Memory Keeping Monday

Hello! It's Christmas Eve! Merry Christmas to all. Hope everyone is enjoying the last few days of 2012 with family and friends ... eating, relaxing, storytelling, laughing and making memories!

Today, I have a few pages to share with you.

If you are in the mood to do some Digital Scrapbook shopping this morning ... AC Digitals has a bunch of new items in the store this week...and they are on sale. All amazing, colorful and versatile kits. Becky Higgins Olive Edition Project Life is on sale and available now. Here's one with Crate Paper's Snow Day Collection. I love the non-traditional, bright colors that make up this kit! So much warm, sunshine glow found in these elements and papers. There are a lot of Christmas elements in the kit too, it's not just snow day stuff. Check it out here.

Snow Day 

Available at AC Digitals

Crate Paper's Snow Day Collection

Snow Day Paper Pack

Snow Day Element Pack 1

Snow Day Element Pack 2

Other Supplies:

Patti Knox: Gemstone Swirls

Katie Pertiet: Taped Together Frames No2

Katie Pertiet: Wintery Clusters

Anna Aspnes:  Stitched by Anna White No4

Somehow I missed posting this layout 2 weeks ago. Not sure how that happened. It's Crate Paper's On Trend Collection and was just so perfect for what was going on in life at that moment, which was my daughter's room re-do. With black, turquoise, zebra prints and peacock feathers ... this kit was made to match the photos I had been taking that week, to document my girl getting a new room. Can't wait to go back to this kit, once the room is painted and fully redecorated. Honestly, I could see this kit being used for so many layouts ... it's so fun and girly!

Smile ... You're Getting a New Room

Available at AC Digitals

Crate Paper's On Trend Collection

On Trend Element Pack 1

On Trend Element Pack 2

On Trend Element Pack 3

On Trend Paper Pack 1

On Trend Paper Pack 2

Other Supplies: Jessica Sprague: Frame

And here's a page done as a sample for Jessica Sprague's Photoshop Friday | Using a Scanned Item where I scanned in little love notes, given to me by my daughter, from year's past that I have saved. It features the latest from Jenni Bowlin | Red & Black Extension Kit 3 ... which is 40% today!

Love Notes from Yesterday Jenni Bowlin
Red & Black Extension Kit 3  Definition Labels
Rhinestone Buttons & Bows
Jenni Bowlin Timeless Treasure: Freebie (rose)
Printed Tickets Baby Boy & Girl
Valentine Bingo Card Kit

Pink Paislee
Shabby Sugarland Elements
Spellbound Element Pack
Spellbound Paper Pack
Kraft Capers Paper Pack

enjoy your week! xoxo jenn

Memory Keeping Monday

I just want to take a moment to remember the people of Newtown CT this morning. It's been a devasting few days. Newtown CT is one of the lovely little towns that we considered on our short list of places to live, once we knew we were moving back East from our few years of living in California. Even though we did not end up there, it is only a short drive away ... and there are people within our community who know those in Newtown that are hurting deeply. This tragedy, especially at a time of year that is supposed to be filled with love, happiness & family, has effected everyone ... near and far. It has opened our eyes, hopefully not for just a little while, but forever ... hopefully to find better ways to come together and make our nation, our world, a safer, more loving place.

Sending much love to all in Newtown CT.

I do have a little update and Layout to share this morning.

We are half way through December, and I've been trying to stay ahead of the holiday hustle and bustle this year. All gifts are already wrapped and under the tree. Everything is done is except the baking and cooking. I plan to do the baking with the kids next week when we are all home and enjoying our recess. Our big family get together is not until the weekend after Christmas for lots of reasons this year. So, for the first time in many, many years ... it will just be the four of us waking up on Christmas morning ... here .... in our own home. Not sure that has ever even happened since we moved in over 7 years ago! I never say this, but I am secretly wishing for a little snow. Since we don't have to drive, I think it would be pretty, fun and the prefect touch to our little family holiday. But it is looking like that is not going to happen.

