A few weeks ago I saw that some scrapbook manufacturers sell 12×12 burlap for ridiculous amount of money. I immediately went over to Joann’s with my 40% coupon. I bought half a yard of burlap for less than 2 bucks. I also found some other fabrics that looked unique and would be pretty versatile […]
An accounting firm I used to work for had monthly meetings called “Celebrate Failures”, where teams shared their failure experiences, like lost engagement proposals or lost clients. The partners explained that people don’t like to talk about failures, which is a pity because often times you learn more from them than success. Hence we should […]
I’m in the process of doing my son’s first year scrapbook. For some reason that most scrapbookers understand but can’t explicitly describe, I unconsciously restrict myself to working on first-year layouts only. It’s hard to start working on other projects when I set my mind on a project. So I ignore all photos taken past […]
This is a layout I did for my son’s first year album, Halloween 2010. He was such a little thing — cute, obedient, easy going, and didn’t know what’s going on. He’s now one and half years old, but has entered into the terrible two stage since his first birthday. I suppose “terrible two” starts […]