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Hi! You've landed on the Polkadot Chair blog!! My name is Melissa Mortenson, and I'm so glad that you are here!
I'm a Mom to 3 great kids, married to a wonderful guy, and feel lucky to be living in Kentucky!
I love to sew, craft & create... this blog, named after a chair in my craft room, is a peek into my little world.
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Tag Archives: travel
Is it a trip or is it a Vacation?
You may not think that there is much difference between a trip and a vacation, but I’m going to tell you there is. If you’re a Mom you know what I’m talking about.
If you’ve read my blog for a bit you probably know that I jump at any excuse to get out of town. I love to travel and I love to blog about it when I come home. There is something magical to me about exploring this world we live in, almost intoxicating.
A top for me, The diplomat tunic
I got the idea a few weeks ago to make a top for myself. I saw the Lisette Diplomat Dress and that did it. I haven’t made a piece of clothing for myself since I was in high school. Back then I was stick thin and much easier to fit. I fell in love with this Amy Butler fabric and thought it might be a good time to dive back into sewing for myself.
Smash Book Travel Album
Last summer I had the great opportunity to travel to South Africa with my extended family. It was an amazing trip and I’d go back again in a second! You can read about my trip here, if you’re curious.
Before I left, I knew that I wanted to document my trip as it happened. I find that so many details get lost if you try and remember a trip afterwards.
Posted in crafts, scrapbooking, travel
Tagged journey, mini album, my life, scrapbook, south africa, travel
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Ten things I loved about South Africa
I’ve started and stopped this post several times in the last 6 weeks. I don’t know if it’s the lack of a “quiet house” this summer or a serious case of writers block, but I couldn’t figure out how to best share my South African experience with you. Finally I decided rather than a “play by play” I’d share some of my favorite photos and experiences about our trip there. Most are taken by me or my daughter, with a few instagrams thrown in.
Nautical Chic Mini Album
I LOVE making mini scrapbook albums! All of the fun of scrapbooking with a concrete “ahhh, I’m finished!” moment!
For this album I decided to tackle some of the 2000+ photos from our trip to the Mediterranean 5 years ago (was it really that long ago??)
Since I’ve journaled about this trip extensively – I just wanted to put a few of our favorite photos from the trip into a little album that I can keep in my basket with my other mini books.
Posted in crafts, scrapbooking, travel
Tagged mini album, rhonnadesigns, scrapbook, travel
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Simple Vacation Album
In the last few years I’ve totally changed how I approach scrapbooking. Instead of individual albums focused on specific events with only 1-2 pages per event, I’ve moved to an annual family album. Then to capture our more memorable moments (vacations, special events, holidays) I’ve moved to making individual mini albums.
