sorry, my bad. i had no intention of taking 2 days off from the old blog. just sort of happened. good thing i had some projects up on the jillibean soup blog this week, so that it would force me to share. lol! i know it's looking and feeling a lot like spring around here. but i'm changing seasons, and going with some fallish projects today.
(click on it to see it larger. i forgot to take a picture of each page on it's own). dug out some old photos for this layout. from 2001, to be exact. geez, that was 9 years ago. but how cute are the girls? and look at sarah's little pigtails on the top of her head. so cute! this was another set of photos that had been scrapped already, but on 2 totally different layouts. and i made them for each of the girls albums, so that was 6 pages total (one was a two pager). now i have just one two page spread, that goes into the family album. little things like this make me happy. and those buttons? i actually had a totally different pumpkin patch layout, from a year before these photos. and it had no meaning to the layout, and was from a class that i had taught. so i tore off the photo and put it away. and threw the layout away. but those buttons had to be saved, since they were such fun ones (and already threaded). and they've been laying around all this time. i just happen to find them halfway through this layout, and tossed them on. i know, i know. you're so happy to have this amazing info on the "behind the scenes" making of this layout ;)
and a couple of cards. how cute is that cow stamp? it says "moochas gracias". love it! i didn't even notice that until after i had stamped it. and i walked around the house showing joe and the girls, and laughing the entire time. yes, i'm easily ammused. maybe that tractor stamp should have said "hay y'all". get it? HAY, instead of HEY. good one, right :)
and just a few more random facts that these projects make me think about. every time we drive by any cows, i do a long "mmmmooooooooooooo". and i sound just like a cow. it's like i'm calling out to them. and even though we're city folk, we do have a lot of country roads here, and a lot of cows. love it. i have secretly always dreamed of living on a farm somewhere. probably in the south. in a big farm house, with a barn and horses. and some land, with cows wandering around. a little pond would be lovely. and a long gravel road, lined with trees, and leading up to the house. and then some other random farm animals tossed in. some pigs, definately pigs. maybe a few chickens, since no farm is complete without chickens. but no rooster. i'd be firm on that one, since i'm not a morning person. i'd love to pull on my old jeans, my boots, and a flannel shirt. and live a quiet and laid back little life. will never happen. and if it did, i'd more than likely go stir-crazy. but i do like to dream about it :)
Hey Laura,
I love this paperline the colors are my favorite for fall, my favorite thing to scrapbook actually. I always make extra fall layouts just because I love fall and the colors. Your girls were so cute and little in this l/o...love the tractor stamp needed that when my son was little. I want buttons like those where did you get them? The cards are cute too. I've always dreamed of moving and living on a horse farm with pigs,chickens,rabbits for the kids, maybe sheep but I agree no roosters. I love the quiet places more then noisy ones so a quiet countryside house and farm would suit me and some rockers on the front porch. Thanks for sharing with us again.
Posted by: dawn | March 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM
okay, that last paragraph made me laugh...thanks for sharing a bit of you today! :)
Posted by: kristen | March 25, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Laura
I like your farm dream. I have been there and done that. I could not move to the city quick enough. Lots of hard work, milking the cows, feeding the chickens, cleaning poo out of the barn. Oh and those boots that stepped in the poo...LOL
I still like the country just not the hard work of the animals:)
Sandi N.
Posted by: Sandi N. | March 25, 2010 at 12:05 PM
You're a riot!! LOL!! That part about the farm was too funny not to laugh (not "at" you--just the vivid pic you painted)! LOVE the cute LO!! The girls are just adorable!! The cards are cute too! You really put those stamps to work!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | March 25, 2010 at 12:41 PM
You cracked me up there Laura! Loved your thoughts ;-D I lived on a farm when I was younger & it's all that...very cool...also read about your dream of riding a horse. Now that is all that & MORE ;-D I have ridden horses a gazillion times & there is nothing like it...hope all your dreams come true one day! Meanwhile you are busy inspiring tons of people around the world & that must be a great feeling too...
Posted by: Helen Tilbury | March 25, 2010 at 02:11 PM
I love fall/pumpkin patch LO's! Probably one of my favorites to do! I really love all these pics of your teeny tiny girls :)
This is a gorgeous LO and you really fit a ton of pics on there!
And yes, your jokes about those stamps are funny ;)
OK, and I am stunned about the farm dream...just when I think I know you well...lol! I would like the quietness but not all those animals and that work!
Posted by: Carla | March 25, 2010 at 03:44 PM
Love the LO. Your girls are adorable! Funny how much they change, isn't it. Love your little farm story/dream! I'm picturing you mooooing at the cows. LOL! :)
Posted by: krolski (kathy) | March 26, 2010 at 07:40 AM