Last week, during Spring Break, we organized closets, moved the two littles in together and gave the eldest his own room, and managed to take a few days to escape to the Washington coast.
We love the Navy Resort in the village of Pacific Beach…the cottages are actually quarters from when it was an actual base, so you have a whole house to spread out in and enjoy. I even wrote half of my research paper for Comp 2 while everyone else went to a movie. Woohoo!
We always take a ton of photos (which, really, all look the same except the kids get bigger each visit), and this time I was determined to scrapbook them as soon as possible. Luckily for me, Designer Digitals has a great template on special for 99 cents this weekend, until Monday night…I kid you not, this page took five minutes to create! If you’re a digital scrapper, or want to give it a try, stop by Designer Digitals before this special is over (but if you don’t make it by then, be sure to check out their weekly sales on Thursday and the 99 cent feature every weekend).
All I had to do was insert my photos into the template spots and add the background paper. The template background would have been fine to leave, but I wanted a little color and it was neutral. Oh, and I changed the color of “good” and added a scribble effect to it. But, again, you could leave it as is and still have a great page done in a few minutes. See..here it is with just the photos added and no other changes, and it looks very clean and beachy:
You can print scrapbook pages at Costco for $1.49 for 8×8 or (I think) $3 for 12×12. I believe other places print them as well, such as Walgreens or Walmart, but since I’m at Costco pretty much every other day (It seems), I just upload mine and pick them up when I’m there.
If you haven’t tried digiscrapping, it’s a great way to save your memories. You can download free 30-day trials of the software I use, Adobe Photoshop Elements, or Stampin’ Up!’s My Digital Studio, which I think is super easy to use from the start. There are also tons of free digital files you can download on various sites, from background papers to fonts to embellishments. It’s a little addicting, I tell you! Have fun!
