Up with round 12! I'm glad I decided not to work on this yesterday... it was feeling too much like some chore on a to-do list and I just didn't want to do it. Tonight, it came together really quickly and I kept it simple so I'm glad I held out.
Busy week! Here's the full layout:
On the left, documenting the fact that I finally read The Hunger Games (although now I need to see the movie!) and on Wednesday I walked to Gourmandise with some girls at work and we had a really good lunch... I may have picked up some macarons at the bakery counter that I'm still hoarding.
Thursday, a few terrible photos from Melody's birthday celebration at The Cheesecake Factory. I didn't know we were going when I went to work, so I didn't have my camera. Oh well! It was fun and the food was great.
I used a template from Tiffany Tillman's This Week template collection (#3) for both pages - I modified it for the right side. The background paper is from Gennifer Bursett's School Spirit - Grey kit. The alphabet is the Gidget Rubon alpha set and everything else is from Gen's Sweet Child of Mine - Girl collection.
On the right, my healthy in 2012 update, decorating for Easter, and going to the Scrapbook USA Expo on Saturday. I got some sweet deals... despite the size of my haul, I stayed under budget and even had enough left to buy that sweet fedora with the cute little flower (it's a clip that comes off if I want.)
My haul:
Here's the hat - picture it with good hair, an outfit that it actually goes with, and me not looking like I'm going to keel over from being too tired. lol.
It's going to be a great Spring / Summer hat.
And I tried a new recipe this week that I just loved. It's Cosmic Cashew Kale with Confetti Quinoa (there's a tongue twister for you!)
A few things I changed... I used sweet baby bell peppers because I had them from my Bountiful Basket. I used more than it called for, and also replaced the onion with peppers in addition to the peppers in the recipe. I used chicken broth / bouillon instead of veggie, and I doubled the cashew sauce. After I cooked the kale mixture, I dumped the quinoa into it, mixed it all together, and used all of the sauce. It was amazing. And even with the extra sauce, only 8 points plus on Weight Watchers. This one is a keeper! And have I mentioned how much I love kale? And quinoa? And together... yum.
I love how you make all the colors and patterns work together so perfectly! Such a cute layout!
Posted by: EK White | March 27, 2012 at 12:48 PM