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:

I’ve got a TON going on in my life right now, but I’m enjoying a few days away in the Heber Valley. So happy to find some time to get lost in a good book!

I had one of the busiest months of my life so I will be making several more pages to document everything that happened in June. I love having a recap page for each month & it really helps me feel like I've captured what our life was like at this particular moment in time. I love looking back through past months and I'm super grateful for the things that I'm recording because of my simple Monthly Memories and calendar cards. I mixed these with some cute summer cards from #inacreativebubble and kept it easy with the #projectlifeapp - hooray for that! 👍🏻
Just a few of our June memories include: lots of wedding planning for Riley (48 more days!), a big 50th birthday party bash for Jeff, family visits, and quite a bit of gardening. Alex and I finished off our six month service mission doing family history work at the Riverton family history library. Its been an amazing experience and I'm so proud of his willing and meaningful service. ❤️
Now my roundup is done (see my blog for details) and I'm all geared up for July and ready to take on the rest of summer! #monthlymemoryroundup #roundupyourmemories #documentyourmonth #documentyourlife #saveyourmemories #becreative #katiethecreativelady #pocketscrapbook #pocketscrapping #pocketscrapbooking #scrapbooksupplies #printables #scrapbooking #appscrapping #appscrappers #digitalscrapbook #digitalscrapbooking #digiscrapper #memorykeeping #memorykeeper #memorykeepers #mobilememorykeeping #journalingprompts #appscrappers #appscrappers #projectlife #projectlifeapp #projectlifepages

Dinner with friends tonight at Alamexo in downtown Salt Lake. I often snap photos like this when I go somewhere because it helps me remember the experience. I love documenting the little details.
#documenttheeveryday #documentlife #guacamoleislife 🥑

I’m not one of those moms who makes breakfast. Not even on the weekends, unless we have guests. Even then, it’s more of a I’m just going to set the food out for you kind of thing. 😁 So when I saw this sign at Harmon’s grocery store, I just had to get it! #bedandbreakfast #makeyourownfood

How is it the end of the month already?! May just flew by and it was a busy and fun month for our family. I used my Monthly Memories card collection to create a scrapbook layout with all the details of my May roundup. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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 on a scrapbook layout, in a journal, a blog post, or as a social media post. It's an easy and doable way to get a snapshot of your life each month. Swipe to see an image of the prompts. 📷❤️😎
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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

Evening walk with my guys. I love shadow photos. We look like we are on stilts. ☀️ #shadows #shadowphotography ☀️

I have 5 big garden boxes and I spent the afternoon weeding them and starting the first batch of planting. It takes me about 2 weeks to get everything planted for the summer. Today I added 1 tomato plant, 2 zucchini plants (different varieties), and 4 different herbs (cilantro, sweet basil, bam basil, and Italian oregano). I love that several of my herbs planted from past years keep coming back so I already have nice bunches of curly parsley, Italian parsley, sage, purple sage, rosemary, greek oregano, and lemon balm. Swipe through the photos to see the herbs that came back on their own. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I have to remind myself to not get too overwhelmed at this stage of the season. It doesn't have to all be planted today and part of the joy is putting it all together over time. It's a creative process for sure!
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#garden #gardenbox #gardening #ktovesgardens

I’m getting my Apple Watch fixed and I’m trying to be patient with the anarchy of the Genius Bar. I love this everything about Apple products except this. Really, it’s just ridiculous. I’m convinced that half the people here just hang out all day to try and look cool. And I had to make an appointment for the privilege of this experience. Who ever thought this would be a good way to do business? 🤨#applestore #geniusbar

Whew! Riley and I had a big day of wedding planning today and we even found THE dress! We’ve got a big portion of the first reception worked out, but still need to get going on the second one. That’s what happens when the bride and groom are from different places. ❤️❤️ Lots of fun stuff ahead for us!
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If anyone has advice for weddings, receptions, invitations, registries, etc. I would appreciate any of it! 😘 The wedding is 103 days away. 🤪#weddingplanning ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I used my Monthly Memories card collection to create a scrapbook layout with all the details of my April roundup. I was happy to use my new 5 line version of the Monthly Memories List cards since I didn't have as much to report in some areas.
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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 on a scrapbook layout, in a journal, a blog post, or as a social media post. It's an easy and doable way to get a snapshot of your life each month. Swipe to see an image of the prompts. 📷❤️😎⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #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

Alex and I went on a quick walk this evening and I just had to photograph the blossoms on this tree. They are so bright and vibrant and look different than the ones I usually see. No idea what type of tree this is. Sure is pretty though!
#ilovespring #blossoms #springtime

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

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PhotographyKatie NelsonJanuary 10, 2018Comment