hello - a layout share

the this & that charming collection, from echo park, was one of my favorite new collections at CHA. i already managed to pick up a lot of my favorites from the show, and have started to play with all of them. i put this layout together over the weekend. it's pretty simple in design. but sometimes, simple is a nice change ;)

so, here's the story behind this layout. a few weeks ago, on a day i didn't have any daycare kids, i got a phone call. turns out, it was zachary, who had gotten a hold of grandma's cell phone and managed to call me. i was the last person she had called, and he must have just hit a button to re-dial me. he was talking a mile a minute. i didn't understand a lot of it, being that he just turned 2 years old at the end of december. there's a ton that i DO understand though, which is fun. after about 10 minutes of yapping away to me, grandma realized that he was actually talking to someone, and not just pretending. she was trying to get the phone back from him, and they ended up hanging up on me.

but zachary wasn't done talking to me, i guess. because he called back. at one point, i heard grandma say "laura. i can't get the phone from him, so just hang up whenever you have to go". lol! i finally told zachary that i had to go, and that i would see him the next day, and i hung up. well, he ended up calling me back two more times. it was all pretty funny. apparently, he had a TON to say to me.

later, grandma then sent me an email, "from" zachary, thanking me for talking to him. i thought it was so cute, so i saved the email. i thought it would be fun to scrap the story. well, when i was digging for photos last week for some other layouts, i came across these photos of zachary from a few months ago. he was talking on our old-school playskool phone. the one with the rotary dial. lol! i decided these photos would be perfect, to go with the story about his phone calls to me.

i copied and pasted part of zachary's email to me, and used it for my part of my journaling. click on the photo, to see it larger, if you can't read it here. feels kind of nice to have an idea for something, and get the story scrapped within a matter of weeks.

Comments

[Michelle]

I remember reading this on FB, about him calling you. This is adorable and the photos are perfect! I still have our phone like that from when my Laura was little (she'll be 24 in June).

[Mandy Szeto]

That is just precious. :)

[Rhadonda]

How cute!!! You must be the best care giver ever!

[laurielariviere]

This is really cute Laura, what cute photos! I love ALL the MME stuff this time around, need to get some, just spend a ton of $$ on the all the new Dear Lizzy, so I need to stay away from Two Peas for a little bit...lol...

[Sandra A]

Love it! Definitely a story you want to capture.

[Diana Waite]

okay what a TOTALLY sweet story behind a cute layout! He is ADORABLE!

[Kathy Martin]

Darling page! Even cuter story! You're right, those photos are perfect for your story!

[April W]

This is awesome Laura! Another one I plan to lift hopefully. ;) You've been pinned!
- April
http://pinterest.com/scrapperforever/layouts/

[Debbie Piercey]

What an adorable story and lovely layout! I just love your design. But just a note....the This & That Charming Collection is from Echo Park. :) It's one of my favorites too!

[Ruth G]

Super sweet! It's awesome you had the pics to go along with this fun story! TFS!

[Carla]

LOL!!! that is SO adorable!! How fun is he?? So great that you had these pics so you could tell the story! Fun!

[Sara Rossi]

This is hysterical! I love the story & the pics! So cool that you got it scrapped!