It’s the last day of May and that means it’s a great time to take a few minutes and document what life has been like in your world for the past few weeks. Roundups are my most useful memory keeping tool and I love this simple habit!

I’ve always been into online shopping, but the pandemic made me rely even more heavily on the internet to find what I needed (and didn’t need). I’m betting a lot of you out there can relate! Sometimes I just like to browse through some of my past purchases in my online accounts and see what I’ve found. I thought it might be fun to share some of my favorites here as well. It turns out that all of these purchases are kitchen-related. I’ve definitely spent more time in the kitchen over the last year than I have in a long time!

I used to do quite a bit of sewing many years ago. I took my first sewing class at the age of 12 and made a wrap-around skirt for my first project. I remember being so proud of it when I wore it to church. I took sewing in both junior high and high school and always enjoyed it. My favorite part about sewing was looking through the pattern books. I always had big dreams when I perused those books.

I know it’s only been a few days since my last tutorial, but I’ve been wanting to get on a schedule where I publish a new tutorial when I release a brand new collection. I finally got there! This is one I get a lot of questions about - how to choose photos and supplies for scrapbook layouts. You can start with the photos or with the supplies - or use a combination approach. There are so many options and I want to help you keep them as easy as possible. Watch how I put together 5 different layouts and gain more confidence in your ability to create your very own pages.

Isn’t yellow a fun color? I love it and I’m so excited to introduce Mellow Yellows - my newest Color Stories collection! This was an absolute delight to work on and I have already made several layouts with this collection. I’ll be sharing those soon. For now, let’s take a looksie at all the goodies! You can shop right from this post, or head over to the shop if you prefer.

This is a bit of a polarizing topic among scrapbookers (both paper and digital) but this video should help you figure out your own feelings on digital shadows. I share why you should use shadows (and when you don’t need to) and also how to use a simple basic digital shadow. I even teach you how to copy my own shadow style to use on your own projects. I hope you enjoy watching!

I love learning new tricks and I’m really excited to share this little story tutorial that my daughter Riley helped create. It’s all about how to create your own phone wallpaper using Canva.

It’s a great time to share some of the funny stuff I’ve been saving over the past month or two. I keep a folder to file these types of “important” images to and it’s getting pretty full. Let’s share some giggles, shall we?

I finished my April Roundup page over the weekend and I’m glad to have these details recorded for our memory books. Sometimes it’s really tough to document the difficult news, but there were also bright spots as well and I want to remember both sides of the equation. As a household, we are now all fully vaccinated and it sure feels good!