Emilee’s Guest Book is finished.

The light was not very great for photographing the Guest Book but I wanted to share it with you here on my blog.

All the fantastic photographs in the Guest Book I made were taken by Emilee’s Photographer Jaclyn Davis.

I used Flower Soft on the snowflakes for this next page.  It’s the first time I used Flower Soft product.  I loved it.  So, so pretty.  You can purchase Flower Soft products HERE.

A closer look at the Flower Soft on the snowflake:

My favorite of Emilee and Jordan’s engagement photos are taken with Emilee’s horses.

So sweet.

I loved adding the lavender to Emilee’s Guest Book pages.

I especially loved the touch of lavender with the horse photos.

Emilee and Jordan are such a beautiful couple.

My baby sister is getting married next Saturday!

As promised, here are some (tons of) photos of my Making Memories Christmas Album!

I absolutely LOVE all of the Making Memories product!

I love that all of Making Memories papers have matching embellishments. I’m definitely an embellishment girl (as I’m sure you can tell).

Would you like to peek inside?

I thought so.

Here’s page one and two…along with some photos of the little details:

Moving on…

Here’s page three and four:

I stamped a flourish on this page with green ink.  It didn’t show up very well so I covered it with glitter glue.  Accidents happen.  Even in scrapbooking.

Now…page five and six:

I like the soft look of these pages.  Here’s a peek at the details:

I always have a hard time with the last two pages of a mini album.  I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s a subconscious thing…or maybe I’m just creatively spent?  I just don’t know why I struggle on the last pages but I do. I really, really do.

Here’s a look at page seven and eight:

I’m not sure if you can tell…the following photo shows paper with red glittered polka dots.  Fabulous! I loved red glittered polka dots!

Well ladies and gents – that’s all for now.  I hope you enjoyed taking a gander and my little Making Memories Christmas Mini Album.

Have a wonderful day!

My little sister Emilee and I drove four and a half hours to Salt Lake City.  We were so excited at the opportunity to meet Ree Drummond, the Pioneer Woman!  Ree was in Salt Lake for her Cookbook Signing.

The book signing was scheduled to start at 7:00pm in Salt Lake City. Emilee and I arrived at about 4:30pm.  The plan was to locate The King’s English Bookstore and then do some shopping while we waited.  Well…when we arrived there was already a line outside!  Emilee and I hopped right in line too.

Two and a half hours later we filed into the Art Gallery (located right next door the The King’s English).  I couldn’t believe how many people were there!

Emilee and I took a self-portrait while we waited for Ree to arrive:

Here’s a photo from The Pioneer Woman’s Blog.  And guess what?  I’m in the photo!  I inserted a huge arrow (just in case you were having trouble locating me).

And here’s the photo I took (another huge arrow – which seems silly now because the photo is obviously Ree):

Ree’s sister-in-law, Missy is on the far left-hand side.

It was a blast to meet Ree, she was EXACTLY like she is on her blog.  She was adorable, funny and full of life…not to mention gorgeous!

I turned out to be one of those weird fans that made her a gift.

Before I left Idaho and drove to Utah, I put together a mini album for Ree.  It’s strange…but…after reading The Pioneer Woman blog for two years, I kind of feel like a know Ree a little.  Like we’re friends.  Kinda.

Anyway, here’s the book I made:

Ree takes the most beautiful photographs…I though she might like a little something to showcase them.

A peek inside:

Was it silly of me to hand her this book?  I sure hope she likes it.

I’ll share some more photos after I get a chance to edit them.  I’m still having trouble photographing my projects without my fancy camera.

…….Next up…..I promise I’ll share the Making Memories Christmas Album I’ve created!

I’ve been absent from my blog for quite a few days now…It feels like the minutes roll into hours and the hours roll into days faster than I can keep up.

I’ve been working.  A lot.  And when I’m not working there are things like…err…laundry, meals, helping the kids with homework…I know, my life is so interesting, right?

