Easy Scrapbooking: Race Day Page

I love scrapbooking! I enjoy looking back through all my scrapbooks and remembering all the fun times and people I have chosen to include. But I think scrapbooking is intimidating to a lot of people. First you have to sort through all your photos, figure out which ones to have printed and then have all the right supplies. Once you get all those things sorted out, scrapbooking can be very easy and relaxing. I have a simple approach when it comes to immortalizing my memories. I do not include a lot of embellishments; I like my pages to focus on the photos.

The first page I would like to share with you is a race day page. It's probably one of my more modest layouts. I love the patterned paper on this page. It's a colorful chevron print. I used the same paper for the running man and title. I do not even remember where I bought it. I love Hobby Lobby and Michael's, but I like local scrapbook stores even better. There was an amazing one in Dayton, but I only discovered it right before we moved. I haven't found one near me in California.

To make both the running man and title, I used my Silhouette. I love, love, love it! Even though I've had it for many years now, I am still figuring it out. I finally learned how to take any image found on Google and make it into a Silhouette shape. This is saving me a lot of money because I am not limited to the shapes in the Silhouette Design Store that cost about $1 each. Thank goodness for Pinterest!

Folsom breakout!

This past weekend was spent in Folsom for the Folsom Blues Breakout half marathon. Of course, I did not run a mile of that. But Charles woke up at the crack of dawn and finished well...as I watched.

While in Folsom, you have to at least drive by Folsom prison. I did not realize until a few days before this mini trip that Folsom prison was still used as a prison. I thought the fact that it was a tourist attraction meant it was no longer in use. They have a teeny, tiny prison museum and you can take your picture in front of the iconic gate...which we did.

We also used our time in Folsom to do some shopping. Every weeknight I pick out my outfit for the next day. For the past weeks, I have been staring at my clothes and feeling completely uninspired. I needed some fresh items to mix it up a bit. Charles indulged my desire and I came away with some pretty cute items.

Not the best crossing the finish line picture I've taken, but I did what I could

The medal has a bottle opener on it...very fancy!

A perfect OH weekend!

Charles and I spent this past weekend in Ohio! Ohio is not normally a place that you would think would make a great weekend getaway, but you would be wrong.

The main purpose of the trip was for Charles to run in the Air Force Half Marathon. He did very well, I might add.

The second purpose was to meet the bro-in-law's girlfriend. All went well on that front.

It was so nice to get away from the overwhelming heat here in California. Dayton had amazing weather--sunny, breezy and perfect temperatures. It made me really miss living there. We also got to catch up with friends and former co-workers. I loved seeing all of them. Maybe one day we'll end up back in good ol' Dayton, Ohio.

Eating pretend ice cream at the Willis'

Yellow Springs has a fantastic field of sunflowers every fall!

Here he comes--2nd on his team!

Half Marathon finishers

 

Run Rocklin

This past weekend I participated in a 5k while Charles ran a half marathon. It was a gorgeous day and a perfect race day. I ran by myself so I listened to the Imagine Dragons playlist on Pandora. I am not sure of my official time; my chip did not work for some reason. I think I finished in about 45-46 minutes. I was a little disappointed because this run felt better than past runs. But the only thing that matters is that I did it!

Charles set a new personal record in his half marathon. He also came in 1st in his age category and fourth overall. He's so speedy!

Race Bib Display

Now that Charles is an avid runner, he has amassed quite a few race bibs. I knew he needed a way to display them. I first visited Etsy because I was thinking about just buying one. I found several that I kind of liked, but I could not find the perfect one. I often get an idea in my head and cannot find exactly what I am imagining. Then I decided that I could just make one! It was pretty easy.

What you will need:
- piece of wood. Mine was purchased from Hobby Lobby and measures 12x24. I'm not sure how thick it is, but you'll probably want one thicker.
- chalk paint
- wooden letters
- paint for the wooden letters
- wood glue
- hooks
- hanging accessory

Paint your board with several layers of chalkboard paint.

Paint your wooden letters. I chose the word RUN. If you browse the bib displays on Etsy you can get some other word ideas. Instead of wood letters you could use vinyl or hand paint your word(s).

Glue the letters to your dried chalkboard.

Figure out the spacing for the bibs. Most of Charles' bibs matched. The ones that had wider or narrower holes were re-punched so I would not have to use multiple pairs of hooks.

Screw the hooks into the board. My board was a little thin so we could not screw them all the way in. It worked out fine, but if you are particular you will want to purchase a thicker piece of wood.

Attach the hanging accessory to the back. I picked the kind that looks like a saw. I have no idea the official terminology for those.

I used chalkboard paint so Charles can record his fastest times for each kind of race. We have not bought any chalk yet, so mine is simulated in the picture above.

He received the ribbon display as a gift. And the two shadow boxes display items from his first two marathons.