One of my favourite creative and calming hobbies is to grab a load of magazines, postcards, stickers and washi and make some colourful scrapbook pages. Last year, I shared my floral summery design with bright and positive adventure vibes and as well as my motivational fresh start New Year 2019 pages. This weekend, I was keen to get cutting and sticking for 2020 to see what is inspiring me at the moment.
The inspiration for these pages came from a routine visit to Paperchase, the stationery shop of dreams (best shop ever, right?). Whilst I was there, I picked up four postcards – You’re Super Duper, Be A Warrior Not A Worrier, Avocato and Bee Leaf In Yourself. Plus these adorable Squishy Pastel Pals Stickers.
I also popped into Flying Tiger and found this cute mini bunting for £1. This shop is heaven for those random craft/stationery bits’n’bobs which you didn’t even know you needed. Miniature shopping trolley? Go on then, why not. Although, this time I was good and resisted filling my basket with all the washi tape.
Once you have your selection of supplies and a couple of magazines, it’s time to get creative! Sometimes I just want to do something artsy without having to stress about the perfect outcome. Scrapbooking is ideal for this, as you can relax, chill out & enjoy the process and if it looks wrong, just stick something over it.
My scrapbooking top tip would be to start with bigger patterns, then layer on smaller clippings, postcards and text. If you are looking for pretty patterns, you can get paper packs such my fave Over The Rainbow Dovecraft pack from Hobbycraft. These are fab for all sorts of craft projects, as well as blogging photos.
The theme of these pages is anything cute, colourful and kawaii (the culture of cuteness in Japan). One of the magazine’s I found was a kids art magazine which was bursting with adorable kawaii illustrations that fitted perfectly into the design. I also had a copy of Planet Mindful known for it’s inspirational articles.
Rainbows, unicorns, milkshakes, happy clouds, avocados, cats, cupcakes… anything cute, colourful and cheerful made the cut. I love that you can use anything to decorate your pages. In the past, I have added affirmation cards, Polaroid photos, buttons, even a guitar plec. If it fits in with the theme, then go for it!
Other pages in my scrapbook:
Feb 2018 – fresh whites, pastels, flowers, tea, bikes and marshmallows.
May 2018 – bright pinks, plants and adventure.
August 2018 – colourful, creative and motivational vibes.
October 2018 – cosy, orange, hot chocs and Dr. Martens.
Jan 2019 – new year, fresh start, llamas and dinosaurs.
May 2019 – floral, summer, bright, positive and adventure.
Magazine scrapbooking is basically an old-fashioned Pinterest Board without the internet connection. All you need is a magazine or two, a pair of scissors and glue and the rest is up to you and your imagination. Have fun and be creative! Do you enjoy magazine scrapbooking? I’d love to hear from you!
Awh, this is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning, I feel positively uplifted after looking at so much brightness and cuteness! I’m not into scrapbooking myself but Flora used to be and I always enjoyed seeing what she came up with. You’re absolutely right, it’s an old fashioned Pinterest board (before we all became obsessed with using Pinterest to drive traffic to our blogs instead of just enjoying online scrapbooking…). Lovely post and inspo, Bexa, thank you! xxx
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Yay! That is such a lovely comment, thank you so much Lisa! I’m so happy that it brightened your Monday morning! 😀 That’s so true, it’s nice to do something for the fun of just being creative. I’m glad you enjoyed the post, lovely! <3 xxx
ugh! I need to do this! just put together scraps of art and collected stationary – it looks amazing!!
thanks for sharing 🙂
-Lena
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Thank you so much Lena! Wow, yes – a scrapbook with your artwork would look incredible! <3 xx
This is such a cute scrapbook! I love the little postcards you bought, the ‘avocato’ is my favourite. Paperchase is truly a great store.
I’m so happy you’re back with your bright and colourful creations. Your blog makes me feel happy and positive whenever I visit!
Nic x
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Nic! Hehe, yes I love the ‘avocato’ card too, Paperchase is awesome! Yay! That’s such a sweet thing to say, thank you, it’s great to be back again! <3 xx
I’m glad to see you’re back, Bexa! I missed seeing your colorful posts 🙂 I love the stickers. They’re all so cute.
