- listed a few mini kit’s for halloween in the ephemera shop; practically every little bit is vintage.

- working on new digital goodies for my shop at 2peas.

- discovering the batch process button in pS. that button is awesomesauce!

- anticipating my girls weekend in sf with my sweet friend. we’re sleeping here, saturdaying here and then flea marketing here.

happy wednesday!
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cupcake stands | september 2010

one year ago i joined the jbs dt. it’s been amazing and wonderful and working with jenni & jared & doris and everyone else has been such a delight. but i decided this past month that it’s time to move on, which should be of no surprise considering my post on motivation. but. sending that email was still bittersweet because being on that team was like working with happy friends on a daily basis. easy. relaxed. perfect.

so i thought today i’d post one favorite project/layout that i created each month that i was on the JBS team. some are from the monthly kit boxes, but some are from the wholesale side. all of them are treasures. all of them were happily made.

i’m going to miss it. i’ll still scrap but it’s not really my passion anymore. time for new horizons, new passions for making and all of those dreams i’ve been holding close to my chest? yea. it’s exactly the right time for those to bloom.

happy tuesday.
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rainbow girl | october 2010

vintage goods | november 2010

old lovely | december 2010

hodge podge drawer album | january 2011

missing my baby | february 2011

tart tin picture frame | march 2011

vintage journal | april 2011

calendar card display | may 2011

specimen boxes | june 2011

finding lucy | july 2011

warm puppy | august 2011

first, thank you for your sweet words, support and encouragement about my last post. i have spent the last week or so doing nothing creative. nothing. i’ve spent time out in the studio but it’s been time spent cleaning and purging. purging. purging. purging.

i’m regrouping.

i’m running my hands over things and deciding what i keep are the things that make me want to make things. i’m deciding what makes me excited about the craft of making.  those things are staying. and so, i’m also deciding that i need to get rid of things as well, i need to get rid of  the things that are simply taking up space. there’s alot in that pile. alot of paper and scrap supplies. alot of random embellies. alot of stamps i’ll never use.

i’m thinking they’ll be heading out of this house in another stash sale. next week. unless you know you’d like a box now. email me. we’ll chat. ;)

but during all of this a project that i worked on last month for 7gypsies is finally up and public, my section is #4, the one with the glittery pie chart. the entire creative team & staff worked on a collab atc tray project kit that is available to purchase (here). it. was. so. much. fun. to. do!! all my favorite gypsies participated {they inspire me to the moon and back}. and next month, beginning on the 10th you can learn, by following the gypsy blog how to make it, with or without a kit.

dude. how awesome pants is that!?

happy friday my friends.
thank you for always hearing me & always being awesome.
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unfortunatly i don’t have anything to show as i just got my kits tuesday evening, but i had to show a screenshot of briana’s project with the sept kit bc it’s just amazing. LOVE the pink & green together. Oh, and a little vintage birdie told me ALL of the new JBS retail releases are available & can ship with your kits. :)

happy september 1st!
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It’s Back to School month over at the JBS blog and because I’ve been wanting to have a more organized way of documenting the littles school year experiences ever since the bean started kinder 3 years ago, this year I decided I wanted to make binders “Diary of a wimpy kid style” and have everything ready before school started. Up until now I have just been writing notes on our family calendar and putting select bits of memorabilia and schoolwork and art projects into a box, not the best thing to do when you want to remember “when” they got that 100% in spelling or drew that family portrait.

Products used : JBS group photo; JBS deco arts; JBS for Ranger Fountain Pen ink; JBS Photographer’s Mark chipboard buttons, mini Chalkboard Alpha stickers in black.
To see more of this project pop on over to the JBS inspiration blog.

The interior pages hold the printable calendar that I created for the school year and I’ll be adding memorabilia, art, as well as layouts documenting pictures that I plan on taking over the year. I have the printable of the outer “Diary of a” pages {preschool through high school} as well as the interior calendar pages {available below in zipped pdfs} if you’d like to download them to use for a similar binder. I printed mine onto 8.5×11 Kraft cardstock and you will need a PDF reader to view these.

Diary of a Grade Schooler {preschooler} [128 kb]
Diary of a Grade Schooler {kindergartener} [247 kb]
Diary of a Grade Schooler {1st – 8th} [2 mb]
Diary of a Grade Schooler {9th-12th} [659 kb]
Diary of a Grade Schooler {calender} [3 mb]
Diary of a Grade Schooler {daily tags} [320 kb]

Here’s to another fabulous school year!
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