As the busy days leading up to Christmas start to close in... with decorating the inside of the house (we kind of fail at decorating the outside lately), shopping and wrapping gifts, the kids' school work being piled on these last few weeks, winter soccer season in full gear, a wedding we attended last weekend, a few holiday parties have snuck in, and we have our daughter's first orchestra concert of the school year to attend this week ... it's been a bit of light week of scrapbooking for me, so I have just one layout to share today:

This layout is made with Amy Tangerine's Collection found at AC Digitals, brand new in the shop today and on sale.

Sew Fun

American Crafts:

Amy Tangerine Element Pack 3

Amy Tangerine Element Pack 2

Amy Tangerine Paper Pack 1

Katie Pertiet:

Stitched Frames

-jenn xoxo

Memory Keeping Monday

I have a few layouts to share with your this lovely (all be it cold) Monday morning.

These two layouts were designed to go along with Jessica Sprague's Photoshop Friday series, as examples of other ways to make the theme your own.

First up is from PSF 2012 : Create a Custom Brush 
I chose to make a custom brush from the lovely background paper by Glitz Girls' Cashmere Dame Kit. I instantly fell in love with the fun hexagon pattern and painterly feel of the paper.

isn't she lovely Glitz Girls -Cashmere Dame (background paper) - coming soon!

Dani Mogstad
All American Summer Complete Kit
Birds of a Feather Complete Kit
Flying High Complete Kit
Hometown Proud Complete Kit
Just Stay Little Complete Kit  

This page is from the latest PSF 2012: Use the Diamond Custom Shape

I used Jodie Lee's new Mixed Media Papers and loads of goodies from Jenni Bowlin Studios' mercantile series. 

picture of you Jodie Lee
Mixed Media Papers - coming soon!

Jenni Bowlin Studios
Mercantile Mix Paper Collection 2
Mercantile Mix Paper Collection 4
Mercantile Labels
Jeweled Butterflies
Printed Tickets Stars & Stats

Did I mention that Jessica Sprague is having their annual Holiday sale? 20% off classes and 30% off digital supplies. 

And this is just a fun little layout about the first signs of snow this season (it didn't amount to much), but my son ran out with our pup, who has never experienced the snow, and the fun the two had together ... didn't last too long as he was wearing short sleeves!

Snow Pup Splendid Fiins
kinda sketchy album templates-12x12
Winter Wonderland patterned paper
Teen (add-on) elements
see above for details -circle stamps  

The Holiday Sale is on at Jessica Sprague. 20% off currently registering classes (make great gifts!) and 40% off digital supplies! So awesome. 

30 Days Of Gratitude ... November 8 through 14

I'm doing my 30 days of Gratitude Project Life style.

Sorry for the delay in posting these pages, but I used the new Baby Project Life kits from Becky Higgins and as you know ... unless you've been living under a digital scrapbooking rock for the last 24 hours, the Grand Opening of the AC Digitals website wasn't announced until yesterday. Been sitting on my fingers in anticipation...

Here are Days 8 through 14. You can see Days 1 through 7 here, if you missed it.

This week I am Thankful for this:

November 8: Making sweet rolls with my girl, I am thankful for the little things in life that still give my kids joy and make them smile. The simple things are sometimes the sweetest. It can often take a lot to please an adult, or to make an adult go from grumpy to cheerful ... but a child just needs to know they are loved, and perhaps, a little sugar to sweeten their day!

November 9: Thankful for how listening in on a conversation you have with yourself (and your iPhone app,Talking Tom) can make me laugh out loud so hard.

November 10: An unexpected visit from Nan, who was tired of sitting in the dark after the
2nd storm hit the Jersey shore. We sat around watching The Food Network all day. And there was some tickling & lots of laughs too. Thankful for family.

November 11: Thankful on Veteran's Day to those who gave and those who continue to give so much for our freedom. A special thank you to my Dad for volunteering and to all my family members who went to wars.

November 12: Thankful for a near perfect day off from school for the kids, spent with friends ... kids just being kids.

