Digital vs Traditional?

So the question has been posed....digital or traditional? I guess I go for the hybrid version! I have done the traditional type and it is great but it takes a TON of time. Planning the page, cutting the paper, finding the stickers, printing the pictures. Then you have the costs associated with each of those things. Recently I have been using the BEST SOFTWARE EVER MADE and I love the results.

 Here are a couple of samples...

This one I used some clip art....MMS (My Memories Suite) does a great job at letting you move and resize stuff really easily.  It also lets you bring in outside images so you can search the web for freebies and pop them in your software!  It does come pre-loadedwith a good selection of stuff as well! 

On this baseball picture I left some room and after they were printed I stuck the ticket stubs to the page!

 

I LOVE MMS and use it for EVERYTHING!  I write a newsletter, I have done some fun word art stuff, I use it to make photo cards for birthdays, shower invites, christmas....the list goes on and on!  I spent...wasted...a lot of time trying to figure out photoshop elements.  Now I don't doubt it is a great program.....it is just over my head!  MMS is an easy to use program that just makes sense!

Oh Snap!

Here are two of my new favorite things that I have recently made with my My Memories Suite V4....my favorite software!! (if you would like $10 off you can enter this code... STMMMS61583)

Pinterest makes me CRAZY

Truly...it does. If I look at pinterest before going to bed I am so excited and overwhelmed I can not sleep....isn't that insane? I think so. I have been crafting up a storm every since Bill left for Bahrain....it is my time to regroup and find my happy place! It works! Here is one of the projects I have finished lately... BEFORE Here is our no longer needed changing table....

AFTER Made into a drink cart or wrapping paper station

Surprise!

A great friend watched my son one day so my daughter and I could have mommy/daughter date. Well, I wanted to tell her how much I appreciated it so I gave her this little gift! Inside there was a little note and some headbands that I had made. But the coolest part was the packaging! So, I used a can, one from fruit because it was easier to get clean. Instead of popping the top yourself you use a can opener and open the bottom. So, after it is clean you put your little gift in there and use some hot glue on the bottom then decorate!! I also cut matching paper to cover up the glue a little on the bottom. SO CUTE and easy too!

Vinyl....it isn't out after all!!

I have had so much fun with vinyl lately. I did some Mother's Day gifts and then I finished a sign that I have been working on for awhile now. So, for the sign I bought the base for $6 at Garden Ridge...it had a SUPER ugly picture on it but I knew that I was going to paint over it. Then I used various cricut cartridges with Cricut craftroom, cut out the letters and palced them. I would have probably made the letters a bit bigger but I think it looks okay. Cricut craft room was a great because I was able to save a lot of vinyl. The buckets were purchased along with the chalk board garden markers in the dollar bin at Target and I added some photos to the outside, used a styrofoam ball and pinned ribbon to it for the inside. They were for my mom and sister for Mother's day! I did use vinyl to write on them since I hate my writing! The acrylic tumblers and candles were purchased on clearance at Gordmans for $3 each and I added the vinyl to them as well. Super fun gifts...I think! I hope they don't look as cheap as they were! FUN STUFF!! AND you are probably wondering where I found the SUPER fun colors of vinyl!! A sign store! I just went into a store that does vinyl signs and asked if I could buy some fun colors! They were $1/square foot! GREAT DEAL!!

Crafting to stay BUSY

Since Bill has been gone I have been crafting quite a bit....here are a few of the most recent projects.... So this started out as a junk store find...well I saw the idea on pinterest.