The first leg of our 10 nights in Greece started in none other than the capital city of Athens. Day One We flew from LAX to Athens, with a quick layover in Paris on AirFrance. After a long travel day we landed in a very hot Athens. Europe had been having unusually warm weather. Most […]
Author: Mercedes Santana
I finally got around to sitting at my crafting table to actually craft. Half the time I sit here to work from home, so it was nice to change it up. For whatever reason, I am an extremely slow scrapper. I print the photos and then I tend to take too long to choose a […]
Weekend Getaway to Joshua Tree
By Mercedes Santana on May 29, 2019Joshua Tree is just a short car ride away, depending on where you are in SoCal. For us in Los Angeles, it’s only about 2 hours away. This desert national park is great for hiking, rock climbing, and star gazing. We don’t rock climb, but it was neat to see other visitors making their way […]
So I thought I would take my DIY (do-it-yourself for my readers that live under rocks) beyond just scrapbooks. I just hit my two year anniversary at my job (here is where you clap) and though my desk is actually a really nice space I wanted to spruce it up. We have an “open concept” […]
Passports and Papers Guide to Disneyland
By Mercedes Santana on March 24, 2019How am I barely writing about Disneyland? If you know me personally, you know I am a huge Disney fan! I was a Disney annual passholder nearly all my life! I had my quinceañera (the Hispanic equivalent to a sweet sixteen) at Disneyland Hotel. I even worked for The Walt Disney Company as an intern […]
I can’t believe a year has flown by so quickly! It feels like yesterday that I was toying with the idea of finally taking the leap to blogging. Now I’m about to humble brag because I am really freakin proud of this site. I built this entire site myself. Customized the modules, wrote the content, […]
Past Papers: Real Simple Magazine Feature Scrapbook
By Mercedes Santana on February 10, 2019I have a degree in journalism and always thought I would be a magazine writer, but times have changed. I still love magazine and maybe one day I will work full-time for a publication, but now I can write when and what I want and freelance when I can. As my blog is coming up […]
Past Papers: HWY 1 Road Trip Scrapbook
By Mercedes Santana on February 2, 2019I finally picked some photos from our summer road trip up Pacific Coast Highway to highlight in this California scrapbook page. The drive up was slightly gloomy, but still breathtaking. Though the sky looked slightly dull in my photos the colors from the ocean and hills were still bright. So I knew that the paper […]
New York City Scrapbook
By Mercedes Santana on January 7, 2019Every trip inspires a page or two in my scrapbooks. There’s nothing more I love then crafting on a cold winter day. Which I’ve been doing a lot of the past few weekends. Yes, it does get chilly in Southern California. I also have to shout out my best friend Abby who helped me decide […]
New York City in 85 Hours
By Mercedes Santana on December 25, 2018Here’s how we did The Big Apple in a New York minute.