paper: Scrapbooking our Disney trip (& a 24 hour offer on online classes) | pretty paper. true stories. {and scrapbooking classes with cupcakes.}

lovely to meet you Twitter Facebook Pinterest YouTube

Take a Scrapbooking Class

online scrapbooking classes

Shop Shimelle Products

scrapbook.com simon says stamp shimelle scrapbooking products @ amazon.com shimelle scrapbooking products @ amazon.co.uk

Reading Material

travel

Scrapbooking our Disney trip (& a 24 hour offer on online classes)

disney scrapbook page by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com

Of all the years I’ve been attending the winter trade show in Anaheim, I’ve basically ignored Disneyland until last year. This is somewhat ridiculous, as it is literally across the street from the trade show, but for whatever reason it just never crossed my mind to book extra time in California to take in some Disney fun. Until last year, when some local friends convinced me to wobble around the park pregnant before I caught my plane, and then this year, now known as ‘let’s take the baby to Disneyland’ day.

For the months ahead, I kept having this conversation with people that I’m sure he would be too young to truly appreciate the park and would get just as much joy from the Downtown Disney shopping area (which requires no ticket, of course!) and truthfully, he loved Downtown Disney and Downtown Disney loved him. He flirted with strangers and they talked to him and staff at the biggest Disney Store I’ve ever walked through gave him tiny souvenirs to keep. There were no real life characters but there were many fountains, a giant fish tank, and an animated chalkboard in Starbucks of all places. He loved it.

He loved it so much we decided to go ahead and go to the park after all. Aside from one significant error on my part, he loved Disneyland and I take back everything I ever said about how he wouldn’t be able to appreciate it. I’m now convinced that those creative people behind Disneyland have really thought about the experience for all ages.

disney scrapbook page by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com

Now I have a stack of heart-warming photos from our day and a mind of memories I want written down before he gets much older and they grow fuzzy around the edges. I honestly didn’t take enough photos for an entire album, so plan on splitting these between a good number of 12×12 pages in my chronological album for 2015 and some further photos (including some duplicates) in his Project Life baby book documenting his first year. That was an easy decision. What was not an easy decision was supplies, and I think that is because there have been so many gorgeous product collections and beautiful pages made with that traditional red, black, white, and gold colour scheme that is now synonymous with Mickey and Disney. When I look at the actual photos we have taken, I just don’t see those colours. I see the blue of the sky, the warmth in skin tones, quite a bit of greenery – really it is only our photo with Mickey Mouse that alludes to those traditional Disney colours. So decision made: I’m not going with one set colour scheme. I am simply happier crafting when I choose the colours based on the photos and story I’m telling on any particular page and I think if I tried to stick to that colour scheme here I would find myself blocked and then not get the pages done.

If I can imagine it would make me stop scrapping those photos before I even get started, that is a big sign of which direction not to go!

disney scrapbook page by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com

I’m also finding as I start working on these photos in particular that I have a new appreciation for that conundrum of what to write on each page. I’ve not really struggled there for years, but I find now some photos really do evoke something that is just such a simple and wholesome feeling that it is difficult to find words that feel right! I think maybe that is why the ‘we had fun at the park’ became the big journaling example years ago – because when you look at the photo and remember a smiling child on the swings, you can be filled with enough emotion that in the end, you don’t know what to say other than something obvious and simple. Plus most of us get a little self-conscious with anything that seems too gushing. But really, what else can you say about something so random as how a baby gets the never-ending giggles at a fountain to the point you’re nearly in tears other than calling it a whole new level of happiness?

(I’m going to come back to this topic soon. It’s been something on my mind as I work through these pages and I did eventually start to turn a corner and get to something that is not just gushing but is also not ‘we had fun at the park’.)

disney scrapbook page by shimelle laine @ shimelle.com

Instead of using licensed Disney embellishments or creating Mickey shapes on my own or anything, I’m just going with the type of supplies I tend to collect, which includes plenty of travel themed items and I haven’t done so much traveling in the past two years! No reason not to pile it on to the travel pages I do assemble then. Much of this comes from the Crate Paper Open Road collection but there are also some Heidi Swapp enamel words and stars, BasicGrey and October Afternoon labels, Studio Calico map stars, BasicGrey map paper, and vellum strips by Ormolu. The woodgrain paper is an old favourite from American Crafts Campy Trails. The title letters are a small sticker set by Pebbles, blue Amy Tangerine Thickers, and map print chipboard letters by October Afternoon. Definitely a mix of new and old supplies.

I’ve filmed a few Disney pages too, so look for more non-red-and-black Disneyland scrapbooking here this week!



This offer has now closed and registrations are being processed. Thanks so much!

