I looked and looked for a great pink to use on the Heidi Swapp Color Magic Paper that would match the banner from Rory's Birthday Party. I had already sketched a layout in my notebook...

And I had tried a couple other options for the background, then I found the perfect marker at Micheals, yay!! Here is the background with the banner attached...just waiting for pictures and embellishments.

So, let's be honest, this layout has been sitting around my scrapbook table for months. Almost a year. Today I was able to pick it up with a couple pictures and add embellishments, some of which I have had for a long time. This is one of my favorite parts of scrapbooking- finding the perfect "thing" and using it to record a memory. Whether that "thing" is paper or sticker, new or old, the important part is that a story is being told. In this case it is my daughter's story told to her by her mommy.
