Eleven in '11

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!! I hope you all have a safe night. We are headed just around the corner to celebrate with our friends & neighbors (so thankful for our wonderful neighborhood).

We had a great Christmas, but it did go by way too quickly! And speaking of that, where has this year gone?! 2012?!?!? REALLY?!

I wanted to do a quick post showing 11 of my favorite layouts from this year. It also happens that the "4x6 Photo Love" class at 2Peas was using 11 photos this month! I'll share that with you first:

It's a two-page layout with 3 4x6 photos on page 1 & 4 on the second page. These pictures are from our road trip to Fl & SC in 2009.

This is a 6x12 page in the middle of the layout with 2 4x6 photos on each side. I have not done my journaling yet, but will do it here.

I have really enjoyed following along with Shimelle's class. It's lots of fun to see how she incorporates all the photos onto a layout!

And here are my favorite layouts from this past year.

1. "Together"- I loved this paper & all the bits & bobs!

2. "Every Tuesday"- I loved playing with paint on this one. I also love this pic of Ty heading to pre-school!

3. "A Quiet Moment"- I love this photo & think the way that the layout came together reflects it's serenity.

4. "Our Pumpkin Princess"-this one was just plain fun to make!!

5. "Handsome"- I liked stamping the dots on using paint & adding all the embellishments here.

6. "Brand New"- I fell in love with the polkadot pp from CP when I first saw it! And I love that almost 5 years later, I have scrapped Ty's birth announcement!

7. "Sugar and Spice"- I love the colors here & it was fun to ink the doilies!

8. "Looking Back to the Beginning"- This picture is very special to me. I also loved playing around & adding things here & there.

9. "A Good Dog"- I fell in love with this paper from Sassafrass! Luke was a great dog & he is still very much missed!

10. "Princess"-sorry this is sideways-I don't know how to turn it!! These beautiful pictures were taken by a dear friend of mine who moved years ago & is still missed daily!

11. "Off to a Great Start"- this one was fun to create! I love all the little pieces & paint here!

And that's it for now. I need to get ready to go to our party!!

Happy New Year friends! Cheers to a wonderful 2012!!!!!