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These are some fun goodies and I would love to give them a new home! Thank you for sharing!
Nitasha please send your mailing address to my e-mail account michelle_springer@hotmail.com and I will get those goodies to you in the mail!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
RAK Winner
And the winner is....
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Project Life Update
Amazingly, I have been keeping up-to-date with Project Life. Some weeks I enjoy putting it together, and some weeks are tedious. I am one of those people who needs to finish a project once I have started or I will obsess about it. So, I will finish it. You can be sure I'll be taking a PL hiatus next year. I do love looking through the album and so does my family. That is definitely why I keep pushing forward. I don't plan to blog every week's spread, but I thought I would put up a few just for fun.
Week 15 - I was in California this week visiting my friend Amy who was getting hitched. I have been using the Smash journaling cards a ton. Elle's Studio and Bananafish Studio usually make an appearance every week as well. I had a big order from Two Peas shipped to Amy's house in California, so that I could take advantage of free shipping and no duty. I bought the majority of the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook collection. I absolutely love the bright colours, so that line is used in the next several pages. Let's take a moment to talk about fashion shall we? Do you see those Jimmy Choos?! They were Amy's wedding shoes, and they were fierce. I also got my fix of Mexican food. I haven't been able to find a good Mexican restaurant in Toronto, and Gino (Amy's husband) is Mexican, so he hooked me up.
Week 16 - I talked about my return flight from California to Toronto. The most turbulent flight I have ever been on, and that says a lot. I traveled every week for eight years while at IBM USA. It was bad. Pills were popped at the end of that flight. James and I went out with some friends to a great restaurant called the Playpen. Horrible name for a restaurant. Sounds like a strip club, or a children's activity centre ;) Despite the name, the food was amazing and it had a very kitchy vibe.
I broke out the Studio Calico wood veneers, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook diecut bits, more Smash journaling cards, and some flair from an etsy shop called a flairforbuttons. Flair would be a slight obsession of mine lately. I am stoked to get my order from Marcy Penner. Have you seen these flair?! I die.
Week 17/18 - I incorporated the Heidi Swapp file folders that were in the Studio Calico May kit called 35mm. Most of the products used during this week are from that kit. I wasn't sold on the Cosmo Cricket 2wenty-Thr3e paper when I saw it online, but I love it in person.
Week 19 - Just a one page spread for last week. I love the Instagram stamp that is part of the Studio Calico Adventure stamp set.
Hope you enjoyed taking a peak!
Week 15 - I was in California this week visiting my friend Amy who was getting hitched. I have been using the Smash journaling cards a ton. Elle's Studio and Bananafish Studio usually make an appearance every week as well. I had a big order from Two Peas shipped to Amy's house in California, so that I could take advantage of free shipping and no duty. I bought the majority of the Amy Tangerine Sketchbook collection. I absolutely love the bright colours, so that line is used in the next several pages. Let's take a moment to talk about fashion shall we? Do you see those Jimmy Choos?! They were Amy's wedding shoes, and they were fierce. I also got my fix of Mexican food. I haven't been able to find a good Mexican restaurant in Toronto, and Gino (Amy's husband) is Mexican, so he hooked me up.
Week 16 - I talked about my return flight from California to Toronto. The most turbulent flight I have ever been on, and that says a lot. I traveled every week for eight years while at IBM USA. It was bad. Pills were popped at the end of that flight. James and I went out with some friends to a great restaurant called the Playpen. Horrible name for a restaurant. Sounds like a strip club, or a children's activity centre ;) Despite the name, the food was amazing and it had a very kitchy vibe.
I broke out the Studio Calico wood veneers, Amy Tangerine Sketchbook diecut bits, more Smash journaling cards, and some flair from an etsy shop called a flairforbuttons. Flair would be a slight obsession of mine lately. I am stoked to get my order from Marcy Penner. Have you seen these flair?! I die.
