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!

Back to School Layouts

It's that time again - in the U.S., children everywhere are starting school or counting down their last days of summer freedom.  And as they head off to school with their new backpacks and stories of "what I did this summer," we moms are rejoicing at the few hours of quiet and sanity that has returned to our homes.  Or maybe we are trying not to cry as our little one starts their very first day of school.  Either way - at Practical Scrappers, it means we are digging out our school-themed papers, printing out our Instagram photos, and showing off our Back-to-School layouts, like these:

 

Practical Scrapper Wendi Robinson used an older Crate Paper school line on this page of her son.

 

Practical Scrapper Becci used her crafty supplies to make these back-to-school gifts.

Practical Scrapper Mary Pat has a pocket layout to hold all the important papers from 2nd Grade.

Practical Scrapper Nicole Laha stamped these back to school images on patterned paper and layered them onto the front of her card.

Practical Scrapper Julie used an alphabetic letter mask from Kesi'Art and paper reinforcements to go with the theme.

Practical Scrapper Lanette used her scrappy scraps and old stickers from her stash to make this fun school days layout.

 

Practical Scrapper Malika used Chic Tags new Schoolhouse line to create this first day of school layout.

Practical Scrapper Lisa Peeples used an old Bo Bunny line and some cork board stickers to scrap her son's fifth grade photos.

 

 

Practical Scrapper Krissy Clark McKee used Crate Paper's Portrait Collection for this layout that has a hidden journaling card containing a quiz of her 8th Grader's current favorites.

Back To School

Ding, ding, ding! The bell has rung, classes have started,  the buses are out, football is in the air so you know what that means....back to school. Yesterday was the first time in 7 years I haven't had child home with me, they are finally in school and a bitter-sweet moment it was.  It's amazing how fast time flies and right before your eyes they are getting all grown up. While I don't have yesterday's pics printed or scrapped yet (but I'm sure you will be seeing them in the near future), our fabulous design team and readers have plenty of back to school projects to share...

Practical Scrapper Christine

   Practical Scrapper Christa

Christine Hyde