I never know what to do with stickers/cards I get from subscription boxes/random things and for some reason never thought of making a scrapbook, but you inspired me to do that.
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Thank you so much for the sweet comment Meagan! It’s great to be back! Yay! That’s awesome you feel inspired, I usually keep all my random bits and pieces in a box until I feel inspired to get scrapbooking again! <3 xx
This is so cute! I impulse buy so much at flying tiger
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Thank you Ash! Flying Tiger is such a fun shop! <3 xx
This is so cool and amazing. Watched the pics with my daughter and she loves it all.
Thanks for sharing.
Love, Tea
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Thank you so much, Tea! Glad you enjoyed the post! <3 xx
OMG this is CUTE!! Love it!
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Thank you so much Allie! <3 xx
This is so cute! Scrapbooking sounds like such a great way to relax and get creative – your scrapbook looks fab 🙂 x
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Faye! That is so sweet of you <3 xx
I love that you do this. Real life Pinterest on a page!
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Thank you Rachael, it is so much fun! <3 xx
This post makes me want to start scrapbooking! Its much more my style than other styles I’ve seen.
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Aww, thank you so much Nikole! That is so lovely to hear! <3 xx
What a cute scrapbook! So much fun and colour xo
Makeup Muddle
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Thank you so much Gemma, so glad you like it! <3 xx
Oh what a fun hobby! This looks so cute! I love it!
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Thank you so much! <3 xx
Ah I love this! It’s nice to see something so colourful and happy. I love paperchase whenever I see one I just have to go and and look around at all the lovely stationary. I have definitely brought things from there I haven’t needed before!
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Aaliyah! Hehe, me too! Paperchase always has so many nice things that I don’t really need but it’s too pretty not to buy! Glad you enjoyed the post <3 xx
I absolutely adore scrapbooking and your page looks so good! I really love how well collaged everything is, it’s so colourful and pretty x
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Thank you so much for the kind comment Kayleigh, so happy you liked the post! <3 xx
Such a beautiful scrapbook. I love your photos because they are so colorfull.
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Thank you so much, that is so kind of you! <3 xx
I love this way of scrapbooking! It reminds me of when I was younger, I’d always cut out my favourite bits from magazines ❤️ scrapbooking for me now is photos of memories that I’ve made, and I’m actually going to print out more photos soon to add to mine! This is so refreshing though, and so cute. Makes me want Spring to come faster ☺️
Beka | http://www.bekadaisies.com
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Aww yes, I used to do exactly the same thing when I was younger with Top Of The Pops magazine and Smash Hits, haha! I love the sound of your scrapbook, such a lovely way to look back on special memories. Thanks for your sweet comment, Beka! <3 xx
Love this idea, and just like your blog I love how colourful it is. LOVE the squishy pal stickers and the Avocato sticker. Great to see you back blogging.
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Aww, thank you so much for the sweet comment Stacey, it is lovely to be back again! <3 xx
Love all the splashes of color – it screams fun, happiness and joy!! Great job!
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Thank you so much Lisa! <3 xx
This looks so cute, something I would fit my personality. I’m thinking of doing a scrapbook too! ♡
—Athena Christy
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Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy making your own! <3 xx
This is too cute! I love how you layered everything. It really makes the pages pop! I used to be into scrapbooking but I haven’t done it in so long. This is such an inspiration to start back!
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Aww, thank you so much Michelle! Yay! I’m so happy this has inspired you! <3 xx
I haven’t blogged in AGESS and ive not had chance to keep up with all my old fave blogs and honestly reading your posts have made me realisehow much i miss the blogging world!
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Aww, it’s so lovely to hear from you Ellie! That’s so kind! I’ve also been on a blogging break and only came back about two weeks ago. I definitely missed the blogging world a lot too. Thank you for the sweet comment, I’ve missed your posts and hope you are doing okay! <3 xx
I really want to start scrapbooking omg! This has super inspired me, it’s so cute and pretty x
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Thank you so much Sophie, so happy it has inspired you! <3 xx
Comparing scrap booking to a pintrest board really made me smile! This looks seriously cute – I have to get some mini-bunting!!