Week 17/18 - I incorporated the Heidi Swapp file folders that were in the Studio Calico May kit called 35mm. Most of the products used during this week are from that kit. I wasn't sold on the Cosmo Cricket 2wenty-Thr3e paper when I saw it online, but I love it in person.
Week 19 - Just a one page spread for last week. I love the Instagram stamp that is part of the Studio Calico Adventure stamp set.
Hope you enjoyed taking a peak!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
RAK
I had a little ordering mishap a few months back and ended up getting duplicates of many of the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line products. I thought I would share the love today. This is the little RAK I have put together. The products have never been used, and need to find a good home. Just leave a message on my blog to enter, and I will choose a winner on Monday, May 28th. Internationals are welcome to enter. Good luck!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Daydream Believer
The colours of Studio Calico's Daydreamer Believer kit were just the medicine that the doctor ordered this month. I am dreaming of far away beaches, hazy days, and summer cottages. The watercolours in the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection are soothing and looked amazing with some of the girls photoshoot pictures I have had in recent years.
Those butterflies are from The Guilded Bee and they are perfection. I have a vintage muffin tin filled with an assortment on my desk right now. I couldn't put the Dear Lizzy collection down, au contraire, I just placed a big order with Bluemoonscrapbooking.com to have some more shipped. I have been dying to get my hands on these euphemia flowers pictured below!
Those butterflies are from The Guilded Bee and they are perfection. I have a vintage muffin tin filled with an assortment on my desk right now. I couldn't put the Dear Lizzy collection down, au contraire, I just placed a big order with Bluemoonscrapbooking.com to have some more shipped. I have been dying to get my hands on these euphemia flowers pictured below!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Project Life 2012
I wanted to post the first few weeks of Project Life for my friend Robyn to get a visual of what lies ahead of her. She just had a baby boy, and although she is not a scrapbooker, she came across PL on my blog and is contemplating starting the project to document her little guy James first year of existence.
This project is time consuming, but I am getting so much positive feedback from my family, I keep forging on. For whatever reason, this project intrigues my family more than my scrapbook pages. Admittedly, it has been fun for me to flip through it too. I am amazed at the amount of information that I have already forgotten over a period of a few weeks.
Title Page - Lots of Studio Calico stamps being to put to use. The "This" negative tag is by a company called Ormolu. I have incorporated many of their tags into PL.
Week One - More Ormolu tags. Lots of Amy Tangerine embellishments, and journaling cards by Marcy Penner. I am also reaching for Elle's Studio tags quite a bit.
Week Two - I have struck a really good balance between memorabilia, photos and journaling with PL. I am also trying to resist the urge to buy more of anything for this project and use my stash. But there are loads of journaling tags out there right now that are making me a little weak in the knees. Especially the goodies from Bananafish Studio. I have not been quick enough on the draw though. Her stuff has sold out in minutes the past few times she has restocked her store.
Week Three
Week Four
Week Five
Week Six
Week Seven
I have also completed week eight, but it has a good deal of journaling that I would like to keep private. So Robyn, are you convinced? :)
This project is time consuming, but I am getting so much positive feedback from my family, I keep forging on. For whatever reason, this project intrigues my family more than my scrapbook pages. Admittedly, it has been fun for me to flip through it too. I am amazed at the amount of information that I have already forgotten over a period of a few weeks.
Title Page - Lots of Studio Calico stamps being to put to use. The "This" negative tag is by a company called Ormolu. I have incorporated many of their tags into PL.
Week One - More Ormolu tags. Lots of Amy Tangerine embellishments, and journaling cards by Marcy Penner. I am also reaching for Elle's Studio tags quite a bit.
Week Two - I have struck a really good balance between memorabilia, photos and journaling with PL. I am also trying to resist the urge to buy more of anything for this project and use my stash. But there are loads of journaling tags out there right now that are making me a little weak in the knees. Especially the goodies from Bananafish Studio. I have not been quick enough on the draw though. Her stuff has sold out in minutes the past few times she has restocked her store.
