Life Documented with DIY and DIY Boutique

Hello, everyone! Melissa [1] here with you today to share a Life Documented layout using Simple Stories' DIY [2] and DIY Boutique [3] collections.

I had a little help designing this page thanks to a fabulous sketch by Becky Fleck of PageMaps [4]. Becky put together lots of great sketches last month [5] with inspiration for using Simple Stories' Pocket Pages, and this particular one centers around Simple Stories' Pocket Page Design 3 [6].

I didn't have many photos for this particular week in my album, so I was glad to have some extra inspiration to fill those empty pockets!

Using a combination of the embellishment cues from the sketch and the layering elements from DIY and DIY Boutique, I was able to quickly build a few decorative clusters to fill in the blank space.

DIY Boutique has a great combination of neutral bases in kraft, cream, white, and black, and I used them liberally to keep the bright colors from the title words, shape stickers, and enamel dots from overwhelming my page.