My Favorites of 2011...

I have to tell you this was HARD to choose 12... :)

I had to WORK hard with this color combo--really like how it came together...

 Really liked how the paper did the talking to accentuate the pictures (first time I popped a picture up with a pop dot)

So excited that I could use these fun photo booth shots of my girl and her friend...

 just love all the stitching and misting--came together...I remember thinking I wasn't sure...

 these pictures CRACK me up!  I basically scrapped them the day I took them...something I rarely do!

 LOVE how the misting worked on the wood pieces as they were masks:

 these pictures crack me up!  Looks like she is talking...

 really like the paper, I had been HOARDING it FOREVER--happy note they re released it!

 really like how clean this layout feels...

 what can I say?  I LOVE the boy who is the man I married...made this from scraps....

 don't remember having to many pictures of my dad and I...really like the misting mask technique and the flowers I made with post it note....

 I talked about this one yesterday, just love the colors...

some observations:
*I have EMBRACED misting!  I remember the first time I saw it.  I thought it was messy--I didn't think I would ever use it! :)
*thanks to a better camera I get BETTER pictures!
*I feel comfortable in my designing "skin" I was so worried about finding my style I wasn't having fun.  Now I just create and it's a blast!
*pinterest has changed my life!  I used to print off ideas, try and bookmark where I saw layouts.  LOVE it, all in one place for me to look at!
*I have become more comfortable scrapping single pictures, SERIOUSLY was a hard thing for me to do before!
*I love to work with quality products!
*I've become more comfortable scrapping pictures of myself.

I have some designing plans in my mind and written down for 2012, I will EMBRACE them and make the best of it!  Thanks for the visit and Happy New Year to you!