I have also completed week eight, but it has a good deal of journaling that I would like to keep private. So Robyn, are you convinced? :)
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Ripping off the band-aid
Jeebus. Has it been almost two months?! I hate when this happens because I always feel overwhelmed when I finally get back to blogging...so many stories to tell, so many pictures to show. Where to start? I kept up with my December Daily and have been doing Project Life (along with everybody else in the universe). I am enjoying it. It is a lot of work though. And honestly, I feel like that is why the blog has remained dusty for the last few months. I have been recording every iota of my existence since December 1st, 2011. Between Instagram, Facebook, Twitter....I just felt slightly nauseated talking about myself and my family that much, and I needed a break. I also work for IBM, so I get my daily computer quota by noon everyday.
Let's start slow. A few things that have been on my radar lately.
I scored Sarah Mclachlan tickets. She is in Toronto in June playing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. I have wanted to see her perform in concert since high school. And the stars have finally aligned.
Listening to this song on repeat, and wondering how I can snag tickets to their secret show in Toronto that 102.1 the Edge is sponsoring.
Wanting to order these two skirts from James Perse.
Loving this website.
Planning my California trip for a good friend's wedding in April.
Slightly depressed that Rowan got his hair cut at the barbershop this weekend and he is starting to look like a big boy.
Let's start slow. A few things that have been on my radar lately.
I scored Sarah Mclachlan tickets. She is in Toronto in June playing with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. I have wanted to see her perform in concert since high school. And the stars have finally aligned.
Listening to this song on repeat, and wondering how I can snag tickets to their secret show in Toronto that 102.1 the Edge is sponsoring.
Wanting to order these two skirts from James Perse.
Loving this website.
Slightly depressed that Rowan got his hair cut at the barbershop this weekend and he is starting to look like a big boy.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
I'm exhausted
I am exhausted from all the holiday hoop-la that has been going on this past weekend. It doesn't hit full force until next week, so this was just the test run. Saturday was a busy day. A ride on the Santa train, birthday party at chuck e cheese (first time and last time). What a wretched place. This is what hell must look like. And then back to the house to prepare for a UFC party that my husband was hosting.
The train ride was good. I wore the wrong outfit though. No one told me I would have to walk through the snow to get to the train. I wore Jimmy Choo high heeled boots and a cute, but not overly warm, Mackage coat. After watching me attempt to walk in the snow my mother-in-law said "Michelle you and your fashion!"
Snapped some cute pictures of Rowan. He went through a range of emotions while waiting for Santa Claus. He started biting on his fingers, which he does when he is nervous. He smiled. And he also had this blank look on his face with his mouth wide open...zoning out and in his own world. This is the first year that Rowan really understands the whole Santa thing, so it is a treat to watch him.
Chuck e cheese. Never go there. EVER. Hell on earth.
I had the opportunity to watch James and his crew cheer grown men breaking some arms, and choking people until rendered unconscious. I tell ya, a potpourri of Saturday activities.
The train ride was good. I wore the wrong outfit though. No one told me I would have to walk through the snow to get to the train. I wore Jimmy Choo high heeled boots and a cute, but not overly warm, Mackage coat. After watching me attempt to walk in the snow my mother-in-law said "Michelle you and your fashion!"
Snapped some cute pictures of Rowan. He went through a range of emotions while waiting for Santa Claus. He started biting on his fingers, which he does when he is nervous. He smiled. And he also had this blank look on his face with his mouth wide open...zoning out and in his own world. This is the first year that Rowan really understands the whole Santa thing, so it is a treat to watch him.
Chuck e cheese. Never go there. EVER. Hell on earth.
I had the opportunity to watch James and his crew cheer grown men breaking some arms, and choking people until rendered unconscious. I tell ya, a potpourri of Saturday activities.
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