My Smash Book [5]

It happened again. I didn't post on Smash Sunday! lol Well, here goes another Smash Monday instead! This week's pages are another set of memory pages. This time I used some postcards I bought at a gas station on the way to Republic, MI a few years ago. Republic is in the Upper Peninsula. :) It was a 6 hour drive, but it was worth it!

 Here are previous pages:

Greenfield/The Henry Ford

Birds

Butterflies

Bunnies

We stayed in a beautiful cabin on a lake for Christmas. My parents, sisters, brother-in-law, niece, aunt, uncle and two cousins all enjoyed a relaxing vacation. We went snowshoeing with my dogs, made Christmas ornaments, strung up popcorn and cranberries, went snowmobiling... it was tons of fun. The man that owned the cabin we stayed in came by and showed us how to ice fish. He caught two pike and cooked them up for us! lol It was a very interesting, but tasty experience. We exchanged presents and just had  great time in each others company.

I used a brown paper bag to make the tree and pockets. :) Then I just used my brush tip markers and some stickers to jazz them up. Inside the pocket with the folded opening, I put some cute animal cards inside. I've been using them on most of my pages. lol They are too cute! I put my owl and wolf postcards in the other two pockets. :) I've been looking for something to do with them. Glad I finally found out what!

My Smash Book [4]

Happy Monday! I missed Smash Sunday! lol So instead we are doing a Smash Monday. I might put off Mess Monday for a while since it's so much to keep up with! I'll try not to miss Sunday's post next week! :) Anyway, here is another set of pages from my Smash Book! This one was created in memory of my summer trip to Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum!

Here are previous pages:

Birds

Butterflies

Bunnies

If you are a Michigan resident or live nearby and have not visited Greenfield Village and The Henry Ford Museum, and you like a bit of history... I suggest you go! You won't regret it. lol I had so much fun and I would love to go again. Greenfield Village reminded me a lot of Yesteryear Village, which my family frequented when we lived in south Florida. Lots of restored homes and other buildings, stores, workshops, working farms... tons of fun! The Henry Ford is mostly about discovering the history of cars, planes and trains. Very, very cool! There were many other exhibits too though. You can't leave without making a cool plastic figurine either. ;) I got one of Abe Lincoln! We went during the Motor Muster, which is a car show. I've never seen so many old cars in one place. I got great photos too.

Here are some of the 100+ photos I took! Click them to make them larger. :)

Wreck This Journal [2]

It's another Wreck This Journal Wednesday! Here are the pages I've finished since the post I made last week. :) I am loving this book! I will probably be a little sad when I finish it, but also feel a good sense of accomplishment too. lol There are a few things that I can't do until the snow melts, so at lest I know I have a while longer with it. :)

See my previous WTJ pages, here.

 It's hard to see in the pictures, but it's tinted pink. :)

 I don't want any food smeared in here. I'm afraid of what smells it might take on or things will mold! lol So I went for stickers instead! I have a huge sticker collection.

I love my staplers... one has blue staples and the other has green! I used two blue staples to keep these pages together. I used the green staples on the office supplies pages above. :)

My Smash Book [3]

Yay, it's Smash Sunday/Superbowl Sunday! Who are you rootin' for? I think this year will belong to the Broncos! Enjoy yourself some football today! Here are more pages from my Smash Book. :) I'll be back tomorrow for Mess Monday too. I have a few makeup products I need to review as well. Sorry I didn't do any of those this week. I've been miserable because of this weather and just haven't been in the product review mood! lol I promise I'll get to them though.

Here are previous pages:

Bunnies

Butterflies

I am a nature lover! I really enjoy just sitting outside birdwatching and listening to all their songs. I am particularly fond of owls, but I also love chickadees, robins and blue jays. After seeing the silhouettes of the flying birds on the paper in my book, I decided to dedicate them to more birds.

I colored in the mini fuzzy owl poster at my sister's house while babysitting my niece. lol I cut out the poem from an old book. I had lots of little bird stickers, which I added too. I also had cute bird shaped mirrors with sticky backs. Birds represent freedom and travel to me. I added a lock and key as well as some cute tickets. I got to use my sticker maker for the tickets. Quite a handy little thing! I found various other bird cards and such too. I also have a Harry Potter Care of Magical Creatures trading card next to the owls. lol I added a poem I found online about a wise owl:

A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

My Smash Book [2]

I've been doing more pages in my Smash Book! Click here to see the first pages I ever did. This has been a lot of fun! I am really enjoying the "smashing" time that I create for myself in the afternoons. lol I have just been making pages of things that I like and even some with the memories from trips I've taken. :)

On these two pages I decided to do butterflies! I collected everything I could possibly find in my collection of scrapbooking things with butterflies on it. lol I also added in a few flowers for them to land on. ;) I had a small book of inspirational vellum pages and that's where "Just as I am" and "New Life" came from. There are various paper butterflies/flowers and some felt ones. I used my markers to add a few bright colors on the striped page and the green lines around the tree. The white sheet about flowers that attract butterflies was cut out of my old 2013 calendar. :) I used a thin black marker to add the stitching effect around the butterfly on the left page and to add the swirly stitch marks throughout the page too. I thought these ones came out pretty! Can't wait to show off my other pages too!

Wreck This Journal

It has finally arrived! My copy of Wreck This Journal made it's way to my house today. Check out this post to learn a little bit about WTJ and this post to see a sneak peek of my other book (Mess) by Keri Smith! Here are the sneak peek photos of Wreck This Journal! I will be posting about it again once I finish some pages! This is a small sampling of the many pages in this book. Some are pretty basic and fun and some are kind of wacky! I'm not even showing the best ones. lol You'd have to buy it and see for yourself. :) I'll be also be back soon with more pages from my Smash Book. I've been quite busy with it!