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Thank you so much for the sweet comment, yeess mini bunting is so cute! <3 xx
I haven’t tried magazine scrapbooking. I’ve done scrapbooking with photos of my son when he was little. Magazine scrapbooking is so creative and a great escape from the internet. I can’t wait to try this.
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Thank you so much Deb! It really is a lovely way to get creative and spend some time offline. Glad you enjoyed the post! <3 xx
This is very nice and creative. My little brother would love to try this when we I get back home. Get busy and stay creative, that’s the rule for this 🙂
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Thank you so much, hope you both have fun getting creative! <3 xx
Your scrapbook is absolutely adorable 😍
The Avocato is just the cutest 🐱🥑
Lovely cheerful post Bexa ❤️
xxx
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Thank you so much for the sweet comment Dorothy, avocato is brilliant isn’t it, glad you enjoyed! <3 xx
Okay, this has warmed my heart for a couple of reasons. Number one being that this looks insanely beautiful. How can anyone not feel happy looking at all of this bright and colourful creativity? And secondly, this is exactly what I think of when I think of classic Bexa content. Your scrapbooking posts have always been incredible and it’s sooo nice to see this as one of your first posts back x
Sophie
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Aww, thank you so much Sophie, that is such a sweet comment and definitely made me smile a lot! 😀 That’s such a lovely thing to say, it’s great to be back blogging again! <3 xx
I’d say that Pinterest boards are wannabe, good, old-fashioned magazine scrapbook pages 😉 I’ve begun scrapbooking more and more over the last couple of years, and I find it so enjoyable! Don’t know that I’ll ever be able to make pages as aesthetically pleasing as this, but I can certainly try hehe. These colours are so vibrant!! They definitely put me in a scrapbooking mood :’) xx
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Hehe, that’s so true – nothing beats a bit of old-fashioned magazine scrapbooking! 😀 That’s awesome that you do it as well, and yay glad it’s put you in the scrapbooking mood! Thanks for the sweet comment, Macey! <3 xx
This is SO AMAZINGLY CUTE OMG! I love all things colorful! And when it comes to expressing one’s self artistically, you can’t go wrong with bright colors and patterns. I’ve always thought of scrapbooking as something baby boomers do (my MIL is an expert). Her stuff is well crafted, but it feels…old. This is new and young and fresh! I had no idea scrapbooking could be like this. Thank you for sharing!
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Carolyn! I’m glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for the kind words too! <3 xx
Wow! Such colour! Fascinating to see your work and creativity.
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Martin! <3 xx
Wow this looks like so much fun! Such a creative idea and it really makes me want to get in to Scrap-booking! Thanks for sharing x
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Thank you so much Hannah, so happy it has inspired you to give it a try! <3 xx
Omg Bexa, that avocado is one of the cutest things I’ve seen!
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Aww, thanks Tanya! It’s so adorable isn’t it! <3 xx
These pages look so beautiful. Colour and vibrant. Like you, being creative is one of my therapeutic activities! I like to use postcards, washi and memories such as tickets etc. I would love to see a flip through of your scrapbook. Thank you for sharing your post xxx
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Thank you so much for the sweet comment, Lauren! I love the idea of using tickets too, such a great way to display special memories! I’m glad you enjoyed the post <3 xx
I really want to start scrapbooking and I’m doing it a little in my bullet journal by making pages about what I’m loving! I adore how bright your blog is and your scrapbook! Amazing as always, lovely! x
Daisy xoxo | TheDeeWhoLived
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment Daisy! Scrapbooking and bullet journaling go so well together, both have so much creative freedom! <3 xx
You make just the prettiest scrapbooks 😍 I really wish I had the time and the patience to do something like this because I bet it’s so relaxing and I bet you can get totally lost in it! xxx
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Jenny! It really is relaxing and time just disappears! <3 xxx
This is so lovely! Such a creative way to relax too!
Hannah | http://www.writtenbyhan.com
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Thank you so much Hannah! <3 xx
These are lovely, so bright and colourful but has real depth and texture to it as well.
I bet you had a lot of fun putting these layouts together.
