Happy Sunday!

It's funny how some weeks just color code themselves. Hooray for that.

Using up more older Studio Calico cards + In A Creative Bubble journaling cards.

A few years ago, I had an older family member move into a nursing home so my Dad and I cleaned out his house. I found a bunch of vintage stuff like old silverware sets, photos and a couple of cloth and burlap chicken feed bags. I took one out and ironed all of the wrinkles smooth. Rick and I went to Michael's to see if I could find a frame to put it in but it's kind of a wonky size so I'll probably have to have it professionally framed.

Layers and layers and layers.

<3

I finally got around to watching the Favourite on HBO. I absolutely love Weisz, Stone & Coleman. Those are my girls.

See that little dot in my tea? It's a bug. Literally landed after two sips.

So that's how my day started.

We're in the process of moving the shop out of storage and into the house so we've got equipment everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

On a fun note, my bestie Amanda and I are heading down to NYC in October to see Luisa Omielan. If you haven't heard of her, check out this Youtube video and this one.

Working from home means lots of maxi dresses + flip flops and jammie pants + sweatshirts.

Hope you all have an awesome week!

Last week was a exciting and a little bittersweet. After three months of commuting 5 hours a day (yes, you read that correctly), I am now set up to work from home. In my jammies. I get paid. Life is good.

I made sure to take a photo of my desk and my last train ride home. I'm definitely going to miss my co-workers and all of the food options in Boston. So. Much. Food.

Yellow Document card is from an old Studio Calico kit that I've been hoarding forever. I stuck the red Smart Cookie die cut on with some Zots.

Stand up desks are the best!

The Documented journaling card is from In A Creative Bubble's Recorded Journaling Cards No. 6 set. You can find them here.

I'm a little obsessed with Stranger Things so when the Indiana Jim photo popped up in my Facebook feed, I right clicked and saved. Hopper is my hero.

Using ALL the cards for this spread. In A Creative Bubble, Studio Calico and my older Kelly Purkey kit cards too. <3

Domino's cheese pizza for the win. We're all about eating our feelings around here. And being active members of the #fatkidclub. :)

Hope everyone is having an awesome weekend!

Happy crafting!

Week 29 was ALL about HBO Go. For some reason, I haven't finished any books at all this month. Some times I just go through phases where I just stop reading. So I filled up my time commuting with movies and a mini series.

I love how the color combos worked out this week. Lots of white/black and pops of color. That makes my heart happy.

I watched The Nun on my way to work (and on the way home) and wasn't sure what all the hype was about. I guess I don't scare easily :) Also, chips & queso from Qdoba for the win!

There is a serving size bowl downstairs near the elevator and it's always filled with things. Rick and I joke about it all the time. First it was apples. Then individual packets of oatmeal. Then came the weird things, like packets of jelly and butter cups. LMAO. Who is doing this? We joked about bringing down all of our leftover packets of hot sauce from Taco Bell. Man, people are weird.

Also, 40 = mammograms. It wasn't that bad.

There is a two part documentary on HBO about the Michelle Carter case. I can't imagine anyone living in the US hasn't heard of the case, but if you haven't, Google it. Then watch the documentary. It's absolutely heartbreaking. Conrad used to live in the next town over and I remember very clearly how we were all stunned at what happened. Definitely worth a watch if you have teens.

Just realized this week was all about the food too. 

#fatkidstatus

And speaking of #fatkidstatus, we cannot handle hot weather. Nope. Just not happening. I'm ready for 40 degree weather, jeans, sweatshirts and my Uggs. And a salted caramel latte. Does that make me basic? Maybe, but at least I won't be sweating my ass off.

Crimes of Grindelwald, I felt, was not as good as the first one.

Tommy from Bad Wolves liked my comment #fangirling

Lychee + Boba = belly ache. But at least the egg roll was good.

I kinda feel like Josh Gates in this viking Snapchat filter. With a longer beard. Just sayin.

Happy to say I'll be working from home soon and I. Cannot. Wait!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Happy crafting!

