Creative Estates, Bats and More

My friend, Shey, is planning a creative event, Creative Estates, in Arizona in April. She said that the three day of the event will include creativity classes on photography, scrapbooking, sewing and more. Plus there will be a handmade market where you can shop. Who wouldn't love that? I've been having a lot of fun with the October Scrapbook Circle kit. The Parisian Anthology goods by House of 3 in this kit are amazing. The paper has a vinyl finish that resists misting. On this layout, I sprayed the paper with Glimmer Mist and then wiped the paper with a paper towel so that the vinyl doilies would stay white.

This next idea was shared by Char at Crap I've Made and I really want to do this. Now that Silhouette has come out with software for the Mac, I can finally download shapes from their store! One of my first downloads will be these bats. Just cut the bats from vinyl and stick to the light fixture. So clever!
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Favorite Disney Rides

Today I finally has a little time to create with the upcoming October Scrapbook Circle kit. The bright colors from the Glitz Scarlett papers were so fun to work with. Plus, I really like the contrast of the Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology white paper and artisan elements. One of my favorite things about this layout is the number rub-ons I put across the top of the photos. Such a cheery set of scrapbooking goods. Everything on this page came from the kit. Fun way to document our favorite rides at Disneyland.

Vienna and Camping

This summer I was lucky enough to get to go on two fabulous vacations. One was a camping trip to the beach in San Diego and the other was a trip with my husband to Austria.

We started off our summer beach camping with friends for a few days near San Diego. We fell asleep to the sound of the waves each night and ate way too much while relaxing at the beach.

I put together a layout with a few of my favorite photos from the camp site.

One of the cities we visited in Austria was Vienna. I combined photos from a few of my favorite sites around Vienna for this layout.
The Glitz frame stamp made a perfect accent for my photos.Such great vacations!

Supplies
Camping layout: Glitz Kismet paper, glitzers, alpha and frosting.
Vienna layout: Glitz Distressed Couture paper, stickers and red alpha.

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Photo Booth, Chalkboard and a Peek

I just came across a cool site, La Photo Cabine, that creates vintage style photo booth photos. All you need is a camera on your computer.I just did a little test of the photo booth and here are my photos.Pretty fun. I'm going to show this to my kids. I think they will LOVE this. You can print the photos directly from the site or download them to your computer. A bonus: it's free!

This digital chalkboard paper collection is only $1 today at jessicasprauge.com. I'm not a digi scrapper, but I do love printing out digital elements and using them on my paper projects. Really loving the look of this chalkboard set!
Finally, wanted to share a little peek of the October Scrapbook Circle kit with you.
I'm so excited about this kit! Lots of brand new goodness from Pink Paislee Parisian Anthology, Glitz Scarlett and October Afternoon School House. More peeks coming soon.

Carving Pumpkins

We haven't carved pumpkins yet this year, but I did just do a layout on last year's pumpkin carving fun.

I used the Scrapbook Circle Spooky Town Kit for this layout.The My Mind's Eye die cuts were perfect accents for this page.
Looking forward to more pumpkin carving next month!

I think I'm Hungry

I guess it doesn't help that I haven't eaten breakfast yet, but I think that these foods need to make it onto my table in the near future.

Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Bacon and Gorgonzola from Steamy Kitchen.

This looks so delicious. Now we just need the temperature to drop below 100 degrees so that I feel like I can eat soup for dinner without overheating.

Have you seen the newest issue of the Sweet Paul Magazine?
Be sure to check out the 1,000 layer cake on page 53. And the Salted Carmel Cake on page 54. And the Goat Cheese and Dill Quiche on page 89. Yum!

Tonight, my sister is making me the best carrot cake recipe ever from this cookbook for MY BIRTHDAY!
YAY! It will be fun to celebrate with family tonight.

Today's Interesting Finds

Almost everyday I pour through Google reader checking out many blogs for ideas and inspiration.

I thought I'd share a few of my finds from my morning scroll though blog land.

Seesaw has created these beautiful letterpressed 2011 calendars. Each page has two months at the bottom. I love the geometric shapes and gold metallic foil. You can see more images on Angela Hardison's blog.
Here the calendars are framed without the months. Love that the calendar is a piece of art.These Echo Park digital files are available today for only $1 at JessicaSprague.com. Both the Halloween paper and Halloween elements are on sale. I'm thinking I may need to add these to my stash of Halloween goodies.I have a love/hate relationship with headbands. I love how they look on others or in the store, but then when I try them on, I don't like how they look. Anyone else have this problem? This braided headband could be worth trying though. I love that it has so many colors and would go with so many different outfits.Sometimes I really wish that I knew how to sew. I might sew a cute ruffle table cloth like the one below if/when I buy a sewing machine and learn to sew. You can check out the tutorial here if you want to learn to sew one of these yourself. So many things to learn and do everyday!That's all for now. Hope you are having a great day!