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{non}idle hands : wordless wednesday

 

 

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 got ya!

Ok, so we're not moving to Norway, but I seriously have to laugh at all of the comments and private emails and phone calls {I'm sorry I made you cry Robin!} and facebook messages you all sent me. I was feeling so wicked when i posted that because I knew my Norge girls were going to either jump for joy & believe it or know that I was fooling ya because they know that I left half of my heart in Norway two years ago. *sigh*

**snicker**snicker**

It WAS april fools you know!!

But I have to share that I was fooled yesterday too. After posting yesterday I started going through my blog reader and saw Kal's post about her new house. I seriously believed her until I was going to leave a comment and read that one of readers lives on the same street as the rundown house she posted... geez the internet makes this a small world! lol. Seeeeee... even I got fooled yesterday. lol

In other news I downloaded this flower tutorial the other day {see the pic above} and I am completely infatuated with making them. I have about 5 completed and cannot wait til my project is finished so I can hang it on the front door for spring. I'm making mine with my the incredibly enormous and somewhat embarrassing ribbon stash. Hopefully I'll have it finished by tomorrow so I can share the finished project with you. I highly suggest you support rebecca and download her tutorial, you won't regret it, it's the best use of your scrap pile I've seen in a long time. ;)

 

In other news today is the first day for our Alameda class at kR and I am really happy with how the projects turned out. I have been getting back into adding more sewing to my projects and the class is full of snippets of quilts, linen and stitching. It just makes me so happy.

Happy Good Friday my friends!
xo

ps : the Workshop pics are up on the Silver Bella blog and look so divine and there are several classes I'm going to have to try to figure out how to crash. lol ;)

Silver Bella 2010

Someone needs to pinch me because I'll be teaching at SIlver Bella 2010 along with an amazing circle of instructors; Charlotte Lyons, Betz White, Colette Copeland, Sally Jean Alexander, Lisa Kaus, Kaari Meng, Beth Quinn, {me!} and Lynn Whipple. Plus, Teresa just announced that  Jenny Doh is speaking. eeks!

I was an attendee a few years ago {with my east bound bff} and have wanted to return ever since, but there has always been a conflict. razzle frazzle.

I seriously keep pinching myself every time I think about it and see my picture included in that line up. Seriously. Do you SEE the company I'll be surrounded by? Add to that the amazing students and it is going to be a fabulous weekend in Omaha.

The event is the weekend of November 11th - 14th and registration opens on April 6th. If you are a paper crafter I highly recommend the event.

In other news i really need to take a new headshot. that pic is three years old and i look a little different now that i wear glasses daily ;). maybe as soon as I stop hacking up a lung each night.

thanks so much for the get well wishes too. ;)

happy wednesday!
xo

sneaks & a destash giveaway

i am enjoying the kR march kits so much and had a little epiphany last night while i was finishing the layout below. i love cutting paper. i do. big strips, little strips, bits & pieces and especially all of the lovely left over scraps. those are the parts that i enjoy working with the most.

each and every time i try to do something more, like for example the layout i tried creating {and then trashed, so you won't see it... thank goodness i kept an extra paper pack this month!} i get stuck. I see others who inspire me so much with their painterly work on their los {like my dear & amazing friends dina & debee} and it just doesn't work out for me when i add paint and mists. i think finally, after creating with this kit, finally i'm ok with that. i'll just admire and swoon over their work instead. lol

but, i must add, i still love & worship my gesso and paint and working with it on fabric and mixed media projects, but when i'm scrapping i just want my embellies and scraps of paper. of course, it only took me three years of scrapping to finally have that "ah-ha" moment. lol

 

i've also noticed that my style flows from the detailed with layers of embellies to the very sparse diy look, which is exactly what my projects this month are. kind of like the layers of clothing i'm shedding as our beautiful sonoma county begins it's slow walk towards spring.

the doors are open for a few hours in the afternoon. the kids are laughing while playing in the sun out back or riding bikes in the cul-de-sac and my little paper strips are being layered and cut and my photos and stories are beginning to come back out.

oh happy day!!

in other news i have a flat-rate usps destash box that is packed to the hilt with papers and journaling pens and doodads and vintage and ribbons and stamps and kR kit items and who knows what else. actually i have a few boxes that i'm throwing items into as i clean out this studio, but today we're going to start with the one that is sealed shut.

so leave a comment and i'll pick a winner tomorrow morning. internationals can play too but you'll have to help pay for the postage as this is a personal giveaway {so please don't enter unless you are willing to do so} and that box can cost up to $40 depending on where you live. us deliveries will be paid by me.

happy thursday!
xo