Our First House

This past April we purchased our first house. Exciting times!

Details: Stitched paper is by We R Memory Keepers. Embellishments are by Jolee's.

Professional photos taken by the wonderful Mollie at Bloom Photography.

Pet Me I'm Irish

This year Luna decided to sport her Irish pride on St. Patrick's Day.

Details: Both papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle's Lucky Me collection. The canvas title and clovers are also from the Lucky Me collection. Glad I finally got to use these papers, I won them forever ago at Archiver's.

Congo River Putt Putt

No vacation is complete without playing a round of miniature golf. The place we went to in Tampa, Congo River, had live gators throughout the course! You could feed the gators if you wanted to. As usual, I lost.

Details: Paper is Country Fields from the One Fall Day line by Bella Blvd. Journaling circle is by October Afternoon. Letters are Thickers by American Crafts.

Adam & Beth

This past November we were able to join Adam & Beth on their wedding day in Tampa, FL. They had the cutest boutonnieres made out of vintage buttons! The table numbers were also vintage buttons! It was so cute. And I loved their chocolate brown, orange and green color scheme. We had a blast, right down to the after party at Bahama Breeze.

Details: Woodgrain paper is by Hambly. Hexagon paper is Botanique Pearl by American Crafts. Green floral paper is City Park - Greenbelt Gardens by American Crafts. Felt flower clips are from Making Memories's Paperie collection in greenhouse. Buttons are by Scenic Route and orange thread in by We R Memory Keepers.

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.

Golden birthday bash

I am having a party the end of October to celebrate my golden birthday (turning 29 on the 29th) instead of my usual Halloween party. I hope its a blast. I will share party decor pictures as they are done.

Details: Paper is Orange Sorbet from Bazzill Basics' Two Scoops line. Lantern stamps are from American Crafts' Terrace collection. "you're invited" stamp is by Hero Arts.

Cookie Exchange

This last Christmas I decided to host a cookie exchange. My friend Ashley brought every guest a sugar cookie Christmas tree. They were amazing. I made chocolate chip cookies, sugared cranberries, chocolate covered pretzels and brownie covered oreos. Yum!

Details: Red paper is Berries from the Wintertime line by Echo Park. Snowflake paper is Falling Snowflakes from the same Echo Park line.

Turkey Ball

I love to make cheese balls. People love to eat my cheese balls. Some people even go so far as to request one whenever they see me. I decided this year I was going to make one as an appetizer for Thanksgiving. I thought it would be more festive if it looked like a turkey (I have been known to make a snowman around Christmas time). It was so great, even though I got made fun of for my creativity, that I decided to scrap it.

Details: Orange paper is Marigold by Bazzill Basics. Leaf and green paper are the A&B sides of Changing Leaves from the Apple Cider collection by Imaginisce. Leaf stickers are from the same line.

I haven't scrapbooked or done anything crafty in months. I have a good reason though:

We Moved!

front of moving announcements and envelopes

Inside of announcements - family picture :)

We bought our first house and we are finally done with some home renovations and have moved in. I will be scrapping this weekend. I think it will feel good to get back in the creative groove. :)

 Details: All the photos are from Bloom Photography. Mollie does amazing work. The cards are from paper source and are size A7 in their new color, Clover. Stamp is from Michaels.

Sing-Along

We, once again this year, went to the Christmas sing-along. It was tons of fun as always.

Details: Paper is Ornaments from the I Believe collection by My Mind's Eye. Paper strip is also from the I Believe collection.

Meeting Milah

While I was back in my hometown for Christmas, I got to meet my fur-niece, Milah. She is a curly haired cat.

Details: Blue paper is from SEI's Kris Kringle line. I don't know where the green paper is from. "Furry Friend" was cut out using the Meow Cricut Lite cartridge. The paw print got the Stickle treatment. "Milah" was written out using glitter stickers by American Crafts (I think).

Christmas Eve

After candlelight Christmas Eve service, we took a few pictures of us and the tree at my parent's house while we waited for everyone else to get home.

