Labor Day Weekend has arrived.

I’m ready!

Before I take off to my (much anticipated) Family Reunion,

I thought I’d share another My Minds Eye Layout.

This layout came together quickly.

Almost the entire layout was created with the

My Minds Eye Lost & Found Portobello Road Line

(excluding the Wide Sheer Ribbon, Cardstock & Shimmerz).

Speaking of Shimmerz,

I used some of the Shimmerz Pearlz to create the Pin Dots in the corners of this layout.

But the sparkly, “Handsome Boy” label:

My Minds Eye.

Yep.

And the fun brads:

You guessed it,

My Minds Eye.

Love this paper.

It’s a little bit of Scrapbooker’s Heaven.

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In other news:

Remember those photo albums of my Grandmother’s that my father found?

The precious and rare albums that were not destroyed in the fire?

I’m finally done scanning photos.

And almost done creating the photo CD’s for my cousins.

I thought I’d share of few of my favorites:

Grandma Clara giving my little brother, Seth his first bath.

It was a tradition that Grandma Clara gave all her grandchildren their first bath.

{You can see me in the photo…I’m in the mirror}

Left to right: Rachel Wolfe, Tarah Wolfe Livingston, Grandma Clara, Rebecca Wolfe, Corianne Wolfe and Christie Wolfe Bryant

This photo shows the nightgowns that Grandma Clara made for each of her granddaughters that lived nearby. Having a matching nightgown with my cousins is a favorite Christmas memory.

Grandma Clara on her front porch.

Grandma lived in Paradise, California for many, many years (not sure the exact number).

They don’t often get snow in Paradise

but when they do – Grandma loved it!

I can’t wait to share these (and many more) special photos with my cousins.

Thanks for stopping by,

I hope that you have a wonderful weekend!

xoxo, Christie

School started.

That lovely time of year when I seem to have more creative time.

The time of year when the children become subject to all the germs floating around public school.

Surprise! Only three days of school and already my sweet Izabelle has been very sick with a stomach flu.

Poor thing, she’s on the mend now…kind of.

I have put away the carpet cleaner (yes, it got that bad). Yuk.

-oOo-

This paper has been waiting patiently for me:

Lovely My Mind’s Eye paper, I will play with you soon.

I’m longing to do something creative.

Isn’t it funny how I always think that next month I’ll have more time?

Next month always brings more lovely tasks with it.

I am behind.

This includes being behind on my blog posts. Again.

-oOo-

I do have fun news to share:

While I was in California helping my parents pack up their home, my father came across some priceless photos.

We thought that all of my Grandma Clara’s photos burned in a fire several years ago.

Well, SURPRISE! My father found several albums that his mother (Grandma Clara) had made just for him!

So exciting!

Especially since we have a Wolfe Family Reunion this Weekend!

I’m going to surprise (yes, another surprise) my sweet cousins with photos of our amazing Grandmother.

Grandma Clara passed over 16 years ago. We all loved her so dearly, she was the glue that held the Wolfe family together.  This weekend will actually be the first family reunion we’ve had since she was alive.

So, I will be busy scanning photos for the next few days….and burning disks…and cleaning house…and packing…

I’ll be back soon.

I know, I know, I’ve been saying that a lot.

Oh, almost forgot to share,

I made these fun fabric flowers (thanks for the tutorial Courtney):

Love to you all

xoxo, Christie

Happy.

Happy is how the new My Minds Eye, Lost & Found line makes me feel.

This particular Lost & Found line is called, Market Street.

Love-it-oh-so-much!

Market Street has the most amazing embellishments.

And you know how much I love EMBELLISHMENTS!

**Squeal**

I found it at a very special place, my home away from home:

HERE

The photo in this layout is of my brother, Adam with his beautiful family.

My sister-in-law, Vanessa and their two girls, Kayla and Addie.

I had to call Vanessa to find out exactly which beach the photo was taken.

Asilomar State Beach, CA

Good times.

I sparkled up the blue borders (this line is already VERY sparkly) with some Shimmerz, Pixie Dust.  I Love how it turned out.

Once again, I was inspired by The Color Room.  I’m still trying to catch up on all their amazing Color Palettes.

The ‘My Minds Eye’ fun doesn’t stop here…

I still have two more Lost & Found lines to work with:

Portobello Road and Union Street.

Stay tuned!

xoxo, Christie

I know I’ve been absent a lot this Summer…

But I’m back and ready to have some fun!

To create this ‘Sweet Baby’ layout of my Nephew, Cooper,

I used a combination of Echo Park and Sassafras Papers.

I also used some of my favorite Shimmerz products:

Chick-a-dee Spritz (Yellow), Under the Sea Blingz (light blue), and Blue By U Paintz (darker blue).

I used the Blingz around the photo mat and the frame around the word “Sweet”

I love the shimmery loveliness.

