Hello, everyone! Melissa here with you today to share a Life Documented layout using Simple Stories' Good Day Sunshine collection.

This layout uses photos from the first week of September in 2013, and, while September is the start of fall for many people, here in Alabama it is still most definitely blazing hot summertime weather. Luckily, blazing hot summer weather is my favorite, and Simple Storie's Good Day Sunshine was the perfect fit for the mood and feel of these pictures- from the woodgrains to the bright colors!

I used lots of the woodgrain print found throughout the collection on my layout as a second neutral to sit alongside the cream journaling cards. Since my photos include lots of brickwork from the exterior of our house and the butcher block island in our kitchen, the woodgrain helped to convey a home-y feel- perfect since most of the photos are of us keeping busy around the house.

You'll find a little pop of that woodgrain on my title card, too, where I used the woodgrain letter stickers to make my weekly title card.

The new Insta-Squares that Simple Stories has been making this year are some of my favorite pieces in the collections! I don't use Pocket Pages that have square pockets very often, but I still use these little guys a ton to create embellishments on my pages. Lately my favorite is to hang the square off the top or side and trim off the excess to create a feeling of movement on a page.

One of the best things about using a Simple Stories collection for a Life Documented layout is how quickly the coordinated products help you to put a page together! The designs and colors worked together almost effortlessly for me, and I was able to make this page in just under an hour- which is just about all the time I have to spare during the busy summer months!