*Perfect*

I was a lucky girl on Saturday! One of my dearest friends Alma came over! We drank Guinness, ate Shepherd's Pie, of course we crafted! Alma was also kind enough to take a ton of photos of this layout! Thank you so much Alma! Your eye for capturing the moment leaves me awestruck!

These photos are from a few years ago. We gathered up our friends and some snacks and headed to the Concannon Winery and had a really great afternoon!



Journaling reads:
We had a fantastic picnic one Autumn afternoon at the Concannon Winery in Livermore, CA. It was the perfect mixture of friends, wine, food and laughter!
Late October 2006

Photos in the layout were taken by Alma, Rob, and myself

Beautiful & Sweet....

and that's the truth!
This is my cousin! Isn't she beautiful?! Camera's *love* her, and so do I.




I hope to see you soon Dollface!



Products used:

Michaels brand 9 X 12 Canvas board
Faux wood shelf liner by duck
Adhesive backed cork shelf liner by contact brand
Glitter letters and patterned paper by K & Co. (Brenda Walton)
Photo taken by Dollface herself on her birthday last year and posted to myspace.

Want to see some older cards?!

We all begin somewhere, and these cards are some of the first ones I made. I was too afraid of the giant piece of 12x12 page to start scrapbooking. I found that cards were much more manageable and less scary.

It's funny to go back and see how we have changed and expanded our work. It makes me think about the courage it takes to share our work with our friends, family, and online.





















Thanks for taking a peek, and have a great weekend!

Seize the day...and explore your world!

I don't know where all these 12x12 layouts are coming from?! I have always been an 81/2x11 single page (or smaller) kind of girl. However, when I went to Michaels a few weeks ago they were out of my smaller preference so I got the 12x12 with the understanding I would cut it down. Half a dozen pages later...I'm kind of liking the 12x12 format. Let's see how long that lasts! ; )


This double page layout is about a familiar path we walk a few times a day when we are at Pfeiffer Park. I used self adhesive cork for the Elsie inspired treasure map. This cork is freaking fantabulous! I picked up mine at my local Target.


The patterned paper and the other embellishments are from the friendly forest line by colorbok.






Detail on left page:





The flower on the upper right reads Cherished memories. Along the cork I wrote Seize the day... (in sharpie marker)


Detail on right page:





The bottom right I wrote ...and explore your world!

Journaling reads:

The path to the Homestead Cabin (among other places) is familiar and popular during the daylight. After dark however, it turns into a spooky adventure!




Thanks for taking a peek!

Can you stand another Big Sur Layout?!

Good! I have even more in my noggin that I will be creating soon!

Since getting the Friendly Forest line by colorbok last week, I have been dreaming of Big Sur daily. Ahhh...definitely a happy place.





Detail




Journaling reads:

Relax...you're at Big Sur!
The freezing Big Sur River
Pfeiffer State Park
Big Sur, California



Thanks for taking a peek!

Yes...it's true...

I LOVE TREES!

Here are a few of the details as well.

I was in a doodlely kind of mood....doodlely?




I am debating on painting the heart so it's filled in....what do you think?





The four pictures were taken at Pfeiffer State Park in Big Sur, and I have some snapshots from our last trip to Pfeiffer Beach I'll be working on this coming week.....stay tuned for those layouts soon. Playing with these photos this weekend has really made me yearn to be there! Let's cross our fingers and pray there is NO mudslides this winter (from the fire last summer) so we can visit when the weather gets warmer!

This layout was partly inspired by this painting I did last year:



Love, peace and trees...these are a few of my fav-o-rite things!

1 little layout

I popped into Michaels and stumbled upon a line by colorbok called Friendly Forest. It is so cute! Here is a quick layout I did when I got back today. (Names are blurred for privacy)

Close up of chipboard:

Thanks for taking a peek!
Good night!

Jan 13, 2009

Mmmmmm......cupcake! I am cooking up a few projects for Valentine's day and beyond! There is just something freeing when you push around some paint with a paintbrush. It's always interesting to see the results, sometimes you keep them...sometimes you Gesso over them, and it always all good.