live . craft . learn

it felt good ...

last night to spend a few hours making things. completely inspired by gigi's class last weekend {which was brilliant!} i took this old vintage book and made a sewn page mountain. to be filled with the everyday thoughts that i write down and always have floating around on itty bitty strips of paper. to hold the daily inspirations that i cut out of magazines. to hold whatever my heart and my creativity desires. bound together, it will be a collection of new beginnings.

happy thursday.
xo

it was just perfect

yesterday was a perfect day. the kiddos and i stayed in our jammies for "lazy friday" as maddie bean has started calling them. something i'm really appreciating right now, these friday mornings when we're all here, me, ben, maddie. i'm usually scrapping or doing chores or we're playing games. this will be our last year like this, next year it'll be and my little boyfriend while the girl is in school, and although i am looking forward to having him to myself for a bit, i'm going to miss our pony loving girl. sigh. it happens too fast, this growing up thing.

in the afternoon the kiddos headed off to nonnas and then i had the house to myself. *sigh x2*. seriously, i covet those hours i get, covet them. i headed over to sistv and played in angie's round robin. SO MUCH FUN! seriously, i don't think i've had this much fun scrapping in months.

and of course the hambly dt call was finally announced and i am so honored to be the dt coordinator. i adore allison, she's become such an amazing friend and she is so talented. and the product is just luscious and being such a supporter of all things handmade it just makes me so proud to be part of such an amazing company.

we're taking the littles to see kung-fu panda this afternoon... cannot wait!

happy saturday!
xoxo

swallowfield

i've got four new digital collections up in the sistv boutique. swallowfield digital collection + bows + an amazing tin ceiling alphabet. and.. a handmade birdcage sticker trio that i adore. and remember if you're not a digi girl you can always print these out for hybrid projects too. enjoy!

de creatie : gdt june : sneak peek

some sneak peeks of work i did for my spot as the de creatie gdt for june. so excited to do this because i adore marcia, who i met for the first time irl at w-cha, but had chatted with quite a bit on sis. kit goes on sale tomorrow at 10am i believe. tons of really cute papers and the most wonderful stamp sheet ever!

these are the first two of a dozen i want to make with it all. i'll show you all the full size tomorrow... after the kit goes live.

happy friday!
xoxo

i love these two

just been playing a bit over at scrapblog. me and the littles at the preschool mothers day tea.

vi scrapper

so a few months ago vibeke contacted me and asked if i was interested in doing an interview for the amazing norwegian scrap magazine vi scrapper. of course i said yes, after i closed my mouth from the shock. and although i know the answers i answered i can't read the article, but i hear from mari that a translation is coming... right??!? ;D

i sent in about 10 layouts and they used all of my favorites, including two that i created for october afternoon for winter cha. see... there's becky & becca & gi & me hanging out in omaha on silver bella weekend.

and my two littles. maddies layout "i would" was created for my mmm submission last year. it still hurts a little knowing i don't have that layout, but at least it's here, and that makes me happy.

and my favorite cup of coffe, a soy flat latte.

thanks vibeke. it was a pleasure doing this!

*sigh*

i love norway.
xoxo

*poof*

i feel like i have so much to say sometimes, but i think about it too much. think about it over and over and over until i beat it dead in my brain and then it never shows up here. and i always think, when i'm thinking these thinks, that its something i need to share. but then it's gone. poof.

so today. today i'm gonna leave you with this lo {my sweet bama and my maddie bean, at 10 months} and then a freebie. cause if your thoughts go poof what better way to cover it up than with a freebie element your sweet readers can download and then use on their pages & projects. right?? right!

see those three tags there in that lo and in that pic posted above? i made them especially for you sweet blog readers, my friends, my encourage-rs of all things. as a little thank you of sorts. for the encouragement. for the special words you say to me. for your friendship. just click on the tag picture to download the pdf. it will open in a separate page. then just save to your computer, print, cut, use.

just a little token of my love for you. all of you. and, btw. they go fantastically well with my honeychurch digi collection. just saying. ;D

 

also... the winner of the pemberley paper pack is :

Love these papers ;-)
Posted by: Marianne | May 15, 2008 at 10:43 PM

send me your addy via email marianne. i've got a scrumptious little paper pack for ya.
;D

happy saturday!!
xoxo

happy birthday sistv!!

i went from making 3 layouts to apply to be a sistv fashionista to designing these beauties which i am SO proud of. who would have thought all this year with sistv has brought me. teaching in norway {hi girls!! i miss you SO much!!}, teaching at suzy's, october afternoon dt, a passion for sniffing vanilla infused papers, incredible friends near & far & in between, a creative outlet i adore and over 10,000 sisters who are incredibly talented, funny and supportive.

so... to celebrate sistv's 1 year birthday i'm giving away a paper pack of my pemberley collection + some vintage yumminess to go along with it. just a leave a comment by midnight friday pst and i'll pick a winner saturday morning.

happy birthday sistv!!!
xoxo

upcoming classes in june

june is going to be a crazy month, i can already feel the wave of excitement building as i finalize the preparations for sisiversary {sneak peek is coming next week.. yay!}. and, i'm also getting ready for a full day of workshops i'm teaching at picture me perfect the weekend after, on june 21st, blissful tags from 11-1pm {see above} and celebration banner mini album 3-5 pm {below}.

 

the classes are going to be a blast and those who sign up for both will receive a sweet vintage ephemera pack of papers and my most favorite vintage odds & bits from my personal stash. and... we'll stay and crop until midnight, and seeing it's the longest day of the year i can't imagine a better way to spend it.

you can sign up online or by calling pmp directly.

make sure you head back tomorrow as i've got a sweet little giveaway and a new little project that i can't wait to share.

happy tuesday!
xoxo

it's demo time

so nikki and i sepnt all day saturday down at picture me perfect scrapping and doing demos for nsd. and i was lucky enough to have nikki film my little demo, sewing fabric strip flowers that i then added to an altered canvas made with the new sassafrass papers {um. LOVE!}, a jenni bowlin bingo card and some tim holtz crackle paint.

i think i'm going to start doing this more, little vblog entries. wouldn't it be cool to see a layout created fast frame from start to finish?

thanks nikki for filming!! and make sure you check her video out too!
love that cute perky redhead!

happy monday!
xoxo