Bohemian Brew Mini Album || Jillibean Soup

Hey hey!  Happy Friday!

I wanted to just pop in and share a mini album that I made with Jillibean Soup's new Bohemian Brew collection.  The album highlights some time spent with my niece last summer when she came to visit us while we still lived in Tampa:

Thanks for stopping by!

December Daily 2012: Days 11 & 12

Hey, everyone!  I'm back to share two more DD days with you:

Day 11 was a very sad day.  My parents had to put our cat, Calie, to sleep.  I say "our cat" because we got her when I was 8 years old, so I pretty much grew up with her.  I wanted to do this page to honor her :o)

Day 12 is when I mailed out our Christmas cards.

I also threw in one of our cards between the normal album pages. 

As you can tell, E and I like to have fun together.  In case you want a closer look at the photos here they are:

Yeah, we're weirdos :o)

Supplies: Day 11: Journaling card: Simple Stories; Alphas: Prima Marketing; Wooden hearts: Studio Calico; Diecuts: October Afternoon; Twine: Making Memories; Staples: Tim Holtz; Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Day 12: Journaling card: Simple Stories; Stickers, Rub-ons, Alphas: October Afternoon; Brads: Making Memories; Washi Tape: Queen & Company

December Daily Wrap-Up

Yippee! My DD is complete, just one week into the new year. That's not so bad... I am one of those girls who likes to stop my DD with Christmas, so that helps...that's 6 days that I don't have to cover :o)

Day 21:
This was at our second port call, St. Thomas. The first picture is a self-shot with our boat in the background. The second picture is us messing around in the gift shop later that night.

Day 22:

It was "semi-formal night" on the boat...so we dressed up and wore our semi-formal Santa hats!

DAY 23:

This was at our last port call of the cruise. We ran a 5k that day. It was my idea...and it was sort of a dumb one. After almost a week of eating A LOT and not exercising AT ALL, the 5k was a little rough.

Day 24:

We got off the boat that morning and went back to E's parents' house. I always love going there for many reasons, but also because I really love seeing Chester, their adorable doggy. Can't wait until E and I can get a dog of our own!

Day 25:

We flew back to Cali on X-mas morning, ate enchiladas for lunch, opened presents, and left the mess until the next day :o)

And now you can all breathe a sigh of relief...no more DD posts from me for at least another 10 months or so! Thanks for hanging in there!

I bet you thought...

...that I forgot about my December Daily, didn't you? Well, if you thought that...you'd be absolutely right. Oops. ;o) Here is another installment of December Daily 2011:

Day 18:
This was at a Disney "character breakfast." The waiters and waitresses made fun "napkin hats" for everyone to wear.

Day 19:

We took family portraits along the cruise ship's stairs...I love the results.

Day 20:

This is my favorite page so far! On this day, E's sister, Laura, got engaged on the beaches of St Maarten in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It was so beautiful and her fiance was nice enough to let us hang around and take pictures of the whole thing. I think these pictures of the event are awesome!

I hope your 2012 is going well so far...it's back to work for me tomorrow (blah), but I have high hopes for this year. I'll be getting married and probably moving to a new state. Do you have any exciting 2012 plans?

DD days 15 - 17

Hey, everyone! I'm back to share a few more of my December Daily pages:

Day 15:
This is my Pinterest board that is full of fun gift wrapping ideas. All the packages looked so pretty...too bad I didn't use any of the ideas this year. Maybe next year?

Day 16:

This day I left to fly to Orlando to meet E and his parents for a 7-day cruise. I look frantic in the picture, because, well...I was :o)

Day 17:

This is the day we boarded our cruise..fun times ahead!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a nice day!

I'm baaaack..with more December Daily-ness

Hey, everyone! I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas...and are looking forward to a happy New Year. I've been trucking along on my December Daily since returning from a nice vacation with family. But instead of bombarding you with a GIANT post, I figured I would just share a few pages at a time...if you're like me, you are so behind on blogs at this point, that you can really only afford to spend about 30 seonds at each page :o)

Day 12:
These are E's and my Christmas lists. Thank goodness for Pinterest. I made my list on that site and he was able to quickly click on the picture and get to exactly what I wanted!

