Thankful

This is afantastic idea, The journalling is fab and i love that you used the handwriting, the placement is great. Great job!

July 04, 2007

This is a great idea, and a great layout!!! I would do this every year at Thanksgiving...make a new tradition. I think it does need a date, though...very nice!!!!!

June 28, 2007

This is great the way it is! Love the handwriting , the rounded corners, the title, the ribbons!

June 27, 2007

Melissa, I love this layout! I love the journaling and the rounded corners and the letter stickers! I would change nothing about this .. I love the ribbons and the stamping and the different handwritings. Priceless layout.

June 26, 2007

I can see why this is a fave of yours. This is such a cool idea and simple lo. Too bad I can't get my cat to write (I let her think she can scrap), but I digress. Okay, since you submitted this for scrutiny, I do have a few suggestions. Your block is the only one without embellies, and in keeping with the simple spirit, I don't think I few brads next to your name would hurt. Ben's ribbon looks like it could be moved down a little closer to his name, so that it doesn't interfere with your block. I'm not sure about THANKFUL's orientation, though I don't hate it. I just can't offer an improvement. Finally, I think the edges of each of those letter blocks inked in gold or copper might look nice and command more attention to the page. I dig the date in orange ideas, as well as a replication years down the round. I appreciate you sharing this one.

June 26, 2007

I love this, the rounded corners in this. The browns also creating a soft feel to the LO. Love the title and where it is put. This is such a great idea.

June 26, 2007

Wow, way to pull at my heartstrings, Missy! This is so beautiful, touching & CUTE - I love all the browns, the pp, design & sentiment. So excellent that everyone's handwriting is captured here. I want to second the suggestion of the addition of the date in the same orange as the "Give thanks" part - having the date would be wonderful from a historical standpoint, plus the splash of color would be a nice addition to all the pretty browns. Melissa's suggestion to do a replica of this LO years from now is excellent. What a lovely, moving page!

June 26, 2007

Perfectly simple! I really like monochromatic LO's... they soothe me.

June 26, 2007

This is such an adorable Idea! You tend not to think of LOs not having photos, but this is definately something to remember. My only suggestion here and I could just be missing it is the date... I would definately want to have a year at least so you can look back and remember when your kids thought this way and how their handwriting was. It might even be fun to do a replica in 10 years to see the changes.

June 26, 2007

This is beautiful, not only in presentation, but also the idea and sentiment behind it. <----What a run-on sentence! The idea that you actually captured everyone's handwriting, especially the boys' is priceless! My first inclination would be to add a splash of color, however since you were going for monochromatic, that would kind of defeat the purpose-huh? I like the colors like they are. The only thing that I would add is the year (possibly in the orange from the linen tag) vertically, under the "h" and "a" in thankful. I'd put them smaller and right on the paper strips. This is awesome and I plan on lifting it. :D