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Holiday Faves 2016 is here!

POSTED ON November 18, 2016 IN Announcements, Holiday Faves, Uncategorized

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…Holiday Faves 2016 is here!

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That’s right, my friend, Santa’s come early this year and he’s brought a gift for you!

As you may or may not know, Holiday Faves is my solution for creating a mess-free, stress-free holiday scrapbooking mini album.

No more worrying about capturing daily details or getting behind, the focus here is simply on capturing your top ten favorite things from the holiday season, using all the digital scrapbooking supplies you already know and love.

This year I’ve designed a completely new set of 6×8-inch templates and I’m so excited to get these into your hands to see what you do with them!

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This year will be my sixth time doing Holiday Faves and if there’s one thing I’ve learned about doing projects like this, it’s that they’re so much more fun with friends!

That’s why when you purchase Holiday Faves 2016, in addition to a brand-new set of mini album templates you’ll also receive access to the Holiday Faves 2016 Project Class which includes:

  • the Holiday Faves interactive planning guide with 7-page printable PDF
  • a resource library with tutorials and tips for creating and printing your album
  • weekly emails from me with words of encouragement and inspiration
  • access to a private Facebook group where you can connect and share your work with other Holiday Favers

It’s everything you need to keep you on track all season long.

The Holiday Faves 2016 6×8 Mini Album Project Class will run from Tuesday, November 22nd to Thursday, December 29th.

Registration is now open and will close Wednesday, November 30th.

Sign up by Tuesday, November 22nd to save 20% with Early Bird Pricing.

Holiday Faves is one of my absolute favorite projects of the year so I hope you’ll join me on this holiday scrapbooking adventure!

Sign up for Holiday Faves 2016 here.

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Holiday Faves 2015 is here!

POSTED ON November 28, 2015 IN Announcements, Holiday Faves

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…

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Holiday Faves 2015 is here!

That’s right, my friend, Santa has come early this year.

If you’re new to Holiday Faves, Holiday Faves is my solution for creating an easy, stress-free holiday mini album.

No more worrying about capturing daily details or getting behind, the focus here is simply on capturing your top ten favorite things from the holiday season, using all the digital scrapbooking supplies you already know and love.

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This year will be my fifth time doing the Holiday Faves and if there’s one thing I’ve learned about doing projects like this, it’s that they’re so much more fun when you do them with others! So when you purchase the Holiday Faves, in addition to a 6×8-inch set of mini album templates designed by me, you’ll also receive access to the Holiday Faves 2015 mini album class.

As part of the class, you’ll receive the Holiday Faves Planning Guide, weekly emails from me with words of encouragement and tips, and access to a private Facebook group where you can ask questions, share your work and get to know other Holiday Favers.

It’s everything you need to keep you on track all season long.

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In honor of Black Friday/Cyber Monday, you can sign up for Holiday Faves for just $29. No coupon code needed, discount will show in cart. Registration ends Monday, November 30th. Class begins Tuesday, December 1st.

Sign up for Holiday Faves 2015 here.

What’s New in Holiday Faves 2015

Earlier this week I received an email from a 2014 Holiday Faves student wanting to know more about what was new in in Holiday Faves 2015. So I thought today would be a good day to share a few more details, as well as share what I see as the true benefit of signing up for Holiday Faves (hint: it’s not the templates!)

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When you sign up for Holiday Faves, you’ll receive an exclusive set of 6×8-inch mini album templates designed by me. The core of the album is made up of the Foundation & Accent pages which this year includes 20 new designs plus 5 bonus designs from last year that I just couldn’t wait to use again. This year’s templates actually include designs than any other year because I just loved so many of them!

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When it comes to designing, I’m a firm believer in not reinventing the wheel just for the sake of reinventing the wheel. Which is why for 2015 I chose to use the same half text/half photo journaling page design I loved from last year, with a few new details – new corners, borders and numbers – to keep things fresh. I know that even with the same basic design, by adding new photos, stories and digital products to the templates, the end result will be totally different from last year.

