American Girl

My daughter Lavinia LOVES parades! What kid doesnt?! I just love these precious photos of her waving and watching. Parades are all American and these papers reminded me of vintage Americana! I love Graphic 45 and am almost done with the two packs Jenni Boisvert gave me! Time to order more!

The Ladies Got Talent!

Wait a sec while I scoop my jaw up off the floor....Jeni Boisvert made me the most awesomest edited photo of my daughter Destiny! She made her a little pixie and all in one day WOW! Check out her AMAZING work! She has a ton of great stuff on an Etsy shop too, she is a very talented Photographer! http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5952630

SHIMMERZ!

OMG the rockin Jeni B gave me some of these amazing paints called Shimmerz in my prize package a couple weeks ago and I just used them for the first time and I am star struck! I love the little babies! You can totally control your level of bling by the amount of paint you apply and let me tell ya, a little goes a LONG way! Here I used them on my flowers that I made into neat little magnets for a handmade note board.

I purchased a small cork board for $2 but the cork was very thin and I really didnt like the look of the cork but loved the size and the framing so I found a magnetic dry erase board for $3 and ripped it apart to salvage the thin piece of metal and cut it to size and it worked PERFECT!

It is so hard to show shimmer in a photo but these things are just lovely in real life, take my word for it? You can find them on ebay and will hopefully be available at the store I work at soon so let me know how interested you are and I can deffinetly find you a place to get them :)

Paris

This layout title was inspired by the romantic classic Casablanca! The most famous quote from the movie is "We will always have Paris" Unfortunately me and my hubby will probably NEVER get to see Paris, but it doesn't really matter because we have a strong love for each other.

Charles 1952

I just received a box of old photos from my mother and these ones of my grandfather Charles as a child were included! I just love these pics! These papers from Graphic 45 are amazing, this is my first time playing with Graphic 45 and I am so blessed to receive them! They just coordinate and flow so seamlessly.

PRINCE!

I had the wonderful honor of meeting Jennie Boisvert last week! Jenni is the Design Team coordinator for Bad Girls and Designs for some of my favorite companies! I was lucky enough to win a prize from a giveaway on her blog here http://paperpiecing.typepad.com/paperpassion/ and she totally SPOILED ME!!!! Since she only lives in the next town over she drove over and gave me my package in person and I feel like I made an instant friend! In my awesome and HUGE prize package were some wonderful Graphic 45 papers that I had time to play with the last couple of days!




Here is my son Kaine when he was just a couple of weeks old, this picture always makes my eyes well with tears because he was so tiny and so innocent sleeping away. He is our last baby so all of these moments are bittersweet as he grows up Im so happy for each milestone but so sad that this will be the last time I get to experience these memories :(

Whats in a Name?

One or maybe both of my followers may have noticed an ever changing blog header as I desperately try to come up with a clever name for my blog and for what I do. Its never been something im very good at and I always wonder how big name bands came up with these awesome names that just....fit....whereas every thing I come up with sounds just a little bit odd, so bear with me people as I experiment with my header and my blog design.