{Half a year}

Yet again I am amazed at the speed of time passing by. My little newborn baby boy isn't really a newborn anymore, he is a whole half a year old (can you have a whole half??!). The 6 month mark of course meant it was time for another photo shoot! Once again the prop spent more time in his mouth than where it was meant to be, but I got lots of pictures that I love. Here are a couple of my favourites.

{A sketch challenge - Nom Nom}

It's that time again - the April sketch is up at Sarah's Cards for your chance to win a £10 e-voucher. All you have to do is hop on over to the blog to get details of the sketch and then post a link to your page in the comments by May 2nd. 

Here is my page - I wanted to  document the fact that Benjamin loves to put everything in his mouth - it's one part of the 'Benjamin test' - is it chewable? (along with is it bashable?). I like the coordinated feel that using papers from one range gives on my pages, but I also like to mix things up a bit now & then! This page is a middle ground, because I used three different ranges from the same manufacturer - Echo Park 'Springtime', 'Little Boy' & 'Playground' - so the styles are similar and perfect for mixing & matching.

Still managing to stamp on every layout right now - this time 'you make me happy' from an American Crafts stamp set. I also love misting at the moment - this time I created a mask by cutting out a big circle from cardstock & placing it in the middle of my page with repositionable herma so I could remove it again easily, but it didn't move whilst misting!

{B}

I saw this idea on the American Crafts blog a little while ago & thought it would be perfect little project for Benjamin's room. I decided to go for monotone in green to match his nursey, and I now have intentions of making loads of these - it was so simple & I just love the finished result hanging on his wall.

PS. This is also an amazing stash-buster, I am now almost out of green buttons and brads!

{Going Overdue}

Still using up leftovers from my Metropolitan kit - I think I've got 2 more layouts to show you after this one, and then the kit is gone gone gone! This page is all about how I never really thought I'd go overdue, how much the time dragged and how I wish I'd enjoyed it a bit more (difficult with painful SPD, but I do miss being with bump!). Totally worth every second we waited though. 

I'm keeping up with my 'stamp on every layout' goal - this layout has two - one gorgeous border from MME, and one Cats LIfe Press sentiment. Yay, go me!

{New toy!}

On Monday I picked up this little gem - the Canon 50mm 1.4 lens, and I am absolutely loving it! 

Here are a couple of my favourite photos from the last few days. This is his new "lip-smacking" face, which is is constantly pulling right now! 

Also still a big fan of putting anything and everything in his mouth. These two fingers being the favourite - they have to get a suck between every mouthful of food too, which is proving to be quite messy!

{One Happy Saturday in June}

I'm on a mission at the moment to use up some stash - it's taking up too much room! I've been on a 'kit-killing' rampage lol, to make space for some of the lovely new CHA goodies I picked up at Sarah's retreat.

This page is made using Studio Calico 'Metropolitan', which is very almost gone now - I think that may be the first time I've used up a whole kit & it feels good. Just a few more bits to use up & then I can truely say that kit is killed! I added some Dear Lizzy fabric paper which I've been holding onto since last March (!!!) & I embellished it with perfect pearls. You can still get this paper in the shop and oh my it is lovely!

{Storytime with Daddy}

Benjamin really enjoys storytime before bed, and so me & Michael take it in turns tor ead to him. When it's not my turn, I sit downstairs and listen in on the baby monitor - I adore listening to his 'daddy' voice, and how he does all the characters and points out things in the pictures. I'm not sure Benjamin appreciates it all yet, but I love it!