Our July was an interesting mix of social visits (hooray!), watching our favorite shows, and several medical tests for me. I'm fine, but I seem to be a bit of a mystery to the doctors right now. I've had enlarged lymph nodes in my armpits for 5 months (started before I got the vaccine) and some concerning breast lumps, but everything has turned out normal so far. I've had 3 mammograms, 2 ultrasounds, and 1 biopsy. Then I had several more biopsies during my colonoscopy & endoscopy procedures. Doctor thought everything looked fine so it will be good to find out for sure.

It’s already the end of the month and that means it’s a great time to roundup your memories and document them before too much time passes. One of the greatest tricks we play on ourselves is thinking we will remember. We don't need to write it down, right? Does that even work for the grocery store? Don’t let yourself fall into that trap. Memories are important!

So take a few minutes and let these prompts help you record the things that happened in your life over the past month.

Are you ready for a brand new collection? I’ve been working hard on this one and having so much fun! I’m really excited about all the possibilities for documenting memories and telling stories with this collection. I’ve already created some favorite layouts and I have ideas for many more.

I can’t wait to show you everything so let’s take a look!

June was a good month for us overall. We got to travel to Lake Tahoe (California side) with my entire family and spend several days just having fun together. I took tons of photos on vacation and I will use those to create different layouts. I didn’t take very many pictures once we got home because I got the first shingles shot and it wiped me out for several days. Seriously, it was much harder for me than the Covid vaccine which didn’t really cause me any problems. Then I sprained my ankle when I accidentally rolled it off the edge of our front porch doormat. Oh well, little life things happen like that.

It’s the last day of June and the year is halfway over now. Crazy, right? The end of the month means it’s a great time to do a recap of what has happened during that time before you forget. Don’t think you will forget? Trust me, you will! Take a few minutes and use these prompts to help you document your memories.

Orange you glad there’s a new Color Stories collection in the shop today? I love new release days because it’s so much fun to be able to finally share what I’ve been pouring my heart and soul into for the past few weeks. I’m excited about the possibilities for this new Original Orange collection and I hope you are too. Let’s take a look at all the goodies!

I finished my May roundup and I’m happy to share the finished layout with you. I hope it helps you to see how I document our everyday life in a monthly format. Some scrappers prefer a daily or weekly spread and that’s great too. For me, the monthly approach has really been perfect!

I have another brand new collection in my Color Stories series. This time it’s Ruby Reds! Red can be a tricky color to design with, but I had so much fun with all of these shades of red. I know I’m going to use this collection a lot and I’m already hard at work on a new video tutorial to show you some fun and useful tips.

Don’t forget that you get extra savings if you buy the BIG BUNDLE!

It’s the last day of May and that means it’s a great time to take a few minutes and document what life has been like in your world for the past few weeks. Roundups are my most useful memory keeping tool and I love this simple habit!