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 Karen said...

Hi Debbie, I love looking at blogs for inspiration. I enjoy reading your blog. Your little guy is getting so big! You will have such an amazing Christmas this year. Thanks for the fun drawing.

Karen, thank you so much for your kind words in regards to my wee blog. I think it's extra motivating to keep sharing & updating this little corner every now and again :) And yes indeed our little r is getting to be such a big guy. He's running around now when at the beginning of the year he was still trying to find his balance. There's no stopping him now. and we're all terrified lol!!! Happy almost Christmas lovely, it will be a great one I hope :) 

 Bonita Rose said...

My creative inspiration more often than not is just my imagination, and other books and mags I hv laying around my home. Inspiration is everywhere... you just let go and create! You are awesome and thks for the chance to win! xo

Bonita, thank you so much for sharing I completely agree with you that inspiration is everywhere, i think it's all in being aware & patient in seeing it. Sometimes its so simple as a breath of fresh air. I love it when things come together and you feel so refreshed. I hope you have so much fun creating from your heart xoxo 

Lovely Giveaway winners: Karen & Bonita please e-mail me your post address at Debee@inspirelovely.com Congrats ladies!

Thank you so much everyone for sharing what inspires you. I especially loved the thrift store shopping & new fabrics :) I can pop a few tags at the thrift store like nobody's business & i love a pile of fresh fabric. even if my sewing skills aren't as good as Martha Stewart. Its still so very inspiring.  I think as of right now even a new song on my iphone every week has been a thrill. I love walking a few miles with little r in the jogging stroller. i love listening to a new fun song. It's a bit of me time ;) and great exercise motivator.

I also wanted to thank both Stampington magazine & Scrapbookandmore.com for their generosity and awesome donations. THANK YOU! xoxo

As i walked around the neighborhood i kept thinking about a few ideas for a fall project life paper kit. My first project life kit. I'm still a bit new to the project life club. I think i have more ideas on keeping up with it for 2014 :) But as of now it's by month and not by week. I'm taking it a bit easy lol. So the kit above is what i came up with. it's a bit of gold & shimmer love with edgy dark & light feathers.  There are still a few kits left here 

Another source of inspiration lately is the change in seasons. I know. it's san diego. there pretty much is only summer and wimpy winter. but every now and again a beautiful fall leaf is spotted and the pine cones fall from trees & pretty soon you're wearing your favorite sweater and scarf :) I was inspired and made this paper garland to celebrate fall. Maybe even welcome it in our home. If you'd like one I've added a few to the shop to decorate your home too.

And last but not least, i'm inspired by movies. "A thousand times yes." Name that movie! 

 umm... can i get any pride and prejudice lovers ?! I love the movie. it is SO lovely. grrrrrrrl. if a guy came up to me and told me he loved me like that i would totally melt. hahaaa! i think i hear Mr.Handsome laughing at me  >)  He ruins these "chick flicks" for me. Ruined alllll the twilight series for me. he over acts the movie lines and he has this non sexy smolder thing. ew. he does it on purpose to make fun but i'm a sucker for love. I'm team darcy all the way! and i will watch pride & prejudice 100 more times i'm sure. lol! 

Die cut prints are now in the shop ready to ship & decorate your gorgeous space. A swoon fest will ensue ;) Perfect gift for any Pride & Prejudice lover. xoxo

So there you have it. Giving. Paper. Music. Movies. It's what makes my little heart burst and my creative spirit happy.

happy heart

xo

-d 

Reading & Creative Inspiration

Hello lovelies :) As the days pass by quickly i try and get chances to stop & get a wee break in from the hustle every now and again. One of my favorite ways to get creative me time is catching up on some light reading. More like flipping through beautiful spaces & creative photography is what i love. :) One of my favorite magazines is anything by Somerset magazine. I've been featured in this magazine before and simply love looking through the creative features & articles. I love easy "how-to" DIY projects and get a thrill from all the amazing artists they feature. It really is such a beautiful magazine.

