It's project kit time!

Happy Friday everyone! Here is my August Project Kit for Cocoa Daisy: "10 things we....." and you get to fill in the blank! What I love about this one is it is so versatile, I have included 3 die cuts for the front for you to choose from " things we did at the" "things we saw at the" and "things we did this" you just fill in the 10 and the location/time with the letter stickers and you are good to go!
For example mine says "10 things we did at the fair" but you could have it say "10 things we saw at the zoo" or "10 things we did this summer" make sense?
The colors are happy and bright just right for summer time. Some of the paper, the acrylic stamps and the chipboard accents are all from the new Chatterbox "happy days" line. My favorite are the metal 1-10 clips from 7gypsies! Kit goes for sale on August 1st! Have a great day!

Happy Birthday and a little project

Today is my little baby Zach's 3rd birthday! So in celebration I took this photo first thing this morning of the birthday boy:


And I made this special little project for the Daisy Diva blog (which we are having some problems posting to, so I am posting it here for now). I thought today was the perfect day to share it! I used the adorable card, special delivery label as well as a bunch of the other goodies from the Cocoa Daisy July kit. I cut the card open and created pages with assorted patterned paper. Once I was done with the pages I bound it all with some red string (mine is from the Martha Stewart line). I found it helpful to hold all the pages together with a couple binder clips and then use a paper piercer to put the holes through all the pages at once. Do not ask me what "pattern" I used to create the binding, I just kept playing until I got the look I wanted. But you can go check out this talented ladies blog Karla Dudley, who is the one that inspired me to try binding!
I wanted to create a little mini for those personal/emotional hospital photos we all take of our precious little newborns, now all of the photos are not really for public viewing and some are just plain too personal, so that is why you will not see all the pages, but I have shared enough to give you an idea of how to make one for yourself. I used the envelope that came with the card to hold Zach's birth announcement and our wrist bands.
I look at these photos and it feels like just yesterday I held him in my arms for that first moment, I can't believe he is three today!! Happy birthday my little sweetheart!!

Back home!

I am back and so full of ideas!
CHA was a blast-tiring, but a blast! I was a little overwhelmed at first, there was soooo much to look at, about midday Friday I got my groove going though and thankfully Tricia was there to "show me the ropes". I am so glad I was able to go this year and spend some time with Tricia, she is just as sweet and witty as can be! I feel very blessed to have her in my life!

She has some great stuff picked out for upcoming kits, can't wait for you to see them. I also found some great goodies to add to some upcoming project kits, so excited about those too!

I was amazed at how many people I ran into that I had talked with through MB's and email, and it was so wonderful to meet them face to face! One special lady that I was finally able to meet (though sadly did not have long to talk to) was Lisa Pace big hug to her, wish we could have had lunch!

One of the best parts of the weekend was the wonderful kid free meals I had, a wonderful cheese drenched sandwich (so yummy) with Tricia and Ali (who I was very happy to meet, Ali is very nice and she is such a creative soul!) and an enormous steak dinner at a place called Gibsons with Greg, they had the best apple martini I have ever tasted! I had forgotten how nice it was to have adult conversation over a relaxing meal! Luckily all the walking cancelled out all the extra calories!


OK so now about the scrap goodies, who did I love the most - probably my top three would be: Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye and October Afternoon. The Making Memories Christmas and Halloween lines were beautiful too, as well as the 7gypsies Savannah line. One product I was thrilled to see was the miniature version of her bingo cards that Jenni Bowlin did. I also saw a smaller version of the ATG gun - I am so going to get one of those! The hardest thing about going to CHA though is that you see all these great products and you can't have any of them yet!!!!

This is Crate Paper:


Luxe (how fun are these!!)


Tim Holtz (OK - I just want to buy these grungeboard sets and display them like this in my house - how cool is this!!)


My vote for the best looking booth and most creative use of their product has to go to Graphic 45! The papers, though not my normal style are sooo pretty!



I apologize for the lack of quality photos - dark and blurring ;-(
Glad to be back, hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

I'm on my way to CHA!!

This is my first year going and I am so excited! I am going to see what new goodies I can find to include in some upcoming project kits. I can't wait to see all the new product and ideas, as well as finally meet some wonderful people I have only talked to on the phone or through emails. If any of you are going I hope we bump into each other!

Needless to say I will not be posting for a couple days, but I promise to bring back pictures! The other reason I am so happy about going is this will be the first time in 6 years that I will be away from the kids, I cannot begin to say how much I am looking forward to uninterrupted meals and sleep!!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Displaying your layouts

I have been trying to think of a way to display some of my layouts in our stairway and I was not having very much luck until my genius husband came up with this idea! The "clothespins" are from Pottery Barn (can you tell how much I love Pottery Barn) and they make it easy to change the display whenever I want.

August Project kit Sneak Peek!

These colors just make me think summer - so bright and happy! This kit has a lot of the new Chatterbox "happy days" in it and the hint I will give you for the theme is "10". Can't wait to share it with you all.

Creative Cafe Sneak Peek

Check out the Creative Cafe blog this weekend for some sneak peeks and fun give aways! So many great new products are coming out this summer. Make sure to stop by the blog and play along!