march scraps.

i finished two layouts last night. according to my goal for the year... that's the necessary pace for each month. :]

seriously, i'd hoped to get more done, but two is better than zero.

both are based on sketches... i guess you could say i'm officially a sketch fan. :]

the first one is based on the sunday sketch from studio calico for march 28th. it's an 8.5x11 sketch. when i was done, i haphazardly set it down on kraft cardstock and thought it looked pretty good. so i just stuck it down and decided it was better as a 12x12 layout.

the photo is from the most recent trip to disneyland. i'm trying to get better about taking photos of my parents after realizing that i don't have very many. i'm happy that even if i'm not taking tons of photos these days, i'm at least getting a few good ones.
everything came from the february studio calico kit, except for the lace trim which is vintage lace that jeanne gave me a while ago. thanks jeanne! i sewed it onto the layout, then did some additional stitching around the top boarder of the layout. it's kind of hard to see in the photos.
i'm surprised that i was able to use those lace doilies on the first layout i made with the kit, but they worked pretty well here. i bought an add on in february primarily for those doilies... so i'm just surprised that i didn't decide to hoard them. :]

i won a spot in kelly purkey's sketchbook class, which started yesterday. it was basically the little kick in the pants i needed to get some scrapping done. this is based on the first sketch from the class. honestly, i wasn't in love with the sketch, but i made it work. :]
all in all, it's a pretty simple layout. i have to say, i changed the thread in my sewing machine for the first layout, then changed it back for this layout... two thread changes in one night is probably a record for me! ha.

i'm still not too sure i like the orange here, but i was trying to stick with using the kit to keep the process as simplified as possible, instead of digging out tons of stuff. so it is what it is. :]

i keep intending to do an actual update post, and i even have a partial draft written. so i'll try to get that finished soon. i hope everyone is having a good week!