two more.

during one of my sleepless nights i finished two more layouts. i have another one started, but it needs more work.

the first one is for studio calico sunday sketch. i'm going to really try to keep up with these. if i do, i will have many more than 24 layouts by the end of the year. :] everything came from the whodunit kit again, expect for those thickers, the hambly overlay [the brown dots], plus a little bit of brown cardstock from my stash. which reminds me... i need to buy more brown cardstock desperately! seems to be one of my most used colors.

i've been using up already printed photos, and i was happy to finally figure out how to use these. with my bright shorts and james' bright shirt, i had been a little stumped. but as i was putting this together, i decided these photos would work just fine. i wasn't going to add any red, but i thought those sassafras flowers tied it together pretty well.
i was also happy to use the dotted swiss white cardstock that came with the kit. i usually feel like i need to give it special treatment, but it's subtle texture worked fine just by itself here. :]

after completing the above layout, i started looking at what i had left in the kit and thought the red dots and solid pink [it's the backside of a paper i was pretty sure i wouldn't use] would be nice for a valentine layout. but i didn't have any photos of james and me printed. instead, i found this photo of my sister and me and thought it would be perfect. it was leftover from when i scrapbooked about the san francisco trip, so i decided to use it to just talk about being sisters. :] this whole layout is made with the whodunit kit.
i was happy to find a way to incorporate the october afternoon wild card ["learn"] because i had no idea how i was going to use it when i first saw it. and i used up the last of those sassafras flowers between this layout and the one in progress. it's not in my nature to use something entirely. i don't know why, but it's like eating the last piece of chocolate or the last cookie. i always leave it for someone else. ha. i'm getting to the point in scrapbooking where i actually enjoy finishing off a package though. maybe because i'm increasingly aware that i have too much scrapbooking junk!
oh! and i used one of the maya road pins that came in the kit too. i have to say it looks a lot more cute in person than in the photos. we didn't have the best light today for taking photos, but i wanted to get these posted.

like i mentioned, i have one more layout in the works. i can't figure out what it needs, so i have a feeling it will be a while before it's completed. i'll share it when i do though. it has one of my favorite photos ever on it.

i also just have to say that i think it's kind of fun and interesting that when i show james a layout, his attention goes straight to the journaling. he doesn't seem to spend a lot of time looking at the little details or the paper choices, which are my favorite parts. instead he just looks at the photos and reads whatever i've written. ha. i guess that should inspire me to write better journaling on my layouts. :]

i went to fallon again on friday to hang out in the pharmacy. i appreciated being out there more than usual this time because i actually felt safe. that's one big thing that town has going for it. but being in the pharmacy brought about a new trigger in the form the IV bags. seeing them took me right back to eric's hospital room, where i analyzed his IV. a little mind over matter got me through restocking the IV room with the tech though.

i hope you're all enjoying the weekend. james went snowboarding today, and i'm going to look for some new photos to print and hopefully make a few more layouts over the remainder of the weekend. :]