Two Page Layout - "Maid of the Mist"

Hope you've had a relaxing weekend. Mine has been very unproductive, due to recovering from the stomach flu.  I must be getting old. It's taking me awhile to bounce back, and I'm so impatient. Hopefully I'll feel stronger tomorrow and be able to get back to work.

I love Niagara Falls. Have you ever been? My husband and I went September of 2011. The Maid of the Mist is an amazing boat ride that takes you up close and personal with the falls where you can experience their beauty and power with all of your senses. Even with the raincoat, we were drenched, but it's so worth it to hear the roar and see the water churning. These pictures of us were snapped prior to the boat ride (pre-drenching).

 The patterned paper is Pink Paislee's Indigo Bleu, including the journaling tag. This is a pretty simple picture grid. I had so many great pictures, and it was brutal to keep this to one two-page layout.

 

 

 I hand-cut the banner and wrapped scrapper's twine between two brads for a nautical feel. The bits of scraps, tags, and die cut key near the title came in a package of odds-and-ends purchased at JoAnn's. The title is from Cricut's Jubilee cartridge.

The design allowed for seven 4x6 pictures in addition to two wallets.

I look back at these pictures and realize how far I've come with my weight loss journey. I'm still on this journey of losing weight and getting healthy, but seeing this picture of myself back then is such a great reminder that I don't want to go back that direction.

Two double Layouts from Niagara Falls - "Breakfast with a View" and "Spoiled"

Two years ago my husband and I stopped at Niagara Falls on our way out to New York for a work trip. We hadn't been in years! I completed these layouts awhile ago, but they caught my eye today as I was going through my layouts trying to decide what to post.

If you've never been to Niagara Falls, I would highly recommend it. Our buffet breakfast was included with our room package. The breakfast was fabulous, but the view was truly amazing.

Thepaper is from Cloud 9 Design. Don't you love the shot of the waitress flipping out the fresh table cloth? We definitely caught her in the act. My hubby probably took the photo, because he's better at catching the action.

 The flower accents were a combination of stickers and some cut by hand from one of the paper designs in the stack. Some of the layers are popped out with dimensionals. The font is Cricut's "Lyrical Letters".

Here are some pictures of our spacious hotel room. I've never stayed in a room like this before. Quite impressive for the deal we got! Some people truly love camping, but I much prefer a beautiful hotel room. =) The burlap ribbon under the title adds a lot of texture to the page. The flowers are Prima with some brads from my stash. I cut the black swirls with my Cricut. The addition of black seemed to help pull it all together for me.

The patterned paper is Pink Paislee "Indigo Bleu" and the stripe from Cloud 9 Design. The wall of folding windows in the bathroom opened up to the bedroom area. We really wished we had more time to enjoy the room, but it was just our first stop on a long agenda.

 The journaling block was cut with Cricut's Art Philosophy cartridge and then stamped with the matching Close to My Heart frame.

 Here's a close-up shot of the burlap, flowers, and title work.

 

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a lovely week!