Who doesnt love Mardi Gras!?

I just love this time of year!

Mardi Gras is my second favorite holiday right next to Halloween.

After my first visit to New Orleans last June I have been hooked

ever since!

This past Saturday I went to a Mardi Gras themed crop

at my favorite LSS

A Scrap in Time!

I got SO MUCH done at the crop!

 I started and finished my honeymoon (Almost 2 years later )

 and got a few of my husbands military LOs done so I was quite happy. On top of all that there was awesome food, great girls and I even won some new punches!

Here are a few snapshots from the day.

Some of the wonderfully decorated room!



Me working on a few things in between stuffing
 my face with yummy goodies!




My girlfriend Ingrid and I





My travel stash pt. 1




My travel stash pt. Deux




Me being a weenie with my new punches I won!



I had a blast and a big thank you to all the ladies at

ASIT for hosting a wonderful crop and to everyone for coming out!

 

Happy Valentine's Day !!!

 Happy Valentines Day to you all!

I had a busy weekend with a crop over at Creative Soup that I was running with the

other wonderful DT girls!

Even though the crop is over you can still have fun with a couple of my projects that

I made just for this love filled day!

While trying to think up a fun challenge for you all to do I was working on this LO. I figured what a better time to do a LO about doing things you love with those you love than during the holiday of love!?

Topic:

Something you love doing with someone you love!

Challenge:

Create a LO using at least 90% non-traditional Valentine colors as well as the same

photo more than once! Minimum journaling requirement of 20 words.

Here is my LO  for my challenge:

 

My journaling:

I was so excited for our first Holidays together!

Decorating our Christmas tree together was so much fun

and just the beginning of many traditions to come!

And to finish off today's cuteness I am SUPER EXCITED

To post one of the Valentine's Day cards I made for the crop!

Here is my inspiration

And now here is my take on their card

(Ahhh I love it !!!)

I hope you all enjoy!

And remember, like always if you play along make sure to link photos of your

work here on my blog so we can all come see!

“Love is the condition in which the happiness and existence of another person is essential to your own.” ~Robert Heinlein



Oh my stars!!! I NEED this...

So I stumbled upon this just now while doing some blog hopping and I am in love!

First of all this video is epic and makes me want to start one right now, so props to them for that!

 However they dont come out until APRIL

(perfect... just in time for my birthday!)

And I think the glue "pen" attachment is just awesome...

 I can throw the book in my purse and always have it with me AND be able

 to work on it while out and about!

Just

wow.... 

That is how this makes me feel.

The video starts with books that have been done for various events or just to keep. I used to make books just like this all through middle school and highschool. But their book just makes things seem more do-able, portable, inspiring... okay enough rambling...

Enjoy!!!



My "Lucky Me" Mini reveal!

Its finally time!!!
Time to Reveal my "Lucky Me" Mini!!!


First of all I just want to say how much fun I had making this mini! Its such a great idea that Bree came up with and I really spent a lot of time with

it. At first I wasnt sure if I was going to stick with the style of construction but I decided that I wanted to because I havent made a book like this before. Now that I am finished I wish that the book wasnt quite so bulky on the right side of the book but when its standing up displayed its really lovely.

I went with my typical style throughout a good portion of my book. I love chic, romantic, lots of flourishes, paired with lost of fun elements as well. I used far too many companies to remember off the top of my head (although I kept a running supply list for each and every page so if anyone wants to know what is by who just ask!)

I cant wait to see what all of you make, I know there will be some amazing work!

Here is the Creative Soup Version of my mini reveal

Eeeek Im just so excited about this mini!!!

Now here are a few other squares that were not included

 (the special extended version!)

And now for you all I have a few full sized pictures so you can get a good idea

about what each page really looks like and the size.

And there are some pages that were not revealed anywhere but here on my blog !

I hope that you all love my book just as much as I do!

Now it's time for you to join in on the fun!

Make sure that you head on over to

Creative Soup

today to get in on everything and to see all of the other ladies books!

There will be a project chat forum, tips and tricks, construction directions

and much MUCH more!!!

The Topic:

This class was inspired by the gratitude blogging a lot of scrappers did back in November. The idea is to create a mini-album full of things you are grateful for or things you just love or appreciate. Its a fun way to spend sometime documenting the positives of your life and tidbits about YOU. There will be ideas to help you make your list posted on the 2nd.

-Bree

Thank you all so much for looking at my "Lucky Me" mini! I hope you all enjoyed it and join in to make one

of your own! See you over at Creative Soup for the class!