Happy Monday all! February is the month of love and and there is plenty to go around over on the CP Blog. The ladies are sharing some FABULOUS projects this week so go check them out. You won't be disappointed.
I haven't talked much about the CHA products this year but I always save my pennies after Christmas to get some goodies. Hopefully one day I will actually get to go to CHA. I've had my eyes on the Dear Lizzy line, Neapolitan. So cute and girly! =) Bluemoon currently has the line.
Spent some time today just browsing the web for inspirational prettiness. I love Valentines' Day just as much as I do Halloween and Christmas. There is just something about vintage, pinks, golds, creams and kraft that I love. Can't wait to do more of that with crafting soon but for now, I'll just be inspired. Click the pictures for the link to the sources
I did these layouts with the JBS November kit. I love Jenni's classic lines. I've been loving paint splatters lately and it shows thru these projects. I also fell in love with the fur ribbon I picked up at Michael's. More of that to come along with my Holiday decor. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.
We went to Boo at the Zoo this weekend and Aniyah had a blast......besides me being so cold! Brrr! The Scooby-Doo show was really good and so was the trick-or-treating. We got a chance to go see Puss in Boots Friday night and that was a good movie. Love having family time.
I like how Keisha Campbell separates her blog posts by dashes, equal signs, lines etc so it makes for better flow so this is definitely her idea.
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I got to do a few projects with my JBS kit this month. I've been so busy that I haven't had much time and I'm working on my Halloween album. Hope to have a few pics of it this week to share.
I love stamping on tags, and using tags on projects which is another love I got from Keisha Campbell.
This is just a small peek at things around our house this year for Halloween. I kept things simple and I didn't go too over the top with the decorations. I grabbed the font on the pics from picnik. Keisha Campbell used the font on her blog and I thought it was a cute idea. There is so much inspiration on pinterest as well as other websites so my decorations are inspired a lot by that. I'll add more pics this weekend.
Click the picture to go to my pinterest page......if you need an invite, let me know! Happy Pinning!
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My favorite time of year is slowly approaching. I can smell it in the air that fall is coming. I picked up this issue of Martha Stewart Halloween and these halloween lollie pops.
I took Keisha's idea of her lovely stamped tags and used the new clear stamps from House of 3 Phantom collection to create a few of my own. Love how they turned out.
I totally loved the kit this month....absolute love! I ran into a paperpack sale at Hobby Lobby that had all their paper pads 50% off so I grabbed the Fancy Pants "it's the little things" pack because I loved the papers in this kit. I couldn't cut up the vintage receipt so I used it on top of one of my favorite papers...I love it in the background. August 8th was her first day of school.
I stamped the medallion in versa mark with amercian crafts gold glitter embossing powder.
New scrap space that I'm loving working in now. I had to take over the kitchnen nook but I'm loving having access to natural lighting and a connection to our family area.
It's that time again in my home where Aniyah is back to school and my 2nd grader couldn't be more excited. She's fighting allergies and a cough this week but I'm praying I can nurse her back to health without seeing the doc. I took these photos of her after school and as usual, she didn't really want to cooperate.
On a different note, I've been cleaning and getting rid of boxes in my garage that were just cluttering my space and I just couldn't take the clutter any longer. Along with cleaning that up, I am working on re-docorating my home and I've been a pinterest queen lately. I've moved my craft space to now take over the breakfast area . I just felt like I needed to have the natural lighting and a connection to our family area. The challenge with being a renter is that you know you won't always be in the same place forever so that presents very many challenges because you can't be too specific in customizing. The scale of your room may accommodate the pieces you have now but when you move, it may not be so accommodating.
What I'm discovering is to utilize colors and pieces that can transition it time.
The challenge to renting is that you don't know where you are moving to next so it's hard to "customize" windows and treatments and furniture b/c you don't know if the next place will accommodate
I adore bold statement necklaces, bright colors and mixing textures. I've been more and more of fan of these things in my wardrobe lately and inspiration for this ecelectic style has come from all over. There are several places on the web that I draw inspiration from and of course the top being youtube and my recent love for stylepantry.com (I need to figure out what her name is, seriously). This look is completely me all the way. Ripped jeans, loose tee, layers of jewelry, blazer and comfy wedges. Pure perfection in my opinion.
While on her site, she made mention of a woman, Melody Ehsani whose name I had heard before thru some fashion pieces on youtube. Well, it wasn't until stylepantry made mention of it that it really rang a bell and I just about fell in love with EVERY SINGLE PIECE. Definitely have to get some pieces in my collection.
Natural Hair Journey......here I come....I think!
Hope to enjoy a quiet weekend. School is starting back up really soon so maybe a little shopping this weekend.
Today I'm am posting about 2 favorite things, fashion and my love for Jenni Bowlin. I'm always excited for CHA summer b/c the new Halloween and Christmas lines debut and they are my most favorite seasons for scrapping and decorating. I also love those seasons for fashion b/c blazers, boots, and scarves are some of my favs to wear.
