Green Bunny: Five Favorites [Paper Brands]

I recently spent an entire Saturday scrapbooking with no interruptions (at a hotel conference room) and it was FABULOUS (thanks, honey!). I had a lot of catching up to do. Most of the layouts I worked on were from Summer and Fall:

LOVING Echo Park paper right now! Used 'Sweet Summertime' on a number of layouts last weekend, 'Little Boy' is utterly adorable, and 'Everybody Loves Christmas' was used a bunch in my December Daily.

And a couple more I [heart] right now:

Pretty much anything by October Afternoon, especially 'Fly A Kite' and 'The Thrift Shop'

'Lemonade' by Basic Grey

Bo Bunny Press 'Olivia'

'Lil Man' by Cosmo Cricket

Green Bunny: This Summer You...

Logan last summer...

I had a huge pile of single pics of Logan from various situations. I was inspired to create something that captured his personality at that very moment (the summer my only child became a big brother) so I decided to use them all in one layout:

In an effort to fit more photos than usual on one page, I cropped them down to 2.5x5 (love the look of this size on the layout!). These were already printed so I had to chose ones that would work without losing the subject of the photo. I was really happy with the outcome because I felt like it ended up being a well-rounded look at the little man in that moment. Each photo corresponds with one line of journaling.

Journaling:

This summer you:

Sprained your ankle

Hung at the lake

Became addicted to PB&Js

Started using tools

Asked me to take your picture...ALOT

Fell in love with T Rex

Became a big brother.

I used my Cricut for the title. One more note: I LOVE the background patterned paper (Basic Grey Euphoria: Felicity). Having all boys, I very rarely get to use anything 'girly'. I have been trying to incorporate some of the papers I love without layouts looking too feminine. It's just a little way I try to challenge myself.