live . craft . learn: September 2009

September 2009

September 15, 2009

i had so much fun

... playing with the september kenner road kits.

it's the site's first birthday and i feel so happy & humbled that the past year has been filled with so much support from my amazing creative team, our wonderful guest designers and especially each and everyone of our supportive and happy customers. we have alot coming up in the next month, some little surprises and some HUGE! eeks!!

i completely fell in love with new cosmo cricket lines when i got a sneak peek before cha and when i began designing our exclusive fabrics and the stamps i was itching to get it all here to use, and use it all i did :)

the layout above was actually one of my last creations {so far} as i have a love affair with my scraps but haven't been using them up like i always want to. it was probably my quickest layout ever created, about 10 minutes.

these bottles were one of my most favorite parts of the CC chipboard... want to come over?

this is maddie and 1/2 of her besties whom you've seen me document before. when i took mad's back to school shopping she saw these bff shirts at old navy and just HAD to get one for each of them for the first day. so priceless!

ok... i'll admit that i got a little carried away with this one but it was SO fun to make. Those Jillibean Soup corrugated alphas are my new favorite, i could use up the negative sheet over & over & over & .... well. i think i have a 1" x 5" section left. lol

and i could write a sonnet for the vespas that line one of our downtown streets everyday. while the new ones are beautiful it's the vintage yellow one that grabs my heart each time i pass it on my visits downtown. if i didn't have littles i would be on one of these on a daily basis, unfortunately they don't make them with dual child-seats, or maybe they do? hmmmm... ;)

happy tuesday!
xo

Sep 15, 2009 5:49:55 PM | designing, kenner road, kits, scrapbooking

September 13, 2009

it's raining

clean slate + pencil box

saturday morning at around 3 am i woke up to a boom. for a few minutes i was in a daze, still believing i was asleep. then i saw a brilliant flash sneak through our bedroom window as lightening pulsed across the sky. we don't get lightening & thunder storms here in norcal. it's one of the things i miss about my college days in ohio, that mid-west late afternoon storm that comes during the summer.

i stayed in bed and kept watching. snuggled under the covers and i hoped and i wished for rain.

elementary + clean slate + pencil box

eventually my sweetie woke up {startled, like i had been} and asked what was going on. we sat huddled under the blankets and listened, and again, i hoped and i wished and i dreamed of rain, until we started watching an episode of eureka at 4am before going back to bed. lol

elementary + pencil box

and today. today it's dreary and gray and drizzly. but still no rain. i want to do a rain dance and make the clouds open up. i want to make the sky pelt down the drops and drench our dry norcal earth. i want it to thunder and storm, like the eastern states know how.

until then i'll keep using up my september kits. and hope.

happy sunday
xo

eta : it finally started raining about 7pm. the drizzle started earlier but i didn't believe it until i heard {and smelled} the rain. it smells SO good right now. :)

Sep 13, 2009 4:46:05 PM | kenner road, the truth

September 11, 2009

it'll never be just the 11th

this morning i had goosebumps.

not just because i keep thinking about where i was eight years ago today when i heard about new york, and then washington and then eventually about pennsylvania as i drove into work in san francisco over an incredibly deserted golden gate.

i got goosebumps this morning because after walking maddie to class, and while ben and i sat outside her classroom as usual waiting for our friends to meet us to begin our friday morning coffee & kids play date, her school, the entire school, honored this day.

i heard her principal on the pa system give a simple explanation about what being a patriot was. i heard her school stand and say the pledge together. i heard woodie guthrie's this land is your land played on a violin, and i got goosebumps.

i felt proud and happy that her school took the time to come together.

and even though i keep thinking about the fact that one day i will have to truly explain to my children about this day. about how wicked and cruel and broken the world can be. i sat and i listened.

and i remembered.

Sep 11, 2009 1:57:20 PM | because i feel

September 05, 2009

sharing day

elementary + pencil box + clean slate

just popping in to share a few sneak peeks of my september kenner road creations. i'm on a roll this month with five so far and i'm still going. thank goodness the mojo is back. my pause last month helped so much, i just want to cut paper & stitch & print photos and create all weekend.

happy saturday!
xo