November 13: Thankful we are among the families giving food for the Scouts' yearly Thanksgiving Baskets, rather than being on the receiving end. Thankful we could give our surplus of items purchased for Sandy (which we ended up not needing) to the organized  efforts throughout our community. Thankful our pantry is stocked. We are fortunate and blessed.

November 14: Although it isn't always easy, in fact most days it can be downright difficult, I am thankful both my children are Honor Roll students. I hope this attention to studies and education continues as they turn the corner to high school and college.

Here are my Project Life pages up close.  

Product Credits:

New from Becky Higgins: Baby Project Life Digital Kit, while this kit was designed for newborn baby moments, I just could not resist the fabulous color scheme of the yellow and grey, and decided to make it work with my pages. I kept these two pages really simple and used all papers and cards from the Baby kit. Then I simply added some amazing elements from American Crafts' Soho Garden Element Pack 1 ... two kits, match made in heaven!

Becky Higgins:
Digital Project Life Templates
Baby Papers
Baby 4x6 Prompts
Baby First & Last Page Cards
Baby Journaling & Filler Cards 

Pebbles:
Seen & Noted EP1

Glitz Girls:
French Kiss Kit (chalkboard paper)

And here are Days 15 through 21:

Credits:

Becky Higgins:
Digital Project Life Templates
Baby Him Papers
Baby Him 4x6 Prompts
Baby Him Title Cards

Pebbles:
Seen & Noted EP1 

American Crafts:
Ready Set Go EP1

Glitz Girls:
French Kiss Kit (chalkboard paper)

Stay tuned ... for my special Thanksgiving Day pages and the final week of my 30 Days of Gratitude Project Life layouts ... coming soon!

Thanks for looking. -xoxo jenn

Memory Keeping Monday ... exciting news!

So excited to share this awesome news with you! Becky Higgins has teamed up with American Crafts and put together a brand new website, AC Digitals, that will offer their products in digital format! The site is fresh, clean, easy to navigate and just plain awesome!

Today is the Grand Opening and the celebration is well under way with Freebies, prizes and a huge sale!

You can even find Becky Higgin's Project Life Baby, Baby Her, and Baby Him available now! (That's right, before, the paper releases! Sometimes it pays to be a digi scrapper!)

I am so incredibly lucky to be on the Creative Team for this brand new website, along with many of my favorite digital scrapbookers. Here are some of the layouts I've been dieing for the chance to share with you all:

 This layout is 100% goodness from Crate Paper's Acorn Ave. Love! (Did I mention this is 25% off?!)

And this page is 100% Amy Tangerine's Ready Set Go! collection. (Ahem, also 25% off!) This is the series of photos that I used for my Technique Thursday tutorial ... how to add drama to your photo's sky.

Love, love, love these digital collections! To stay in the loop, make sure you sign up for the newsletter!

That's it for now ... so, go, hurry ... download your freebies from AC Digitals now! And do a little shopping while your there ... you deserve it!

-xoxo jenn

What's For Dinner Weekly ... my menu planner

It's been awhile since I posted my What's For Dinner Weekly series. Got off the meal planning wagon with the busy hustle and bustle of Thanksgiving and all that went on before and after the holiday. But trying to do better in the last few weeks that lead up to Christmas ...

Sunday: Turkey Pot Pie Soup
skinnytaste.com

Monday: Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce (recipe copyright 2012 by Eugenia Bone), this just looks so light and yummy ... and easy.
marthastewart.com

Tuesday: Soccer night ... need something quick and easy ... so I am reverting back to a recipe from the old South Beach Diet days ... Veggie Quesadillas made with whole grain tortillas, fresh guacamole and salsa ... and loaded with lots of fresh veggies like spinach, red pepper, onion, mushroom, zuchinni and low fat cheese.
photo from: iateapie.net  (this is not the recipe, but you get the basic idea)

