October Daily - Days 11 - 15

Port St. Joe

Another day, another barrier island in Florida. The shell paper is from SEI's On The Coast line. The background paper is Charm "Hey you" from the Cut & Paste collection by My Mind's Eye. The title is cork Thickers by American Crafts. The map is from Basic Grey's Carte Postale line. The embellishments are by Studio Calico. 

Casa Grande

The first of many Big Bend layouts. It's also the beginning of several larger format photos. This was my first time using a 15" long photo! Casa Grande is gorgeous. It greeted us every morning when we woke up in the Chisos Basin.

Details: Paper is from the Moravia line by SEI. 

Hamilton Pool

The last of the photos from my sister's trip to visit in February 2011. We enjoyed the sunshine and warm weather at Hamilton Pool.

Blue paper is "aqua shock" from the Jocelyn line by SEI. Cloud transparency is by Hambly Studios. Grey letters are Jillibean Soup. Small words are My Mind's Eye.

Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving that we have hosted at our house. I made nine different sides because everyone had their own favorites they requested.

Details: Blue paper and leaf paper is Turkey Tracks from Bella Blvd's Thankful line. All other papers and embellishments are also from the Thankful line.

i love the ocean

The last day of our September vacation. We spent it in our favorite hotel in Galveston.

Details: Patterned paper is big waves from the Splash line by Echo Park. Stamps are SEI.

Luna's 7th birthday

Luna's 7th (2010).

Details: Paper is from the brand new My Girl line by My Mind's Eye. "Birthday Girl" is by Jillibean Soup. "Say Cheese" and the Date are also by My Mind's Eye.

Wizarding World of Harry Potter

We visited the Wizarding World of Harry Potter during our vacation in Florida. It was pretty amazing, just like you would imagine it.

Details: Patterned paper, journaling block and "it was a great day" are all by My Mind's Eye, Bright Side line. Letters and Potter stickers are by Creative Imaginations for Warner Brothers. 

December Daily - Day 1

I'm doing December Daily again this year. This time around I am using the Winter Wonderland line by My Mind's Eye. The cute felt tree above is Martha Stewart, I hope to use them on a bunch of the pages.

The first day we went to the Capitol Christmas Sing a long.

October Daily - Day 14

Third and final day of ACL. Lots of good food and good music.

Bluebonnets

We got just enough rain in the fall to have a spectacular bluebonnet year. We even spotted an all white one this year.

Details: Clouds are by Jollee's. Letters are Thickers, I love their texture. Paper is Polka from the On the Bright Side collection by My Mind's Eye.

Glass Blowing

Since this year was our first year in our new home and the first year with a full size Christmas tree, we needed a bunch of ornaments. Craig and Lacy treated us to a glass blowing ornament class. We had fun, but it was a pretty steep learning curve. 

Details:Background paper is by Imaginisce.

Bulb Exposure

We did some fun bulb exposure shots last fourth of July. The city had to cancel fireworks due to our extreme drought. We made our own festive fun.

Details: Star paper is Celebration from We R Memory Keepers's Red White & Blue collection. Scalloped paper is Letters home from the same collection. Backyard Party is Summertime Fun from the Red White & Blue collection. The title was cut using the Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge. Fireworks were cut, using an SVG file I found, on SCAL.

Fresh picked - Winter Garden

I love this layout. I had several pictures (many didn't make the cut) that I wanted to use along with cute garden paper from my friend Noey. I saw this beautiful layout on Pinterest and found a sketch that would work with my photos. Inspiration struck and I made this beauty :)

Details: Blue paper is Caspia from SEI's Oasis line. Leaf paper is Early Bird: Brunch by Cosmo Cricket. Veggie paper is Farmers Market - Berkeley by My Little Shoe Box. Glitter letters are by Making Memories. Gray letters are the Amy Tangerine Thickers by American Crafts. I made the garden markers by tracing a garden marker and cutting them by hand.

December Daily - Day three

Hopefully it stops raining soon so I can get better pictures of my pages! Day three we went downtown to the KUT Christmas sing a-long. It was so much fun.

Chihuly in Tampa

Last November we visited the Morean Arts Center in Tampa, FL to see the only permanent Chihuly gallery. Sadly, they wouldn't let you take pictures. They had some amazing chandeliers, sea horses, and spheres. You should really check it out. I even purchased my own tiny Chihuly. We then went across the street to soak up the park and bay.

Details: Paper is Stillness from SEI's Moonrise collection. Letters are by Making Memories.

A Wine Time

When my parents were visiting me last month we decided to try out two Austin area wineries. We had fun driving out in the boonies and trying tasty wines. Although only Chris liked the one with essence of leather and tobacco. bleh!

Details: ALL paper is from We R Memory Keepers' Vintage Blue line. Background paper is Just Dandy. Purple paper is the "B" side of Blueberry Hill. Flower paper is May Flowers. Tag is from the same line as well. Title was cut out using the Lyrical Letters Cricut Cartridge.

Bellagio Fountain

We went and saw the Bellagio fountains twice in one night. It was all part of our "date night" out while we were in Vegas.

Details: Background paper is from the SEI Moravia collection. Title cut out on Bazzill glass slipper paper using the Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridge. Journaling block is from My Mind's Eye's So Sophie collection.

Sequoia

This is another layout from our trip in April 2009. I had a whole bunch of pictures that didn't really belong on other layouts, so this is that layout. I also had a post card and brochure I wanted to incorporate. So again, this layout was simple.

Details: Paper is Ticket to Ride from Little Yellow Bicycle's Traveler collection. I believe that the ribbon is also from that line.

merry & bright

One day my cat may just kill me in my sleep for the laughs I have had at her expense. She does make quite the adorable little elf though. hee hee.

Details: Papers are from the Target one spot Christmas 2008. The title block was part of a paper kit I got a long time ago from Hobby Lobby.