During the hours (or minutes) in between it all I’ve been helping my sister plan her wedding.  And being her Matron of Honor, my sister has kept me pretty busy.  I can’t believe we’re planning a wedding in less than two months!  December 5th is right around the corner.

I’m also getting ready to post some of my projects on my Etsy Store…

It’s been awhile…since June?  Yes, my store has been pretty pathetic for awhile now.  But with the holidays coming up I might have to part with a few of my favorites…

I’ve also been compiling some projects for Graphic 45…

And occasionally I sleep, imagine that.

I’ll be posting when I can…I have the projects to share but now that the weather has changed, I just need decent light to take photos.

For now, I’m off to hop around blogs and visit all of you!

I’m really missing my good camera.  It’s hard to take photos of my projects with my little cybershot.  But I have to share, right?  I’m dropping my camera off to get it repaired this weekend.  So, hopefully I will be back to my own standard of photo quality soon.

I created this little “Harvest” Banner with some of my Fall papers; mostly Pink Paislee & October Afternoon.

I had so much extra paper that I made a few kits for my Mother, Sister and Sister-in-law.  It was fun to have them over to make the banners.  It made me realize how much I miss teaching classes at Paradise Scrapbook Boutique in California.  I’m still teaching by proxy (I’m designing some layouts and Karen will teach them).  This way I still get to stick my hand in the ‘Creative Cookie Jar’ which is Paradise Scrapbook Boutique now and again.

Here’s some photos of the details, some of which varied from each garland…hope you can make them out.

I’ve been absent for a little while.  I drove to California to pack up the rest of our things and most importantly, make it to my niece, Kayla’s 3rd birthday party (but that’s another post).

Excluding my trip back to California, I’ve been in Idaho for a total of 8 days.  You could say I was a little anxious to get my craft room going because it was the first room I unpacked (besides the kitchen).

I have been dreaming about little ways to spruce up my craft room (upcoming projects galore!) but for now I just want to start creating again.

I’ll share some photos of what I’ve set up so far.  My craft room is not quite up to par but it’s a work in progress and I’m happy with the light from the big picture windows and the space to spread projects out.

Wow, amazing how much just sharing photos makes me want to get down to business.

I need my scrapbooking fix and soon!

I’ve been knee deep in Graphic 45 projects…oh, how I wish I could share them.  And I will. Soon.

For now, I’ll share a simple little book I made using the Little Sprout Collection by Crate Paper.

The line also has fun glittered die-cuts and matching rub-ons.  So fun to use!

The Little Sprout Collection was perfect for a baby book.  I wanted to create a book that would work for either boy or girl (although it does lean a little more toward the boy side).

As I said before, the book is very simple…not my usual full of embellishments-style.

It is what it is.  Go on, take a gander…

Not too fancy, but it was fun to create this little album…It flew together really quick thanks to all those cute little glitter die-cuts and my Bind-it-all machine.

I’ll share the girly version tomorrow.

“In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities”  -Janis Arnay

My “Adore” Mini Album is not quite complete yet, but I thought I’d share some of the little details.

I’m headed back to California today!  It will be so nice to see my  husband and kids again.  I miss them oodles!

Here’s some photos of yet another Graphic 45 project using the New Fashionista Line (I promise, I’m nearing the end):

Paper Shoes.  This is what happens when my Mom and I put our heads together.

I’ve been pumping out projects with my Graphic 45 Fashionista paper for CHA and was starting to feel a little “creatively spent”.

Leave it to my Mom to fill up my creative cup again.

Mom and I were brain-storming some ideas, trying to come up with something new and exciting, or at least something different.

One of the ideas we came up with was paper shoes (to be hung or tied on a project)…needless to say, we were both happy to come up with the idea.

Here’s Mom, she is diligently sewing tiny paper shoes:

They took quite a bit of work, from cutting them out, sewing, Mod Podging, stuffing, hot gluing, blinging them up, etc.  But they turnout pretty cute, don’t you think?

As for the Idaho weather…the first picture is the day I arrived, the second was this morning.

Brrrrrr.