While everyone around the world is in different stages of Covid lockdown, there are many people who are starting to travel again thanks to vaccinations and great medical advances. Even in the best of cases, long-distance travel isn’t always feasible or even affordable. Those are some of the reasons why exploring your own hometown can be a great option. I think it’s also important to be familiar with your own surroundings and appreciate your location. I find that I feel happier about where I live when I take the time to enjoy what there is around me!

It’s the last day of June and the year is halfway over now. Crazy, right? The end of the month means it’s a great time to do a recap of what has happened during that time before you forget. Don’t think you will forget? Trust me, you will! Take a few minutes and use these prompts to help you document your memories.

No matter what type of memory keeper you are, it’s important to understand basic layout design to present your photos and memories in a way that will really make them shine. I have studied page design and scrapbook layouts for decades now and now I use this knowledge when I’m designing templates and supplies. Now I’m sharing my favorite tips with you in this brand new tutorial!

Orange you glad there’s a new Color Stories collection in the shop today? I love new release days because it’s so much fun to be able to finally share what I’ve been pouring my heart and soul into for the past few weeks. I’m excited about the possibilities for this new Original Orange collection and I hope you are too. Let’s take a look at all the goodies!

I’m excited to tell you all about my favorite typewriter fonts today. My previous posts on the best basic & free journaling fonts and the best legible and free script fonts have been very popular and I definitely want to continue on this series. I see so many posts out there recommending hard-to-read fonts. I’ve made thousands of scrapbook pages over the years (both paper and digital), taught scrapbooking classes, written for instructive scrapbooking sites, and been a digital designer. I’ve looked at A LOT of text and fonts over the years and have put a great deal of thought and study into my own font choices. It’s tempting to just download all the amazing fonts out there, especially when they are free. If you love fonts, go ahead and download to your heart’s content, but be sure to do some research and figure out which ones look the best. Focus on readability above all else. It will make a huge difference in your projects!

I just love organizing, especially when it comes to crafting supplies. I always feel more creative when I can easily access the tools I need for my crafting. I have noticed several of these nursery organizers lately as I’ve bought shower gifts for expectant mothers and I thought they would make great craft organizers. I was really excited when one of the owners of Mollie Ollie asked me if I would be interested in sharing my ideas for a post. Definitely! I decided I wanted to put together a center for all of my coloring and notebooking projects. I love using notebooks for bullet journals, keeping track of ideas, planning, and sketch work. I also have collected a lot of different pens, pencils, crayons and markers and got tired of trying to round them all up whenever I wanted to work with them. Turns out that this organizer was just the perfect solution!

If you want to order your own, I would encourage you to use this link + the discount code of 10ktcreative to save 10% off your purchase. Offer expires June 27th.

I finished my May roundup and I’m happy to share the finished layout with you. I hope it helps you to see how I document our everyday life in a monthly format. Some scrappers prefer a daily or weekly spread and that’s great too. For me, the monthly approach has really been perfect!

I have a brand new video tutorial for you today and I’m excited to hear what you think of it. I put a lot of work into my tutorials because I want them to be really useful and inspiring. This one is all about how to make your journaling look it’s very best. I hope you enjoy it!

I have another brand new collection in my Color Stories series. This time it’s Ruby Reds! Red can be a tricky color to design with, but I had so much fun with all of these shades of red. I know I’m going to use this collection a lot and I’m already hard at work on a new video tutorial to show you some fun and useful tips.

Don’t forget that you get extra savings if you buy the BIG BUNDLE!