Wednesday: Turkey Cranberry Monte Cristo with soup
pauladeen.com

Thursday: Chinese Chicken Salad
ladieshomejournal

Friday: Thyme Garlic Chicken Breasts ... I love that it is served over a bed of greens making it an all inclusive meal.
betterhomesandgarden

Saturday: Pumpkin, Chickpea and Red Lentil Stew ... I always make the smae old beef stew when the weather cools down, but this recipe got my attention. Looks hearty, healthy and stick to your ribs good.
betterhomesandgarden

Technique Thursday ... Add Drama to Your Photo's Sky and Reflections with Camera Raw

I don't know about you, but often I take a photo of a gorgeous landscape and when I look at the photo later on my computer, I am underwhelmed. Usually the sky is washed out ... it is just not as blue and bold as I had remembered.

 Unfortunately, your camera and your eye do not see things the exact same way ... but there are tricks and techniques to spruce up your photos. My usual go-to application is Photoshop. But I also love the ease, speed and power of Adobe's Camera Raw software. Let's call it ACR for short.

Here is a snippet of a digital scrapbook layout that I will be sharing with you next week. Imagine this series of photos with the washed out version of my landscape photo in the center frame, instead of this high impact version. It's such a tiny little series of photos, that the original landscape image straight out of camera, would have been lost among the other two bold, colorful photos. 

So, I turned to ACR to fix the image below, and help it better match the mood and feel of the other two images shot that afternoon.



In ACR, you can edit images that are not RAW files. The original image was shot as a .jpg. I use Adobe Bridge, shown below, to view and organize my photos. To open this .jpg image in ACR, I simply highlight my photo(s) in Bridge and press CMD R (CTRL R on a PC), or I can go to File>Open in Camera Raw.

This brings up my ACR window with the image (or images) that were highlighted.

I did some very basic editing and straightening of this photo. I'm not going to go over all the edits I would do in Camera Raw in this mini lesson, but I highly recommend Lynda.com for training, if you are interested in learning more about this program.

The purpose of this tutorial is to focus on how we can quickly and easily add some real drama to our sky and our sky's reflection in the water. To do this, we are going to use the Graduated Filter Tool (G), shown below in red.

Once you click on the Graduated Filter button, your ACR window will change slightly. A new right side panel will be displayed.

For this image, I want to work with the sky (top half of the image) first. Holding down Shift (this will keep your line straight and thus the filter overlay straight), click on the very top of the photo (green circle), or slightly above it, and drag to the area where you want the effect to end (shown with the red circle). I choose the mountains at the horizon line.

Then start to play with the sliders in the right side panel. So, for this image, I know I want to increase my colors and saturation of the sky. I don't want the sky to be so bright and washed out. I moved the Brightness slider to the left to decrease the brightness and darken up the sky. I also increased the saturation and contrast, by moving those sliders to the right. Play around to get the effect you find pleasing.

Below is a random example of the panel, and its sliders, close-up. These are not the settings I used for this image. I just wanted you to be able to see the details.

(The settings I settled on: -84 Brightness, +43 Contrast, +40 Saturation and +6 Clarity. I really wanted to almost "over-do" the effect for this tiny photo. I needed it to better match the intensity of the two other images. If this photo were to be blown up or printed and framed, I would have definitely toned it down!) 

* Remember only the pixels in that red to green zone will be changed, and it is done gradually from green/darkest or strongest effect down to the red/lightest or weakest effect. 

Once you are happy with the sky, click on the New button in the right side panel, to set the sky's graduated filter and begin working on a new filter for the reflection in the water. See image below, the red/green dots have gone white, indicating they are "set" and that you are now ready to create a new graduated filter.

Now, let's create the Graduated filter for the reflection using the same series of steps. Since this is a reflection, we will reverse our starting point (green circle) and place it at the very bottom of the photo or slightly below. This will be the darkest part of the graduated filter's effect. We want it to mirror what we see above in the sky. So, holding down Shift, click near the bottom of the photo (my green circle) and drag to the point where you want the effect to end (my red circle). I choose to end my effect near the horizon, where the water meets the mountains. The end click is the red dot and the lightest of the graduated filter's effects. See my red/green clicks below.