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The Photo Collage templates are what I like to think of as the workhorse of the album – they’re there to make it quick and easy to add photos to your album. This year I’ve included two additional designs to give you even more options.

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Finally you’ll also receive the Holiday Faves Planning Guide which includes the same 7-page printable PDF as last year but with a whole new set of mini page templates for planning your album.

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To create your album, add your favorite digital scrapbooking products to the templates, then mix & match pages to creat your own custom Holiday Faves mini album. It couldn’t be any easier.

Here’s Why You Should Sign Up for Holiday Faves 2015

At the end of the day, could you take the templates from 2014 and create your own Holiday Faves album for this year? Absolutely!

But let’s face it, how many times have you told yourself you’ll complete a project on your own only to not actually do it?

This is why the true benefit of the Holiday Faves Mini Album class isn’t the templates at all.

It’s the accountability and camaraderie that comes from working with a group.

Not only are you more likely to complete a project when you tackle it with others but by putting skin into the game by signing up for a class, you’re that much more likely to actually finish what you start. The templates are simply a tool to make it happen.

This is why I no longer offer the Holiday Faves templates for sale on their own. Because the last thing I want to do is add to your pile of unfinished projects. I want to you to get to the end of December with a finished album you can cherish for years to come. If you join me in Holiday Faves, I promise we will make that happen, together.

The Holiday Faves 2015 Mini Album class will run from Tuesday, December 1st to Tuesday, December 29th. Register for $29 through Monday, November 30th.

Can you do it alone? Sure. But I promise you, it’s a whole lot more fun with friends.

Sign up for Holiday Faves 2015 here.

 

POSTED IN Announcements, Holiday Faves

The January Faves In Action

POSTED ON February 18, 2015 IN the Faves, The Faves Project

As I mentioned last week, the Faves are back which means The 2015 Monthly Faves Project is well underway here at NettioDesigns HQ. Let me tell you, the ladies who’ve joined me so far are ROCKIN’ the January Faves! Since I shared my Jan Faves layout last week, today I wanted to share some of their amazing layouts with you.

First up is Angie with this amazing rainbow themed take on the January Faves:

The Faves Project: January Faves by Angie | via NettioDesigns

Next is Mystie who’s a girl after my own heart with this woodgrain background:

The Faves Project: January Faves by Mystie | via NettioDesigns

And then there’s Jenn with these bright & colorful layout that caught my eye right away. I especially love how she clipped a paper to the “FAVES” title so it has an extra punch of pizazz to it.

The Faves Project: January Faves by Jenn | via NettioDesigns

And finally we have the neutral crew: I had to laugh when I saw all these layouts together because I’ve been on a total cream/neutral background kick with my layouts lately and I love to see that I’m not alone!

The Faves Project: January Faves | via NettioDesigns

What I think is so awesome about these layouts is that even though they’ve all used the same template, each layout feels unique to them and I love how the colors, patterns and embellishments they’ve each chosen fit their Faves.

Join Us in The Faves Project

The 2015 Monthly Faves Project is your creative roadmap for getting more of YOU in your scrapbook albums this year. Every month on the 25th, you’ll receive a brand-new exclusive Faves-themed digital scrapbooking template designed by me, as well as a monthly email with tips and access to a private Facebook group where you can get to know all those happy, smiling faces above.

Here’s a peek at the January Faves template you’ll receive when you sign up. The February template will be released on the 25th which means if you sign up now you’ll receive two templates in the same month. Bonus!

The 2015 Monthly Faves Project: January | NettioDesigns

What do you say, want to join us in The 2015 Monthly Faves Project? Sign up here.

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The Return of the Faves

POSTED ON February 10, 2015 IN the Faves, The Faves Project

2015 Monthly Faves Project | NettioDesigns

If you know me, you know that my Monthly Faves project has kind of become an odd-numbered year thing around here. And since this is 2015, you know what that means: the Monthly Faves are back!

