Fun on the Farm

This spring both of my boys went on field trips to the farm.  Seemed like the perfect opportunity to throw a layout together with a photo collage!

This was one of those super fast, super simple layouts.  I got the idea from a fellow LOADster.  You can see her version here.

I made an 8.5x22 canvas in Photoshop Elements and filled it with images and digi papers.  I used the process I posted about here and here.  Then when I printed I cropped down to 8.5x11 on the left side, printed, went back up to edit/undo crop and then followed the same process on the right side.

I placed all the pics of my younger son on the left page and all the pics of my older son on the right.  Even though the trip is to the same place they were not on the same day.  I like separating them trips while still keeping them on the same layout.

For a bit of farmy fun I added this adorable pig from the Cuddly Animals Set over at SVGCuts.com.  Do you like the mud smudges I added on him.  :)  That's my favorite part.

So here's the deal with the title...I ran out of t and e in my sticker set.  So I had to improvise.  But "Down on da Farm" totally works for me!  :)

The digi paper fill spots were from a 4th of July set.  But all the denim seemed a perfect fit for a farm page, don't ya think?

Here's my pigs best bud the cow.  Also from the Cuddly Animals set!  And then while digging around in my brown color bin I found this bit of rope.  Loved the touch it gave to the page!

Hand written journaling was a must for this quick and simple page.  I had fun playing with comparing the two trips.  For every comparison I started with my youngest and followed it with a comment about my oldest.  Just like how the page has my youngest first (on the left) and moves to my oldest.

The journaling reads, "Two farm field trips full of fun!  One was wet and cold.  One was sunny and warm.  One with Mama.  One with Daddy.  One never made it past the playground.  One saw all the animals.  One with a small class.  One with many friends.  One with silly smiles.  One in a cowboy hat.  One afraid to feed the animals.  One ready to try.  Two boys having tons of fun on a field trip to Deanna Rose Farm."

We actually went back to the farm this last week (did I mention it's free!!!).  Here are a couple of my favorite shots from our recent trip.

Have you had two children go on the same field trip?  Try making a comparison page and link us up so we can see!