We Love Oceanside

The beach. Our family loves the beach. We wish we lived closer, but at least it's only a half day drive away. We have Wyndham timeshare points and decided it was time to used them to book a room for a few nights in Oceanside, CA.

Side note: we've had Wyndham time share points for 8 or 9 years and we love having them. We bought them on ebay for a tiny fraction of retail price. We do pay annual maintenance fees, but it is much less that the cost of the hotel would be out of pocket. Plus Wyndham rooms have a family room, kitchen and bedroom(s) which gives us room to spread out and saves us money because we make breakfast and lunch in the hotel and only go out for dinner.  Okay enough about that, just thought I'd share something that has worked well for vacations for our family. :)

We spent a weekend in Oceanside in June and loved every minute of it. We traveled with another family which worked out great because everyone was always occupied with a friend. We spent time digging and building in the sand, boogie boarding (the kids, not me because I don't like cold water!), eating fish tacos, a morning run along the beach (just me!) plus lots of relaxing. Perfect!

Now I want to start planning a return trip.

Layout supplies /// Our Adventure Kit /// Away We Go Add-on /// Happy Day Add-on

Arrow of Light

Last fall Max received his Arrow of Light award which is the highest award a boy can receive in cub scouting. After attending weekly cub scout meetings plus hours of the two of us working on things, we were very excited to have him receive his award.

I did a terrible job taking pictures that night. If was outside + dark and I only had my phone camera. There was once okay picture of Max, so that is what is on this page! When I was putting the layout together, I pulled out his scout uniform and snapped a picture of the badge he received that night. It felt more balanced with that second picture.

I was inspired by the Arrow of Light badge image to create a ray design on the background of the page. It was fun cutting up a bunch of papers and assembling for this page.

Max is really a great kid. When he feels something is important, he really works hard to accomplish it. I'm proud to be his mom!

Layout Supplies /// Elle's Studio Everyday Moments /// Hello Today Kit

Make It Sunday @ Elle's Studio

Elle's Studio has invited past design team members to create something and share it on their blog in their Make It Sunday feature.

Here's a peek at my project.

Today is my day and I hope you'll stop by and see what I made!

Wedding Layout with Elle's Studio Sketch

As part of the Bella Blvd. and Elle's Studio Team-up Week, I got to play with this cool sketch:

I loved all of the layers on this sketch! Here's a peek at what I did with it.


You can check out the full sketch post plus leave a comment on Elle's blog to be entered to win a nice bunch of goodies from Bella Blvd.

Elle's Studio and Bella Blvd Team Up Week

This week Elle's Studio and Bella Blvd. have teamed up to share lots of inspriation PLUS giveaway cool prizes each day.
Here's a peek at the layout I'm sharing on the Elle's Studio blog today. Stop by Elle's blog for a chance to win the Bella Blvd "Man of the House" collection today.

Plus be sure to stop by the Bella Blvd. blog for a chance to win a great set of Elle's Studio tags.

Hope you're having a happy Monday!

Elle's Studio and Bella Blvd Team Up

Next week Elle's Studio and Bella Blvd. are teaming up on their blogs for a week full of ideas.


Here's a little peek at one of the project I'll be sharing next week.


Plus, be sure to stop by and check out the November Inspiration at Elle's Studio. Here's a look at what you will see over there.

Elle's Studio Peeks

Happy Tuesday to you!

So far it's been a very productive day. Love that. I helped out in two of my kids' classes for a few hours this morning. I was even able to sneak in a quick lunch date with my husband. I've worked my way through a bunch of email and I finally took photos of a few of my recent cards and layouts. They are all for design teams, so I can't share full images yet, but I thought I'd show a few peeks at my Elle's Studio stuff. The full gallery will be up next week.


Hope your day is going great! I'm getting together tonight with a few friends for dinner and games. Need to whip up a quick and yummy dessert.

Numbers!

I just made a layout using this fun set of numbers:
You'll have to wait a couple of weeks to see the layout, but if you need a set of these numbers for yourself, you can pick them up at Elle's Studio. These are part of Elle's brand new calendar release. I love the variety of styles and card sizes that come in this set!

Elle's Studio Design Team

A few years ago (2007) I was browsing through etsy and came across some great pirate themed tags for a birthday party I was thinking about for Max. They were from a fun store: Elle's Studio. I ordered the tags and have been using Elle's products ever since.

Since then Elle's Studio has really grown and I have enjoyed using Elle's products.

A few weeks ago I saw that Elle was having a design team call and I decided to send her samples of my work.

Guess what? She asked me to be on her design team! I am so excited about this opportunity. I'm looking forward to showcasing Elle's fun products.

You can go here to see the DT announcement.