Happy New Year!

Happy New Year friends!

So far so good, right?!

Did you make any resolutions?  I don't like to- because I never keep them, but throughout the past week I did compile a list of about 23 goals.  Not like "lose 10 pounds" kind of goals, more like things I want to do once or consistently.  No pressure. :)  Things like only take online classes for photography, blog 2 times a week, spend more quality time with my  husband, be a better Mom, get off the freaking internet and MAKE something!  You know, easy stuff! ;)

Today I made my first layout of the year- a Christmas compilation layout.  You've seen all the December Daily/Journal Your Christmas/ Holiday Templates layouts that I've done- I'm not holding back! lol  I have more stories to tell, but went ahead and made this one that will be printed 9x9 inches and put into my Christmas album. In this album I have 1 page for each year (for 14 years now), and a couple of extra "favorite ornaments," "Christmas card list," etc. pages.  I am 3 years behind. ;) Ooops.

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I didn't use a template for these- I just threw them together and then copied the layer styles from a template onto my photos and title. I did use the kits from the Holiday Templates class by Paislee Press and Creashens, so it matches the rest of my layouts. I also used the fonts Marketing Script (title), and my handwriting font that I told you about a few weeks ago.

So did you get anything scrapbook or photography related for Christmas?  I'm dying to get mine in the mail!  Well, on Christmas morning my sweet husband gave me a reflector, a gray card, a Gary Fong Lightsphere flash diffuser (but I don't have the flash), and a filter for a lens I hadn't ordered yet. Oops!  Guess what?  Now I've ordered both of them, so it's all good!  I'll be stalking the UPS truck all week!

Oh, and guess what else?  I'm expecting something else!!


No!  Not that!!


No babies!!

My sweet husband let me use some extra money (not that we have any of that!) to order the camera I've been saving for!!  I'm a lucky, lucky girl! Yep, I'm stalking the UPS man double this week!! You'll be seeing LOTS of photography posts from me!

I hope your Christmas was great and that you have a super awesome new year!