Details: Paper is from the Target dollar spot. Embellishments are from SEI's Kris Kringle line.

Iced Memories

Another year of delicious cookies. This time around we tried a new sugar cookie recipe with almond extract. I have to say it added a great flavor. I think we will use it again next year. We even had new sprinkles this year! :)

Details: All of the papers are from SEI's Kris Kringle collection. Cookie tab and made with love sticker are from the Very Merry line by October Afternoon. "Iced Memories" was written using a Making Memories shimmer alpha. Reindeer stamp is by Hero Arts. Bling was a leftover in the bottom of my bag ;)

Sweet Berry Farms

We had beautiful weather this year when we went to pick out our pumpkins. We got two pumpkins, completed the corn maze, and ate some delicious homemade strawberry ice cream. YUM!

Details: The leaf paper is Autumn from the Nutmeg line by Cosmo Cricket. The leaf stickers are by Imaginisce. pumpkin/sign block is from the One Fall Day collection by Bella Blvd. Title is written in letters by Jillibean Soup.

Carving Pumpkins

This year we didn't have time to carve pumpkins until Halloween day. The weather was great that day though and we were able to sit out side in the warm sun to carve this year's masterpieces.

Details: Orange paper is Rio De Janero by Bazzill Basics. Scalloped paper is Horizon by the Girls Paperie. Pumpkins are cut out from a Martha Stewart paper. Glitter letters and spider web frame are from Making Memories's Spook Alley collection.

Halloween Party

I had a few hours to scrap with my good friend Noey while she was in town the other day. I got two layouts done. This is the first that I finished. Our Halloween party this year was a costume party. We had lots of great food and everyone had fun dressing up.

Details: Patterned is toil and trouble by The Girls Paperie. Orange paper is Candle by Bazzill Basics. All brads and paper embellishments are from My Mind's Eye's Blackbird line.

Michelle's wedding

 My sister and her husband had a beautiful wedding back in August of 2009. That's right, this is  my last 2009 layout! woohoo. I am so pleased with the way this turned out. I really wanted to showcase so many beautiful photos from their big day, it was hard to choose just a few!

Details: Green paper is Parakeet by Bazzill Basics and was used in a lot of my sister's wedding accents. The flowers are leftover from making place cards. They are from the bridal line at Michaels. The yellow letters are Thickers in Vera by American Crafts.

Poinsettia Wreath

I saw an idea for a wreath like this in a Holiday Crafts magazine. Their example used an old sweater as the base, I used green ribbon instead. I made a cut file for the poinsettia flowers and cut them out on SCAL at a height of 4, 3, and 2.25 inches. I then overlapped two flowers either of the same size or two of different sizes. I then stuck them on using a pin. I thought the plain red pins were lacking, so I added some red Stickles. Cutting felt on your Cricut is way easier than I feared.

If you'd like me to share the cut file with you or know more about cutting felt on your Cricut, just ask!

Chris's 27th Birthday

For Chris's 27th birthday we went to Nutty Brown Cafe for dinner. It was quite tasty. I also made him a layered German chocolate cake (his favorite). That particular day, even though we no longer live in our birth state of IL, we got some ice in TX. It was appropriately miserable for a January birthday.

Details: Paper is Novel from Basic Grey's Offbeat line. The yellow letters are Thickers in the color Vera by American Crafts.

Elizabeth's Stationery

I don't think Elizabeth reads this blog, but if you do B, stop reading now if you don't want to spoil your Christmas gift...

Elizabeth is the only person that has asked for a third set of stationery. You can see her other sets here and here. When I first met her she went by Betsy (she was 12) as she got older she wanted to go by Elizabeth, but most of her family calls her Bee. So this set I decided to do as "A note from Bee". I hope she likes them.

Details: Envelopes are size A2 in Grape from Paper Source. A note from was written out in stamps by Hero Arts. The Bee stamp is also from Paper Source.