Again, play with the sliders to get the effect you want. For my photo, the tree on the right gives me some valuable information about the lighting in my photo. The tree branches and leaves on top are much lighter and brighter than the ones near the bottom of the photo. So I choose to make the water area even deeper and darker than the sky. I moved my Exposure slider to the left to make the water graduated filter darker than my sky.

(The settings I settled on: - 15 Exposure, -80 Brightness, +43 Contrast, +35 Saturation and +6 Clarity.)

*Note: Your filter lines do not need to be a straight line, up and down. You can drag at angles. You can drag across the photo (ex. left to right). If you do not want a straight line, do no hold down the Shift key. Experiment. Play. You can also use this technique to lighten photos that have been underexposed, by increasing the Brightness (and perhaps the Exposure slightly). 

 My final landscape image using just a few clicks in Camera Raw. Blue, bold and beautiful!

If you decide to give this a try on your own photos, I'd love to see what you create! Feel free to share a link!

Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.
xoxo -jenn

Workshop Wednesday ... Getting Arty in 2013 and Illustrator

I don't know about you, but I am always on the hunt for creative classes. My interest range is great and I just love sitting down with a good class, a hot beverage and my Mac to learn some new techniques or gain some inspiration. I never know what creative sparks will fly.

If you're a fan of Illustrator, but maybe your Illustrator skills are a little rusty ... or maybe you still need to get a design implemented for this year's Holiday Card ... at ReneePearson.com, Laura Coyle has put her Holly Shop Illustrator Workshop on sale for just $15.

In this workshop, Laura will guide you through the process of creating three holiday greeting card designs in Illustrator from start to finish. You'll customize the designs with your own photos and messages, and send them to print to share with friends and family. Laura has lots of Illustrator classes to choose from.

After the holidays come and go, and the long winter of sitting around by the fireplace snuggled with a good book starts to get old (actually ... I'm not sure that ever gets old), but perhaps it would be a good time to get out from underneath that warm hand made quilt or wool blanket ... and start getting creative?


If your looking for something artsy to occupy yourself next year, I found these 3 workshops offered by Strathmore. They are free, online courses, each with its own focus. Sign up for one, or sign up for all three ... or maybe pass on to a good friend?



Strathmore 2013 FREE Online Workshops – early registration is now open!
Since you participated in our past online workshops, we wanted to let you know that registration is now open for the Strathmore 2013 FREE Online Workshops!

We have inspiring new topics, a new schedule and an improved platform for our virtual classroom. Here’s what we have planned:

Workshop 1: Abstract Fine Art Painting with Mixed Media
Start Date: March 1, 2013

Workshop 2: Sketching & Drawing with Toned Paper
Start Date: May 1, 2013

Workshop 3: Artful Card-Making Techniques
Start Date: September 3, 2013

Learn techniques from experienced artists through online videos and downloadable instructions. Get inspired from other students in our virtual classroom. Keep motivated with ideas and tips from your instructor.


I'm signed up for all three Strathmore workshops? Let me know if you have decided to take any?
Happy creating.
-xo Jenn 

Sale, Giveaway winner, and Memory Keeping Monday

Happy Monday everyone.

Today the kids are home from school in observance of Veteran's Day, which officially was yesterday. Thank you to all who have given, and continue to give so much for our country ... my Dad, and so many of his family members were in wars ... special love to you Dad.

So the kids are getting much needed downtime from school/homework/activities ... just being kids & hanging out with their friends, running around outside. It is so, so beautiful today! 

Giveaway ...

The giveaway on Sheri's blog ended last Friday. In case you missed checking out the announcement about who won ... you can see it here. Thank you Sheri for being such an awesome giveaway host!

Sale continues ...

Lots of new goodies in the shop recently. Clearance section has been updated/added to. And will continue to have items added. You also get 25% off clearance items. Use coupon code: Nov2012. Sale ends Sat Nov 17th.  (Sorry for the confusion on the original sale post ... I incorrectly wrote Friday Nov 17th)

And finally ...