Claire
http://www.ourfavouritejar.com
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Thank you so much Claire, it was a lot of fun to do! <3 xx
This truly is cute and colorful scrapbooking! For people who need a smile in their day, the vibrant colors here are very inspiring and positive.
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Jaya! <3 xx
This made me so happy to look at! The brightness, the color, the cute factor. It’s just a joy to look at! Those layouts are stunning too!
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Anna! <3 xx
Lovely post Bexa! I’ve not done any scrap booking since I was a teenager, but remember loving it. I often had scrap books for bands or actors I loved at the time. My sister even scrap “booked” her bedroom walls! Which my dad wasn’t too happy about when it came to remove them – she’d stuck them on with white tack which took the plaster off with it. Oops. I’d love to do something like this again. The book not the walls. 😅
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Haha, I love that your sister scrapbooked her bedroom walls, very arty and creative! 😀 Ooh yes, I also made scrapbooks of bands and actors when I was a teenager, I was forever cutting up copies of Top Of The Pops and Smash Hits magazine! Ahh, the nostalgia! Thank you for the lovely comment, Kim! <3 xx
This looks so cute! I love paperchase and these stickers are adorable! I’d love to get into scrapbooking, I’ve never done it before but it’s definitely something that interests me!
-Kyra
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Kyra! It’s really fun, I’d definitely recommend it! <3 xx
omg! This is so cute and fun. I’ve never done anything like this but might have to give it a go in March as it looks like a great way to be creative!
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Thank you so much Jess! Yay! That’s awesome you are going to give it a go! <3 xx
Oh my goodness all the cuteness!
So bright and cheerful!
I can’t wait until my daughter is old enough to start cutting and pasting and we can make cute little scrapbooks together. It’s gonna be such a fun activity to do with her. I already make photo scrapbooks of pictures of the kiddos as they’re growing up. But those scrapbook pages of yours look so fun!
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Tiffany! Aww yes, this would be such a fun activity to do with your daughter! Photo scrapbooks are a lovely way to store special memories too! <3 xx
Your scrapbooking posts always get me so inspired to get creative. With all of the online channels I try and keep up with I find myself moving further and further away from hands on creativity like scrapbooking and I totally need to make some time for it! I love these pages, they’re full of so much fun!
Soph – https://sophhearts.com x
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Soph! Yay! I am so happy this inspired you to get creative! I’m glad you enjoyed the post <3 xx
This is eye candy overload! I think it will encourage me to do scrap booking again with stuff like these.
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Yay! Thank you so much Mercy. I’m glad it has inspired you! <3 xx
Oh my gosh, these pages are gorgeous! I am very much in envy of your skills at putting these pages together. They really are stunning.
Also that mini bunting is the cutest, I know where I’m going when I’m next in town!
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Thank you so much for the sweet comment, Cora! I’m so glad you like the pages and yay! Flying Tiger have some really cute things! <3 xx
I have been so stressed lately and I can wait to start scrapbooking to let off some steam. This post made me so nostalgic my sister and I used to scrapbook together with stickers, magazine pics, newspaper clippings and whatnot. We called it ‘our dear sticker diary’ haha. Thanks for sharing this post!
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Aww, I love that you have fond memories of scrapbooking with your sister. It really is such a great way to be creative and feel calm too. Hope you feel better soon and enjoy the scrapbooking! <3 xx
They are adorable xoxo Cris
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Thank you! <3 xx
So cheerful and colourful – what great scarpbooking pages! this is something that would cheer you up when you make it, and any time you look at it afterwards! 🙂
Hope that you are having a great weekend 🙂
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Mica! Hope you have had a lovely weekend too! <3 xx
I am all about the things you get your hands on, Bexa!!! I am in love with your stickers!!!!! The arrangement of everything fits well together,. I like that there are different layers happening. I used to do scrapbooking and it was super therapeutic. I need to get back into it!
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
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Aww, thank you so much for the sweet comment Nancy! That’s so lovely of you. It really is such a therapeutic activity 🙂 hope you enjoy the creativity! <3 xx
Look cute 🙂
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Thank you Kinga! <3 xx
Ahhh how cute is this!! That mini bunting just ahhh haha!! I’ve never really attempted a ‘proper scrapbook’ – not even my mood board looks this well put together
Hayley || hayleyxmartin
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Thank you so much Hayley, I’m so glad you enjoyed the post. The mini bunting is so cute, isn’t it! <3 xx
This is such a fun idea – I never tried that before. I did a lot of oldfashioned scrapbooking as photo albums but never this. It looks like a creative relaxing hobby. I doubt mine would look as colorful and fun as yours – I just love your use of colors.
