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all hallow's eve

just wanted to share some of our halloween decor on this fun day. the kids are SO excited to get out trick or treating tonight after we hit a neighbor's house for a pre-candy spree party.

we had a party on friday night with all of our adult friends and can you believe i completely forgot to take any pics other than a few on my phone. doh! guess that means i was having way to much fun to worry about pulling out that big black monster camera.

i know a few of our friends snapped a few pics though, so i'll post some when i get some copies. ;)

i also realized, when my friend gingie made a comment on my facebook page {after seeing a preview of our decor on friday} that i hadn't shown the 7gypsies receipt holder i had created with tons of halloween scraps and the remnants of my jbs halloween kit from oct. all of the cards were created with scraps that i keep in a box marked "halloween". i just pull it out each year and find i reuse alot of the left overs from the years before. some of these pieces were from last year's kR halloween kit too.

hope you have a wonderful night!
xoxo

ps : jbs goes live tonight! here's a sneak peek of one of my pages :

jbs + giveaway

the mercantile kits went live on saturday night, there are still a few left here, and i loved them. it's such a great fit for me with all of the vintage additions and sweet little bits & pieces. all of it fit so perfectly with this pic i took of buttons on the studio table. random little bits of perfection.

i loved the old store price signs in the kit.

and the exclusive butterfly die cuts, added under some hand-cut vellum and stitched seam binding. i love stitched seam binding. and i LOVE those maya road crystal star pins. i need a pack of them :)

 

my littles. i love my littles. love!

last year we took these pictures at the sf zoo in the children's zoo, seriously the BEST part of the park that has animals {of course bubba would say the best part is the train, lol}. there were these huge signs that the kids could stand in front of for photo ops & i love how their clothing totally matches what they picked. lol

when i was constructing the lo i really wanted to take note of bubba's sideways glance and thought positioning the two as shown just added such a great whimsical note. more bits & bobs & the exclusive jbs blue chalkboard alpha + some sweet paper rosettes.

the little chipboard dresses are so sweet, this one i covered in the vintage seed packet labels.

 

more little bits and those beautiful pink paislee crystal brads.

in other news, i have spent the better half of a week destashing and sorting my old kR kits. like, 19 months worth. i've got THREE flat rate boxes filled to capacity with papers + alphas + embellies + so much more, and alot of it is new.

if you want one leave a comment and i'll pick three winners on wednesday and i want to add that of course my international friends can play too but i am asking that anyone who wins pays the shipping fees.

happy monday everyone!
xo

kenner road : april

happiness. that's about all i can say with regards to the april kR kits, they are print happiness. Tons of October Afternoon & American Crafts Dear Lizzy & We R Memory Keepers and more. I have plans to spend tomorrow with a sweet friend who is coming to visit that i haven't seen in ages and i'm hoping we get some paper cutting in because i want to make so much more. i don't think i have felt this way about a group of kits since dorothea, although i have to admit i still have one of her in the bag because i loved her so much.

The journal above i made for ali's week in the life which starts next week and i'll also be showing how to create the journal in the nine patch class that comes with the add-on kit. lots of paper quilting and layering on the portfolio pages that are inside, which i love.

my sweet baby boy.

yes.

i cut the sticker sheet like paper.

i'm daring. lol

i have four of these vintage tin canisters. two of them are larger and say flour & sugar. and i found them at a flea market in georgetown in washington dc about 10 years ago, i think i paid about $10 for the pair. the other two, one of which you see here, i found at the alameda flea market a few years ago for $5. i was so giddy when i spotted them {both times} because they are the perfect turquoise blue and the little bakelite nobs are so sweet.

the flower is just four accordion pleated flowers layered one on top of the other. simple.

my girl. and the lace sticker. and the rose ribbon. and the paper tape. yum.

i love this stamp in the nine patch add-on. love. love. love. love. i mean, what is better than button candies in an apothecary jar? nothing. ;)

and.... there is the cutest project with this in the class. so cute. so easy. so perfect.

and just another sneak of the banner project in the class. i am a HUGE japanese zakka craft fan and this one is dripping with linen and loveliness.

happy thursday my friends!
xo

i adore strips of paper ...

and gingham....

and twue wuv.

xo

crafty saturday

rainbowpants came over yesterday and in between feeding her voracious bottom-less-pit-stomach of a boy all evening long and listening to the giggles and laughter from our four crazy children who were tearing all over the house i managed to start this wall hanging combining the kR january kits.

this morning i finished it while the hubby slept in and the littles watched the nightmare before christmas. seriously. my two are obsessed with that movie.

and i am now obsessed with making that ruffly stuff above. i promise to show you how once the kits go live. pinky promise!

hope your weekend is as calm and perfect as ours seems. the littles both start school tomorrow and honestly, i don't think i'm ready for this winter break to be over. i'm not quite ready for the morning hustle and bustle that is about to begin.

are you?

happy sunday!
xr