Day 13:

Ha! I know these pictures look somewhat ridiculous. I ordered Eric one of those really nice memory foam pillows, and for some crazy reason, it shipped in the world's biggest box. I really had to ham it up and capture it on film. :o)

Day 14:

I decided that one ugly faux tree was just not enough, so I added a second "birthday" tree for Eric. His birthday is in January, but I do birthday/Christmas shopping simultaneously. I'm still playing around with the idea of decorating it.

Thanks for stopping by! I will be back again soon with more DD updates {I'm sure you are just riveted to see my progress... ;o)}.

All Caught Up!

***Warning: VERY photo heavy post***

Well, I am all caught up now! And it didn't even take that long...

Day 6:
I bought some gifts to wrap, box up and mail to my parents and my grandmother.

Day 7:

I made this wreath 2 years ago, for my first Christmas in Cali. I still like it, but I probably need to stop being lazy and make a new one next year :o)

Day 8:

The left side shows the stack of Christmas cards that I wrote to be mailed out. The right side is my actual Christmas card this year. I love the sequins and glitter floating around inside the tree!

Day 9:

It wouldn't be December without a Peppermint Chocolcate Chip milkshake from Chick-Fil-A! Granted, there are an INSANE number of calories in one of these delicious yummies, but as a Friday treat, I think it's okay...

Day 10:

This is our Christmas tree this year. It may look a little sad in this picture, but it doesn't look so sad in real life. E isn't here to help me put up the big one, and I didn't think I would be able to do it by myself, so I just decorated the faux tree that sits in the corner of the living room.

Day 11:

Today the stockings are up and ready to be filled. I ♥ Christmas stockings. It's one of my favorite traditions...not so much getting my own, but I love buying little goodies to put in everyone else's!

If you made it to the end of this post, bravo! You hung in here longer than I would have :o)

More DD pages...

Helo, hello! I have 2 more December Daily pages to share with you. I am a bit behind right now, but I'll be able to catch up this weekend....especially if it stays as cold as it is here.

Day 4:
Here we are making sad faces because we are leaving Vegas. Unfortunately, this is the only picture I had from this day...and I look like a little boy. Oh well... But E makes an incredibly cute puppy dog face, does he not? In addition to the picture, I also put our hotel room keys in the little pocket.

Day 5:

So, I said it was cold here. This was a screenshot taken at about 945 in the morning. I do not think that it came even close to the 66 degree high that it predicted. And I know that 42 degrees is not cold at all compared to some places, but for Southern California, that is super chilly :-)

As always, thanks for dropping by...Enjoy the remainder of the week.

December Daily Update

Hi, everyone! Sorry I've been MIA recently. I've been doing A LOT of traveling, but I am back now {at least for the next few weeks... :o)}. I will be stopping by blogs soon to catch up on everything that I've missed!

I did want to pop in to quickly share the work that I have done on my December Daily so far. Last year I created my foundation pages ahead of time. This year, I am trying a different strategy and am creating them as I go. I did a few things ahead of time, such as the number tags and gathering on my supplies, but I think this way may produce a product that I am slightly more happy with.

Day 1:
We were in Vegas this day, so I included a picture of us during the day and at night. I also included part of the ticket from the show we went to see that night.

Day 2:

Another day spent in Vegas. We did a lot of fun things that day, so I included a lot of pictures on this page.

Day 3:

Yesterday was our last full day in Vegas. I included a series of silly photos we took that had the Vegas Strip as our backdrop. I also included the ticket from a Cirque de Soleil show we saw last night.

I totally love this project and am glad that I am doing it again this year. Do you have a December Daily? Share a link...I'd love to see!

It's December Daily Time!

Yay! Last year was my first year doing the December Daily project. At the time, I wasn't sure if it would be a good project for me or not. I don't have kids and I didn't feel like there were a whole lot of happenings that I could put into this project. However, I was wrong. I love my December Daily from last year, so of course, I had to participate again this year. And since I had a long weekend, I figured there was no better time to start. So tonight, I will share my cover with you. It kinda fits in to that messy style I've been digging so much lately:
Are you doing a December Daily this year? If so, I'd love to see your progress...just share the link here! :-)

Patterned Paper, Wooden shapes: Studio Calico; Alphas, Red tag: American Crafts; Brad/Tag: Echo Park; Rub Ons: 7Gypsies; Paint: Apple Barrel

Summer Mini

As Summer draws to a close, I figured it was a good time to share a mini book that I made. The mini book highlights my Summer 2010. I used a whole lot of Doodlebug Design products in this:
Thanks for making it through this photo heavy post! Enjoy your work week!