Welcome to the good life.

Studio Calico: Happy Little Moments Class

 A few weeks ago I posted about the Studio Calico Happy Little Moments class...this class rocked. Like in every way possible. Its been super inspiring for this and other projects.

 It documents our Sunday. A normal weekend day for the 3 of us.

The album is literally a book. With story pages that are paper thin. It required some minor calculations and figuring out how many pages were going to stay in my book.

The pages are filled with watercolors, acrylic paint, and embellishments. Lots of labels. And washi tape holds the grouping of pages together.

I have loved this project. And I love documenting an average day for us.

xoxo.

Chose Happy.

Love, love, love this. It definitley needs to be framed in our house.

xoxo.

June Goals

Yes, again...it is mid June and I am just now getting around to posting about my June goals. Well, well. Better late than never.

My June goals are half fun, half serious. I can't wait to challenge myself to preparing and eating three new foods that I've been scared to try. Chasing down the ice cream truck will be some good summer fun. Still enjoying Project Life. Want to start organizing our office...this will probably be a goal for the next several months. Need to get back into my daily devotionals.

I'm still loving my monthly goals. You can read more about my past goals here.

xoxo.

Christmas in June.

Several weeks ago I had enough. Had to organize my crafting area. Along the way, I found KP's Christmas kit that I ordered eons ago. Whoops. As I went through the kit, I found photos. And tidbits from the holiday season. It was a clear indication that Christmas needed to be documented. In June. Not ideal, but it is what it is.

I love Christmas, so naturally I have a ton of fun papers and embellishments for my  favorite season. I started with a Studio Calico handbook. I adore the fun page protectors and being able to add in pockets, envelope, gold vellum pages, and receipts.

Just looking through our Christmas photos warms my heart. I love the parties, decorating, and family time. And the photos of baby Indy...oh man, he had been ours for just a month or so. What a cutie pie.

And I loved adding in vellum envelopes for extra photos.

So happy that Christmas 2012 has been documented.

xoxo.

 

Sweet Summertime.

I am currently obsessed with watermelon. Juicy and sweet. Nice and cold on a warm afternoon. I  see a summer filled with this sweet fruit.

What are you enjoying right now?

xoxo.

Happy Journal Class with Amy Tangerine

I had the great pleasure of taking another class with my fav Amy Tan at Paper Tales in San Diego. Always helps me get my creative mojo back. Plus, who doesn't love to chat + shop.

Love, love, love these girls.

Check Miss Amy's adorable baby bump.

Is this instax Hello Kitty film not the cutest thing ever. Awesome.

Had so much fun creating this cute little happy journal. I even stitched! Only for Amy Tan will this girl stitch!

xoxo.

May Goal: Art For Our Living Room

Another May goal was fill a boring open wall in our living room with some art. Not my speciality. I have no clue what looks good or what works. I am incredibly picky. And it could not cost very much money. Talk about a doozey.

I looked at this awesome website...but it was too overwhelming since I didn't have a specific idea of what I needed. I love, love, love Kal Barteski's work...but it wasn't quite right for the open space. Darn.

I was scouring websites. Desperate, almost. Its like searching for lost gold...you know its out there, but where...who knows. I was browsing Anthro and found a note card that I loved. Rifle Paper Co. It was love at first sight. Especially once Jon approved too.

Another May goal completed. In fact, that makes 100% of May goals accomplished. Score.

xoxo.

My Latest Project.

Oh, my gosh. I have been inspired by a scrapbooking class. Why is this important? Well, its important because I typically sign up for online classes and never complete them. Either the content doesn't interest me or I am distracted. Not this time, friends. I am in love. Happy Little Moments #2 has been just amazing

 

My interest sparked when I saw Marcy's Penner's bad ass class kit. Yes, bad ass...I said it. Look at that herringbone washi tape. To. Die. For.

I'm not typically a fan of altered books. This was literally a book. And I had to take pages out, doesn't that seem taboo? I loved every single minute of it.

Check out these printables, part of the class. Totally unexpected and I am obsessed. I used every single one in my book. No joke. And I'll be printing out a few additional sets for Project Life. Amaz-balls.

Here is one page completed. Instead of documenting happy little moments, I did a day in the life. I documented our day (last Sunday) and everything that happened from our morning routines, to errands, to a BBQ with the family. Lots of fun to remember the details of a normal weekend day.

Can't wait to finish this project up. More details coming soon.

xoxo.

Project Life

Hello, friends! Project Life update for you-

Its crazy how much I still love this project. And keep up with it (somewhat) regularly. Making big strides from last year and the year before. I'll be blogging about what has been so different this year for me.

Its been a few fun and busy weeks. Turning 27. Cycling for Jon. Snuggles for Indy. A few BBQs. Multiple trips to Lowes. New plants. Work stuff. Lots of life...and I love that its captured in photos. 

xoxo.

 

3 Years Today.

3 years ago was the best day. It was a day filled with stress, tears, and so much happiness.
Happy anniversary, babe. Love you always.

xoxo.