My Summer Journal + Inspiration

This summer I decided to make a journal of my adventures and randomness and everyday occurrences. I wanted to do as little planning and organizing as possible and just put together a collection of memories as freely as the ideas came. This resulted in neglecting my little journal, losing my creativity in photographs, and slapping photos in just to say I did something. This stops today. I've sent tons of photos to to Walgreens to be printed, and I am going to dedicate time each day to add to my book and really put some effort into what I produce. Yay for me.

Here are some photos of what I've done so far...

Cover

Now for some inspiration:

Kelly Purkey from Its Me, KP

Donna from Just Scrap It

Erin Jang from The Indigo Bunting

I love this map idea..I wonder if I can do something in a journal..?I want to make my own simply calendar like this. So cute.

If I ever get married this is what my hair will do.
Or maybe this:

Miss Indie Gives Away an Instax!!

How awesome would it be if I had an instax camera??
Here are the things I would take pictures of:
Lizards
Grass
Toes
My grandparents
Foods
Zombies
Lava.

Enter to win at Miss Indie!!

Fisher Price of the Past

My all time favorite thing ever:

I stumbled on this Etsy, Toys of the Past, over at

Freckled Nest and I never realized how many Fischer Price

toys I had as a kid. I used to love this stuff!

Trip to the Dairy Farm :)

My friend Jennifer and I went on a day trip with her parents.
We went to Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana.
It was a blasty blast.
We sampled cheeses, ice cream, saw a cow birth,
and learned so much about cows and everything else.
These were some of the ladies who weren't pregnant or
milking at the time. They all looked surprisingly content.

And these are the calves that have been born recently.
Some who are male will be auctioned off to...
semenators haha. They'll be baby daddys.
And the females stay here and are raised with
the old pros to milk.

It was such a great trip and I am so glad I went.
Even if it was a three hour ride. Both ways.

Scrap Swap!!

Recently I participated in a swap at SewTara

and had the pleasure of being paired with
Anita from the lovely blog, Sew Vintage So Fun.
It was my first scrap swap and I had so much fun
doing it! I thought I'd share what I sent,
and what I got from Anita...
I sent these scraps, I took time to weigh them and everything
to make sure there was enough haha.
I also put a coffee cozie in there as a little extra piece of me.

And these came from Anita!
I was so excited when I opened this package
I could hardly stand it. I wish I'd sent a little more
extra stuff, but I will know for next time.

Then on top of everything else, she gave me this so cute little award!!And now here are seven little facts about myself to go along with it.
-I love cows. Like really love them. I recently went
to a dairy farm where I saw a baby cow born!
-My cat Wayne has a mustache.
I guess this isn't really about me but oh well.
-I have a tendency to start a lot of projects and finish few.
-Bees freak me out.
-I am watching The Office right now.
-I need to do laundry.
-I am addicted to Sims 3.
Haha. Ends...

Mungo Crafts at Dainty Squid!

Stop on over at The Dainty Squid and check
out the giveaway!

These are my favorites from MongoCrafts: