Top 10 Scrapbooking Projects of 2015

Welcome! Thank you for stopping by for the Top 10 Scrapbooking Projects of 2015 Blog Hop. I hope you've arrived here from the fabulous Chantalle McDaniel's blog. 2015 has been a fun, busy, exciting year for me in the scrapbooking world. I've had so many great opportunities and fun projects. I hope you'll enjoy reviewing a few of my favorites with me.

1. My Crazies is a project I created for Bella Blvd. It's all about designing with circles. 

January Design Guide

With the start of 2015 I set some goals for my blog. One of those goals is to bring to you more specific instructions, supply lists, and sketches. I'm excited to bring you monthly Design Guide starting with January. I will have a new design guide each month.

In these design guides you'll find:

• completed layout
• a supply list
• a sketch
• step-by-step instructions (including measurements)

I'm hoping these will be a great resource for all of you and that you'll look forward to them each month.

This is the layout I created for the January Design guide:

I used the Bella Blvd Max collection to create this layout. This collection is a little bit older but I love it! It's perfect for boys of all ages.

And here's the design guide: You can download it HERE so you can print it.

You can also get a copy of the sketch HERE

I think that's everything. I'm really excited about these projects. Let me know what you think and if you would please share them with a friend I would appreciate it. Also, make sure you're signed up for my newsletter so you'll know when a new design guide goes live.

(This post contains affiliate links, by purchasing items through these links you will not pay more for any of the items I will just receive a small percentage of the sale. These affiliate links help to keep my blog running and to support my family.)     

One Little Word 2015

Around the first of December I started thinking about choosing my One Little Word 2015. Last year was the first year that I chose a word and when I started thinking about a choosing a word for 2015 my first thought was, "why choose a word for 2015 when you didn't do that well with your word for 2014?" As I reflected on "failing" on my word for 2014 (my word for 2014 was "health") I realized that I didn't completely fail on keeping that word at the forefront of my thoughts. I learned a lot about myself and about how to take care of body. I've learned that I have to get sleep, there are certain things I cannot eat (potatoes), and I've learned my limits (when I need to stop and rest). With that being said, I'm still working on respecting and following the things I've learned. Even though I didn't focus on my word every single day or even every single week, I still lived it and worked on it in the back of my mind. So I didn't completely fail and I'm ready to try again!

Moving forward to 2015 I did chose a word and I'm taking the One Little Word class with Ali Edwards. I am SO excited about my word and about taking the class. While I was deciding what my word would be I wrote a list of possibilities. This list included: learn, forward, improve, reflect, introspective, share, goal, and radiate. I finally settled on the word "attain."

My reason for choosing "attain" is simple. I want this year to not only be the year that I set a lot of goals, I want it to be a year when I attain those goals.

Attain means: to reach, achieve, or accomplish; gain; obtain, "to attain ones goals." 

I chose the word "attain" not only for its meaning directly related to achieving goals but also as it is meant to "accomplish." I know that there isn't a lot of difference in those two meanings but when I look at it I want to, attain more balanced health, attain more simplicity, and attain more peaceful and quietness in my life. I guess for me the goals that I have set are more directed to my life professionally but I don't want my one little word to only apply to my professional life, I want it to apply in my personal life as well.

This year is bringing many changes for our little family, positive changes, but changes that are a little bit scary and will be bringing a lot of new territory for us. I'm excited for changes but change is scary for me. I'm a wimp like that. ;) I say bring on 2015, I'm ready to attain the goals I have set and to set and attain new goals as well. Are you participating in the One Little Word 2015 class or just challenging yourself with a word this year? Let me know if you're taking the class, I'd be so excited to have some familiar faces in the crowd!