so there i was ...

Hey ...

... apparently this thing is really on. How about a few projects to get this party started.

A few months ago I was given the opportunity to design a cover option of the August issue of Creating Keepsakes. I was inspired by the Bazzill borders to create a layout that extended off the page.

Products Used: Bazzill Basics Cardstock/border, Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper, buttons from Foofala and SEI, Basic Grey Brads, Making Memories paint, Jillibean Soup ribbon, Chipboard Aphas from Making Memories and Basic Grey, and Tim Holtz Crackle Glaze

Tonight is the season premier of Project Runway. I just love this show ... so who is watching with me. You are either in or you are out .... auf wiedersehen

Yeah Yeah Yeah ...

It has been brought to my attention that I need to pull my head out of the sand unplug my ears and quit humming "la la la" in my efforts to ignore the world. You know how when you stop doing something and then you keep thinking to yourself "gosh self you really should do xyz" then you think I will tackle it tomorrow and then tomorrow turns into next week and then 6 months later you still haven't addressed what it is was you were really hiding from. Yeah I have issues don't I. So here I am posting after hiding out for 6 months rather than boring you with a long list of what I have been up to lets move forward.

    Baby Steps People
    XO XO XO

Be Mine ...

 

        XO XO XO

Busted ...

I few months ago my so lost a tooth, the tooth fairy forgot (old age dementia) and the next night the tooth fairy box was left at the top of the stairs … I was so totally busted. He is too old to still “believe” but for the sake of his younger sister he is very good at faking it. And this layout was born …

Fast forward too today and this conversation with Corinne …

Corinne: Mom why are the pictures I made for Santa in a drawer in your office?

Me: *cough* ummmm …. Well Santa left them for me because he knows I will want to scrapbook them (yes that’s good Summer everything always relates back to scrapbooking right?)

I am holding on to hope my baby still "believes" time is running out and she is growing up too fast. It looks like I have some artwork to scrap ;)

CHA ... part 2 (the people)

Every time I go to a show I come home thinking I didn't take enough photos. I came home this time feeling a little proud of myself thinking I actually took some photos. Sadly after downloading them I just didn't take as many as I had wanted there are so many people I wished I had gotten photos of or with. Such is life so here bits and pieces of what I did capture ...

Arriving to rain ... wait I thought I left Oregon

 

Lucky for us the rain passed soon enough. I bunked up with the crew from Colorado and it was a giant slumber party. After lunch one day Emily, Vivian, Lisa and I stopped at a fountain ... you know we are scrapbookers can you say photo op. The cute jumping photos in front of the fountain were a flop but I thought this one of the girls peeking out from behind a palm tree is super cute.

 

Emily shot this one of Lisa and I with my camera she is a mad paparazzi that girl and I have to say she got several really cute shots.

 

I thought this shot was just HAPPY ... Kimber and Kelly. Two of the hardest working make-and-take girls at the whole show.

 

Heather and Vivian waiting an hour and 45 minutes to see Paris Hilton. They have more patience than I. You can check out Heather's cute layout and photos with Paris at 2 Peas.

 

Every photo has a story ... Mary Kay shows us how to BUMP IT.

 

Would you believe after 4 days pounding the pavement I had enough energy to hit Disneyland. Kimber and I had a great time at the happiest place on earth. We couldn't resist wearing the ears we bought for our girls.

 

That's it for tonight hope you had a good one ...

CHA ... part 1

I thought it best to break this post into 2 parts product and people. Today is all about product. So here are some of my favorites from the show (in no specific order)

Jillibean Soup… the journaling spots and basic prints of these lines are going to be CLASSICS in everyone scrap stash

Cosmo Cricket… pictured is Girl Friday but I really liked Everafter too even though it’s a wedding line

Pink Paislee … I spent 3 days working the booth and didn’t get a great shot ... my favorite of the new lines is Fascinating the red, black and orange just ROCK

EK Success Punches … think of the storage space you will save with these babies

 

Doodlebug Glitter Alphas … gotta love a sparkly alpha

Making Memories … they decided to glitter my beloved tags I must have them because I LOVE THAT

 

Fancy Pants had really original decorative frames and Pebbles came up with a darling packaging idea called “chips” (you guessed it chipboard).

 

More photos tomorrow …

 

HOME

  

         Nite Nite,

Off to CHA

Tomorrow I board a plane for CHA at the crack of dawn. I am taking a few extra days to have some much needed mommy re-coup time. I am so looking forward to the break. I think I have everything all packed and ready to go but I am sure the instant I land I will remember at least a few things I forgot – such is life.

As always with CHA I have I purchased a new pair of shoes. At the summer show it was all about my orange patent leather sandals. This time around I have decided to go a different route for the winter show: pink plaid converse. I couldn’t resist them they were too fun.

 

Don’t forget to check out the new October Afternoon Blog for sneak peeks of their great new lines.

Have a great weekend I'll see you when I get bcak from California.

This post is for you LINDA

I am not sure where the time has gone but somehow January is almost ¾ of the way over. I swear it was just Christmas. A little late but Happy New year. I am not much for resolutions but I thought it would be wise to sit down and make a short list of some goals:

·         (plain and simple) make better use of my time

·         RUN SUMMER RUN (10 miles a week to start – a girl has got to start somewhere)

·         Run a 5k (see above)

Simple enough of a list right. I am sure to spend most of my time running in circles trying to figure out how not to procrastinate and that should make for an eventful year.

Here’s a little something I have to share: I Summer Fullerton am the most recent addition to the October Afternoon Design Team.  In honor of October Afternoon here is a recent project that now adorns the wall of my husband’s office.

  

I am off to the gym to get a few miles in have a good day.

 

 

The perpetual snow day continues ...

You know it's bad when the weather man has just given up and started putting question marks on the 7 day forecast. We are buried in nearly 2 feet of snow. I keep thinking it will melt and that it will stop snowing ... umm no dice. Santa is going to have to write some IOU's this year. I am not going to stress about it and just enjoy the beauty that is the snow. It's not like this happens every day around here. It's been 40 years since our area has seen snow like this.

   

Here's a snapshot of the house today. This photo doesn't do the snow justice. It's quite spectacular but so hard to photograph so much white on white.

  Merry Christmas,