Not Really My Favorite Holiday-It Just Scraps That Way

[Pumpkin Grins 2007 - sketch from sketch me if you can]

By looking at the latest volume of my scrapbook, you might begin to think that Halloween is my favorite holiday. That's not really true. Somehow, I ended up with waaaay too many pictures related to pumpkins and costumes. I think that fall offers so many photo opportunities, that I just wanted to make sure I captured the best ones. From that point, the 8 separate layouts just seemed to be inevitable.


[Pink Pumpkin 2007]

Since I sort through my pictures again after I get the prints, I sometimes don't even realize how many stories I have in my planning piles. Once I separate the pictures, I match them up to paper, both patterned and cardstock. Sometimes I succeed in matching up two or three pattern papers. This is also my way of justifying my habit of buying piles of paper for events and seasons I'm not even working on. Since I ususally am scrapbooking 6 months behind, like dipping into my paper stash and finding cool stuff I forgot I bought.


[Pumpkin Boat w/ Insert 2007 - sketch from sketch me if you can]

In September and October I bought every cool and funky fall and Halloween paper that caught my eye. The result is that I have loads of outstanding papers from which to choose when prepping my pages. When I bought the paper, I had no idea what would go with the traditional orange and black color scheme and if there would ever be any way to use the super cool glitter green paper I just had to have.


[It's Mushy Inside 2007 - sketch from sketch me if you can]

While many people I scrap with buy for a specific layout, I just buy for the hope that I will use it. The great polka dot tag on It's Mushy Inside, is two years old--just waiting for the right moment. The sparkly pumpkin rub ons were just too fun to pass by when they ended up in the sale bin in January. The two pages of flocked tags from Pink Pumpkin and Preschool Halloween Party were 40% off and still have plenty for next year. Being able to bring out my collection three year's accumulation of fall and Halloween embellishments and doo-dads and sort through them allows me to be somewhat spontaneous.


[Preschool Halloween Party 2007 - sketch from Racketty Scrappety]

This great sketch gave me a chance to use the awesome spider paper that didn't quite seem to fit anywhere else or match up with any other pictures.


[Witchy Hat 2007 - sketch from Page Maps by Becky Fleck]

By the time Halloween night actually arrived, I had no idea how many fall and pumpkin pictures I had on my camera already. I am sure that I am now known as the neighborhood crazy mommy who takes pictures of trick-or-treating like I am a member of the paparazzi.


[Trick or Treat 2007 - sketch from sketch me if you can]

Seeing Olivia finally decked out in the much anticipated Cinderella costume, I had to capture the before, during and after Halloween. The bright blue of the costume allowed me to deviate from the traditional colors to a bling blue and white page for the the last of the Halloween pages.


[The Updo & the Upchuck 2007]