Wow.  I turned around and it’s Wednesday night. Almost Thursday. Awesome.

Was it just Monday morning a couple hours ago?

Whew!  What a busy week!

Here’s something fun I created with the Graphic 45 Le Romantique Line:

A little wedding card.

I blanket stitched around the edges of the paper.

I love blanket stitches.

I love sparkle.

I love pearls.

I love lamp.

I know that last one might have been over your head but I like to quote movies now and again.

Here’s a view of the bottom right corner:

And what is a bottom right corner photo without a bottom left corner photo?

I’m not sure either…but here is the bottom left photo anyway:

Here is the little envelope I made for the Best Wishes Card:

Fancy-schmancy!

Or not.

I’m feeling kind of punchy…haven’t slept much in that past few days.

Fancy-schmancy?  What was that?

Must be the 70 invitations that I made for a church dinner…or the 70 favors I made for the church dinner?  Maybe it was the poster the the Chamber of Commerce dinner/auction tomorrow night?  Nah, maybe it was the recipe box I made for a sweet Etsy customer?

Or maybe…

It’s the fact that I did all of the above while desperately trying to keep my house clean so we can show it to potential buyers…In addition to doing laundry, going to work, meal planning, homework helping and feeding my family?

Or maybe it’s the fact that I haven’t made it to the gym in a week and could really use the calorie burn and extra energy about now.

Whatever the reason.  Sorry for the erratic behav…

…er, I mean….yes.  Or no. I mean…I’m with crazy?

I tried to take some close-up photo of the tags I made for the G45 Chandelier.  I’m almost thinking that I need to remove the tags to take individual photos.

These photos will do for now, I guess.

I hope that you’re all having a fabulous Monday!

xoxo, Christie

I promised you a “Groom” layout.

And without further adieu:

This handsome photo of Jordan (my brother-in-law), was taken by: Jaclyn Davis

I’m thinking about purchasing a couple shadow boxes for this layout and the layout that I posted yesterday.Then giving both to Jordan for his birthday in April…good idea?

The little details:

I love this masculine line from Graphic 45.  It’s so much fun to work with.

Speaking of Graphic 45…my name is on THIS LIST.  Check it out if you like, exciting stuff!

Thanks to Jaclyn Davis, I have countless gorgeous photos of my baby sister on her wedding day.  And thanks to Graphic 45, I have tons of beautiful paper to scrapbook the gorgeous photos with!

Something shiny:

Something frilly:

Something hand sewn:

Come back tomorrow…I’m going to share my “Groom” layout.

It’s always hard to choose a favorite Graphic 45 line…but I think the new “On The Boardwalk” line is one of my very favorites!

I picked up this (not sure what to call it)…wooden plaque-stand?  And went right to work.

I love glitter.  I love Mod Podge.  I love ribbon.  I love flowers. I love paint. I love charms.  I love paper.  All of my favorites made it onto this little beach plaque…thingy.

I tied a little button next to the flowers.  I love buttons.

See what I mean?  Glitter is fantastic.

And some lace…I love lace.

Here’s a shot of the backside:

The back could not be neglected, although, I’m not sure who is ever going to look at the backside of this wooden thingy anyway.

OK.  I feel ridiculous.  What is this plaque…stand…thingy called?

Someone needs to enlighten me.

OK.  First of all, I found this project at 504 Main.  The paper chandelier was not my idea…but oh, how I wish I could claim it.

Basically, I took the idea and made it my own.

This paper chandelier was really hard to photograph.  I tried to pick up on all the sparkle from the beads, charms and glitter on the paper. It was not happening indoors.

So I went outside (thanks for hanging the chandelier in a tree sweet hubby).

And sparkle photos?

Not so much.

I might have to take individual photos of the hanging tags…

I may have to re-think this post.

No, I think I’ll just keep showing photos now.

Anyway, here’s a shot of the paper:

The paper chandelier seen above was actually my second attempt.  The first time I attached the paper to the wire, the folds were too large for my liking.

Then, I decided that I wanted to add cute scalloped edges on the paper and glitter, glitter, glitter!

I am much happier with the result the second time around (with a little a lot of help from my mom and sister).  My mom was a sport, taking the paper off the wire, cutting it down to the size I wanted and re-folding.  And then my sister helped by applying some glitter to the paper.

By the time I finished the tag charms and cutting more paper (I needed more because the folds were smaller), it was pretty late at night.  The project was not as simple as I imagined but I am so pleased with the result.

What do you think? Do you like it?

Should I take photos of the individual tags?

Just in case you were wondering…yes, that is snow on my neighbor’s roof (and on the ground).  It’s c-c-cold.

Thanks for stopping by!

xoxo, Christie

Interested in joining the Graphic 45 Design Team?

Check out the details RIGHT HERE.

Finally, I can share a bit of what I made for CHA!

I created this little mini album using the new Le Romantique Line for Graphic 45:

And I also created this mini album for Graphic 45 using the new On The Boardwalk Line:

Here’s a look at at the albums inside the Graphic 45 Booth at CHA 2010:

Pretty fun!  I still have to pinch myself!

Walking around the CHA booths yesterday was like entering into craft heaven!  My mom and I tagged along with the lovely ladies from Paradise Scrapbook Boutique (Karen & Deb), we had a blast!

There are so many talented scrapbookers!  I left feeling SO INSPIRED and I have another 2 FULL DAYS of inspiration ahead.

Now, for Just a few of the photos I took yesterday while browsing around the different booths.

Crafty Secrets:

Melissa Francis:

Basic Grey:

Adorn It:

Pink Paisley:

Sizzix:

Tim Holtz:

Prima:

Cosmo Cricket:

Making Memories:

Maya Road:

How could you walk away from CHA 2010 and not feel inspired?

One of my Graphic 45 Mini Books was featured in The Scrapbooking & Beyond Magazine.

I finally got my hands on one (thanks Mom - she picked one up while in California).

It was so exciting to see my name in print!

And a FIVE PAGE SPREAD!  So totally cool!

Here’s a closer look at the book I made (a year ago now):

Thanks for letting me share!  Yipee!

My sweet baby sister with her soon to be husband (in only 15 days)!

In this layout I stretched a few requirements.

I needed to use Graphic 45 paper along with Tattered Angels Product.

My sister’s wedding has a snowflake theme and her colors are shades of blue, lavender and silver.

I used blue & lavender cardstock, silver glimmer mist and the Tattered Angels Glimmer screens to create the snowflakes on the layout.  I added a little bling here and there to make the snowflakes stand out.

I reworked the photo of Em and Jordan to look a little more vintage…I felt this allowed me to get away with using the matching sepia-tone colors in the Graphic 45 snowflake paper.

OK.  It was a stretch but it fulfilled my requirements and sometimes a girl has to hit a few birds with only one stone.

P.S.

Emilee had her Bridal Photos taken last weekend in the freezing cold.  Em’s photographer, Jaclyn was SUPER fun and talented!

Check out some of the shoot: