Week 34: Back to School & Total Solar Eclipes

My Life Templates 9 by Scrapping with Liz
Live a Little Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Live a Little Papers by One Little Bird Designs

2 things that happened this week that pretty much took over our lives and my week 34 page: the Total Solar Eclipse and getting back to the school routine.

A couple of pictures of us viewing the eclipse and a picture of the eclipse (that did not do it justice!) are at the top of the right page. All of the other are just snapshots I took around the house as we were doing school work and one of us heading to our first day of homeschool co-op.

I also finished the August page for my 2018 calendar. I can't believe I only have 4 more of these to scrap before the end of the year! There's still plenty of time to get those calendars made for 2018.

August 2018 Calendar Templates by Scrapping with Liz
Live a Little Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Live a Little Papers by One Little Bird Designs

I'm glad to be back in the routine. How about you?
-Liz

New Monthly Review and Calendars

Liz has some new templates for us today! These can be used for any kind of page, but Liz designed them for yearly albums. Even if you only scrap a single review page each month, you will have a lovely album at the end of the year. And if you scrap a calendar each month, you'll be ready for calendar gift giving in December! These new designs are 20% off through August 27, 2017

And here are some pages from Donna and Justine:

Week 33: Back to Real Life & Some Extra Pages

My Life Templates 9 by Scrapping with Liz
Live a Little Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Live a Little Papers by One Little Bird Designs

Week 32 was all about vacation. Week 33 is all about getting back into routine. Sort of. My 2 oldest girls started back to school this week and their first day with our homeschool co-op. We went to the Library, cleaned, cooked, organized school supplies and ate waffles on Saturday. Next week we start back to our full routine. I don't know about y'all, but I'm ready. I like structure and routine.

I did change up this template a little bit to add a few extra photos post to the top left. I wanted to capture what we were all doing at the Library.

I also finished up two more pages for Abi and Isaac's album. I kept these pages nice and simple since I really wanted to focus on the fun photos.

Snappy Album Templates by Scrapping with Liz
Sequoia Tree by Sarah Gleason

Snappy Album Templates by Scrapping with Liz
Sequoia Tree by Sarah Gleason

-Liz

My Life Templates 9, Big Titles 2, and Quarterly Sale

It's quarterly sale time, and everything is 30% off through August 21st. And that includes new products as well! I've got a new set of pocket-inspired daily life spreads, and some templates with long/big titles.  Have fun shopping!

Oh and make sure you are signed up for my newsletter. I'll have a special coupon where you can SAVE MORE during the sale!

Here is some inspiration from Donna!

And some inspiration from the TLP team:

Week 32: All About Vacation

My Life Templates 8 by Scrapping with Liz
Live a Little Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Live a Little Papers by One Little Bird Designs
Gypsy Summer Kit by Mommyish Designs
Summer Vibes Elements by Paislee Press
Counting the Weeks Vol. 1 by Amber Labau

This week's page is all about vacation. We spent a few days in Savannah, GA and then headed on to New Smyrna Beach, FL to spend time at the beach and with family. This was our first "true" vacation in a long time. Usually we spend the entirety of our vacation with family, and while that's fun it's just not the same as making your own family memories. It was a really special time with all the kids, especially Abi and Isaac who were able to experience so many new things. It was hard choosing the photos for this page since I took SO.MANY.PHOTOS. But I think I did an okay job of capturing our trip. I'll eventually make an album of this trip since it was a special one.

I really kept the elements simple on this page because I just love all the photos and wanted them to stand out. Plus I didn't have a whole lot of extra time to scrap.

Now it's time to gear up for full-time schooling and a regular routine.

How about you? Back into the school routine yet?

-Liz

Week 31: Crazy Fun

My Life Templates 8 by Scrapping with Liz
Live a Little Elements by One Little Bird Designs
Live a Little Papers by One Little Bird Designs

This week held a lot of fun experiences. It started with the hubby and kids leading worship in church. They are awesome, what can I say! On Wednesday we celebrated the hubs' birthday by going out to eat...which is a feat in itself with 7 kids. And a complete stranger (still no idea who it was) paid for our meal. I can't tell you how many times this has happened. Thank you to all the generous souls out there. It means so much to our family. Thursday was a trip to Chapel Hill for doc appointments for the boys. Matthew is moving forward with a cochlear implant for his left ear. Everyone thinks it will give him the boost he needs. Isaac got a good audiogram and is right where he needs to be. On Friday I took the kids to the Library to turn in their summer reading cards. They completed the program and earned a free book and 30 minutes to the Jump Factory. It was a fun day. Then on Saturday it was the Family Festival at our church. Complete with a dunk tank. My oldest daughter was bribed with $20 from Grandpa to take his place. Most of her siblings took a turn trying to dunk her.


I had to change up this template a bit because I wanted to include so many pictures. It was easy to just resize some of the bigger photo spots. That's what I love about these templates. So easy to change up to make them work for your photos. I find myself using less and less elements on these page since my time is very limited. I think I sort of like the look.

That's it for this week.
-Liz

August BYOC: Just Right and Big Sunshiny Templates

The first Friday of the month brings us the always exciting Build Your Own Collab. Pick your favorite pieces to make a perfect collection just for you. Everything is at least 20% off, with additional discounts as you buy more. The BYOC is on sale through August 6, 2017.

Liz has two very different template sets in store for you. They are both full-page designs. This first set is filled with big photo backgrounds, great for showcasing a beautiful big photo.

This one is filled with lots of photo/paper spots for all of those photos you need to get scrapped. They are all really fun templates to use.

Here's some inspiration using Big Sunshiny Templates.

by Donna

by GracieLou

by Maribel

by Jenn

And some inspiration with Just Right Templates.

by Marnel

by Karen

by Ophie

Week 30: Hair cuts, laundry, bowling, hikes and more!

My Life Templates 8 by Scrapping with LizCounting the Weeks Volume 1 by Amber Labau Hyannis Papers by One Little Bird Designs Hyannis Elements by One Little Bird Summer Picnic Paper Pack by Sabrina's Creations Summer Picnic Element Pack by Sabrina's Creations

What a week it was. I'll start by saying one little four letter word: LICE! I wouldn't be telling the whole story on this week's page if I didn't mention it. The first time since being a mom that I've experienced this. I suspect two of my girls got it from camp and a couple others caught it from them. It pretty much consumed my week, but I think I can safely say we've gotten rid of it after much combing and lots of laundry.  We were still able to get some fun and normal stuff in: bowling, water play, hiking, card games, reading, school, yummy dinner prepared by my older girls, etc...

Lydia and I both cut our very long hair. It wasn't too fun, but at least we got to do it together.

My older son has been reminding me that he's never been bowling. What kind of mom am I? He's been home 3 years and we've yet to do this. Well, we took care of that this week. What a fun experience. Even for Abi and Isaac. I wish I could have captured some of Isaac's sweet dance moves. He would break out in dance every time he rolled the ball.

Despite the lice it was still a fun week with lots of memories made.

I managed to also scrap my July calendar page this past weekend. I'm really loving how these are coming together each month.

2018 July Templates by Scrapping with Liz Hyannis Papers by One Little Bird Designs Hyannis Elements by One Little Bird Summer Picnic Paper Pack by Sabrina's Creations Summer Picnic Element Pack by Sabrina's Creations Black Rimmed Plastic Alpha by Sahlin Studio

-Liz