Scrapbooking Children's Favorites

Hey, happy Monday! Last week I was up on the Bella Blvd blog with a layout about my little man's favorite things. Scrapbooking children's favorites has always been something that I've done. Periodically I will have my kids make a list of their current favorites or if they're too little I make it for them. Occasionally I will add a few photos of their favorite things but usually I simply add a current photo of them and list their favorite things.

If you follow me on Instagram (if you don't, you should) you know that I recently came home with a vintage typewriter from a flea market. I've wanted one for years but I haven't been able to find the perfect one. This is the first layout I created with my new typewriter. I used the typewriter to create the journaling on a 4x6 journaling card from the Bella Blvd Max collection.

Saying Goodbye to Bella Blvd

I've dreaded writing this post...really dreaded it! Since I've started designing in the scrapbook industry there have been a lot of teams that have come and gone. I've had very few (actually only one) bad experiences. Overall I've loved my design team work. In 2012 I took a chance and applied for my first manufactures design team, Bella Blvd. I was completely shocked when I got the invitation to join the team, I screamed when I got the email. Little did I know that I would grow to love that company and being a part of their design team. I designed for Bella for two years. Recently, I stepped down as a designer for Bella Blvd. That decision was the hardest decision I've had to make thus far in my scrapbooking career. I know, its just a design team. There are tons of design teams and manufactures, but I fell in love with Bella! They took a chance on me and believed in me enough to add me to their design team. I fell in love with their products, the owner of the company, and their design team coordinator, AND the many amazing designers I've had the opportunity of working with. When the time came for me to decide whether or not I would keep designing for Bella I really wanted to find a way to stay on the team. When it became apparent that it was time for me to move on, I was heartbroken. I can't imagine what the coming weeks/years will be like for me without Bella design team assignments. I will still work with their products because I truly do love them. I just won't have projects on their blog anymore.
Today I'm sharing with you some of my favorite projects from Bella Blvd:

In case some of you are wondering about me saying goodbye to many of the companies that I've been designing for, in no way am I stepping away from scrapbooking or designing professionally. I'm simply shifting my focus onto projects for a handful of manufacturers and putting more focus here on my blog. You will simply find my Bella Blvd projects here rather than on the Bella Blvd blog.
Is there a scrapbooking manufacturer that you love?

Saying Goodbye to Paper Camellia

Sometimes it's time to say goodbye.

Sometimes it's not what you really want to do but sometimes you just know its the right time. 

Right now is the right time for me to say goodbye to Paper Camellia. 

I've been working with their kits for several months now and I've been designing for them from the very beginning of the kit club. I've loved working with their kits!! It's hard to say goodbye to working with their kits and working with the other wonderful designers on the team. My last project using their kits is on the blog today. It's a project I created with a few bits and pieces from their August kits and the August Add-on. It's a very simple layout but one that is a favorite of mine.

I tried a new way of journaling. I wrote my journaling on a vertical lines instead of horizontally. I think it's a fun way to change things up.

 And that's a wrap...... Thank you Paper Camellia for taking a chance on me and for having me design for you. You'll forever have a special place in my heart.

Here are a few of my favorite projects using Paper Camellia kits:
April Kit
May Kit
January Kit
December Kit