Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
My Summer CHA 2010 Wish List
Instead of brooding about the fact that I couldn't go to Chicago this summer (okay, so maybe I'm brooding just a teensy bit!), I thought I'd take the opportunity to do a little window shopping and highlight my top five must haves from the sneaks I've seen thus far. October Afternoon is a given, so I will skip right over that and give you my non-October Afternoon list:
1. Cosmo Cricket Togetherness: What can I say? I'm a sucker for cute, colorful, and whimsical!
2. Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Holiday Buttons: Vintage Yumminess! I think the Halloween ones are my favorite. I think I'm going to need at least two sets of each.
4. Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli: Again with the bright colors. I love the camera paper and the film paper!
5. Basic Grey Wander: Travel. If you didn't catch my layouts on the Write.Click.Scrapbook. blog here, take a peek and you'll know why I need Wander!
So, there you have it, my top five. If you want to catch a glimpse of CHA, tune in to the Write.Click.Scrapbook. blog this week for updates from Emily and Paula.
1. Cosmo Cricket Togetherness: What can I say? I'm a sucker for cute, colorful, and whimsical!
2. Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Holiday Buttons: Vintage Yumminess! I think the Halloween ones are my favorite. I think I'm going to need at least two sets of each.
3. Studio Calico Elementary: As an educator, I am a sucker for all things school-themed. How cute are those composition book journaling cards?
5. Basic Grey Wander: Travel. If you didn't catch my layouts on the Write.Click.Scrapbook. blog here, take a peek and you'll know why I need Wander!
So, there you have it, my top five. If you want to catch a glimpse of CHA, tune in to the Write.Click.Scrapbook. blog this week for updates from Emily and Paula.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Seaside Sneak Peek
With one set of grandparents walking distance from the Atlantic Ocean and the other set walking distance from the Pacific, we have countless photos of time at the beach. Therefore, I am thrilled that October Afternoon has released a beach-themed line: Seaside. I've been playing around with it for the last couple of days:
The keepsake bottles were a super-quick and fun project. See below for close-up photo and instructions:
1. Remove labels and adhesive from a Frappucino bottle (or another similarly-sized bottle).
2. Using a 1 3/4" circle punch, punch a circle from October Afternoon Seaside Boardwalk patterned paper and adhere to top of bottle cap.
3. Adhere an October Afternoon Seaside Shape Sticker to white cardstock and trim around the edges of the shape.
4. Punch a small hole at the top of the cardstock-backed shape sticker.
5. Thread a 10" length of jute through the hole in the cardstock-backed shape sticker and tie it around the neck of the bottle.
6. Fill the bottle with shells, sea glass, etc. (either collected at the beach or purchased at a craft store) and you're done!
The keepsake bottles were a super-quick and fun project. See below for close-up photo and instructions:
1. Remove labels and adhesive from a Frappucino bottle (or another similarly-sized bottle).
2. Using a 1 3/4" circle punch, punch a circle from October Afternoon Seaside Boardwalk patterned paper and adhere to top of bottle cap.
3. Adhere an October Afternoon Seaside Shape Sticker to white cardstock and trim around the edges of the shape.
4. Punch a small hole at the top of the cardstock-backed shape sticker.
5. Thread a 10" length of jute through the hole in the cardstock-backed shape sticker and tie it around the neck of the bottle.
6. Fill the bottle with shells, sea glass, etc. (either collected at the beach or purchased at a craft store) and you're done!
Monday, July 5, 2010
A Fun Little Card
I finally conquered the zig zag stitch! :)
October Afternoon Patterned Papers, Sticker, and Wild Card; Maya Road Trinket Pins
Friday, July 2, 2010
Seaside!
October Afternoon's newest line, Seaside, is set to release soon. I can't wait to play with it!
Wild Cards:
Papers:
Flashcard Book:
Be sure to check the October Afternoon website for additional images...coming soon!
Wild Cards:
Papers:
Stickers:
Stamps:
Be sure to check the October Afternoon website for additional images...coming soon!
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Big News! Very Big News!
I am one of the newest members of Write. Click. Scrapbook.! I was so honored and thrilled to be asked to join! It's early morning and I'm off to work, but I just had to share. Be sure to head on over to check out the June gallery!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Money Matters
Yesterday, while I was working on re-formatting my blog, Sadie asked me, "Is your wallet in your purse, Mommy?" I responded with a distracted, "Yes," not really thinking through why she might have been asking me that. A minute later, Sadie approached me with a one-dollar bill and asked if she could have it. "Sure!" I replied. Sadie ran off screaming to Eli, "We're rich! We're rich! We're rich! You said we're poor but now we're rich!"
If only it were that easy...
Sadie has clearly not learned a lot from recent bank visits! While the kids have had accounts since birth at our regular bank, last month we took them to a local bank designed just for kids and opened accounts that we hope they will use regularly. They've gone in both April and May, and if they also go in June they will each get a free piggy bank!
If only it were that easy...
Sadie has clearly not learned a lot from recent bank visits! While the kids have had accounts since birth at our regular bank, last month we took them to a local bank designed just for kids and opened accounts that we hope they will use regularly. They've gone in both April and May, and if they also go in June they will each get a free piggy bank!
Patterned paper: Sassafrass (numbers, cream grid, scalloped-edge), October Afternoon (green grid)
Corrugated letters and numbers: Jillibean Soup
Rub-on: October Afternoon (green star)
Corrugated letters and numbers: Jillibean Soup
Rub-on: October Afternoon (green star)
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