Cool!

My Fabulous page was picked as one of the favorites for the Scrapjacked challenge. (scroll down their page to see the slideshow) I'm in extremely good company there. Pretty awesome!

Paper bead extravaganza

finished paper beads, originally uploaded by Kirsten W.

Wendy came over yesterday afternoon and we spent a few hours making paper beads. It is so much fun! I always forget between sessions... these are destined for handmade earrings and other goodies that we're working on for an Etsy shop that is in the works. More pictures on Flickr. Happy Tuesday and Happy Happy Birthday to my mom!

Fabulous...

Made this layout this morning for the latest Scrapjacked challenge - cutting around a photo of a person. Got to use some of the yummy Strano ribbon and Tinkering Ink paper I got on sale at Reminisce while I was working this weekend.

Frida ATCs

Finally completed some Frida Kahlo themed atcs for a swap with Wendy and Maralena. I'm not too sure about them - they're kinda creepin' me out. But I took my idea for them and went for it, and this is the end result!

"Self-portrait with Frida"

"Self-portrait as Frida"

Happy Independence Day!

I celebrated the 4th of July in the most American way - shopping! Headed over to Des Moines last night to spend the evening and today hanging out with my family. A good Italian dinner, some live music, BBQ for lunch and some great bargains made the trip a success! Bethany picked up the dress pictured above but it was too long, so she deftly sliced off some inches and now it looks even better than new (hence my wearing of the leftover fabric).

Here are a few holiday recommendations for you:
Evening - go with your mom (or your sister, daughter, or friend) like I did to see this movie. It is a beautiful story of a mother's life and her daughters saying good-bye to her. Lovely film packed full of talented actresses.

and if you're near Des Moines, IA anytime soon check out Mars Cafe - great coffee shop/wine bar/live music venue. Bethany took us there for breakfast this morning and I thoroughly enjoyed my mocha shake and breakfast croissant sandwich. yum.

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Now this is what I call a good day...

Gorgeous weather, a new haircut, great hermit crab books from the library, a new sassy phone, take out sushi from Formosa for dinner... oh yeah...

Great Weekend

It was a great weekend! Dinner out with the fam on Friday night... Got my mini-book kit from Kristina Contes yesterday and was SO excited to get started on it that I printed out some photos and got started making it last night. Love, love her style and the choices of materials that were included. I got up and finished it this morning! Love when things come together so quick. Some of the other people who purchased the kit are also posting photos in a flickr group.
Today Wendy and I went over to Des Moines for the annual art show. It was fantastic as always. This year I was especially blown away by the quality of the artists. We had so many favorites - and I came home with a new George Lowe mug and this clock!! Isn't it great? We even filmed a video while we were there as part of this project! More photos on my flickr. Have a good week!