Halloween Scrapbook Ideas

Today for Lets Talk Tuesday I wanted to share with you some of my favorite Halloween projects to give you some ideas of supplies that you may want to purchase and photos you may want to take. Some of these projects are older and some of them are hot off the press (hot off the press is my version of less than a few weeks old).

This Halloween project is a little bit unusual. I used a Valentines day themed kit for this layout. I think it worked though...that photo of my niece is one of my all time favorites.

All three of these layout I did with Bella Blvd Halloween (Too Cute to Spook). This is one of the easiest and most fun collections I've ever worked with. I only have a few small scraps left of this collection.

These two layouts are created with Bella Blvd Halloween newest collection (Halloween Magic). This collection is just as easy and fun to work with as their previous Halloween collections. Have I ever mentioned that I LOVE Bella Blvd?!?!?

This last project I created for Elle's Studio. I used a mixture of their everyday supplies and a few things from their current Halloween kit. Aren't those wood veneer pieces adorable? I've got another one of these kits sitting on my desk waiting for this years Halloween photos. (You can find that kit HERE).

I think the biggest tip I can give you as far as Halloween photos go is to do a Halloween photo shoot before the big day. I take my kids out (and usually a few extra kiddos) a few days before Halloween and get some good photos. It took me a couple of years of being frustrated about photos that were too dark and blurry for me to realize that taking photos on Halloween night doesn't work for me. I love having photos done before all the fun and chaos of Halloween night.

How do you prefer to do your Halloween photos? Do you take them early or do you just wait until the big night?

Baseball Fanatics

It's no secret that we're a baseball/softball family. We start with little league in March (yes, March). Most of our little league season is played in the wind, rain, and even snow. I wouldn't do it if my little man didn't love it. He loves playing baseball and takes it very seriously. I've sat through many games and practices watching him play. This past season was a little bit different. He seemed to finally come out of his shell and really start playing serious baseball. He practiced, he practiced, and he practiced. He worked so hard and he finally achieved his goal of being pitcher. He pitched several games and played first base when he wasn't pitching. I had many "proud mommy" moments this season. I love that he set a goal and worked and worked until he achieved it.
Here are some photos of my little guy in action:

Now that school is almost to begin we've been doing some school shopping. Most of the boys shopping was done online. The boys definitely don't want to go shopping with their mom. We found some baseball jerseys from our local baseball team on the Fanatics website. He was super excited about that! He loves going to watch our local baseball team play. What the little guy was really wants is a baseball cap. Because baseball caps aren't allowed at school, he added that to his Christmas list.


Even though it's Summertime I've had a little bit of time for scrapbooking a few of their baseball/softball photos.

(You can find more details about this project HERE) 

Not only are we a baseball family but we've been to our share of softball games too. My little lady loves softball and she especially loved this season when her dad helped coach her team. She was so excited to go to all of her games and looked adorable walking across the field right next to her daddy. This little girl (unlike her brothers) is thrilled to go school shopping with her momma. She'd rather not do any online shopping.

I've had a little bit of time to get a project done for her album too. I used Bella Blvd's Molly line to create this layout:

 I'm proud to be a baseball mom, although, I am glad that baseball season is over for another year. We're already looking forward to the 2015 season!

How about you? Does your family have a sport that you'd be classified as Fanatics in? Have you documented those moments in your scrapbooks or Project Life albums?