This year instead of going it alone, I’m inviting you to join me as part of the 2015 Monthly Faves Project: a year-long digital scrapbooking workshop designed to help you get more of YOU in your albums.

When you sign up for the 2015 Monthly Faves Project, in addition to an exclusive digital scrapbooking Monthly Faves-themed template designed by me, you’ll also receive a monthly email from me with tips & inspiration and access to a private Facebook group where you can share your work and connect with me and other Faves Project scrapbookers.

Here’s why you should join me in The 2015 Monthly Faves Project:

  • Because a top ten list is one of the easiest forms of journaling you can do.
  • Because a list of your personal faves will say more about you than a travel/event/birthday layout ever will.
  • Because you don’t remember nearly as much stuff as you think you will. Seriously, I look back at the layouts and am constantly reminded in an “oh YEAH!” kind of way.
  • Because scrapbooking with friends is always more fun.
  • Because it’s an awesome way to make sure YOU are featured in your scrapbooks too.

Need some eye candy? Here’s a look at the first 2015 Monthly Faves Project template, the January Faves:

The 2015 Monthly Faves Project: January | NettioDesigns

And here’s a peek at my 2015 January Faves layout:

The 2015 Monthly Faves Project: January Faves | NettioDesigns

I can tell you I’m excited about the return of the Faves but really you should just picture me over here doing a happy dance to Pharrell’s Happy because that’s how excited to be doing this project once more.

Want to join me on this fave-tastic scrapbooking adventure? 

Sign up for the 2015 Monthly Faves Project here. 

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How The Faves Capture A Snapshot of Your Everyday Life

POSTED ON February 5, 2015 IN the Faves, The Faves Project

How the Faves Capture a Snapshot of Your Life | NettioDesigns

2015 will be my fourth time doing my Monthly Faves project, after doing it in 2009, 2011 & 2013. So what is it about this project that keeps me coming back for more?

Well, one of my favorite things about The Faves Project is how my faves layouts capture a snapshot of my life. So today I wanted to show you how they do exactly that.

To start, I give you exhibit A: my first ever monthly Faves layout from January 2009:

How the Faves Capture a Snapshot of Your Life | NettioDesigns

On my January Faves list at the time:

  1. Top Chef
  2. American Eagle Jeans
  3. Crafty/decor blogs
  4. Hybrid scrapping
  5. Lady Gaga CD (which I was actually listening to when I made the page)
  6. Quesadillas
  7. Phone calls from Adam
  8. Hitting the gym
  9. New episodes of Psych
  10. Driving my car

Now let’s fast forward to January 2011:

How the Faves Capture a Snapshot of Your Life | NettioDesigns

A couple of notables on my list: driving the Murano again (aka my car referenced in the first layout) and reading Young House Love, which I’m pretty sure was my newest crafty/decor blog obsession at the time.

Now let’s time hop again, this time to January 2013:

How the Faves Capture a Snapshot of Your Life | NettioDesigns

Well, look at that, Number 8 on my list is Meeting Young House Love. In the two years since I discovered their blog I went from new fan to actually meeting them at a book signing. How cool is that?

I’m not ready to share my January 2015 layout just yet but, spoiler alert, my Faves list includes Top Chef, which oh yes, appears on my very first January Faves layout from 2006.

Seeing these layouts – ten faves, two, four and eventually six years apart – reminds why I LOVE these Faves layouts so very much.

(And not just because my drop shadowing has clearly improved, haha.)

In the six years from when I scrapbooked that very first January Faves layout I’ve:

  • been through a year-long deployment
  • sold a car & bought another car
  • sold our first house
  • lived in three cities and two states
  • made three trips to Disneyworld, trips to Chicago, Hawaii, New Orleans, New York and Seattle and numerous trips to California
  • said goodbye to two grandmothers and hello to one adorable baby of my own

To say my life is different today from how it was in January 2009 would be an understatement.

