High school me and Nathalie

Tonight's post is brought to you by rum ans orange crush. I will not buy that rum again. This is an alcoholic soda mix that apparently can not just be any rum. Either that or I just do not like coconut. Or both; let's go with that. Those of us who have made it refer to it as a dreamsicle in liquid form. This one does have the creaminess, but it just doesn't go right. The best has been to find a vanilla rum, but that has been a pain in this area. We normally stick to Malibu coconut for closest, but not this time. I'm still getting over the gagging. Otherwise, it was normal Saturday homemade pizza night. The kids prefer them to delivery or store bought. I easily conply since everyone gets what they want and don't have to share or fight for pieces. My boyfriend agreed that we will continue this when I am living with him.
Hope everyone's Christmas was good. Mine was a laugh. I have a couple layouts about it planned, but here's the tl;dr. My dad went into the hospital, my grandfather did too and is now with my aunt and uncle, and I lost what little I had bought for the girls. I even talked to more family than ever and will leave it at that.
This layout has a reason beyond challenges for being made. My grandmother made me a photo book of my senior year that she gave to me as I was about to go to college. The book is falling apart and I have already lost a couple pictures. So, instead of buying a new book, I will be doing layouts. The fun part will be remembering the dates on a few. And this one is two different times; the start and end of my senior year showing Nathalie.

I used papers from two different paper pads. I did some tearing to give some texture as it was looking too pointy, even for me. I also put some foam behind the dog cutout. On it, I added a snowflake because she could act just like a snowflake at times. We swore this dog had both anxiety and ADHD. I wrote some journaling in green permanent marker and the date in purple. The title of Doggie was done with dollar tree letters that I am almost finished with! I also put on three sequins from my Christmas present to finish it off. 

Studio challenges

I used this sketch to build my layout. I moved some around because I wanted to hide part of the one pixture. Then I lost a couple pieces before gluing everything down. So, I adapted. Everything is a learning experience.

Challenge YOUrself

This challenge I am adding to because I am in it even though they are old pictures. The theme was snowflakes. I found it appropriate because it described Nathalie so well. Not only is there the snowflake on the dog cutout, but one of the papers was snowflakes. 

Some days I miss that airhead. Smart as all get out, but she had her snowflake moments. Chuckles. Well, back to the rum. Yes, I'm giving it the side eye.