It will take several postings in order for me to catch up on posting my many projects which I have attempted to post since last year's struggles with my blog, but please be patient with me.
One of the topics that I have been trying to cover were the MANY pages that I was able to complete by utilizing the TOP PAGE LAYOUT kits, presented on HSN by Lisa Bearnson, who has created this line by working with several different product companies/manufacturers, and offering them under the name of Inspired Inc.
I have been using kits for YEARS, especially after discovering 3 Birds on HSN. They are one of the many companies that Lisa Bearnson (cofounder of Creating Keepsakes Magazine) has partnered with in order to create and offer some great products for us.
Wesley's 10th birthday party last winter was one of the events/topics that I was able to document utilizing the many kits available through Inspired Inc., either through single shipments or autoship. I opted for the Autoship program, thus I received 3 more deliveries of 10-12 two-page layout kits every few months. The original kit was offered in the spring/summer of 2014, with the other shipments coming in June or July, September and November.
Each follow up shipment was organized by a theme, such as Holiday Happenings which was shipped out in November.
Some or all of these images may have appeared in earlier postings (actually begun months ago but unable to post them until later dates due to blog problems), but I want to cover the fact that I was able to complete so many projects by taking advantage of these kits
I don't usually go sledding with the guys, but not only did Dakota
get to go (meaning additional opportunities to document her joy in
participating in a snowy play date), but it was Wesley's birthday party,
which I ALWAYS document.
I was also able to scrap some of the activities that Dakota and I did with Wesley, either school related, Spring Break entertainment and treats, or how we spent some of our lazy, summer days together.
Wesley's 'spring break' saw unusually cold, snowy weather, but there's ALWAYS justification for ice cream! When I saw the mint and black in this kit, I knew it would work for my photos, being the colors of my mint chocolate chip ice cream, but the other colors in the photos didn't work so well, so I simply turned my photos to b/w and wow... what a great improvement! I used some of the stickers from another Inspired Inc kit to record the "Who, What, Where & When" in the upper right hand corner.
Wesley is outgrowing his battery powered dirt bike, but it still provides the occasional fun adventure! When Wesley accompanies Dakota and I on our walks in the neighboring cemetery, I often ask him if he wants to practice his soccer dribbling and other skills, or ride his bike or dirt bike rather than just walking with us. He often entertains himself in a manner common among kids or particularly boys, by finding a 'walking stick' or other natural items to distract himself from the fact that we are getting some fresh air and exercise.
The 'All Hallows Eve' kit was all I needed for this year's family Halloween portraits!
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| Our family dressed up as Star Wars characters this year; I didn't get to
go trick or treating because I had to set up for the Crop For A Cure
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| For the layout below , I used the "Thankful" kit plus I added the "autumn" & leaf borders and a few individual pieces from the 3 Birds Best of Fall kit seen below. |
Rather than using this kit for a traditional Thanksgiving event, I used it to document how thankful we were to be able to borrow a neighbor's GOLF CART to pull our leaf rake, since our lawn mower is on the fritz. Again, my photos are not all the same size, orientations or numbers, but it worked really well!
Lisa Bearnson has teamed with Youngevity, the 'Amazon of Direct Sales', and for the first time, is adding her name to a line of scrapbooking products! This was in the works for over a year, and we are expecting to have the product line launch the first week of August. 