Memory Keeping Monday

just have a few layout to share, since I already shared the Project Life 30 Days of Gratitude Nov 1 through Nov7 pages with you. (Look for more as I finish out my month of gratitude!)

True Kinda Love Splendid Fiins:
eclectic paper pack
Make a Mess - painted photo masks
Make a Mess - splatter overlays v1
love yooo - photo frames
feedsack paper pack
classic album templates-12x12
see above for details -circle stamps

Dani Mogstad
All American Summer Complete Kit

Juliana Kneipp
Berry Sweet Add On Kit (crochet doily)

Gina Miller
Stamped Lace

And I have 2 pages that are also Project Life style (I say style ...  because they are not really true Project Life layouts where I documented 7 photos of the week, but rather this was all taken on the same day ... a special family tradition event ... apple picking that we day every year with the Grandparents.) That's the beauty of Project Life, easy, but can be anything you want it to be. No rules!

I just love how easy it is to add photos, cute elements and the journal cards, to get a lot of photos and story telling quickly onto the pages! Making these style pages is just addicting!

Apple Farm page 1 Pink Paislee: Prairie Hill - coming soon!

Dani Mogstad: Birds of a Feather - coming soon!
Pumpkin Spiced Latte Complete Kit

Becky Higgins:
Clementine Edition Full Collection
Project Life - Template Design A
Cobalt Edition Extra Elements

Splendid Fiins:
3x4 camera love journaling cards

Apple Farm page 2 Dani Mogstad:
Birds of a Feather Complete Kit
Happy Fall Y'all -coming soon!
Softly Falling Complete Kit
Pumpkin Spiced Latte Complete Kit


Becky Higgins:
Clementine Edition Full Collection
Project Life - Template Design A
Cobalt Edition Extra Elements  

That's it for now.  Thanks for looking. -Jenn

 

Holiday HeadStart Sale begins now!

Hey everyone! The Pretty in Posies Holiday HeadStart Sale is on!

It will run through next Friday, Nov 17th. Everything in the shop is 25% off. That includes my Clearance Section, which will be updated through out the week of the sale. Don't miss out on the chance to get some great deals!

Handmade felt accessories are wonderful gifts, stocking stuffers, and gift toppers. If shopping for yourself, get a brooch to dress up your holiday outfit, winter coat or a favorite wool hat. I'm happy to work with you on custom colors if you do not see a color palette that will work for you. You may also browse my SOLD items, and if I have the materials to remake an item, I'd be happy to relist it for you to buy during the sale.

Here are the latest wool brooches, my Tri Cluster Wool Felt Flowers, all are in the shop, ready for purchase.

Here is a peek at what is in the Clearance Section at the moment. Again, this will change and new items will be added through the week. You get to add the 25% off coupon to these items for even greater savings! Don't forget to use code NOV2012 at checkout.

Thanks for stopping by!
-jenn

30 Days Of Gratitude ... November 1 through 7

This year,

- as October turns to November,
- as people all along the East Coast are suffering the aftermath of Sandy,
- as I watch on the news all the lovely, memorable places I frequented, not only as a kid, but continue to frequent as an adult with my own children, lie in ruins
- as I look at the devastation in the shore communities that I lived in year after year, before settling down and getting married, even though the commute into the city was crazy long ... but the beach life made it worth it,

I felt it so necessary to participate in 30 Days of Gratitude.

I have so much to be grateful for. This is just a small glimpse of what I am thankful for ... one week at a time.

Sometimes I wake up and know before feet hit the floor what I am grateful for that day ... other days, it comes to me in small ways, but with big impact, in the later hours of the day.

My 30 Days of Gratitude are things that knock me over ... be it small or large ... powerful and emotional and beautiful things ... or simply little bits and pieces of life that make living grand. Things I want to remember and be mindful of, not just in this month of Gratitude, but always.

I'm doing my 30 days of Gratitude Project Life style. 

