Ah, the joys of smashing. It's been a while since I have shared. Here are some finished and in-progress pages! The overall theme for the book is just things that make me happy. lol This post includes Harry Potter, cats, dogs and some wildlife. I'll be back later with some more info on my two new smash books as well!
Long time no see! I woke up early today and had a 4 hour long smashing session. Here is a set of pages that I finally completed! The Princess Pages! I think every girl goes through that stage. ;P These pages have been sitting half done for months, but they are all done now! I started a bunch of pages too. I'll share those some other time though. :) Don't want to shove too many pictures in one post! lol
I also updated some other pages that I already had. Here is the new and improved bunny page!
I used
lots of random pink, purple and red things. lol Whatever I could find
that was girly! Other embellishments include a charm bracelet, burlap
flower, ribbons, etc. I also cut out pictures and passages from fairy
tales. Parts of Cinderella, The Frog Prince, The Goose Girl and Beauty
& The Beast are there. :)
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!
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!
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!
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. :)
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.
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?
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!
I have had a Smash Book laying around for months! Tonight, I finally decided to do a couple pages in it! Along with this Smash Book, I will be doing pages in Mess and also Wreck This Journal (when it arrives). I am hoping that I can get my creative juices flowing again. I've been feeling brain dead this winter. If you aren't familiar with Smash Books, here is a short video made by
K&Company that might help you better understand what they are for. Smash
Books can be homemade in any type of book, but K&Company has a
brand called SMASH that produces "Folios" in different themes as well as many different kinds of fun accessories to decorate your book. :)
The book that I decided on is called the Pretty Pink SMASH Folio! The design on the cover is what first caught my eye. I love the pages inside! They are very vintage looking, and that speaks to me! lol I've seen some great ideas on Pinterest for adding some color to the flowers on the cover. Just search "smash book" on Pinterest and you will find some great inspiration and examples.
The first two pages I did are covered in... bunnies! I have a deep love for all things rabbit. I have rabbit plushies, books, ornaments, artwork, and figures of various materials all over my bedroom and all kinds of pet rabbits outside. :) For these pages, I cut illustrations out of books that I bought on a few different trips to Salvation Army. I had the little purple inspirational card for many, many years. I drew the silhouette of a rabbit on a miniature canvas pennant. I also had some rabbit sticky "flags" that I bought on ebay last year. I used some fancy mini tape with buttons on it... I even had a bunny shaped paper punch! There is a silver brad in the top left corner of the first page. At the bottom of that page is a picture of a cute lop bunny from the package of an Easter candy bar. I save some odd things... but at least now I can "smash" them!
I think I did pretty well for my first smash session! Really, there isn't a right or a wrong with these kind of projects. That's the best part. You make your book however you want. It will reflect your own personality and creativity. :) As I do more pages I will update here on the blog! I will also be doing pages from Mess and Wreck This Journal like I mentioned before. Thanks for checking out my new pages! See you again soon!
