Bo Bunny's Sophie

In April I got the bad news that the October Afternoon papers I picked out to use for the Design Team at ScrapbooksPlus were not shipping in time. So... after a quick panic attack... I popped into the store to see what was new, what was pretty, and what we had enough of in stock to make 9 kits and still have extra for sale. In a record two hours, I pulled papers from Bo Bunny's new Sophie line. I loved the tealy-blues and chocolate browns, and even though I'm not usually a lavender fan, these lilac shades won me over. Anther half-hour of math and putting items in baggies and we were set!


Then the hard part came... when I'm contemplating my layouts for the month, generally I pull some photos and have a rough draft in my head before I even have the paper in hand. But now I had to set those aside and start from scratch. I had a hard time getting started... and I pulled my first all-nighter to get everything finished on May 1st. Yikes - I'm too old for that anymore!


Here's what I came up with:

One of the backs of the patterned paper had this great lime green tone-on-tone print. It was totally bright and happy. I paired it with some of the paper and added lavender accents. This is the carousel at the mall in Houston. It broke down right after we took our turn... lucky us!

Next I used an embroidery hoop to make a layout using the photo my sister sent in her Christmas card. Love the photo! The background paper had enough detail, so I just added a few accents here and there.

Here's Adrianna at two with the puppy dog that Papi got her in Bolivia. She just didn't want to let go of it! The title holder is cut from Bo Bunny's page of journaling cards and shapes.

Here's a layout of me.... I know I'm usually absent from my pages... but the pretty floral reminded me of my wedding bouquet. The big Prima flower is accented with some smaller Melissa Frances vintage blossoms and lace. I love the tone-on-tone title... very sophisticated and subtle. The letter stickers are some glittered K & Co. that I've had for some time.

Another Adrianna shot... this time on the beach in Galveston. Very simple layout to show off the background design. I made a mitered frame of Bo Bunny's double dot paper... LOVE that stuff to ground the layout but not cover up too much of the floral spray on the right.

That's all for now!

much love,

erin

Today's the Last Day!

It's the last day of school! I have to say... although I didn't plan my vacation day around the last day of school, it was really nice to put Adrianna on the bus this morning. Today is mismatch day, hence the different shoes and socks.

After coming back to the house, I got a few shots of the bees enjoying the Veronica plants I picked up a week or so ago. The wildlife just loves our front flower bed. Adrianna is not so thrilled that the bees are frequenting our yard!

I finished a new layout yesterday... just a quick page using up some scraps I had laying around and a photo that was leftover - pulled for another page, but not actually used! A better option compared to trying to find the box it came from. I'm so lazy! ;)

much love,

erin