 

This week I am Thankful for this:

November 1: I am grateful for my vacuum cleaner today. I normally do not look forward to cleaning, but today ... after Sandy has hit so many, so hard, I am grateful to have a home to clean and electricity to plug that cord into.

November 2: For a kind, generous daughter, who offers to kiss my hand, mostly to make me laugh, when I burn myself while cooking.

November 3: I am grateful for gas today. Due to Hurricane Sandy, many gas stations were not replenished. People from Long Island and south of us were coming north looking for gas, as their stations were either empty, had 4  hour long lines (or more), or had no power to be able to operate the pumps. We had a few stations out of gas and a few police watching over things, but mostly it was easy enough to get our gas tank filled. So Very Thankful. 

November 4: I am grateful to be with my family, finally celebrating my girl's birthday at The Melting Pot, a restaurant that she has been dying to go to for a long, long time. A perfect way to end the weekend.

November 5: I am grateful to have so many creative outlets that make my heart sing. Creating is my passion, and I am constantly learning, trying new things. It is so me! And I am so thankful to be able to do it everyday!

November 6: I am grateful that we are teaching our children, by leading through example, that is important to exercise one's right to vote.

Novemeber 7: One week Sandy, the next, Athena, a Nor'easter ... the North East is certainly taking a beating from Mother Nature. I am grateful to have a safe home and warm hot cocoa for my kids when they come home from school in the snow.

Here are my Project Life pages up close. 

Product Credits: 

Becky Higgins
Project Life Digital Templates
Clementine Extra Papers
Clementine Journal Cards
Clementine Numbers, Days, & Arrows
Cobalt Extra Elements
Cobalt Horizontal Journal Cards
Cobalt Paper

Dani Mogstad 
Birds of a Feather Kit
Pumkin Spice Latte Kit

CZ Designs
Grateful Heart Word Art Freebie

Glitz Girls
French Kiss Paper Kit

Bella Gypsy
Moody Blues Kit

Juliana Kneipp
Love is a Verb Kit
Berry Sweet Add-On Kit
Turquoise Extra Elements

Creashens
Lovely Doily Stamps No.2 
Election Flairs

Ali Edwards 
With Gratitude Brushes


Oh, and one more day to enter the Pretty in Posies Giveaway. Read the details HERE. 

Thank you for stopping by! 
Jenn 
 

Giveaway Time and a Coupon Code

It's been a long, long time since I had a Pretty in Posies Giveaway! Long overdue, don't you think?

Well, one of my customers, Sheri Horton, recently asked me to do some custom felted wool hair pretties to match her lovely daughters' outfits for an Autumn photo shoot. Sheri is an awesome photographer and a very talented scrapbooker.

(We work together on the Jessica Sprague Creative Team and she also is on Becky Higgins' Project Life Creative Team! So cool.)

Here are some of her lovely photos from that shoot. We worked together to match the felt flowers to the beautiful outfits her girls were wearing. That shoot led to the idea of a giveaway. Woo - hoo!

We decided to team up to offer a Giveaway on Sheri's Blog, so hop on over and show her some Blog Love. Oh and you must check out her amazing Project Life layouts while there.

Here's the Giveaway Package:

This oh so pretty Giveaway includes 5 lovely pieces, which will all go to ONE lucky winner:

- A headband lined with aqua blue pinked wool felt and clusters of turquoise, plum and cranberry felt flowers.
- 3 Hair Clips: A Garden Bloom Felt Flower Hair Clip in teal, tan and pink, a Fabric Slip-Covered Posie Hair Clip in pink & green, and a Wool Felt Flower Layered Hair Clip in Raspberry with a plum herringbone wool and hand stitched accents.
- A Wool Tri Cluster Felt Brooch in Silver Plum made with wine, plum and pale grey herringbone wool. (backing has not been attached, so if you want this piece as a hair clip instead that can be arranged!)

Perfect for Holiday gift giving, stocking stuffers and gift toppers ... or just hoard them for yourself!

