VOL.25

NEW RELEASE "ahoy! overlay set" Inspiration overload

(Scroll down to my previous post to "meet" the team!) Hello! I am back and suuuper excited to finally release the ahoy! overlay set... I even decided to put it on sale. :) I am also including my custom all time favorite distressing brush free of charge. This is the same brush that was used to distress all the waves shown in these images. This is my all time favorite brush, I use it in my art ALL the time. :) With the release of every new set of overlays, I plan to mark them down for the first 2... Read more →

Introducing: The Eye Candy Overlays Design Team !!

Hello everyone! Its friday and I feel like celebrating! After a couple months of heavy thinking (i do this on occasion :P ) and then bunches of preparation I have finally finished building my design team. I was so incredibly fortunate to have had so many people willing to be a part of the team! I appreciate that so much, so thank you. :) If you requested to be a part of the team, I just may ask you in the coming months to be a guest designer, or even interviewed... :) Ok, so these ladies are super talented and... Read more →

my family

Better late then never right?! I've had a suuuper productive day today, and as a result it meant time away from the computer. :) I absolutely love this one of the girls. :) I'm not sure why we didnt pick up the paper labels off the ground BEFORE taking these pictures... it kinda bugs me, but not enough to not like the picture. :) sweet kisses from "sissy" I took some pictures of Jaydon too. :) I sure do love this guy. He is absolutely PERFECT for ME. I am soo incredibly fortunate to be his wife. As sappy as... Read more →

home ec

hi!!! How is your day going? I hope well. :) I am going to pop in really quick (i'll be back later to post the rest of the pictures from our little photo shoot on monday) and help LA, Rachel, and Courtney spread the word about they're new online class Home Ec. It looks like SOO much fun! Someday I would LOVE to learn how to sew... Anyhow, I'll let LA take over from here... :) "Home Ec is an online sewing class perfect for beginners (no sewing experience needed) and those wanting to develop their sewing skills and create... Read more →

another sour photo shoot....

Hah!! :) The props may have been sour, but the kiddos... they had a blast! I think this second take on my first lemonade stand session nailed more of what I had envisioned the first time around. The weather was perfect (if not a little hot) and we caught that magical just before sunset lighting. :) The super cute kids are my cousin's. You may remember them from this photo shoot taken last august. Although it was alot of work... it was so worth it. The kids had fun, but I think my cousin and I had a little more... Read more →

NEW freebie- Build your own cupcake!

Hi everyone!! As promised, here are the cupcakes I have been working on for... well... what seems like forever! If you follow me on facebook, you already know that I finished them a couple weeks ago, but they seemed a little small for my liking. I originally had 6 cupcakes per page... but you guys suggested that 4 would be the perfect number, so I delivered... and you were SO right! The perfect amount of sweetness to get you through your monday! :) Follow this link HERE to download them. Have fun!! Read more →

a quote for your week chap. 40 + diy printable!

Hello! How was your weekend? Ours was HOT... and I hear today should be just as hot. Our little window air conditioner unit is on the brink of dying I think... :) When (and if) we do the addition we are planning to install central heat and air so we really *hate* to spend the money replacing it.... Anyhow, today's quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson... He really has some of the most memorable quotes in my opinion. :) This afternoon my cousin is coming over, and we are working on a big cardboard prop for out next project.... I'll... Read more →

etsy must haves: tilly whistle

These ballet slippers by tilly whistle are soo stinkin cute. :) My little miss journey has a BIG shoe fetish going on right now. If you leave your shoes out, you will undoubtedly catch her "trudging" along the house in them. No matter how big or small. She also likes wearing fairy dresses and watching "Barbie and the 12 dancing princesses" I can only imagine how much she would enjoy a pair of these. :) Of course, Trin would be incredibly envious and I would need to buy her a pair too.... definitely plan to come back to this little... Read more →

kinda lemony....

Well, here is the mock up lemonade stand I mentioned putting together last week. :) It didn't really turn out quite like I had expected. Different circumstances came up so we ended up taking these pictures a little later then I had hoped. I think we were past that magical lighting moment that happens at sunset. :) I had borrowed 2 vintage tricycles from kelli, my photographer friend... and completely forgot to use them. I was soo sick after I realized that... the 2 year olds were all over the place, and the tricycles were supposed to keep them in... Read more →

inspiration from you- Alison Waken and one last design team call...

Photographer Alison Waken sent me a link to this adorable layout she created using the free 4x6 sized postcard I send out with all orders. :) Love her creativity, the muted tones and... well everything about this. I'm actually just about ready to run out of the victorian house image in the postcards. I send the double sided cards as a way of spreading the word about my zazzle shop, but also giving everyone something that they could pop in a frame or hang in they're office cubicle, or work into a scrapbook layout. :) Just yesterday I placed an... Read more →