Two Recent Layouts

First, a serious layout. My husband's grandmother, Nana Shirley, passed away two weeks ago, just one week shy of her 90th birthday. Our entire extended family had planned to fly to Los Angeles to celebrate her birthday over the President's Day weekend and we all went to LA anyway. Shirley's two daughters, two sons-in-law, four grandchildren, four grandchildren-in-law, and six great-grandchildren gathered to share memories and spend time with one another. We celebrated Shirley with a grand feast, dining on everyone's favorite Shirley recipes: tuna salad, pot roast, cole slaw, noodle kugel, and her oh-so-famous rugelach (filled cookies that look like little croissants). The adults spent one evening sharing our favorite memories of Shirley and after returning home I created a layout about my favorite Shirley memory:

(All patterned papers and letter stickers are October Afternoon; the fabric-covered chipboard dress form and buttons are American Crafts.)

Next, a much lighter layout, with journaling written by Eli:

(October Afternoon patterned paper and die cuts - I had been perplexed as to what to do with the nightlight lightbulb die cut until Eli received this present! The letter stickers are American Crafts foam Thickers.)