The details:

- Giveaway starts now and runs through Friday Nov 9th at 9pm EST.
- Open to those in the US and our International friends
- Visit Sheri's blog to enter giveaway and get your 25% off Pretty in Posies Etsy Shop coupon code
- Coupon will expire Dec 31, 2012.
- Sheri will announce her winner on Nov 10th.
- Go HERE to enter.

If you're looking for new items in my Etsy shop, they have arrived! Lots of new, gorgeous Autumn hues going into the shop this week ... some already listed! Many more coming in the days ahead! Perfect accessories for Sweater Weather!

These Tri Cluster Wool Felt Flowers can be made into a brooch or a hair clip. Many are one of a kind, most are available in quantities of 3 or less.  Hope you'll stop by My Etsy Shop to check them out!

Good Giveaway luck and a happy weekend to you! 

-jenn

Big Fun ... starts this weekend!

You will not want to miss checking out the blog tomorrow! Sign up for my Newsletter or Follow me on Facebook and you will be the first to hear the news. Here's a Sneek Peak!

Hope to see you back here tomorrow! -jenn

Memory Keeping Monday

I've got a ton of digital scrapbook layouts to share with you this Monday. This first set of four pages is full of the latest and greatest digi goodies from the very talented designers of jessicasprague.com.

First up is a fun Project Life style layout featuring lots of digi goodies from Samantha Walker.

Apple Picking
Samantha Walker
Digital Dies or Masks Bunting Borders
Harvest Moon Mega Kit

Splendid Fiins
4x6 eclectic foto features
3x4 love journaling cards
wishy washi - eclectic set 1


Becky Higgins
Clementine Edition Paper Pack
Project Life - Template Design B

Dani Mogstad
Monstrosity Complete Kit - background paper

Next up is a Christmas Cookie layout using Splendid Fiins: Go Big Template and Samantha Walker's recently released Christmas Tradtions - Mega Kit.

Christmas Cookies Samantha Walker
Christmas in the Kitchen Mega Kit
Sam's Kitchen photo elements

Splendid Fiins
Splendid Template-GO BIG 2
  

Here is a sweet page using lots of Jenni Bowlin goodies.

Time with Grandparents Jenni Bowlin -
Town Square Collection
Printed Tickets Expressions
Rhinestone Buttons & Bows

Dani Mogstad
Hello Sunshine Complete Kit
Snap Happy Complete Kit
School Daze Complete Kit
Playdate Complete Kit

Linda Roos
Foto Template Pack  

And lastly, a page about the sometimes stressful side of parenting.  

September has me Going Batty Samantha Walker:
Digital Cuts Bat Moon Frame
A to Z Flashcard pack
A to Z School Images
Harvest Moon Solid Textured papers


Other: Anna Aspnes
Artplay Palette Scholarly
katie Pertiet: painting tutorial & Watery Photo Masks No1     

This month, I'm also documenting memories and sharpening my photoshop skills with Jana Morton's class: Blending & Beyond. So fun. Here are some of the layouts I've been working on from that fabulous class.

 Surfing 101

Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Palette 4 (backgrd paper - recolored)
ArtPlay Palette Sunshine Bouquet
ArtPlay Palette H2O

Katie Pertiet
Artistry de Azul
Painted Edgers No4
Grungy Ledger Grids No3
Edge Overlays No3
Tropical Clusters
Cut Ups Destination 

lil moto man

katie pertiet:
classic coral cardstock
lightly letterbox 3
edge overlays no 3
stacked vintage frames
off road brushes
eat cake - photo corners
tag from chat freebie

 

 Discovering Sand Crabs

Katie Pertiet
Sacked Solids Neutral
Paper Reveals LT
Ad Inspiration Stamp 6 11 11
Ad Inspiration Word Art 9 11 12
Catalog Inspiration Photo Frame- recolored 9 5 10
Collageable Chat Freebie _crochet heart
Cold Spring Kit - string/bow
Ad Inspiration - Embroidered Accent 4 14 12 

That's it for this Monday! Have a great week.