I want a sb line for the ordinary, not-so-amazing life

You know, I love my life but it is pretty run of the mill. I need things like:
"Hello from the back yard"
"The rummage sales are lovely this time of year"
"Lunch in my kitchen. They have amazing PBJ there."
"Remember that time the kid slept late? That was awesome!"

Oh gosh, this is so true!! This is why I loved Ali's 'Tough' kit and stamp. I wish I hadn't missed it. We all have tough days and it is therapeutic to me to scrap those times as well as good times.

Mine would have to be things like "I made it through another work week" and "My cat is the best cat ever."

I agree. I do not have kids, we don't travel a lot. Just living life and loving the life we live.

And can we see a vehicle that was manufactured after 1965? Or some technological products that were made after 1990?

These are awesome and definitely more my style then the gushy lovey stuff they put out.
My ordinary would be more like:

I made it through the week without drinking wine
The laundry got folded
Mum actually cooked a meal
Home before 6.30pm, yay

My mantra (before I got married- well, sometimes even after) was home is where my shoes are.

There have to templates for PL sized cards online.  You can print your own.  

Mine would include:

Laundry?  I just did it last week.

Feed your own damn self.

No, I will not do your homework.

Quit fighting with your brother.

Because I said so.

And thankfully, I do take a fun tropical vacation every year, but I still scrap the other 51 more mundane weeks out of the year.  And EP has a cute The Park line.  My LSS has lots of local papers and I love that.  

Peppermint Creative has neat stuff for pocket scrapbooking -- it's digital, but the files can be printed, recolored, etc. Check out her Life in Pictures section -- search for "bad day" for those not-so-fabulous moments.

I have this stamp from Knock Knock.

There's been a running joke on the Paperclipping Roundtable podcast about Izzy's imaginary "No, thank you!" line. There was an extended discussion in one episode about how not every day is perfect or the best day ever and what kind of less gushing sentiments we'd prefer to see.

I've never felt like the sentiments commercially available were the kinds of things I think or say, especially as a NZ-born realist. We don't gush. We're not earnest. We prefer understatement and facetiousness that is in opposition to American-style rah rah positivity. I'm not necessarily saying that I would want sarcasm on scrapbook pages - that might not read well. And becoming an American citizen has trained me to spin things a little more optimistically. Ali Edwards makes products that are closer to what I want to say. Maybe someone needs to do a PL set about housework and staying close to home.

I have wished for exclamations that were more general - wow! look at this! look what I found! what?! no! - that could work for stories about special days exploring foreign cities or about finding condoms tucked into the sex books at the library again (true story).

I need one that says "Bastard!"

I have a mug that says "All I want is a normal life". Which is what I have.

As a fellow Kiwi I can definitely relate! I guess that's why I mostly just do my own journaling, stay away from pre-made phrases etc. On the other hand, I have put Ali's Tough kit to one side because I just couldn't face opening and using it - I've had a couple of crap years and didn't want to think about them or anything 'tough' at the moment.


I think what strikes me about products which are available at the moment is how similar everything is - maybe because of American Crafts' ownership of so many brands?