lisa and I are teaching a halloween class for kenner road and I just wanted to share a little preview of one of our projects. The class will be open through all of October and you can join us by ordering the class through the Kenner Road etsy store here for only $12.
eta : if the class is sold out send an etsy convo or check back as we'll be adding more spots as needed.
... 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
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. :)
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.
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
elementary + clean slate
elementary + clean slate + primer {vintage kit}
- this image of maddie and her bestie on day one of first grade. it cracks me up because the shirt says it all.
- after a full week of sickies i have no more feverish littles, just in time for a three day weekend. :)
- having an assistant at kr. cannot express how awesome it is!!
- this piece. i can't stop thinking about it.
- september kr. i feel inspired and ready to create again.
- this beautiful lady coming back online & this one who lives to damn far away.
happy friday!
xo
i was so happy to wake up this morning and see that my sweet friend kim's amazing new olive juice & co apron kit club has finally opened for business. i was lucky to have a sweet friend gift me delilah and i absolutely love her.. she's draped on the door handle to one of my chippy paint curio cabinets so i can see her everyday,
congrats kim! so happy that you are doing this and even happier that i get to receive a box of your love!
happy tuesday!
xo
it's been a while... i know. i took a much needed vacay from here over the last few weeks to enjoy the last few days of summer with my littles and to regroup and reorganize myself. all things are good and i feel so energized, but that definitely wasn't how i felt when i got home from florida & cha.
i was stressed. i was exhausted. my creativity felt hollow and empty. our schedules were about to chage as maddie started first grade and ben started a 4 day a week preschool program. i started to realize that week after i got home that i just needed to stop. my priorities were a little jacked off center and i wasn't doing anything about it, even though i needed to. i desperately needed to.
so i spent basically all of august figuring things out and screwing my head back on :
1. playing with my littles and going on adventures; the sf zoo, dragraces; playdates and the park.
2. refocus on loving my man. he's amazing and so dedicated to us but honestly things just started to become rote, as i'm sure it does at times for alot of couples. life can become so busy and responsibilities can become so huge. so i started asking myself "what can i do for him". it's a small question but the rewards in our relationship are worth it. not to mention we're laughing again. alot.
2. i started weight watchers {and have lost 10lbs in 4 weeks} because i've had it with being overweight and not making myself enough of a priority.
3. i'm reorganizing kenner road and it is building, excatly itno what i always saw it would be, it's amazing how four mornings of childless work can help with all of that, and getting excited for our first birthday on september 14th helps too!
4. admitting i can't be all things to everyone if i'm nothing first to myself.... oh how this is another huge mountain i'm climbing. but climb it i will & i am.
5. making something everyday. this is being helped along because i'm guest designing on kari's a year of color blog and i created a daily journal tutorial {sneak peek above} for september. it's something small and simple that i can fill with all of my "little loves" on a daily basis as i want to recharge my creative spirit this month.
so here i am. i'm refreshed. i'm rejuvenated and i'm ready for everything.
i missed you.
xo
i love this month. the main kit has so many extra elements {two alphabets!!} and i adore how the papers aren't so matchy matchy but the colors blend together really well.
and then there's the extra bit of something on this layout that is my all time favorite kenner road goody to date.
we're doing another reveal night chat tomorrow night beginning at 8pm pacific. come join us and say hi, just look for the chat link on the homepage right before 8pm. ;)
happy thursday!
xo
i've got a little candle tutorial up over on the kenner road blog today. why don't you head on over and say hi. and then make sure you come back tomorrow, i've got some august kr sneak peeks waiting for their debut. ;)
happy wednesday!
xo
