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when you're sick in december ....

and spending countless hours on the couch waiting for your antibiotics to kick in {thankfully, today they did} creating with hand cut cashmere strips is the only way to go. seriously. i highly recommend it if you're sick. ;)

ben got sick last week and of course after a weekend spent kissing and loving on a newly turned 4 year old boy i was bound to get it too. ugh! and i could only stay sane after countless hours of meteor & his mighty monster trucks videos if i made something, anything.

i remember seeing a lovely scarf in an anthro catalog back in 2005 {and of course i still have all my catalogs, am i the only one who hoards them like my home companions, which i sadly learned last month is now no longer *sigh* another fab mag gone.}}

i created mine by braiding strips of felted cashmere {i always buy them at the thrift, holes or not, they're to luscious to pass up}. i made three braids and then braided the braids and tied up the ends. wrapped it up and sent off to a lovely friend. i know she's seen it now but it's a surprise.... so i'm pretty sure she still has no idea.

maybe it's you? ;)

my trip to sugarville

i think this is my favorite from this month. simple and sweet. the picture was printed right onto the kraft paper and the glittered dress was made with the packaging that the little crochet flowers come on.

i wanted to keep this one really simple due to those bright backgrounds. love how they look on the glitter paper.

i was looking for some older shots of maddie and came across this one from when she turned two. those little raggies have been her best friends and comfort since she was a baby. we used to play this game where she would be covered from head to toe and then run around until they fell off of her. i think i need to do a second page about this....

 

and these pics, from silver bella last year when becky, gi, becca and i shopped and played have been waiting for a while too. the base is quite textured, i'll try and get a detail shot of it too.

i've got a few more projects i created with the sugarville and peppermint fields kits that will be taught in the kenner road 'joyeux noel' holiday class starting december 1st. sneak peeks coming monday. :)

happy saturday!
xo

exciting!

i'm excited to see this cute layout in memory makers that this amazing girl made with the pemberley papers i designed last spring, and... that my name is mentioned as the designer is so cool!!

maddie is excited to see frankie under a christmas tree, although she wants us to get one now too!

also, a little birdie told me some more kenner road sneaks might be up a bit later this afternoon.

happy tuesday!
xo

i'm super happy to be the october guest designer over at pink persimmon, an amazing stamp company owned by two amazing women, darcy & judi, that i am lucky to call my friends. make sure you check out the halloween shadowbox and the paper medallion tutorial i created for them using the dutch journaling stamp {my new fav stamp ever} and some vintage ephemera. more pink persimmon goodies to come...

happy wednesday!
xo

buon compleanno, bama!

it's my bama's birthday today. we're two peas in a pod, her and i. she's the best grandmother i could have ever asked for, and luckily i didn't have to ask. we were supposed to head down to her house to spend the afternoon eating grilled cheeses and eating birthday cake, but alas, ben is sick again and i just needed to keep him home as the breathing treatments are on over drive right now. ugh! i'm hoping we can nip it in the bud real quick because i definitely don't want to see the inside of a hospital room for quite some time!

have the best day bama, ti amo per sempre.

in other news... did you see this? jj finally announced the girls who will be joining us as fashionistas. 16 new girls added to the list. each of them inspire me to no end and were already on my favorites list, can you believe that? check the f-girl links over there ---------> cause i added all the new names and they deserve some extra special love!!

happy wednesday!