Getting back to work has meant lots of different things starting at once: making pages, filming and editing videos, and composing blog posts like you see here, but also some things you don’t see here, like boring accounting jobs, tedious software updating, and exciting creative work on new classes! Let’s skip to that last point and I have three things to share with you on the class front:
1. New classes are in the works and will be available here very soon.
2. Hitchhiker’s Guide to Scrapbooking and Glitter Girl’s Scrapbooking Survival Guide (workshops I taught at Two Peas in a Bucket) will be up and running here even sooner. I think this will be next week, to give an estimate. I am also working on transferring content from my older Two Peas workshops, but those newer titles are my first priority. I will be emailing students through the list I was given, but I will also post here so if you miss the email you’ll be able to get in touch. (And those classes will then be available here to anyone who still wants to purchase them.)
3. Right now for just 24 hours, you can take your pick of the existing class line up for just $10. Choose from The Perfect Collection, Return to the Collection, Scrapbook Remix, Pretty Paper Party, Blogging for Scrapbookers, Beyond Blogging for Scrapbookers, Cover to Cover, Learn Something New Every Day, Journal your Christmas, Something from Almost Nothing, True Stories, and Love your Pictures, Love your Pages. Each of those links will take you to the class info page, but do not use the sign up buttons on those pages if you want to take the $10 offer! To take up the discounted price, click the button above on this page, which will take you through for a $10 payment, and includes a box to name the class you want to take. Presto! By default, your class registration will be emailed to the address on your payment. If you want materials sent to a different email address, please add it in the comment box with the name of the class.

Other details on this offer:
*Valid 10am GMT Monday 23 March 2015 to 10am GMT Tuesday 24 March 2015 only.
*There is no limit on how many classes you can purchase with this offer, but you will need to click and pay separately for each class.
*There is no refund for purchases made at the full class price today. Please use the button above on this page to get the offer!
*Purchases for this 24 hour period do not include the standard £1 donation to Plan UK that is normally included in the class price. (Happy to be working on some Plan projects very soon though!)
*You can purchase from anywhere in the world, and the US dollars will be converted to your own currency. For current market rates to any currency, please see xe.com.
*I aim to process class registrations within 24 hours. If you have not received your welcome email by that time, please check that it hasn’t gone to your spam folder, then email me so we can find out what’s gone wrong. You can also email me on that link for any questions that I haven’t answered here.

Thanks so much for your support and I hope you have a wonderful and creative week ahead!

23 March 2015



Related Posts with Thumbnails

33 Comments for Scrapbooking our Disney trip (& a 24 hour offer on online classes)

  1. Dawn Cheshire Says:

    Another fab page, so glad to have you back. Determined to get back to scrapping when I finish working on my many assignments for the degree I’m doing

  2. furrypig Says:

    fantastic offer for all your fabulous classes. I think I have already got all the ones listed but not inspired by is that included?? Thanks

  3. Merrick D Says:

    I’m a big dorky Disney scrapping maniac. I spend two days in the parks and churn out a ridiculous number of pages. But they make me happy. And that’s the point of having a hobby, right? I very rarely use “disney themed” products or color schemes.

  4. Michelle Wedertz Says:

    So HAPPY to hear that there are new classes in the workS!

  5. Laura Says:

    We went to Disney in 2013 and I haven’t yet scrapped it, but I, too, have decided not to use the red, white, black, golden yellow color scheme either. It’s too restrictive, doesn’t match the photos, and I think I’d get bored of it.

  6. Marina Says:

    Hi Shimelle! Glad you’re back to blogging regularly. I missed your cheery colorful posts. =) a question on the blogging classes. Is the material still relevant since the first class ran 6 years ago and the second 4 years ago. Hoping to add some ideas to my list as I’ve just started a blog. www.mindfulmemorykeeping.com Thanks so much! =)

  7. Meredith Says:

    Such an awesome offer—thank you!! I grabbed two classes :) I’m so glad you’re back to blogging (although I’m also glad you were able to take time away for Wonder Boy!). Looking forward to seeing new classes and more inspiration!

  8. joseline Says:

    I purchased through the offer but… didn’t see where to put the name of the class eeekkk!!! I got too excited!! I wanted journal your Christmas.. how can i fix this?(if that’s a possibility)

  9. Chloé Murray Says:

    Absolutely love these pages, beautiful :)

  10. SandraA Says:

    What a great layout. So much happiness is captured.

    I bought “Love Your Pictures, Love Your Pages”. Thanks for the great deal. I am looking forward to new classes.

  11. Tammie Says:

    I’m still scrapping photos from years ago!!! While not working with a particular color scheme, I have a small & large Mickey punch that I use to add/hide on each layout – continuity I learned from a certain awesome teacher!

  12. Mikki Says:

    I wanted to purchase Pretty Paper Party but missed putting the name in the box, how do I go about specifying?

  13. Karen B Says:

    Thanks for the great offer on your classes. Great to see you back scrapbooking & blogging.

  14. Andrea Says:

    I completely understand what you mean when you say it can be tough to find the right words when you look at those precious photos of your kiddo. I have felt like that often when I pull out a picture of my daughter that just makes me Feel so full-but it’s a feeling that is difficult to articulate without sounding silly sometimes. Love this page!

  15. Jo-Lee Says:

    I was just looking through your website recently in search of some of your old classes. Glad to see you are able to offer them again!**

  16. Tina Says:

    Thanks Shimelle! I may have just bought one…or five of your classes. What can I say, I miss the weekly GG episodes. :) Plus, if I don’t start using all of the paper I picked up at the AC Warehouse Sale, I might just have to start using it to paper the walls of my house.

