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A Very Colorful Christmas

By Mercedes Santana on December 21, 2020

I needed to revamp my holiday decor this year and because I have a pink Christmas tree I wanted to lean into something really bright and fun. A Small World Holiday meets a toddlers dreams. I actually got a lot of my inspiration for my color scheme off a holiday mug I bought at Marshall’s […]

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle

Christmas Craft: Clear Travel Ornaments

By Mercedes Santana on November 26, 2020

I saved some save or pebbles from beach trips because I knew I wanted to make these. I also usually keep tickets and other memories for scrapbooking so I had items for some of the other countries. Maybe I’ll start collecting real ornaments when travel opens again, but for now these match my pink tree. […]

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Past Papers: Quarantine Scrapbook Pages

By Mercedes Santana on October 4, 2020

One silver-lining of quarantine has been that I have more time to craft and I’m okay with that. It also gave me time to reorganize my craft supplies, I love my improved little craft corner. I also finished all my pages from our trip to Greece and France last year! To view those European pages, […]

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Inside my Scrapbook: 2019 Greece & France

By Mercedes Santana on April 5, 2020

Which scrapbook page from my Europe trip is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle | Scrapbooking

Past Papers: HWY 1 Road Trip Scrapbook

By Mercedes Santana on February 2, 2019
Highway 1 Road Trip

I 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 […]

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New York City Scrapbook

By Mercedes Santana on January 7, 2019
New York City Scrapbook Pages; Mercedes Santana Passports & Papers

Every 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 […]

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Past Papers: San Francisco Scrapbook

By Mercedes Santana on June 20, 2018
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Even a weekend trip deserves to be preserved in scrapbook pages. I have so many pages from before I started blogging that I thought it would be fun to do a new series of articles dedicated to my past scrapbook pages, so welcome to the “Past Papers” series. This is a simple one page, three-photo […]

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Cricut Crafts | Lifestyle

Cricut Craft: Soap Labels

By Mercedes Santana on March 5, 2018

I try to craft something once a week, whether it’s a scrapbook, card, or something simple. I slapped together this quick DIY with my handy Cricut machine. For all my fellow-Cricut enthusiasts this ones for you. This DIY only took me maybe five minutes, it took me longer to decide on a font. I had […]

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Lol remember company parties back in the day?! 😆
Apparently it’s #nationalshortbreadday, but I’ Apparently it’s #nationalshortbreadday, but I’m really just craving @mcconnellsicecreams Earl Grey Tea and Shortbread Cookies ice cream. And some Turkish Coffee too. So I thought I would share this photo from the weekend. 🍨
The first hike of 2021 complete with great views ( The first hike of 2021 complete with great views (and trying to quickly take a non-masked photo before other hikers show up!)
Havana helped me craft, was my model, and edited m Havana helped me craft, was my model, and edited my blog post. Check out all the colorful Christmas DIYs I did, what inspired my theme, and what went sadly wrong. #LinkInBio please read!🎄
Thanksgiving week was mostly too much food, empty Thanksgiving week was mostly too much food, empty beaches, and lots of puppy cuddles. 🍁
Low tides and Catalina view sunsets ☀️ Low tides and Catalina view sunsets ☀️
Lol back in 2019 when this was a mood 😎Now the Lol back in 2019 when this was a mood 😎Now the mood is 😬 #TBT
Finally posted about our mini trip to @visitcarlsb Finally posted about our mini trip to @visitcarlsbad! It’s incredible how one night made us feel like we had gone to a faraway land. Check it out, leave some comments, show some love. Thanks! 💛
It’s officially fall which means it’s official It’s officially fall which means it’s officially Havana beach season again! ☀️
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