Telling a 6 Word Story

I'm taking Ali Edwards' Hello Story class at Big Picture Classes and a couple of weeks ago the challenge was to create a layout and tell a 6 word story. This sounded like a great opportunity to experiment a bit and try something new.

Here I decided to print out a big picture on Max on his first day of school this year. When I had taken the picture (before I knew about this challenge) I'd intentionally left a lot of open space with the bricks in the photo because I was thinking it would be a cool place for some journaling on a page. Thankfully it ended up being the perfect space for the large title (aka 6 Word Story.)

Every time I use a big photo, I love the results. This is something I need to try more often.

Even though the close up on the big photo was great, I also wanted to be sure and include a full body shot so the plaid short and red shoes could go down in the books as his first day of school outfit. It's all about preserving the little details!

Layout Supplies /// Photo Goes Here Kit /// Snapshot Add-on

It's Back to School Time!

Our kids are now wrapping up their third week of school. It feels great to be settling into our new routine. Because of our move earlier this year, our kids are all at new schools. The homework is so much less at these schools and everyone (including me) is happy about that. They now have more time to practice the piano!

We had a bit of a rough start to the school year with Audrey coming down with a staph infection and being quite sick for a couple of days and missing school. Thanks to antibiotic shots at the doctor and antibiotic pills for 10 days, she is back up to full speed and loving 8th grade.

This week on the Glitz Designs blog we are sharing ideas for using Glitz products for a back to school themed project. This was the perfect opportunity to use the back to school photos from this new school year.

I love the big "The Adventure Begins" piece from the Glitz Color Me Happy Bits and Pieces paper. It seemed like the perfect title for a new school year at a new school.

A huge new box of Glitz Designs good have arrived, so this will be my last page with the Color Me Happy line. I've used up every last piece of paper and have loved using the bright and cheerful colors on so many of my pages.

My pink typewriter came in handy on the journaling.  Love it and I need to remember to use it more often!

Layout Supplies

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Patterned Paper: Bits & Pieces, Chalkboard

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" 6 X 6 Paper Pad

Glitz Designs "Wild and Free" Giant Roller Doodle Plus

Glitz Designs "Finnley" Triangle Washi Tape

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Washi Tape

Glitz Designs "Color Me Happy" Rainbow Alpha