    My husband I just recently got back from Disneyland as well, and I can’t wait to start scrapping our memories. Right now, I’m still going through all of the pictures and trying to get them organized. As for the scrapping I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to go all digital or do pocket style hybrid pages. To tell you the truth I did a pocket style book of our 5 Day WDW trip from December 2013 and I loved every minute I worked on it; however, by the time it was completed it filled 2 full scrapbooks for that one trip. And that makes me a little bit afraid of going the same route for this recent DL trip and the upcoming 2 trips we have planned for this year.

    On our WDW book, I used both the traditional Disney colors (Simple Stories Say Cheese Line made a huge showing in that book, as well as several of the Project Mouse digital products), but I also mixed it up with several Project Life core kits, and tons of other papers and embellishments from my stash. I just kind of went with what looked good for the page I was working on at the time. To tie the pages together across the book(s) I had all of the photos printed with borders. To give a little variation, I used a different style and/or colored border for each day of our trip. I think that it helped tie the album(s) together pretty nicely.

    Happy Scrapping! Glad you are back from maternity leave.

  17. Crystal Says:

    Love this layout, I don’t have any Disney pictures to scrapbook, but have the same troubles with some other day trip places we visit each year. Thanks for the inspiration.

  18. Beth Says:

    Just an FYI, but many of your subscribers probably missed the $10 class offer. This post didn’t hit my inbox until 2:10AM on the 24th US Eastern time. I didn’t see it until 6:00AM and the offer had already expired.

    Love the Disney post – you’ve got to head to Disney World in Florida for the complete experience someday!

  19. Gab Says:

    Such a great page!
    I’m sad that I missed out on the $10 offer – I only got the email at 2.10pm my time (HK) and by the time I’m writing now at 8pm the offer has expired : (

  20. stampartiste Says:

    I also am sorry that I missed out. I just received the e-mail at 1:10 am today (U.S. Central Standard Time) and opened it at ~8:30 am my time. I was just coming online to sign up for 3 of the classes I don’t already have.

  21. Sad me Says:

    Like those above, the email came out at 2:10 a.m. ….not even 8 hours ago! I’m glad to see you offering classes again though!

  22. Margie Visnick Says:

    Sorry I missed out on this too…really a great deal, and happy to see you have more in the works!

  23. scrapalots Says:

    Totally bummed I missed this! Another 24 hours for those who just heard about this wonderful deal???

  24. Lauren Elliott Says:

    I too didn’t get your email until 2:10 am (US time) this morning, I am bummed that I missed it. But am thrilled to have you back and developing new classes.

  25. Erica Hettwer Says:

    So, I was so excited about classes that it took me three readings to process your blog post. LOL! I have a hard time not just writing “we had fun at the park” but for a whole different reason. I almost lost my son and so simple things like “we had fun in the park” have such poignancy to me that it’s easier to leave it at that and not reference his accident on every page. I’m looking forward to your thoughts on this topic.

  26. lori Says:

    Yup! just finished reading your post and decided what classes to purchased and then realized your offer is already closed. Another person who got your email at 2:10 am this morning, not quite a 24 hours…oh well!

  27. Nancy Jo Says:

    Shimelle I was so happy to see your journaling comments here and I am excited to hear what you came up with. There are so many pictures that are just adorable or just make me happy to look at them but they dont really have a story to them. And of course there are VERY many of them because when the kids were little we tried to take a lot of shots hoping to get ONE good one. Then they all ended up being wonderful! Looking forward as always to your blog posts and videos and classes. Thanks Shimelle!

  28. Kimberly Kett Says:

    LOVE your use of pattern paper!!

  29. Paula Says:

    Hi Shimelle. It’s so nice to see you back and making gorgeous pages. Honestly, I haven’t felt like scrapping for ages, as you were my main source of inspiration. That and a little detour into cardmaking. I’m feeling inspired again, and with Easter holidays coming up, I’m going to sort out some kits for myself and get scrapping! I do so enjoy your work. Great page above as always. I love how you are scrapping your baby boy.

  30. iPhone 6 Cases 2015 Says:

    The countdown to the launch of the Apple Watch is ticking down, and we’ve taken a look back at the big Apple stories from the past week. Read on to find out what the Cupertino giant was up to over Easter.

  31. HP Printer Support Says:

    HP Printer Technical Support is a dedicated team only for Hp Printer Customer who seek technical support for their Hp printer.

  32. mapquest directions Says:

    The album about the trip you shared is very good. I am quite impressed with your trip.

  33. vex 3 Says:

    The article you share here is awesome. I really like and appreciate your work. I read your article deeply, the points you mentioned in this article are very helpful thanks for sharing.

Have Your Say






A name and email address are required for commenting. Textile can be used in comments. There are Textile formatting buttons and a help link above the comment area. Please play nicely and hold hands when crossing the street.

You must click to preview your comment first. Be sure it appears as you wish, then click the submit button.
Spammers please just go away.


Textile helpTextile Help