SC Stamps

Scrapbook Lot A: $40


Scrapbook Lot B: $40


Scrapbook Lot C: $30


Misc Lot A: $60


Misc. Lot B: $50 Classes, misc.


Card Kit Lot A: $50


Card Kit Lot B: $26


Lawn Fawn SC stamps: $14

Studio Calico stamps for sale

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Inspired by Project Life

Lately I have been very inspired by a scrapbooking method called "Project Life".  Basically it is chronicling your days in a binder with page protectors and little pockets.  You add in your daily photos and little notes about them, bits of ephemera like receipts, forms, postcards, anything really.  I was inspired because while I like scrapbooking, it is hard to do it very quick, for me, and I feel like I am always behind.  I really want Mia to have a picture of what it was like for her growing up too.  I want her to be able to see and read about what it was like.  I can't remember most of my childhood, so the few photos I have seen have been so lovely to see (mental note to ask parents to find more! :) 

Enter Project Life.  I'm not going to take photos every single day but I am going to photograph and journal about the little things that make the days special.  The little things that can get lost in the shuffle of big events and holidays.  The Project Life kit is sold out for the year so I made my own album with a vintage red binder(found at a rummage sale for $1!) and some page protectors in different sizes, mostly nine pocket pages that are about the size of a baseball card, 3.5x2.5" and then some letter size ones too (8.5x11") for adding in regular scrapbook layouts, schoolwork, and pictures that Mia makes me. 

I made a template for the small photo size in my printing program, then I just print them out and stick them in, easy peasy.  The journaling cards are either plain white cardstock cut to fit and jazzed up with stickers, etc or they are from Elle's Studio.  Elle's Studio is a super cute company, that started on Etsy, that makes little paper embellishments and journaling cards.  The "Handmade Layers" collection is my favorite, check it out.  Some of them are perfectly sized at 3.5x2.5" all ready to fit in my pockets!  I am just sticking in photos that I take and ones that I find, that are older, as I come across them and then writing about them.  It's really fun to do.  Here are some of my pages:

Well S just put out some chips and guacamole so I better go.  What do you do with your photos, now I am curious about what others do!?

Card Kick

I've been on a card making kick lately.  Here are just a few of them.

Wow, seeing these all uploaded, I realize, I really love pink!! Please leave a comment if you would like to know a technique I used or have questions about what paper, etc. Most of the papers are from Crate Paper, Basic Grey, Athentique and also some scanned and printed vintage wallpaper.  Thank you! I hope your Sunday is going well, relaxing and just plain lovely.  :)

New item in my etsy shop!!

I just uploaded a new item in my etsy shop.  It is a little pack of embellishments and cards and tags to craft with!  It is very sweet, in shades of pink and yellow with a little green thrown in.  Tags, cards, handmade rosettes, handmade fabric tape, buttons, flowers and more!  I am going to make a few tags as examples that I will post soon, also.

My little box of pretty things

I have a little box.  It's actually an old cash box that I picked up at my local thrift shop.  It houses a lot of my favorite things. Some of the things that I collect are: vintage lace, ribbon, old spools with new ribbon carefully wrapped around them and pinned, embroidered trim, trims of all kinds, millinery flowers, bits and bobs of pure, lovely bliss.  I was organizing it today and decided to share...

 The petite box above was sent to me from a lovely Etsy shop, Julie Collings's Vintage Handmade.  I contacted her requesting one of her little art picnic boxes in tones of pink, aqua and cream.   These are just some of the items, in the photo, that were in the box.  She had filled it with lovely trims and bits, so beautiful.  All topped off with a darling millinery bunch, on top, as well.  She is an artist.  Go check out her shop, I know you will love it.

Do you like vintage trims and bits?  What do you collect?

Let's look in my art journal

I have been in sort of a creative funk lately.  I don't know why, I was on a roll and then bam, nothing.  No ideas, and when I do have an idea, it's hard to get motivated and excited about it.  Very strange.  I read on Rebecca Sowwer's blog that what helps her is looking over her past work, concentrating on her accomplishments and I guess it helps.  She does these neat picture mosaics,showcasing her work on her blog, very cool.  I don't know how to do that so I thought I would just post some pictures of past entries in my art journal.  Here we go!

 Mixed media, watercolor

 Practicing a new font with my favorite pen, Pigma Micron from Sakura

 Playing around with my Gel pens, also Mia's bday list from June.

 Gel pens, watercolor, micron, and watercolor pencils.

Gel pens, watercolor, micron, and watercolor pencils.

 Micron pen and gel pens, not finished.

 Watercolor and Distress ink, Micron pen