Scrapbook Madwoman

So one of my goals while on maternity leave was to scrapbook and get caught up!

I think I have done a pretty good job....

Yes these are Carter's books.
I am not going to lie....these 3 huge books contain pictures of him starting as a newborn and only get up to 1 year.
It reminds me that I should probably not take a billion pictures, because I can't leave any out of the books (It's a problem I know :)  I wish I could be that type of scrapbooker that only picks the best pic and uses one per page....but that just isn't me....shoot.

I just love this page.
Carter loved it too!
He wanted to color on mommy's truck scrapbook paper....I put a kibosh to that :)

Ohhh Carter's first birthday....finally I got to a bday!
This was awesome because I used the paper decor from his party thanks to polka-dots-and-pirates (Jess Newman)
It was great because all of the paper coordinated and had such cute dinos and prints on it.

I was so bummed that I had all of these adorable hats, and I didn't know exactly what to do with them.
While at the retreat someone suggested putting it on the page so I could capture the adorable hats.
I love it!

Since I take so many pictures I started doing this.
I use picasa and make a collage (8x10 size)
So all of the pictures I took that month that don't have their own page go here.
It has been making it much easier to get caught up with Carter's book.

Here is another example.  (PS I love my create a critter cartridge)  Look at how stinkin cute that little turkey is!

Carter's first trip to the zoo!  I also do some 'hybrid scrapbooking'
These plastic inserts (left) are great!
It makes it a lot easier to complete a page.

This is my traveling scrapbook center.
I have a whole area downstairs dedicated to scrapping, but I have found it is a little easier to have it in the main area while I am taking care of the munchkins.
Josh isn't too happy about it....This picture shows the area when it is cleaned up and organized.  Usually all of this is sprawled out across our table.  We end up eating outside on the deck or at the counter because this "crap" is everywhere :) I always tell Josh it is an organized mess :)

Oh my gosh....I had to include these.....
MY WEDDING ALBUMS!

I finally FINISHED!
It only took me 4 1/2 years but I finished!
3 huge albums later I have every single memory from our special day.
I thought it was a really good idea to print EVERY picture that was taken at our wedding.
Including professional and everyone's snapshots.
I ended up using a different size book and all black pages.
I also used our wedding colors throughout the entire book
Lots and lots of pink, green and black.

Here are some of my favorite layouts from the books....

I know Josh thinks I am crazy.

But this is what I LOVE to do in my 'spare' time.

It gets a little overwhelming when you are trying to play 'catch up' but I truly love scrapbooking everything.

It is a great way to go back and remember these special moments.

It takes time, patience, space in our house and money (sssh don't tell josh :)

But it's my hobby....and I think that is a good enough excuse :)

My dream one day would be to open up my own store and scrapbook for people!

If anyone thinks this is a good idea and has some extra money laying around....I will totally do it!  haha.