In this issue i love the visual storytelling. I love love love the photography. I keep every issue i have and flip through them whenever i get in a bit of a creative rut. Or simply need a little creative pick me up :)  Its so fun to have a magazine that is packed with paper, photography & creative inspiration at hand. I think you would fall in love with it too :) 

Another thing i love is getting creative. A new to me scrapbooking product are flair badges. So so awesome! What's even better is that i had the opportunity to design a few Inspire Lovely edition badges for you through Scrapbook and More. 

My very favorite is "YOU MADE MY DAY" shown above. I LOVE these little bits of goodness.

You can purchase these badge buttons and more via Scrapbook and More. They have such an amazing exclusive collection with other awesome artists I know you will love them too :)

I am so excited to share both my reading & creative scrapbooking love with you that Somerset Magazine has offered you a chance at a free copy and I would love to offer another winner a chance to win a set of Inspire Lovely flair  :) All you have to do is leave a comment below answering a simple question: " What is your creative inspiration?"

I will pick 2 winners on Saturday, November 16th( 1 winner will win a copy of Stampington magazine and 1 winner will win a set of Scrapbook and More Inspire Lovely flair ). 

So happy winning lovelies!

fingers crossed for you

xo -d

New Things

I've just updated the shop with the most adorable camera stamp. Perfect for project life & scrapbooking pages. Love the little tiny wooden stamp handle as it looks like a real camera. Looks so cute sitting all pretty on a studio shelf too as decor :)

Next up are some adorable office supplies. I am tabbing my heart out with these cute rabbit sticker tabs. I love the little ninja!  Also, the black paper tags are pretty awesome for halloween packaging :)

The paper tags also come in adorable bears! :) I see office work being a little less dull with these guys. xoxo

Shimmer twine in 3 new colors, black & silver, white & silver, and white & iridescent colors. 

Have you seen rulers cuter than these guys? I'm pretty smitten with the panda. Little r loves the teddy bear :) And we usually play swords with these hahaa! 

And these awesome treat bags. I had to get these for little r and his snacks. Okay, i got them for me but i'm sharing :) How stinkin rad is that ninja?! These are perfect for halloween trick or treating !

 Or use as a quick way to gift wrap. I love bags for this very reason, plus you can reuse these little bags. Like right here, i have my little ninja in my studio shelf holding some crochet hooks inside. perfect. xo

And lastly, these pretty garlands

my absolute favorite XOXO doily garland

and starburst garlands made from vintage music sheets

and some paper love XO New 2014 calendars :) Available in 3 colors. They fit perfectly on your desk in your office, in your project life pages & scrapbook pages :)

My favorite project right now is inspired by fall.

new project life inserts available for download here

And here's a sneak peek of the paper kit version that will be available for purchase soon. ( hopefully by monday !) I'm adding in fun glitter & gold painted details. Its fun working on a color scheme that is so full of texture & detail. I hope to share more soon as i finish up the pages, right now i've been updating my instagram almost daily with sneak peeks at new items & projects i'm working on :)

Fall is so fun, even though its about 75 degrees here and everyday feels like a slurpee day lol!. I love the chilly evenings and the sweater weather that is fast approaching! I hope you are having a lovely fall so far. It's been going by quickly it seems, take time to enjoy it a bit for you 

xoxo

-d

Giveaway WINNER

Thank you lovelies for sharing your sweet words!

Our winner is:

 emily said...

Oh what a gorgeous gorgeous party! i am having my 32nd bday 10/19 and think these decorations would look fabulous! thanks for the chance to win!

* Please email me your post address at debee@inspirelovely.com

I will have to share the sweet surprise once I know she's received it! (I hope you love it!)

That was awesome.
I love that we all have something to celebrate. :)
Somewhere, right now, somebody is celebrating something or someone. It's pretty fun when it ends up being you on the receiving end :) I'm working on a few fall garlands and will be doing another giveaway again soon. I love sharing things that make me so very silly happy. I just love you all more for sharing in the silliness that is all this paper love.

And how about the doily garland love?! i actually made 2 more garlands this weekend for the shop. I had such a hard time again cutting them apart but thankfully they look SO adorable up in the studio. I will do a bit of a photo shoot soon and share ;)

I hope your life is full to the brim with lots to celebrate, even the silly things :)
Happy celebrating love,
-d

Goodbye September & a Garland Giveaway!

