I've been busy sorting out my albums, so everything is now in chronological order. I now pre-prep my albums, I know what needs to be done and I know the order that it'll be inserted into the album.
I begin by putting the right number of page protectors into the album along with a Post-It that tells me which event will be going into that protector and the date. If there was any ephemera to go along with the trip, then that goes in as well. Perhaps some notes about what journalling needs to be included, a rough sketch or a suggestion as to paper that might match. When the photos come back from the printers they go into the page protector.
That way I have everything I need to hand. I don't have to scrap in order, as such, I just know what needs to be done.
These layouts start in May and work towards Jubilee weekend in June. There are two that I've not done yet, but I thought I'd better make a start on getting them uploaded.
Adam with his friend Molly, enjoying the swings. I used the most recent Quirky Kit for this one. Also attempted a small confetti burst after reading this post by May Flaum during Camp Scrap. Don't think I'm ready for a huge burst yet!
Then the Grandparents came to stay and we went to Audley End.
Adam had just learnt to walk properly the day before, so he did a LOT of walking that day. Plenty of opportunity to practice with a Grandparent holding each hand and a ball to chase.
I put my own kit together when the current QK ran out. I'm trying to shop my own stash at the moment, to save some money, but kits help me to scrap faster and I think this worked. This is a mix of current Basic Grey PB&J and some older stuff that I've been stroking. Turned the scraps into herringbone, I love that technique, it's great fun to make!
And then we went on holiday to Norfolk for a long weekend.
Sheringham. We started there because we wanted to buy The Sun (augh!) to get the Lego figure of the day! Then we went for a lovely teacake, it was a bit windy and there was no babychanging. So we went off to the beach to find a nice sheltered spot to do him outside. Adam wasn't best pleased by the experience, but we bribed him with his very first bucket and spade.
Same day we went to Cromer for lunch - a delicious fish and chip takeaway eaten by the seafront. We also tried to find some knickers. Turned out that I'd forgotten to pack any... no go. Spent the rest of the holiday washing out my pants. Ah well.
Thought we might go home via the beach. That was a bit of a fail.
These two were made with the Quirky Kit. I have added a few bits and bobs. The second one is 8x8. I'm trying to do a few layouts at a different size. Maybe if I only have one photo of an event, or it's related to a larger 12x12 that already tells the tale. I don't want to waste my time telling the same story twice.
Felbrigg Hall. I didn't take many photos here and I had to save one to use in the Project 12 for June. Herringbones again!
Had quite a bit of shandy on this trip! So much so that it gets its own layout. Mmm...shandy.
Blickling Hall. We'd been there on the first day, right before it closed, but as we're NT members abd knew we'd be going back, it was lovely to just go in and sit. That's a layout that needs to be made. These two are from the second visit when we were able to enjoy the gardens properly, although we weren't able to do the house.
Nice ice creams there!
The second one is a (herringboned!) 8x8.
Adam was too little for the play-stag, but we'd certainly go back and visit in the future. Great place for a final picnic.
Before we had time to catch our breath from the holiday it was time to go to Bristol for Jubilee weekend. I saved the red, white, blue and flag ribbon from the Quirky Kit for this layout - Adam and his Great Uncle Adrian.
Adam wasn't impressed by breakfast...
On our way back home we stopped off at Butterfly World. Adam was terrified by the butterflies!
Had fun on this one. I used the Butterfly World flyer, chopped it up and gessoed it. Nice and painty and inky.
