Find Joy in the Now

It only four days and I finally have a blog that I think I will love. What do you think???

I also have a layout to share with you today. Something that has been on the forefront of my mind lately is reminding myself to enjoy the NOW. Every time new vision or ideas come to me, I feel like I want to rush and obtain them now. The problem with that is that I miss the blessings already in my life. There's nothing wrong with having vision or a plan but I don't want to get so consumed by reaching those goals that I miss out on all that life is offering me now.

The little frames from the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook collection were so fun to use for this photo-less layout. This layout uses product from the DELIGHT kit from Scrapbooking from the Inside Out.

Just a reminder to myself to DELIGHT in the NOW.

And just a reminder we are having an online crop, beginning this weekend, on the SFTIO forum. Hope you can come join us sometime next week! It will be lots of fun. :)

WHAT A MESS!

Look at this messy place!

It's a sign that my new bloggy is coming along. The plan is tonight. Let's hope everything goes well and my new pretty blog will be complete. :)

This and That

Hi everyone!

My advanced apologies for sporadic blogging and "falling off the face of the earth" - if that should happen. I'm in the midst of a few things and blogging has kind of been pushed to the back burner temporarily. I'm in the midst of a complete overhaul of my blog. Like big time overhaul. I'm learning more about html code and css stuff. Loads of fun. I'm tired of the current look and it's time to spice things up 'round here. The problem with getting into this redesign stuff is that it sucks up the time. Pretty soon I realize I've been creating and learning for several hours when it feels like only a few minutes. Crazy town! Want a little peek?

My color scheme is based off the top colors from Pantone for 2012. LOVE that tangerine tango color! 

I'm setting it all up on a private blog so I can test out code and what the images will look like. Glad for that too because there have definitely been some mess ups. :)

I do have a layout to share with you today. It's another one that I created during NSD. 

This one is definitely a favorite of mine. Not only was it great to document my first Sounders game but I also love the colors and product. I put together my own little kit when this layout was dreamed up. Fun colors. Splatters of paint. Some washi and the colors I pulled from the Amy Tangerine collection reminded me of the colors at the soccer game. From the uniforms the players wore to the colors of the stadium. 

The layout was created based on a challenge to create fancy frames. I grabbed a chipboard frame and blinged it up a bit. Not sure if it fits the whole "fancy" idea but it was fun to use the frame.

Well. Wish me a productive week! I really want to finish my blog as soon as possible but I also want to be happy with it. I feel like I rush because I want it to be all done but I know taking my time, doing it right and truly being happy with the results is what matters. Otherwise, I'll just find myself hating my blog again in a month or so.

Until next time!

Melissa