Design Team Shares :: Under the Sea

We are off to Nova Scotia for a week! Yippeee. I'll of course, be most happy once we get there. :) I know you all know this - but packing for a family is hard work! Man, they need a lot of stuff!

I just had to leave you with Design Team projects with one of my *fave* shapes! Isn't the mermaid fabulous?? I just love her so much. Each one is so different, yet they all went with a blueish-greenish color. I love that! :) You can check each DT members blog for more details...

Kory's in all her sequins and real doll hair. (And if you visit her blog you can see her adorable Ainslie). :)

Laurie PAINTED hers! Don't you love her pink hair?!

Jolene used her scallop punch (isn't that clever for her tail?) And I love the little seashell too.

And last, but certainly not least! Julie Ann's with her pretty raffia-like hair and glittered tail and seashell bra. :) I love her!

Beautiful job ladies! When I return (or possibly on the road), I'll share the rest of the DT projects using our seashell shape.

Have a wonderful week everyone!!

Has it really been so long since my last post?? Boy, life has sure been crazy already and summer hasn't even officially begun! I've been busy with:

my sister and her kids visiting
my Dad and stepmom visiting
family reunion
more family visits
8 hour roadtrip!

And now I'm swamped with:

unpacking
organizing
LOADS of laundry
grocery shopping

I will post again very soon! And also post our winner to the giveaway (thank you for your patience). And thank you for the e-mails of concern. All is well here. I'll leave you with this short video of my kiddos splashing in the pool that Grammy gave us recently. :)

thank you + a giveaway!

I'm sure I'm not the only one who is on several mailing lists. It makes me so sad to receive so many lately that say they are going out of business, retiring and shutting down. The latest was the e-mail I received from My Acrylic Albums who said they're retiring due to the economy. How sad. I just wanted to say how THANKFUL I am for all of you! You are why we are able to be here and we appreciate each and every one of you!

Because we're so grateful, we wanted to have a GIVEAWAY!! I'll send off a box of goodies to a randomly picked winner. Just leave a comment and tell me what you're grateful for today.

HAPPY MONDAY!!

Heather Bailey's Fresh Cuts

Are you having a happy weekend?? Ours has been fairly uneventful, but it's still been nice. :)

I wanted to share this sweet album that Jolene created with our Heather Bailey Freshcuts Bracket Album Kit. I am sooo in love with these papers and it's loaded with lots of fun goodies too. Jolene has a house full of boys :) so she had fun playing with the girly-ness of this kit. She created this for a friend to add their pictures. What a nice gift.

Is it cute or what?! Thanks Jolene!

Fancy, fancy

Look at our fancy monograms here! I never posted this but our customer, Jamie sent me this a few months back. Isn't it gorgeous??! I love the bold colors and I have to say, the letters really make a statement! Beautiful Jamie. Thanks for sharing!

And this is my little guy looking much more boyish than babyish. He had his first haircut a couple weeks ago. I was afraid I wouldn't like it, but it's just too cute. :)

Hope you're all enjoying your weekend!

More Design Team shares and New Kits!

What a gorgeous day it is here today! The sun is streaming in the windows and the trees look like their lit up from the sun! I love this time of the year (well, when it's not raining that is). Although, I even love the rain when I can see my flowers grow!

I wanted to share Heather's Design Team project from this month. She went with a totally different look on the Nesting Collection. These two projects each have their own feel to them. (The bird is also sold separately). I love the vintage papers she chose on the bird and pretty ribbon and lace around the neck.


And the egg... I adore the mosaic design she created with it. Here's how she created the look with the egg:

I primed and painted the piece with acrylic paint and then did a mosaic out of handmade mosaic tiles which are made from Sculpey clay and embossed with rubber stamps and hand painted. There are swarovski crystals embedded in some as accents. The entire thing is sealed with clear acrylic sealer.

We have one more design team project to share and you won't be disappointed in it! Hopefully I'll get that posted tomorrow. We are loving this beautiful weather and have been playing outside. :) Soon they'll be running out there!!

Oh, and we have a couple new kits listed. The colorful Summer Breeze and graphic and classy Audrey Hepburn. Loaded with so many fun items and very reasonably priced too. Hope you're enjoying your week!

Happy Mother's Day, my friends!

I wanted to wish all the mom's, aunties, grammy's and Godmother's a very Happy Mother's Day weekend. I hope you get spoiled. :)