Stylepantry.com has become one of my favorite places for fashion inspiration. I just love how she combines different textures/colors/patterns for unique looks and I just love the vintage feeling that I get when I see the things she wears.
Speaking of vintage, Jenni Bowlin is by far my most favorite brand for scrapbooking. I've been a subscriber to her kits for almost two years now and I can't see myself giving it up. I am excited that this year, she will be debuting some fab new releases at cha summer 2011. My most fav will have to be the new Halloween and Christams collections along with the new stamps.
Finally did some studio calico work. For a while I thought that I just couldn't find my groove with the kits but I loved it this time. I think I scrap better when I don't think about trying to get the perfect color combo or the right order. With the SC kits I find myself wanting to be more artistic than clean.
I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about going to Essence Music Festival this year in New Orleans. I am so looking forward to good food, music and live entertainment. I've stretched my brain too far about wanting to make sure that I'm all dressed for the occasions. Speaking of fashion, I love bright bold colors. I love mixing elements and textures in fashion as well as in decor. I found this awesome fashionista thru Facebook and I am just so in love with her bold bright colors, mix styles and textures.
I loved everything about this month's kit. The butterflies were perfect and the new line was fun to work with.
This layout is just a sneak. I snapped it quickly before the lighting went out but I'll post it updated later.
I used both the new ruler stamp and the torn paper stamp on this layout.
I couldn't resist the border Keisha created on one of her layouts. I just had to re-create it for this one. Oh, and Keisha is such an enabler, I had to run to JoAnn's for the button sale as well
We had a quiet Father's Day. I cooked a big Sunday Dinner and just spent time around the house. I'm working on a few things using my June SC kit and hopefully I'll have a few pics to post this week/weekend. Have a great week.
I finally got a few projects done with the JBS April Kit and I still have May's Kit to do and several past kits and project kits waiting for my attention. I hope to get back to scrapping on a regular since my parents are moving to Illinois this week. Aniyah is in transition with them for some of the summer and I already miss her and it's only been a day. I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend. I'm off to watch the first playoff game and finish baking my sweet potatoe pie.
This card needs a bit of journaling but I didn't have a card in mind for anyone so it is blank for now.
I can't believe that it's already March. Time is definitely moving by. This is currently how I store my make-up. I don't have much but I tend to get certain things and stick to them. I'm starting to try more brands of make-up now although MAC will be my most fav. There has been some drugstore brands that have truly impressed me lately. Anywho, I got this "filing cabinet/drawers" from Ikea. I initially got it to add to my scrap room but I thought it would be perfect in my bathroom to store my make-up in. The container on top stores my brushes. I don't have many of them but I'm slowly starting to buy more. It is a combination of some MAC and Sigma brushes.
This first drawer is for my face products (foundations, primers, fix+, concealers and skinfinishes). I think I have my brush cleaner in there as well. I love MAC packaging so I tend to keep everything in it's originial boxes.
This second drawer is for my MAC eyeshadows, pigments, blushes and some NYX eyeshadows.
This third drawer has all my other eye products. It has my primers, NYX jumbo pencils, lashes, mascara, q-tips, duo, eyebrow products.
This drawer holds my lippies. I organize it all the time and once I open it, everything falls and shifts.
This drawer holds all my other eyeshadows, mostly my drugstore shadows. I definitely need to use these more often. The last drawer holds my 120 palette and some ELF compacts. I am usually very neutral M-F for work. I keep it really simple with foundation, masacara, liner and my neutral lip. I rarely use eyeshadows for work. I save all those looks for the weekend. My hope is that I will start showing more pics of me "made up" on the weekends when we are out and about.
Can't wait for my scrap kits to arrive this month. I plan to pick up a few more things from MAC to continue building my collection and hopefully I can start posting some videos in the near future.
October is finally here and there is so much already planned for this month. I had anticipated spending this weekend with my best friend but since Aniyah came down with pneumonia, I will be staying home. We'll make up for it another time. I'm so looking forward to a trip to the pumpkin patch, going to the fair, Magic City Classic in Birmingham, the cooler temps, wearing my boots, scarves and jackets. We are planning for a quiet weekend at home. Aniyah will be on the antibiotics for antoher week so I really need to keep her in and out of the air. Tonight is movie night. I'm going to grab Toy Story 2 on the way in and some yummy popcorn for our 8:00 couch appointment. She loved TS3 but hasn't seen the others so we are playing catch-up. This photo is another reason why I love fall. Pumpkin Spice Latte's are back at Starbucks. I love them and with a touch of honey and a dash of vanilla, it seems like I'm drinking a warm sweet potate pie. I will make myself conquer my blog re-design this weekend. I ran across something totally awesome today so hopefully I can pull it off on my own. I don't plan on doing much scrapping since I did a good bit of that this week while at home with Aniyah. Looking forward to getting my monthly kits. Maybe then I'll have my mojo back. Hope everyone enjoys their weekend these cooler temps!
