we're going to disneyland!

No - we didn't just win the Super Bowl, but I'm shouting it out like I'm Eli Manning!!

You might have noticed my new little vacation ticker in the sidebar! I'm soooo excited to tell you that in just 2 and a half weeks we are scooping up our little babe, and driving her back to Disneyland for her 2nd visit to the Mouse. We're reviewing the tape - looking for ways we can improve our Disneyland-with-a-baby game plan, perfecting our moves and remembering the awesome plays that earned us a touchdown last time (ok enough football puns! sorry). Anyway - we are TOTALLY ready to give it another go and make it even MORE magical.

AHHHHH I'm so excited!

guesting at the lily pad!

This is such an exciting post. For the first time EVER I've been asked to guest at another shop!! And it's one that I've admired and aspired to be more like forever. THE LILY PAD!!

Yes, the-lilypad.com (TLP) asked me to join their ranks for the month of February and my debut there is so much fun. Each month they do a "Build-Your-Own-Collab" (aka the BYOC). Basically they give the designers a color scheme and the rest is up to us!! The outcome is oodles of GREAT products that can all coordinate with each other, so you can pick and choose how to build your collab!! It's AWESOME! AND all the BYOC stuff is 20% off now through Sunday, February 5th.



Here are my BYOC products available exlusively at The Lily Pad now!

"Classroom Cupid: Embellishments"



"Classroom Cupid: Papers"



"Scripted Romance"



Doesn't my packaging look cute with the little Lily Pad on it?! I have to admit it looks pretty sweet.

Here's the page I scrapped with my new stuff.



Yeah - I'm pretty obsessed with Instagram these days. If you're Instagram too, come follow me - designerbrittney. (I can't really even take credit for it though. It's a total scraplift of this page by Brandi.)

And from the Britt Girls:



Fun stuff, huh? I was so happy when I saw all the different kinds of photos that this kits will work for.

Alrighty! On to today's Show Off Slideshow . . .

This week all the Show Offs are getting a 2nd Chance Gift - aka a choice 1 of 4 past gifts! Watch your email inboxes for your choices, ladies.

If you'd like to know more about Show Offs, read this post. The next Show Offs will be Feb. 17! I look forward to seeing everyone's work.

I hope you all enjoy my guest month at The Lily Pad. I can already tell you the people there are incredible. So much talent and inspiration. Plus, everyone is beyond friendly and welcoming!!

Have fun shopping the BYOC! ta ta!

weekly scarlett update

Today Scarlett is 45 weeks old. Can you believe it?! Only 7 weeks until she's 1. Holy crap. Everyone tells you that time just flies by and they grow up so fast, and man are they right.

Anyway - I'm still going strong with her weekly photo project. I can't wait to make glossy, beautiful coffee table books for the grandparents and for us too. I had a request to show some of the process we go through to get her photos each week and to see some of the outtakes.

Since its winter, the light isn't the best. So lately, my photos have had noise & some motion blur. But oh well!! I just do my best and that's all I can do.

This morning Scarlett was not in a happy mood. She was a total roller coaster. She was tired and grouchy one minute. (I'm leaving all of these uncropped so you can see the process)



And happy and crazy the next minute!



If I'm lucky (like today), Josh still hasn't left for work yet, so he can help me get her to look up, not roll away, and get a good picture. Today, the method was holding up our Ariel Animator's doll. This seemed to keep her attention.



I was so excited to finally get to use this snowy fabric. We haven't had any snow this season!! I couldn't believe it was the end of January and we are just now seeing any snow!

She's getting so big now I have to stand up on a chair!



I really wanted her to show us one of her tricks, like clapping or peek-a-boo or 'so big'. But she was no cooperating whatsoever. So, we just gotta go with what she wants to do.



And here's the final picture with the photoshopped number. I FINALLY got her a new white onesie this week. She's 10 months old and I was still squeezing her into her same 0-3 month one! Can you believe it?! We had stretched it out to the max.



Some weeks its really easy and I can get the shot I want in a few snaps (well, let's be honest, I've never taken less than 20). But most weeks its a longer process. And then some weeks it's a struggle and I end up frustrated as does Scarlett. One of the hardest weeks, I was on my own (no Josh to help) and had to take over 160 frames to get a good one. But we try to make it a happy, fun project and not get too stressed out about it.

(You can see all Scarlett's weekly photos on my Flickr stream.)

Has anyone out there started a weekly, monthly baby photo project? I'd love to see!

speed scrap on friday!

I'm hosting a Speed Scrap this coming Friday (Jan. 27) at 3:00 MST. (That's 5:00pm EST/4:00pm CST/3:00pm MST/2:00pm PST/10:00pm GMT.)



It's part of the MouseScrappers.com Speed Scrap Marathon. It's lots of fun! We'll be chatting in the MouseScrapper Chat Room, and the 7 instructions will be posted in the Speed Scrap Forum. After the first hour is over and all the instructions have been given you'll then have 4 hours to complete your page!! Get it done on time and you get this prize . . .


(yes, it coordinates with my "Animal Kingdom" kit.)

The Speed Scrap Marathon is really great. I'm so happy I get to host one of the scraps. There are even goodie bags for those who complete the half-marathon (at least 8 of the scheduled scraps) and an even bigger/better goodie bag for those who can complete the FULL marathon. Find out more about goodie bags and the marathon here.

So - mark those calendars and I'll see you on Friday!! Yay.

i've been workin' on the railroad

. . . all the live-long day! Trains! Trains! Trains! I think its so funny how we've all probably got a train photo or two (or twenty) in our stash. We all seem to love a good train ride. Or maybe you have a train collector, or builder, or just a huge Thomas fan in your household.

Whatever the locomotive occasion, I've got a brand new kit that will help you scrap it out.

"Workin' On The Railroad"



and a bonus alpha too . . .

"Workin' On The Railroad Bonus Alpha"



And, I do have a little add-on freebie for ya at the end of this post too!!

I, as you may have guessed, have LOTS of Disneyland Railroad pictures to scrap. So I started with Scarlett's first ride . . .




And here are some awesome layouts from the Britt Girls!



Isn't this kit fun?! I tried to make it as versatile as possible. So you could scrap anything from baby photos, to school photos, to Thomas the Tank Engine mania!! :) Hope you all enjoy it.

It's time, once again, to enjoy the Show Offs. So here we go!

Each of this week's Show Offs will get my new Workin' On The Railroad Bonus Alpha as their gift.

Interested in Showing Off!? Learn all about how it works HERE. Our next slideshow/gift will be on February 3rd.

And last, but not least, here's that add-on freebie I promised ya.



{DOWNLOAD HERE}

Have a fantastic weekend, full of scrappin' fun. TOOT TOOT!!!!