I really love those alphabet stamps. 

This page has a few flaps that can be lifted. I had to modify the page protector a bit with an exacto knife, but I think it works. 

The vellum covers a couple pictures. I think I just wanted an excuse to use this vellum because I love it so much. I bought about six sheets of it like a hoarder. 

Here it is with the vellum flap lifted.

And this flap covers up some journaling that I wanted to keep hidden. 

That's it so far. Thanks for checking out my album.

 

 

 

Let's finish this.

We're officially in the 2nd half of 2013, and my album is bursting so I'm about to start a new one. Here's how I finished off the January to June album.

This page covers the last week in June, more or less. 

Seems like every time I see my niece a) I end up with too many pictures to fit on one page, and b) 99% of my pictures from the day are of her. I tried to include people other than the bear cub this time, and I ended up adding a half-page insert to hold them all. 

I don't often use orange and green. I'm more of a yellow-pink-aqua kind of girl. But I had fun trying out something different on this spread. Also, how gorgeous is she? 

Here's the half-page with the rest of my pics from Sunday. 

Here's the other side of it. Some odds and ends to finish off the month. 

Recently, I got the urge to work with 12x12, so there are a couple of those at the very end of the album. I love these pictures, but couldn't find a way to fit them into my weekly pages. 

A while back, I mentioned that I was working on Moorea Seal's 52 lists project. I loved this prompt so much that I did a whole 12x12 on it. I also wanted an excuse to play with this Studio Calico mask and my new shimmery watercolors.

The last thing in this album is a big pocket that contains all the drawings my students did for (or of) me this past school year. I absolutely love student art. 

It ranges from adorable to somewhat disturbing, but I love it all. 

This album is offically stuffed. And I'm excited to start a new one. Clean slate and all that. 

Thanks for stopping by!