2018 Vista Project – installment 7: Paper selection part two

Continuing the paper selection from part 1.

Mahogany Bay. I am considering using some of the cut outs for these pages.

Belize. There may be a cut out or two for these pages also!

Cozumel

Sea Day #3

The time when they make us leave…

In all fairness, the paper selection for our excursion to Dolphinaris was purchased at Scrapyourtrip.com. I knew that I needed this paper when I first saw it so I made sure to purchase a large quantity! And I’m glad I did as they no longer have it in stock.

I was not finding anything I thought would be appropriate for the Cat in the Hat breakfast until I started searching the internet. This came up in scrapbook.com so I bought all they had!!!! I may be making a paper change on the Seuss parade!!!!

Now that all of the paper has been selected, all that is left is for me to find the correct color paper for matting some photos. The final part of the paper selection will be my shopping list. Hopefully it will not be a very long list. At least that is my hope at the moment.

Thanks for reading this blog. I hope you will return for the next installment.

2022 Special Mom Project – Installment 1: Creating a scrapbook/photo album for mom to recap 2021.

2021 was not the best year, but it was not as bad as 2020. Unfortunately, the time we were able to spend with my mom was very limited. Luckily, I took pictures almost every time we went somewhere.

I have decided to make a scrapbook/photo album of the adventures we had last year. In a chronological order, there will be a 2-page scrapbook spread. The left page will have the date of the activity, what we did, and who was with us. The right side will have a scrapbook page with the photos. Any additional photos will be placed in photo protectors and put in the album immediately after the scrapbook page. This is something I know she will like.

I store all of my photos on Shutterfly. Today, using the Shutterfly app, I ordered all of the pictures I took of her last year. I have been ordering my photos from Shutterfly for a long time now. I have boxes and boxes and boxes of the photos I ordered from our 2018 Carnival Vista cruise. The quality has always been great and their service is excellent.

A website I love to use for my scrapbook needs is scrapbook.com I have purchased several 12 x 12 scrapbook albums from them. They never disappoint. Today, I found the PERFECT album to use for this special project.

I am very excited about this special project for my mom. I cannot wait until the photos and the scrapbook come in. I will be making notes of the things we have done while I wait. I hope you will follow along with me as I bring this project to life.

A couple of online orders arrived!!!

You know it is going to be a good day when you receive 2 online orders in one day!!! I’m a happy camper. Although, there is still one package that Shutterfly shipped on July 20th (with an expected delivery date of July 26th) that UPS conveniently misplaced. I contacted Shutterfly today to let them know what was happening. In less than 2 hours, Shutterfly customer service had responded and informed me that they would be reprinting my photos and mailing them at no additional cost to me. Obviously very good customer service!!!! I wasn’t really expecting anything, I was just letting them know what was going on!!!! I am so glad I upload all of my photos to them and I will continue to do so.

The first box I received today was from Baublebar. This is the first time I have ordered from them but I have heard a lot of good things about them by watching Marnie Goldberg youtube channel. I finally bit the bullet and placed an order. One of the pairs of earrings I ordered will not be shipped until August 25th but the other 4 arrived today. They have a section on their website that has 3 pairs of earrings for $48. Normally, that is more than I would spend but I have been eyeing a couple of pairs that were on there for a long time. The 3 pairs I selected are the Celestial Drops, Gabriela Stud Tassel earrings in Cerulean, and Pauline Hoop. I also ordered the Moonlight Druzy Drop earrings in blush. I must say, I am very happy with my selections. They will work perfectly with some of the outfits I am planning on wearing on our cruise.

The other box I received today was from Scrapbook.com. I routinely order various scrapbooking supplies from them and when I received an email saying they were having a sale on their adhesive, I knew I had to place another order. They definitely has the best prices for Xyron refills so I definitely loaded up, sort of. I ordered 6 of the Xyron “X” refill permanent cartridge and 6 of the repositionable cartridges. I have 3 of the “X” sticker makers so now I will have one that is dedicated for permanent cartridges and one for repositionable cartridges. I ordered 2 repositionable cartridges for my new Xyron 5″ Creative Station and 2 for my old Xyron 510 machine. Unfortunately I only received 1 for the 510 machine. I contacted Scrapbook.com and they responded very quickly and are sending me the missing item!!!!

Scrapbook.com also has their own line of adhesive products so I decided I would try some of their double-sided tape. I ordered 2 that are 1/8″ and 2 that are 1/4″. I also ordered some of their 6″ x 6″ double sided adhesive sheets. I cannot wait to play with these!!!! It is going to be so much fun!!!

The only thing left for me to do is to find a place to put everything!!!!