Scrappy Catch-Up

I realize it's been a loooong time since I've done a scrapbooky post. I apologize. Here are two of my most recent layouts, both highlighting photos from Chris and Kate's wedding:

 Together At Last

 This layout incorporates both their invitation and the envelope in which their invitation came. It was a coordinating color and I love the bit of rose stamp that peeks out behind the photo. It was also free paper.

 Yes, that does say "finally." Not a judgmental finally, but an excited "the wait is over!" finally because I'm happy for them.

You & Me

 This layout celebrates the togetherness of a wedding party. I have always loved the couples of groomsman+bridesmaid that complement the bride&groom. Unlike most bridal parties, this one was composed of all good friends. Everybody knew everybody, so there was no awkwardness. Everyone was comfortable and happy.

And there you have it! Scrappy Saturday brought to you from my super messy scrappy corner! :)

MME Love

I love every. single. piece of MME. Unfortunately for me, it's super duper popular, so it rarely goes on sale. I only buy things on sale. You see my conundrum. So I tend to hoard the stuff. Baha!

Here's a recent layout on which I allowed myself to splurge (i.e. - dive into my stash) a bit.

Some enamel dots... (cannot get enough of these things)

A title and some of those sweet word stickers...

Beautiful Miss Caroline and some (older) Cowboy paper.

These pictures are something I deemed worthy of my favorite scrapping supplies. Bridget and I have been fast friends for years and I treasure these pictures from the end of our senior year. We were fresh out of the first pond where we had jumped to celebrate finishing our last final.

Saturday Scrappy

WWII memorial...

This is me...

Creating

Here's a little update on what's been going on in my scrappy corner room.

Grandma and Mum

Baby Andrea

D&B&J

Better Together

Section Love

3 Siblings

We've grown out of the fighting... but not out of the sillies.

I love this layout... hope you do too. :)

My Squishy

We never managed to come up with a good name for our room. We had some good material to work with: out initials are the first two letters of the alphabet. But nothing came. There was similar situation with this layout: I couldn't really think of anything to say about it. That may be because I'm tired and feeling a whole mix of emotions that I didn't know could co-exist in a person. Or it may be because my friendship with my roomie is beyond description. I'll let you decide :)

{on a cheerful note}

A layout for my mama :)

Titleless, Even

A mostly wordless post about a titleless layout. Nothing was coming to me. So I just embellished it like crazy. Bahaha!

Have I ever mentioned how much I love scrapbooking? and my big brother superhero? and doilies???

Wordless

I'm too tired to use words. So I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

But "Queen on Screen" was so epically 80s... definitely worth the brain-dead state in which it left me.

And in case you were wondering, I did this layout before watching a Queen concert on the big screen and sitting in Charger's game traffic. Just on the off-chance that wasn't self-explanatory.

Grimm Drama

If you live anywhere in southern California and you are at all associated with the Catholic Church, you know a Grimm. If you don't know a Grimm, then you've at least heard of the Grimm family. 17 children, 150+ grandchildren, etc. They are everywhere. Outside of southern California, it's still pretty likely that you know or know of a Grimm. We have a joke at TAC that in 100 years, the whole world population will be composed of Muslims and Grimms.

If you are among those who have made their acquaintance, you know that they are dramatic, loud, and incredibly fun people. I was privileged enough to go to school with a great number of Grimm grandchildren. I am particularly close to one of the Grimm families that lives near to TAC. Mr. Grimm is the choir director, Augusta was in my class, and Jack was a freshman my senior year. I spent many wonderful hours at the Grimm household, enjoying amazing food, stimulating conversation, music, and the best company you could ask for, and was privy a lot of drama. These people are not afraid to perform and they are not camera shy. Thank goodness I have my camera with me most of the time.

So today, I did a layout featuring pictures that I captured of Grimm Drama. I utilized some of the many, many things I picked up from the $1 clearance bins at Michael's. Doilies, rhinestones, ribbons, etc. Yay!!

Double the Fun

I am so clever. My title covers two subjects: my double duty at work and my double scrapbook post. I am so proud of myself. Teehee.

So my double duty at work: because of my health problems (aka passing out at seemingly random times), they're "promoting" me. Instead of being the AR clerk pretending to be a receptionist, I am simply going to be an AR clerk. This means that I'll be inside with the rest of the normal people instead of out in the elevator lobby. It also means that I'll get a bit more money. And that I don't have to wear my TAC skirts every day of the week. Yay for jeans, cute tops, and 'cessories!

However, this week, I'm BOTH. I'm learning how to do a full time job... which means I'm doing everything that my new full time job will involve and doing my receptionist job. If you call the corporate office, my "thank you for calling" may be said really quickly and not quite so happily. I'm a bit frazzled. (Hey, you try doing two full-time jobs in a normal 8 hour day. Exactly.) So the fun in the title refers to this face a bit... sarcastically.

The double scrapbook post:
The "Sanctus" I did on Sunday... rather fittingly, I think. It's a shot a snapped at my graduation Mass from the choir loft. I just love it when all the servers have the candles and incense and kneel in front. Such a moving visual. And just for those who are Latin illiterate, "sanctus" means "holy," which is the part of the Mass we were singing at the time of this picture.

The "Croquet Date" layout I did today. The picture is from my second date with my "big brother." It was a big group win-a-date. We ate snacks and drank beer. A lot of beer. In this particular picture, Chris is telling me "you need to put the stick lower." And this was at the beginning of the afternoon. By the end of the afternoon, I'd swing, completely miss, topple over from the momentum, and crash land on my tush. Graceful, yeah. Maybe that's why he "broke up with me" on the way back to campus.