My Instagram Gallery

Instagram is my favorite place to share everyday memories and inspiration. I hope you are following me there so you can connect with me.

I also understand that there are some people who just don't want to be on certain social media sites though so I thought it might be useful to have a place where you can see my 20 most recent Instagram images. Just bookmark this blog post and each time you check back, the image gallery should update as I share new pictures.

Here are my latest posts:

We are so excited to announce that our daughter Riley is engaged to be married! Ryan is an amazing guy who is just perfect for Riley. We all love him. Our hearts are full of gratitude and joy! ❤️

Spending a few quick days in Vegas with my son and hubby. We are here for a business related event, but we will also fit in some fun things as well. We flew in this afternoon and while the guys rested in our room, I went to the hotel restaurant and had a cheese plate. It was tasty and quite glorious to just sit there in peace all by myself. Sometimes a little solitude is just the thing. And cheese! 🧀🧀🧀

It's been awhile since I've been on a podcast but it turns out it is pretty much like riding a bike - easy to pick up again! Melissa Shanhun of Digital Scrapbooklng HQ invited me to be a guest on her Scrapbooking Inspiration Podcast and it was a lot of fun to visit with her! Head over to digitalscrapbookinghq.com to get the link to listen or look for it where you find podcasts.🎧 ⠀#thisisdigitalscrapbooking #digiscrap #digitalscrapbooking #scrapbooking #podcast #podcasts @digiscraphq

Anyone else out there feeling this? 😂 I’m a pretty average person in general and I’m OK with that. 😀

Well hello there spring blossoms. I’m so happy to see you! #nofilterneeded

It’s the last day of the month and for me that means roundup time! What's a roundup you ask? It's simply the act of answering some prompts each month and documenting them for your own records. That might mean a scrapbook layout, a journal entry, a blog post, or a social media post. It's an easy and doable way to get a snapshot of your life each month. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I've used my new Monthly Memories card collection to create a scrapbook layout with all the details of my March roundup. I also added in some cards from my Seeing Green collection to give it it a festive March feeling. 💚☘️💚 I typed up my journaling in the Over App (or you could easily use a program like Photoshop Elements) and then I put the page together in the Project Life App. Now my month is documented and this will be a great page for this year's photo book!
I've varied and refined the prompts a bit each year and I feel like I've really got them dialed in now. In fact, this is the most simplified list I've ever used but I feel like it gave me the best framework I've ever used.
These are the details I am filling in for each month:
Watching
Listening
Reading
Learning
Celebrating
Latest News
Everyday Life
Misc. Moments
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That's it! You can decide how detailed you want to be in your responses. If you use these categories as your guide, you will have a detailed record of what life was like in the year 2018. So cool!
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#monthlymemoryroundup #roundupyourmemories #documentyourmonth #documentyourlife #saveyourmemories #becreative #katiethecreativelady #pocketscrapbook #pocketscrapping #pocketscrapbooking #scrapbooksupplies #printables #scrapbooking #appscrapping #appscrappers #thisisdigitalscrapbooking #digitalscrapbook #digitalscrapbooking #digiscrapper #photoshopelements #memorykeeping #memorykeeper #memorykeepers #mobilememorykeeping #journalingprompts

You know what's funny about these photos? At the time they were first developed, I couldn't stand the ones that had me in them. I loved all the cute snapshots of my baby girl, but I felt terrible about how I looked.
How sad is it that when someone shows us a picture of ourselves that we have to judge ourselves and feel ugly or unlovable in some way. I never do that when I look at pictures of people I love. I don't pick apart photos of my husband or children. Why do I do that to myself?
I don't have an immediate cure for this problem, but I will tell you that if you put a picture away for 20 years and then pull it back out that you will feel incredibly different about whatever you thought your flaws were. Now I feel joy when I see myself as a young mother who is filled with love for her sweet daughter. I wouldn't trade that for anything. And I wish I could go back in time and tell myself that I look pretty darn good for someone who just had a baby, had a 3 year old (with yet undiagnosed autism), and who just moved to our first house a week before this picture was taken. I'd say I was doing great that I was all dressed up with my hair and makeup done!
My #memorymonday challenge for today is to pull out an older picture of yourself and find the beauty in it. Enjoy the memory and appreciate the moment in time it captures. Then practice doing this same thing with a more recent photo. Remember that you should love that person in the photo! ❤️ 📷❤️ More details and layout credits on my blog today. #appscrappers #appscrappers #projectlife #projectlifeapp #projectlifepages #katiethecreativelady #becreative #mobilememorykeeping @projectlifepages

I printed up some of the cards from my Seeing Green kit and I'm pleased with how well they turned out using my home printer (Canon MG7720). I love the color green so St. Patrick's Day is a fun one for me. Plus, my ancestry DNA says I"m 41% Irish and my first and middle names (Katie Colleen) are both Irish in origin. So I feel like it's legit for me to wish you all the luck of the Irish today! 💚🍀💚 #becreative #katiethecreativelady #pocketscirapbook #pocketscrapping #pocketscrapbooking #scrapbooksupplies #printables #scrapbooking #appscrapping #appscrappers #thisisdigitalscrapbooking #digitalscrapbook #digitalscrapbooking #digiscrapper #photoshopelements #memorykeeping #memorykeeper #memorykeepers #mobilememorykeeping #stpatricks #stpatricksday #irish #green

