I have been on a real creative bender lately with my digital designing. I’ve had so many ideas that it has been hard for me to keep up with my brain! I’m finding that I can get lost in photoshop for hours. It’s been a lot of fun, but I’ve noticed that I’ve had very little creative energy left for other projects like blogging. It’s reminded me that while there is no end to creativity, there are limits on creative time and energy.

Weather is such a big part of our lives. The weather often dictates what type of activities we can participate in and the setting for so many events. One of the things I'm most excited about with my Monthly Memories designs is how easy it is to add themed pieces that coordinate with the entire collection.

I’ve been working hard on several upcoming projects, so that means that I’ve fallen a bit behind in my blogging. I feel like I need a couple of catch-up days. Does anyone out there remember my old “catch-up” posts where I also included an image of a ketchup bottle? Let’s do one of those to get back on track!

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that humor is one of my love languages. I need regular giggles in my life! Do you know what’s great? My son-in-law is the same way. He also collects these types of silly snippets and memes and we often exchange them with each other over text. I love that!

Another roundup completed, and I love the month-in-review approach more than ever! If you aren’t familiar with my monthly roundups, be sure to check out this post. There is even a video tutorial included! I had a lot of stories to tell from January, so my pages have a lot of journaling on them. Those are my favorite kind of layouts because I love including so many details that I know we will all be grateful for when we look at these pages in the future.

I’ve been reading your feedback (thank you!) and working to make the monthly roundup even better and I’m really excited with how everything has turned out! This is my 17th (SEVENTEEN!) year of doing monthly roundups. I started this routine in January of 2006 and it’s my most useful tool for meaningful and easy memory keeping.

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m really working on adding more designs and tools to help myself and others document monthly memories. These also are great for daily, weekly, or any type of scrapbooking. I’m excited to share them with you! I also have a brand new free download for you so be sure to check out the entire post.

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When the new year hit, I knew that one of the projects I really wanted to tackle was to make my habit of doing a monthly roundup even better. I wanted to provide the best designs and memory keeping tools to help others embrace this really accessible way to document their lives.

Do you ever have a big idea that keeps going and going? That’s what my design brain has been doing lately - just pumping out the ideas! I’m working on a bigger (and yet more simple) approach to my monthly roundups and suddenly, a brand new collection came to life. So fun!