artistic memories & other random stuff

GROW for Genuinely Jane Studios

This has been my favorite naked wood book Genuinely Jane Studios has sent to me yet! I love the bracket design and the fact that it is 6x6, which allows for more workspace.

For the cover, I used a Close To My Heart background stamp w/ Staz-On, ModPodged over to seal it, then smeared Shimmerz sheer paint over it with my finger. The cherries are pipe cleaners!

I enlarged some of the photos to 5x7, so they would be all the way to one edge. After I painted the "page," I used the other 3 patterns of the Close To My Heart background stamp set, this time using paint instead of ink.The papers, die-cuts, and cardstock stickers are all K & Co.

TTT October Reveal

Oh, my, how I do love Teresa Collins and her beautiful paper! My October kit had the new "Friendship" line with delicious glossy embossed chipboard and yummy accents, like Petaloo mulberry flowers, Carolee's clear damask flourish stickers, and Pink Paislee glittered chipboard.

Where did the last 18 months go?

Time didn't seem to fly quite so fast the first time around. With Carolina, sometimes it seems like the calendar has to be lying. Like she can't possibly be closer to her second birthday now than her first. Not long after I found out we were having a girl, I was browsing professional photographer's sites for shoot ideas and came across a picture of a little girl, hair messed up, wearing a tutu and soccer cleats with a big grin and was captivated by this image of sweet and sassy. I thought, "That's what I picture my little girl to be!" Seems like I got my wish. From one extreme to the other, she's a whole lot of sugar, a whole lot of spice, and a happy little girl that lives to explore the world, dirt and all.

Five minutes into this photo shoot, the expensive bow ended up in the Koi pond, and she nearly did, too. (Note to self: next time take an extra set of hands, since mine were on the camera!) After I drug her away from wanting to swim with the "ishies" as big as her, we headed to the water fountain where she found sticks to poke into the water. She didn't even seem to care that the water fell right over the sides. Right over the entire front of her. Dress, socks, shoes and all completely soaked. She thought it was funny, and at that point so did I...

At GJS, it's beginning to look...

a lot like Christmas! No, I am not one of those people who gets annoyed at seeing holiday decorations before I can even get the obnoxious inflatable ghost out for Halloween. I LOVE the holidays, so bring it on. Sue must have known this somehow because one of my September Genuinely Jane Studios projects was this cute little wood tree puzzle. I painted it white, applied Mod Podge, then smothered it in this crunchy, thick, glittery stuff that looks like snow. Makes me hum "We need a little Christmas" every time I look at it!