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Thank you so much Madi, it is such a relaxing therapeutic hobby, glad you enjoyed the post <3 xx
I always love how bright and colorful all your scrapbooking pages turn out! They are like a cheerful pop of motivation and positivity whenever you share them! Scrapbooking is such a great way to Express yourself, it’s like those art projects we had as kids where no one cared if it was perfect or everything lined up just so it was just fun and pretty and wonderful!
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment Kristin! That is so true, I love that scrapbooking doesn’t have to be perfect, it is just a fun way to get creative and express yourself. I’m glad you enjoyed the post! <3 xx
Oh my goodness so much pink and colour! Love them all! Thank you for sharing! Emma x
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Thank you so much Emma! <3 xx
AHHH so colourful! I love it! I need to start getting back into scrapbooking and I’ll definitely be taking inspiration from this 🙂
Sarah x
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Thank you so much Sarah, so happy you are feeling inspired by this post! <3 xx
I absolutely love scrapbooking! It is so creative!
Love, Amie ❤
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Thank you Amie, it is such a fun thing to do! <3 xx
Colorful and cute is an understatement! Look at those pages! I love them. What a great way to combine several items into one colorful end product. I remember doing some scrapbooking when I was younger but haven’t done it in a while, maybe I will give this a try as a fun way to spend an afternoon.
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Thank you so much for the kind comment, Sarah! It is such a great way to spend an afternoon, hope you have fun if you give it a try! <3 xx
This just made my night, Bexa! I love how colorful and uplifting your pages are. Definitely made me smile 🙂
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Thank you so much Eena, so happy that the post made you smile! <3 xx
I love taking magazines, postcards, photos and stickers and making a collage like this too! It’s such a fun and relaxing activity to do! Your page looks so cute and colorful! I loved reading this! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Thank you so much for the kind comment Melissa! I’m glad you enjoyed the post and awesome that you enjoy making collages too! <3 xx
The cutest scrapbooking I’ve ever seen!
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Thank you so much Lindsay! <3 xx
Oh my goodness this makes me want to get back into scrapbooking! The only crafting I do these days is my daily planning with stickers and washi. Speaking of which, have you ever heard of Wonton in a Million? They have some of the CUTEST stickers on the planet! 🙂
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Oh my, I’ve just checked out Wonton in a Million and it’s all so adorable! Will definitely be bookmarking that for the future! Thank you for the lovely comment, Samantha! <3 xx
These are beautiful! I love all the vibrant colours, and your suggestion of sticking something over the top of anything you aren’t happy with. I’ve been saving endless scrap book inspiration to me Pinterest, but never actually put one together, it sounds really therapeutic!
Em x
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Thank you so much for the lovely comment, Em! It is such an enjoyable thing to do, hope you have fun if you give it a go! <3 xx
This is really cute! I’ve got myself a wedding planner and can’t wait to do a similar thing by sticking loadsa things in and hopefully making a colourful vibrant theme! x
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Thank you Hannah! That sounds awesome, such a fun way to plan a wedding! <3 xx
I like magazines scrapbooking because it keeps my creative juices flowing and it’s very liberating to the mind. Sometimes you want to break free from feeling like things have to be in order and just let go. So yours looks so perfect! ❤️❤️❤️ You’re right, it is like old school version of pinterest or even the partial concept of a vision board 😁👏🏾
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Thank you so much Natonya! You are so kind 🙂 It’s such a great way to relax and be creative <3 xx
Omg I love the AVOCATO but I loveit all! It’s like being a kid again.. so you so much colourful post very eye catching. Love it💚
Catariina — http://beautyofcafe205.blogspot.com
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Thank you so much! Glad you like the post! <3 xx
Okay I think I need to scrapbooking now <3
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Yay! That’s awesome to hear! Have fun! <3 xx