ohh la la

I was in a serious slump after putting together little one's party several weeks ago and some serious long haul time in my day job (can you say crunching numbers for hours as a time--I think I've been chained to my office!).  I was bone tired.  Okay--now you are thinking analytics and creative (yes I do have headaches most days as both sides fight for being front runner in my brain!)  It's not my love, art is but it pays the bills and allows me the luxury of buying my sweet vintage goodies.  Yesterday I slipped into my craft room while she slept and stood there...tick tock...starting moving 'stuff' around --just looking at the little piles I had been gathering and the start and stops of several project.  I haven't been very motivated for Fall projects at all! Very unusual for me as I love this time of year.

I opened the windows, pulled up the blinds to let all that sunshine in, and listened to the quiet...slowly the baubles and trims came together and since I've recently found the new love of 'petite' worked on a Romantic inspired box and goodies--which is now in my Etsy shop.  I decided it was time to move forward and share a few of my creations.  Please let me know your thoughts-- I have sketched a sweet logo but now I'm stuck and need to find a web person.  I am NOT that person--for some reason the computer part of this stuff is work to me maybe its the 9 hours of analysis-crunching numbers-tables that it reminds me off.  Let me know of any recommendations to help me get that little logo computerized. 

Enough brooding--back to the art:

Ohh, la la--Romance Petite Inspiration for you :)

Goodies in the Romantic Petite Set:

A French Inspired tag with pretty bobby pins--also in my Etsy shop

Sweet romantic tags --I just love the natural textures with the softness of lace and linen--also in my Etsy shop.

I feel a little more back on track--well except for this sinus stuff that seems to be ramping up!  I'm off to watch the one goofy show I do watch-Chuck (I am married to the ultimate geek squad)--it's so stupid it makes me laugh most times and some days you just need that-fluffy .  Oh and off to share some pumpkin sugar cookies I made yesterday afternoon too!

Preppy Sweet Pink & Green Birthday

My sweet little one turned 3 today, 10/10/10.  Listening to the numerologist on the Today show this morning indicated this was a celebration day.  Her's turned into a weekend of fun and with this being her first 'kid' party, it was even more special.  I am so grateful to Him for allowing me to enjoy this special little girl in my life and the weekend ends with her sweetly yawning from all the activity and watching her favorite movie.

She picked out the preppy girl theme and how much fun it was to gather ideas together from some of these great design blogs out there.  In the end, it was simple and sweet with the cake as the centerpiece.

The cake came from a local bakery, Couture Cakes of Greenville, besides beautiful they are also delicious!
I highly recommend them for any event you are having. 

The color scheme developed from this sweet cake topper from MadebyJackie which we used as a topper in the flowers.  Everyone loved this arrangement.  She also made her the banner below.

The weekend was wonderful and the Southern fall showed itself in its glory with a cool morning and warming up to a nice 80 degree day; even today was the same beautiful sky.  The party ended up on our very large screen porch--aren't they so sweet :)  The food was ham and turkey sandwichs, mac & cheese, and crackers with fruit.  They enjoyed it so much.

We ordered her invitations from Digipixils and I came up with the little saying for it. This is just the sample as the other has personal info on it.

Our goodies bags one filled with candies and the other a recycled bag with a water bottle.  I'm all about trying to help the environment as much as possible.  We found them at Old Navy, inexpensive but oh so cute-but being that 3 of them were boys we went with a gender neutral bag and bottle :)

They bounced and played, swang, and played in the sand.  I enjoyed seeing her so happy; the kids ended up

staying later than anticipated and did not want to leave.  She slept like a baby for her nap all curled up in a ball on the couch with me and I gratefully rested for an hour and just appreciating that I was able to help bring her happiness with a real understanding of what motherhood is all about. 

Happy Birthday my sweet little one.

Thanks for letting me share a little of this weekend.  Today we did the Zoo ( a small local one), pumpkin patch, and brunch.  Jammies and milk time.

Night.

More Sweet Halloween

This year my favorite color combo is black and white with a pop of color or bling.  I gathered this sweet Halloween tag set together along with my other Halloween tags.  Just email me at kristen7744@hotmail.com if you are interested in any.  The purple wall hanging or door hanging is so adorable with the nice shot of colors. 

A few more items for Halloween left to show you soon.  I've gotten side tracked lately with everyday life and 3 kid birthday parties!  My soon to be 3yr old has goes to more parties than I do :)

Sweet and Simple Halloween

Bang, down comes the big box of Halloween and Fall.  I had packed them away a year ago, one because of the lack of space and two as I knew we would be moving to a bigger house (specifically with a room for my 'stuff').  Sadly, a lot got smooshed by our movers (aka DH's friends) you know the one's that do it for free beer?!  So I have been happily putting out my Fall decor, which is my favorite time of year, and smiling as most of my Halloween tidbits survived. 

Having a 3 year old, I wanted sweet, simple, and a bit of vintage thrown in.  You don't realize that most of the Halloween items out there now are for adults until you have a terrified child! I took my little one to Michael's and she got scared over the crackling, howling, and sinister looking decor.

Cracking open that box (oh, wait that should be plural with groans from the DH), I forgot about all the vintage looking scrapbook items I had picked up year over year.  Now I have space to keep my goodies out or organized without putting in the attic for a year. 

I made this little collage with my little one in mind.  It has vintage paper, scrapbook paper that had a vintage feel, rub-on's behind the goofy ghost, and a sweet glittered pumpkin Boo with a cute hang tag dangling off for some extra fun for her.

She said is that for me? Yes, and it will hang sweetly off your door for the season.

This vintage inspired collage below is in my favorite, black and white color scheme, and with sweet black glittered cats, and the piece I've been so wanting to use in a project for so long now, the fluffy feathers! I just adore this piece using scrapbook paper with a vintage feel, vintage inspired images, vintage flowers and vintage earring bob, and my new favorite love, stamping. It's so simple with a slight elegant air.

Hope you enjoy.  I have a few more projects to share soon. 

Fall? Are you here yet???

It's September 2 and it's 92.  Hmpphhh, I'm putting up my fall decorations this weekend--phmpt to mother nature; I want apples, spice, and that crisp coolness.  Sigh...

What have I been up to?  Let's see, sniffling over this one starting K-3--LOL! I told her I was going to put this picture on her wedding table, check out that petulant look ALREADY!  You can barely see her Dr.Suess converse chucks, so sweet :)  Hey, we are into comfort here.  So she is loving her puppies so I had to get her a lunchbag with them on --it says its for boys but who cares at 3--she was absolutely happy with it.

I've been playing with my new set(s) of Copics. Can you say LOVE! Be kind--these are my very first try with the pens.   I still am amazed at being able to blend so well. I've really started to collect stamps and enjoying the ease of making tags with them. 

Ready for my team to start their season tonight, glad to have a break from the never ending work.

I've started to sketch again and working on a new logo for myself and a studio/design name.

What's up in your area?

Till next time,