Something for Angie

Just a few more days until my dearest friend in the whole wide world moves away from me. Her family is headed for Hawaii, poor thing. The Marines have been kind on our friendship, for the past 10 years she has been no more than 2.5 hours away and most of those years she has only been 1 hour away. I am sad. A few weeks ago we had the chance to do some shopping over at Paper Tales and she decided that she wanted me to make her a simple Welcome sign for her new house. Together we chose these happy papers from Girls Paperie "On Holiday" and Pink Paislee "365 Degrees".

She is the only girl in a house full of boys, so I tried not to make it too girly. It's hard for me to hold off on embellishing and I really tried to keep this simple. the chipboard alphas are also from Pink Paislee and I love their large size and they are already distressed!

So the good news is we will always have a place in Hawaii to stay, at least for the next few years, but gosh I'm gonna miss her.

Leaving you with a sneak peek of my next class over at Paper Tales!

Busy Elf Am I

Emma is not too happy that Lily has a pink bow on her ornament and she is stuck with a blue bow. I should have known better, but I couldn't find the sheer pink ribbon when I was working on hers. She has asked many times for me to change bows with Lily's. Kim Hesson cut the wood for these ornaments and for the stars below. They are for sale over in her etsy shop right now. if you want them buy them now...her wood cuts sell really fast so you might miss it if you wait. You can always leave her message is they sell out. Melissa Phillips and Jenny Morgan also made some beautiful Christmas crafts and you can check them out HERE. Both of my ornaments have paper from Pink Paislee and chipboard letters and mist from Maya Road.

Oh My Stars! I loved making these sweet stars. Kim sells them as a set of 3, they are heavy durable mdf and they are very easy to decorate. The paper and chipboard are from Collage Press "Joy Ride". I am in love with this collection. I have another big project in the works with this line, I just need some quiet time to finish it.

The cute chipboard from Collage Press made this an easy project to embellish. I added a few pearls and rhinestones to the snowflakes and that lovely ribbon is from May Arts. The ribbon is my most favorite ever. I actually glued all three of my stars together. Fun Fact: the text paper (Collage Press) is actually from Pride and Prejudice! Mr. Darcy's name is all over the place!

This Project is out for Publication, you will find it in Simply Handmade, October -November!

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I'd like Some Pumpkin Pie Please

Happy Halloween! This is Lily , last year. The pumpkin costume was my 15 year old cousin's! My sweet Aunt Jane sent it to me and I love it. I don't love Halloween paper, but this line from Pink Paislee last fall is my absolute favorite "Halloween" paper and I guess technically it is not even Halloween! I took this layout photo when I first started blogging and it shows!
Have a safe and Happy Halloween, we are terribly excited over here for the festivities to begin.