Zipper layout
I recently went to Scrap in San Francisco. I thought it would be in a really bad part of town but it wasn't where I had thought (where I'd get shot or mugged). It's in an industrial area near my dad's...
View ArticleSummer swimming layout
It's stash busting time without scrap clutter. I used two sheets of cardstock (one patterned and one solid) for this layout and cut a circle from an existing piece of scrap. The strips of paper are...
View ArticleScraps stump me
In Shimelle's class, we had a prompt which instructed us to pick a few background sheets, a few small patterns, a few large ones. And then we were supposed to hack everything into rectangles and...
View ArticleHalloween Madness
Happy Halloween! We have a busy day ahead of us. We have costume parades galore and Riley wants me to dress up too. I've been prepping for this day for months. We've had a haunted house for Riley's...
View ArticleBack in black
The True XOXO challenge is back for the month of November and the theme is BLACK. I initially was going to go with a monochromatic black look but felt something needed color. I toyed around with an...
View ArticleZombie Halloween Hybrid Layout
I don't know if the photo freaks you out but it sure does scare me...and I was there when Riley created this look for the haunted house at her dance school. I constructed most of the layout digitally....
View ArticleThis year's costume
I have to admit...there's only been one other time I've dressed up for Halloween. And that one time was really a partial dress up because I had to for work. Since Riley wanted to be a pirate (we got...
View ArticleThe Little Mermaid Musical
I know I've shown you pictures of Riley's costume for The Little Mermaid. I've discussed how much time the costumes in general took away from scrapbooking. Here is your chance to see my creations in...
View ArticleFall Burlap Wreath Tutorial
I've seen various burlap wreaths on Pinterest so I decided to make one myself. It helped that I had all of the supplies already on hand. A few weeks ago, I had purchased many yards of colored burlap...
View ArticleTrue XOXO December Challenge
It's the 1st of the month again! Check out the True XoXo blog challenge. The design team was challenged to create a project using this photo as inspiration.Now this isn't an image I would normally...
View ArticleCustom Fit Sewing Adventure
For the past few weeks, I have been consumed with costume design and construction. I have a friend who led me to tutu.com last year. I had purchased their smallest pattern for a bodice (size 6 slim)...
View ArticleChallenge 25 at True XOXO Girls
January's design challenge at True XOXO Girls went live yesterday afternoon. The challenge this month was for the design team to create a layout containing "ONE," which would be anything from the word...
View ArticleLet's get messy in February!
The True Xoxo challenge is up for February. I will walk you through my messy layout. I tried to do just about every messy thing I could think of.As always I started off with a clean, pre-shrunk 12-inch...
View ArticleTrue XOXO layouts
Sorry I have not been posting.Costume design and sewing have taken priority over paper crafting. Plus I've had some tooth pain for the past two weeks so I am trying to bounce back. I do have two True...
View ArticleFirst non-sewing project in a gazillon years
I know I haven't posted in what seems like forever. So much has been going on. My little girl started dancing in competitions. She placed third in her first Tahitian (solo) dance competition in late...
View ArticleI adore Fall!
I think that autumn has to be my favorite season. Now one could say that we can wear the same clothes all year round here in San Francisco but I think it's more than just the clothes. It's the colors!...
View ArticleCostume recap
Over the past few months that I have been MIA, we have had a ton of time playing around with costumes. I thought I would bring you up to speed.We have had favorite book character dress up day at...
View ArticleBoo!
Over at True XOXO, we were given the task of creating a Halloween layout and not use black or orange. The orange I could easily do without...as I have said before, it clashes with my skintone! Okay so...
View ArticleHi, Phineas. Whatcha doin'? Isabella costume
Riley wanted to be Isabella Shapiro Garcia from Phineas and Ferb for Halloween. I thought that the normal outfit for Isabella was going to make her difficult to figure out. Pink jumper, pink bow...so...
View ArticleTrue XOXO Days of Christmas
At the True XOXO blog this month, we have 24 days full of Christmas inspiration. I created this layout to go with the costume I designed last year. If you have been trying to keep track of me, you...
View ArticleFabric Background Layout
Today on True XOXO, you'll find a layout where I used left over fabric for the base of my layout. I like to use every bit of fabric possible. This layout used 2-year old photos but as you know I do not...
View ArticleIf It's Groovy Calendar Blog Hop
Today the TrueXOXO team has joined forces with If It's Groovy in a calendar blog hop. Each team member has created a layout for a specific month. I chose October since I had many opportunities to shoot...
View ArticleA little houndstooth never hurt anyone!
At TrueXOXO, we were presented with a challenge to use houndstooth paper on our layouts. Honestly, my first thought was if I even had any in my enormous stash. Well low and behold...haha if you only...
View ArticlePrincess Tiger Lily
Right after Thanksgiving, we went to see the Broadway production of Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby. We listened to the audio book weeks before to get her out of the Disney story and into the true story of...
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