Who said you can’t use butterflies and flowers on a little boy layout?

My inspiration came from this:

I’m trying to catch up on all the palettes from The Color Room.

There is SO much inspiration over there…you simply must give them a visit if you love to scrapbook.

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In other news…

The kids started school today so my free time has doubled.

Hallelujah!

I was able to attended my niece, Kayla’s 4th Birthday party

while in California last week.

Kayla’s cake was lovely.

And she was pretty cute too!

Thanks for hanging in there with me

off to catch up with all of you!

xoxo, Chrsitie

I’m starting to scrapbook some of my more recent memories.

California

July 2010

My kids with their two little California Cousins.

I’m loving the New Melissa Frances, Kitschy Kitchen Line.

I found it here.

I added a little stitching…

Love using my sewing machine!

…made a few folded flowers.

What is the technical name for these flowers?

I need to find out.

I was inspired by this:

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In other news…

I registered the kids for school today.

They start Aug 25th.

Also,

I’m going out of town for about a week.

I will set up some posts before I leave -

(if I actually get to it).

I promise I will catch up on all your fabulous blogs when I return.

Lot of OXOXOXO’s,

Christie

Nothing like playing with Sassafras Paper!

Darling,

sweet

little Addie.

Gosh I love this little niece of mine.

I’m having so much fun with my new Shimmerz Colors.

I used Accu-Cut Dies to cut out an “Addie” stencil and then Spritzed away.

And I used my new Shimmerz paint on the edge of the page.

I also spritzed like crazy on these precious little Vintage Tags by

Pretty Little Studio.

Such cute little girl images.

I love the little Bunting Flags!

So, so fun to play with!

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In other news…

I may be headed back to California for a bit.

My parents sold their home and my sweet

Mother needs help packing -

Knee surgery doesn’t bode well with moving boxes.

My kids start school on the 25th!

This Summer has flown by.

Here’s a looksy at some of our Summer Fun:

Enjoy these last weeks of Summer!

xoxo, Christie

Spending time at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique

always feels like coming home.

Not only did I get to spend time with my beloved ‘Scrappy Friends’

I also got to browse Karen’s Beautiful store.

While browsing, I found this beautiful new Echo Park paper.

I just love it!

Had to create a layout with it right away.

It was so bright and fun to work with.

Just like all the ladies that hang out there at PSB!

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I hope you’re enjoying your Summer!

xoxo, Christie

Who ever knew that posting a Pop Up Card on my blog would help me make a new bloggie friend?

Paul Stickland visited my blog!

Mr. Stickland is the creator of over 50 children’s books,

including Dinosaur Roar, Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, The Christmas Bear…

the list goes on and on!

Mr. Stickland sent me the following email:

And there you have it!

Be sure to check out his new Pop Up Blog by clicking

HERE

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xoxo, Christie

One of my Graphic 45 Design Team assignments was to create a Pop-Up Card.

Until now, I had never created a ‘Pop-Up’ Card.

I actually had to ask my daughter for help.

She loves to make Pop-Up Cards.

I decided to use the tiny images on the Small Graphic 45 ‘Hallowe’en in Wonderland’ Tags.

I have to admit…I had a lot of fun making it.

When I started creating this card, I knew that I wanted to have a tiny Alice.

And a large Alice…

And the Hatter with his teacup, of course.

I love the Halloween twist on these vintage Alice in Wonderland images, they were so fun to work with.

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In other news…

We’re home from our California Vacation!

The kids and I had a blast visiting family and friends.

Sadly, it was not a vacation for my sweet husband who worked the entire time.

Today is (was) my hubby’s birthday (I say ‘was’ because he is now softly snoring on the couch).

Happy Birthday to my loving husband, my other half.

You fill my life with blessings every. single. day.

I love you.

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I’m loving the new Steampunk Debutante line

by, Graphic 45

Here is yet another project that I created for

CHA Summer 2010

(Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show in Chicago).

I only had a few days to put some projects together

and then send them off for CHA.

My assignments included a banner, 3 layouts

and a pop-up card.

A pop-up card?

That’s another post for another day.

Included in my Design Team Package

was a couple of the new Graphic 45 Envelope Albums.

I was instructed to create an album after I had finished with my assignments

and only if there was still time.

I was so excited about the albums…

so much so that I had a hard time coming up with Layout ideas.

I made time to create a little mini album.

Even if I was up until 2am the night before I had to mail my projects off.

2 am, schmoo-am.

I enjoyed making this little mini.

It’s not my typical style,

so it was fun to just play with paper.

I included some fun quotes.

And generally just had a good time.

I went to town with my scissors.

This little book makes me happy.

Scrapbooking makes me happy.

Creating something new makes me happy.

I guess you could say that I am one happy lady.

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Happy is good.