This week's layout came together super fast. Only a few photos, but I think it worked out okay.

We made homemade crunchwrap supremes with the kids. They are SO good. You can find the recipe from Pinch of Yum here. Lilly lost a tooth and left a message for the Toothy Fairy on our dry erase board.

Crunchwrap goodness.

I love how the top left card came together. The base is an old Studio Calico card. The cactus circle actually showed up in one of my swaps I did a few months ago and the heart button is also an older SC kit component (I think)

This card. It gets me.

Have you guys tried Grove yet? Their customer service is amazing and I always get a little handwritten thank you note on the outside of the box in Sharpie. It's something that takes no time at all to do but it definitely makes a difference. Not to mention their product selection is damn good too. 

Finally bit the bullet and decided to order my first ever prescription sunglasses. Have no clue what took me so long. Thank you, Warby Parker!

The Gifted School was one of my BOTM picks. I started reading it and while it's more of a slow read, I'm enjoying it so far.

The Oh Gosh card was a perfect response to the Chernobyl mini series on HBO. The meltdown happened when I was little and I don't remember learning much about it in school. The mini series was really good and had an awesome cast. I definitely recommend it! You can find more info about it here.

Hope you are all having a fabulous (and not so hot) weekend!

Happy Crafting!

Hello, Week 26! We're half way through with 2019 and I'm not sure how much more I'm going to be able to fit in my album. 

I read A LOT of books this week. (4 and if you're looking for a good series, check out the Stillhouse Lake books from Rachel Caine.)

This was actually the first week that I didn't include any journaling. And I'm ok with that. 

This week I did some holiday decorating (top left) and also included a love note Rick slipped under the bathroom door for me (bottom left)

I'm always giving Rick a hard time about his weird obsession with pickles on everything. On my lunch break one day I ran over to Stop & Shop and found these. Rick's Picks Pickles. Perfection.

Yes, my Get To Work Book got two pockets for this side. #cantstopwontstop

I've been on a yogurt/berries/granola kick lately. So good. The gold foil pineapple paper came from a 12x12 stack I picked up at Michael's forever ago. 

This view from the hallway window is perfect for documenting the weather and changing seasons. 

For those of you interested in the book grid, I made it in Photoshop using book covers that I copied from Goodreads. Super easy to put together. I'll be doing a tutorial soon.

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Album: 9x12 Studio Calico Color Theory Album - unavailable (SC, please bring these back!)

Page Protectors: Studio Calico 9x12 9 Pocket Page Protector

Cards: Studio Calico Documenter Kit (various), In A Creative Bubble Journaling Cards, various old cardstock

Happy weekend & happy crafting!

Hello, birthday week! I ended up cutting down some old rounded corner cards and adhered them to another card for three pockets this week. Love how they turned out.

It rained almost all week. Fun times.

Loving my new umbrella from Target and white it did come in handy, it's giant. And I worried about taking people out as I hurried down the narrow city sidewalks. My bad.

Hello, 40. I've gotten to a point in my life where birthdays are just another day. Some days I still feel like I'm in my late 20s. Other days I feel like I'm 80. This photo was from a Snapchat filter. It originally was a grid of 4 photos so I cropped it down and printed it out.

The journaling cards from In A Creative Journal will always be my go to for writing out my stories. I'm slowly adding more collections to my collection..

You can't really tell from the photos, but the center card is actually gold foil. It's really pretty and the light catches it just right.

Hooray for crab rangoon.

Remember when I said I wasn't going to buy and new scrapbooking supplies this year? Yeah, I'm dangerously low on chipboard pieces so we'll see how that goes.

Love adding photos of the little moments, like this one of me reading on the T and then reading while eating some tomato basil soup from Cosi. So good.

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Album: 9x12 Studio Calico Color Theory Album - unavailable (SC, please bring these back!)

Page Protectors: Studio Calico 9x12 9 Pocket Page Protector

Cards: Studio Calico Documenter Kit (various), In A Creative Bubble Journaling Cards, various old cardstock

Happy weekend & happy crafting!