Wanted to take a nap but did a workout instead. I haven’t missed a day in March. Go me! 👍🏻 #exercisedaily #healthy

Scrapping about the #utahjazz while watching a game at home with my hubby. Perfect way to spend a Friday night. 💙💛💚 Images from the Utah Jazz Facebook page. I save them for each game we watch. Not all of them get put in our album, but I love to make a few pages each season. 🏀 #ProjectLifeCT #ProjectLife #ProjectLifeApp #mobilememorykeeping #thisisdigitalscrapbooking

Hello to a new month! I've given myself MARCH-ing orders this month and I set the lofty goal of working out every single day. I've never done that before and I'm kind of amazed at myself for even wanting to do such a challenge. The past Katie would have never dreamed of such a thing. I've learned to appreciate and even enjoy exercise over the last 18 months and it makes such a difference in my overall health and mental well-being. I've been stuck in the same place in my health journey for several months now and I feel like this is something that will make a difference. I've set up my planner calendar to be a place where I track my progress and I'm going to reward myself each day with a sticker. Yep, I will do just about anything for a sticker! 😊🏆
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#becreative #katiethecreativelady #bestyearyet #goalgetter2018 #thehappyplanner #meandmybigideas #iamahappyplanner #mambi #planahappylife #livecreative #planneraddicts #embracethediscs #plannercommunity #plannerlayouts #plannerinspiration #discbound #discboundplanner #plannergirl #journal #planning #onelittleword2018 #onelittleword #exercise #excercisedaily #healthy

Follow up to my last post and big shout out to Chari of @persnicketyprints + other awesome peeps who jumped right in with help and support! I’m up and running again! 😘 #redscreenofdeath is gone. I swear I had tried doing several hard restarts today but I must not have held the command+R long enough. Still wonder what caused the whole thing? I’m hoping it won’t happen again! Online friends rock! 😀

Well this can’t be good! I guess I’m going to have to head to the dreaded “genius” bar unless someone out there can tell me a trick to get rid of the MacBook #redscreenofdeath 😢 Google doesn’t have any good answers for me. All the tech is letting me down today! My beautiful MacBook Pro is only 10 months old but this is the second major meltdown. I was just feeling somewhat smug the other day on how well I’ve transitioned after decades of being a PC user. I’m sufficiently humbled. And bummed!

Wearing my favorite skirt today. The print has cameras, magnifying glasses, fingerprints, footprints, question marks, and keys on it. I like to think of it as my sleuthing memory keeper skirt because I'm always trying to dig up facts and clues to help me tell our stories. I have also recently developed a love for family history and that often feels like detective work. I ordered it from @modcloth and I wish all my clothes were this fun! 📷 🔍💙#detectivework #memorykeeper #familyhistory #modcloth

It's a cold and snowy day here so Alex and I decided to treat ourselves to some warm beverages. We pulled out our favorite mugs (mine is the Small World one and his is from the Rock Hall of Fame) and heated up some water in our Cuisinart Electric Kettle. Hot Cider for him, Mexican Hot Chocolate for me. Yum! ❄️⛄️💙#warmbeverage #muglove #snowday

A simple little package I sent to my daughter who is away at college. Every girl needs some mints and strawberry lipgloss for Valentine’s Day! 😘 I threw in the putty because she has always loved silly things like that. Hope you all have a fun and romantic day! ❤️

I've had this vision board project on my mind for the past few days and I decided to change it up a bit. My son liked all the pieces I was putting up and we decided this should go on a whiteboard in the office we share. I'm happy I moved it because now it lives in a sunny spot that we will see all the time. It's easy to change images out or even add more if I find any that inspire us. This project really isn't about my #onelittleword2018 (Ready) anymore, but #aliedwards says that's ok and I agree. 😊 And in reality, having a vision for what I want life to look like makes me more READY to make it happen. Yay! 💕 Swipe to see close ups of the quotes and also the books and magazines I used for sources. This was a wonderful project! #onelittlewordclass #onelittleword #visionboard #visionboards #quotes #quotestoliveby #flowmagazine #bellagrace #katiethecreativelady #becreative

I framed my XOXO printable (available for only 99 cents in my online blog shop) and set it next to a few little Valentine treat jars & a mug (all from Target). The jars are from the #targetdollarspot and the mug was on an end cap display. Such a simple way to add a sweet touch to our kitchen desk. Inexpensive and easy!
Swipe to the 2nd photo to see my kitchen desk setup. I don't do a lot of holiday decorating, but I do like to add a few colorful books and treat jars to our kitchen desk shelves each month. I usually pick them out based on color and/or theme. This is a built in desk. The shelf next to it is from Restoration Hardware (about 5 years ago) and it is stacked with my very favorite cookbooks. ❤️❤️❤️
#katiethecreativelady #becreative #valentinesday #valentineprintable #printable #printables #valentinecandy #valentinedisplay #shelfie

Words inspire me and I’ve been a having a wonderful time pulling out favorite quotes and thoughts for a vision board. It started as a project for #aliedwards #onelittleword2018 class, but now it’s morphed into something a little bigger. We have a big family whiteboard by our back door that I have now commandeered as an inspiration station. Images are from #bellagracemagazine and a few #flowmagazine books. I can’t wait to find more! ❤️ #onelittleword #visionboard #quotes #becreative #katiethecreativelady

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PhotographyKatie NelsonJanuary 10, 2018Comment