Back-2-School: The Interview

Practical Scrapper Kim Ryden here.  Well it's Back to School time and my oldest kiddo was finally able to have her first day of preschool!  She was SO excited! 

 

Of course as a scrapbooker, I had to do the semi-professional photographer thing and have a mini photo shoot before we got in the car.  I have to have some really cute pictures to scrapbook later, right?!

 

 

 

Since this is her first "First Day of School" picture, I got to start traditions!  And one of them was taking a ton of pictures of her and her younger brother (although he didn't make this layout for her school years book).

Another tradition will be to record how excited she was about the first day and what she chose as her backpack and lunch box...this year it was all Hello Kitty!

And the last tradition will be to ask Brooke some questions so that I can record her answers as she grows.  I plan to ask her the same questions each year to she how she grows and changes over time!

Here are the pictures up close.  I use www.picmonkey.com to edit them and add text easily.

And here are her interview questions and answers.

 

Remember that it's never too late to start this.  Any time you start, it will still be fun to look back on in a few years to see how your children have changed and grown.  And even if you didn't catch them on the first day of school...do it now...you don't want to miss these moments!

 

Hope you are having fun now that your kids are back in school and you are getting a few extra moments in your craft room!

On Trend- Arrows

If you want to get right to the point, arrows are a hot scrapbook staple. Although they aren't new to the scrapbooking scene, it seems they are more popular than ever, and are popping up in many collections as stickers, chipboard, resist chipboard, felt, wood and paper diecuts. If that's not enough, you can get many styles of arrow stencils, as well as digital and metal diecuts.
With such variety available, arrows can be used with almost any scrapbooking style, and any theme. Just proceed with caution, as arrows create instant movement on a page and often determine the focal point. Just make sure they're pointing you in the right direction!
Take a cue from our designers if you want some pointers:

Practical Scrapper Wendi Robinson  

used photo corners and then added wood arrows on top to give them extra dimension

Practical Scrapper Audrey Yeager 

uses arrows of varying visual weight to help keep the eye moving around her page.

Practical Scrapper Danielle de Konink

  went big and bold with her arrows in a starburst pattern, really playing with the arrow theme. Look how the colors of the striped Sn@p papers match the colors of the hat in her picture.

Practical Scrapper Marcia Dehn-Nix

draws attention to the action in her photo by adding arrows that follow the already established direction of her background starburst paper.

Practical Scrapper Mary Pat Siehl 

cut  squares in half to create her arrows, and then sewed them onto the page.

Practical Scrapper Cathryn Hanson

decided to use a stitched chevron arrow to highlight the first layout of her second beautiful granddaughter; Taylor Winter Grace, born November 28.

Practical Scrapper Nicole Laha

used an arrow stamp to create her page border and added an arrow die cut to join the title and pictures.

Practical Scrapper Malika Kelly 

  loves using arrows on her layouts.  They make great backgrounds and fantastic embellishments! 

Practical Scrapper Kylie Symons

uses a cork arrow, as well as a paper one. Notice how the hearts around her frame even act like little arrows?

So if you're looking for some direction on your next project, arrows might just be the accent you need.

( I'm all out of puns...)

Have a great Monday!

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