And yet when I look at these layouts, I’m reminded again that, while my world around me may have changed , so much about me has remained the same.

Like my love for driving my Nissan Murano, home decor blogs and reality TV.

This is why I love the Faves.

If I were to ask you today what your top-ten favorite things were back in January 2009, would you be able to tell me?

Lord knows I wouldn’t be able to remember. But the beauty of these Faves layouts is I don’t have to.

Because my Faves? They are right there on these layouts capturing a mini snapshot of what my life is like right then and documenting all those little bits and pieces that would otherwise be forgotten. Those little bits that truly make up who we are.

And that right there, my friend, is what scrapbooking is all about.

The Faves express is on it’s way! On Monday February 9th, The Faves Project: 2015 Monthly Faves will be going live! Want to get it in the ground floor?

Get yourself on the exclusive Faves Project list.

You’ll be the first to hear when it opens and may even get a special bonus when you sign up.

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Why You (Yes You!) Should Scrap Your Very Own Faves Layout

POSTED ON February 3, 2015 IN the Faves, The Faves Project

Why Every Scrapbooker Should Scrap A Faves Layout | NettioDesigns

Let’s chat about your scrapbooking albums for a second. When you look at them, what do you see?

Your family? Your travels? Your everyday life?

Now take a closer look. If you had to take a guess, what percentage of your layouts would you say capture YOUR personal story? As in, how many pages are actually about you?

Me? I’d say 75%. But I’ve also had the luxury of being a child-free scrapbooker for the last eight and half years before my son was born last June.

Odds are if you’re like 99% of scrapbookers out there, your albums are full of adorable kid photos, family adventures and not a whole lot of you.

Why is that?

Well I have a couple of theories:

1) You think your story is boring.

As a new mom, I totally get it. When so much of your life is wrapped up in taking care of someone else, it can be tough to step back and think about yourself. We get caught up in the monotony of day-to-day life and assume that routine=boring.

But I’d argue that your life isn’t boring, it’s normal. And despite what you might think, normal doesn’t mean you don’t have a story worth sharing.

2) You don’t like having your photo taken.

Ah, the irony that is the scrapbooker who takes photos of everyone but themselves. What’s that they say about the cobbler having no shoes?

If you’re a camera-shy scrapbooker, know this: you aren’t alone. In fact, I’d say not being in photos is one of the most common reasons scrapbookers give for not scrapbooking themselves.

What you need is a reason to get yourself out from behind the camera. Because I promise you, it’s nowhere near as scary as you make it out to be in your head.

3) You don’t have time to scrapbook yourself.

Ah, time. In a world that glorifies busy as a badge of honor, taking time for yourself can feel like a luxury. Even with something like scrapbooking, you might feel pressure to focus on the stories of everyone else around you and let your own story fall by the wayside.

Any of these sound familiar?

This is why so many scrapbookers are convinced that telling their own personal story is hard. Because it feels like it’s going to take extra effort and time they don’t have for an end result they can’t picture.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Because when you have a plan in place that makes it easy for you to capture your story, scrapbooking yourself no longer feels hard.

Instead you know exactly what you’re going to say, look forward to getting in front of the camera and are free to focus on the creative side of scrapbooking because you already know the end result is going to be awesome.

This is why I believe every scrapbooker (including you!) should scrap a Faves page.

  • Because a top ten list is one of the easiest forms of journaling you can do. For real.
  • Because a list of your personal faves will say more about you than a travel/event/birthday layout ever will
  • Because it’s an awesome way to make sure YOU are featured in your scrapbooks too

It’s why I keep coming back to this project because I know the Faves make capturing a snapshot of my own life ridiculously easy. And who couldn’t use a bit more ease in their life?

Later this week, I’ll be opening doors to the 2015 edition of The Faves Project: the Monthly Faves. If you want to get more of YOU in your scrapbooking this year, sign up for the exclusive Faves Project list. You’ll be among the first to hear what’s in store and may even get a special bonus when the time comes.

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