Families Bloom with Love

Hello!

Are you getting back into the swing of things after the holiday weekend? Long weekends always throw me a curve ball...I always feel like I'm a day behind! ;)

I have a scrapbook page to share with you that I started over the weekend.

I recently created another page using this gorgeous Echo Park line called 'Country Drive' and I loved it so much that I had to do another!

I owe it to my trusty Silhouette digital die cutter for making the scalloped square center, the title and the file divider tab that's behind my photo. Cool cuts, huh?

There's those little flags again...I can't get enough! I created them with stickers from the Country Drive kit and toothpicks. I'm using more of these toothpicks for crafting than we are in the kitchen!

Lots of stitchy stitchin' too! :)

Because you can never have too many die cuts I used this spiral notebook shape from Papertrey Ink and the pinwheel cut from The Cat's Pajamas.

 

I also spent a little time in the kitchen this weekend and have to tell you about Honey Mustard Salmon Salad! Oh yum!

It's funny, when I first saw this recipe on the Whole Foods site it peaked my interest so I pinned it and bought the ingredients. However, when I went to make it, I wasn't in the mood. For some reason it just didn't sound very good. I thought it was going to be too healthy and bland since the recipe calls for plain yogurt instead of mayo. Oh, but I'm so glad I whipped it anyway because it turned out to be so delicious! And I ate it with crackers like the picture shows...loved it! Even more incredible is that my son loves it too ! He gave it a thumbs up! So...if you are looking for an alternative to your tuna sandwich or just want something a little different for lunch do give it a try!

What to do with those Christmas Cards?

Here's a few environmentally friendly ideas for your Christmas cards now that the season is behind us. Recycling them provides companies such as Seventh Generation the post consumer paper it needs to produce their toilet paper, facial tissue, paper towels, and napkins. Whole Foods market makes their brand of these products under the 365 label. Even Staples sells printer paper made of 100% post consumer recycled paper. Don't forget to buy these items or it does little good to recycle.

Reusing your Christmas cards and to/from tags is an even better option. If you have to/from tags that open like greeting cards, keep the front of the tags and cut off the writing portion. Most of my tags this year were from the year before which also saves money. As for your holiday cards, you can cut out some of the pretty images and glue them onto a new piece of card stock to send out next year. This is a fun project for the kids to help you with.

If you like to keep your cards and all the photographs that come with them, the photo above is a scrapbook page made of Christmas cards. I saw this project a couple years ago on Two Peas in a Bucket. You cut up some of your cards into 1 1/2" squares and apply them to a 12"x12" piece of scrapbook card stock. This page has a pocket in it to hold all those cards with photos or handmade designs that you want to save. Now you have a beautiful scrapbook page and a safe place to keep those holiday cards and pictures.