A Crap-Ton More SmashBook Pages

So, today I thought I'd share a few more Smashbook pages. These are all pages from the fall, since that Smashbook us finished and I already have pictures of it taken. I know I should share more current pictures of spring pages, but whatevs. It is what it is.

This page is from Thanksgiving, which is pretty much the beginning of Christmas for us. There are several of my favorite products on this page, and guess what?! I'm going to tell you about them! On the top left is the Smashbook calendar tape, which is very super cute and useful as I have become kind of obsessed with dating everything. You can also see two different washi tapes, which are both of the $.97 variety from Walmart. See, I am crafty, and frugal! Don't you want me as your new best friend? On the pictures on the bottom right corner, I used Cosmo Cricket tiny type, which is one of the best things ever. They used to make alphabet ones, but stopped. So, if you have seen them anywhere, please let me know. All of my alphabet sheets are out of vowels.

Oh goody, the Christmas pages begin! My holiday pages got a lot more scrapbook-y and a lot less crap pasted in, and this is because I didn't Smashbook at all in December. Gasp! Things got super crazy busy and my fingers were busy crocheting all those homemade gifts and wrapping and whatever, and I didn't do it at all. So, everything from December is slightly less genuine and slightly more adorable. And yes, I worry about the authenticity and veracity of my scrapbook. I am kind of a nerd. Oh well. 

I must have decided I didn't like the paper that came in the Smashbook here, since I covered the whole thing in patterned paper. But I like it plenty now, har har. I bought a roll of text printed wrapping paper in the Target dollar section and used it for everything but wrapping. Don't you just love the Target dollar section? The tree on the top left was a gift card that I swiped from Walmart along with my paint chips. Shhh. Oh, and there is a rick-rack banner, which may just be the best thing ever.

I always have tons of notes and crafts and extra stuff around Christmas time, so I added an extra pocket to keep it all in, though I usually only use the calendar pockets to mark the start of each month, lest my Smashbook get too fat (this one is busting it's seams). This page features the exploits of Dash, our Elf on the Shelf, a huge part of our holiday this year. I included a rare 5 X 7 collage, a size I almost never scrap with since we had so many adorable pictures of Dash. And more washi tape. That red stripe was almost the theme for all my Christmas pages.

Found objects are kind of a big deal around here. Ben is always going on "treasure hunts," and I can totally see where he gets it. I am always picking up trash neat little doo-dads around and sticking them in my purse to put in my Smashbook. My kids fight over who is going to get my grocery lists for their smashbook. So who could blame me for seeing this funny little interplay on the test paper at the craft store and NEEDING it? The only thing that could have made it better was if it had been about Harry Potter instead. Have I mentioned that I am a bona-fide Harry Potter freak, complete with snitch tattoo? (Ahem. New best friend?)

Santa dropped by our house this year and took a bunch of pictures and even left a video for us. We're just that cool. The awesome situation in the bottom left hand of this page is just a red envelope that I turned into a pocket. Inside the envelope is the kid's letters to Santa, and the back of it holds all the extra Santa pictures. I used two brads and a bit of bakers twine to hold the envelope shut without sealing it. And my mustache stamp was just right when stamped in white was the perfect touch. You can see here that I covered all the pages with my own paper again  so that they'd match my theme. 

Last one for today. I really like how this turned out. It's got the right amount of pretty things and pictures and journaling. I printed my standard sheet of 2x2 pictures, but also used some wallet size for variety. Sometimes the pictures are just too cute for two inch squares. I also discovered red label tape, which has pretty much rocked my world ever since. I lurve it so. Those number type stickers appeared again so that I could comment on each individual picture. Sometimes I wonder if it is all too much. Am I really going to forget that picture four was when we assembly lined presents into the house, or that Ben kept singing to the sky to guide Santa? The answer is probably yes, so I will just keep on documenting all the little things to prevent my crappy memory from ruining all my memories.

And that is a crap-ton more of my Smashbook pages. More to come soon. Thanks for reading!