I can't even express how much i loved september. i love love LOVED it. in every possible way. It was pretty awesome. I had promised myself that I would make it a happy birthday month. I wasn't sure how at first since i know its super silly to celebrate your birthday all month. but i do ;)

 and this year i wanted to share that happiness. I kept thinking about how close my sisters birthdays were to mine. (we are all a year apart in age, that's us in the photo above :), I'm on the bottom left heheee)  We grew up celebrating our birthdays together. it was fun :) We all had a strawberry shortcake party back in the day. pretty awesome xo. What's even better is that we are pretty good friends too ;) So there the idea grew into a Sisters & Friends birthday party to celebrate being together. 

And this is us being super silly blowing out our 1 candle hahaa! ( i forgot to buy more candles :P *blushes*) I made the cake so stinkin tall, it didn't fit on the cute tea plates lol!!! 

We had to serve them on dinner plates :) i like that problem. i like it a lot. XO

I had this pretty felt floral I had made for a shadow box a few years ago. I totally think it looked cute as a cake topper. And purple is really growing on me again for some reason. Especially purple florals. And purple sprinkles. xoxo 

smiles * :)

girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl you know that cake is workin' that floral. 

I made the cake an ombre purple color. You know, while ombre cake is "still in". Although i think all birthday cakes should be super colorful. And it tasted pretty darn good. Vanilla cake + raspberry filling + cool whip frosting + a dash of purple ombre chocolate sprinkles. I think this cake was as least 11 inches high. Its ridiculous. crazy. good. i might have gone overboard with the layer thickness. but i have no regrets ;)  

I also made a pretty fabric garland. i'd say me & the new sewing machine are fast friends. i was worried there for a second. but my heaven's i've never seen such beautiful stitching! I am giving total credit to the machine of course heehee.  

I went a little crazy making garlands.

is it possible to have too many garlands?!?

i made more fabric garlands + my very first doily garland! i know. i know what you're thinking. how did you muster the courage to actually cut a doily?!!!! i totally almost cried. but then i realized i really wanted a doily garland more than not have one so i picked out some of my favorites from a HUGE pile i've thrifted. and now i have this beauty.

Here are the left over bits of doilies. They look so dreamy right? My succulent is daydreaming of doily clouds lol!

When the time came to decorate the cups for our party, i decided to make them into mason jar cup holders. doilies are forever my friends. xo let not one piece go to waste. I've tried making a doily before and i can now certainly appreciate the time & talent that was put into its creation. i obviously failed at mine. so now i thrift them. love them. forever xo

i hope its safe to say that grannies everywhere would approve of doily garlands. because i sure love them. its SO much better than keeping them stuffed away in a box. I think i might leave it up for the rest of the year :)

I also created this little display for the coffee table. Its a butterfly I bought in Vietnam. I removed it from the frame it came in since it was falling apart. So this might be its last photo ever. but i loved it. Little r and i gathered the mini pine cones, feathers & stick from our many walks. i wanted to keep an earth tone to our little party so it seemed appropriate :)

I couldn't keep my love for succulents out of this party either. i mean look at that cutie. xo

the succulent not the chocolate ;)

okay so when i was planning the party i started with a really pretty color palette of purples + greens + browns... i added in the dark blue instead of the greens because of the pretty blue china i have collected over the years. i just figured it would be really nice to finally use it :) I then added the greens as my accent color in the form of succulents. I was pretty darn happy to show those off too hahaa!  That blue vase was a Anthro clearance section find! yay! it was less than $5 bucks and its the prettiest color. do you ever think sometimes you were meant to find something?! i totally think this beauty was meant for our lovely table. i jazzed it up with succulents i already had & its been on our table since. xoxo

pretty pretty greens. sigh*

i'm very happy to say that the table cover was thrifted for $1 & the table runner was .50 cents. I'm just sorry i didn't iron it before setting the table. wait. no i'm not. i hate ironing. hence the reason theres a wrinkly table cloth on my table. lol! but now that i see the pictures, yep. i'd iron the darn thing. oh dear. 

this party was kind of like my gift to my sisters. I thought about them throughout the process of creating & putting these details together. I truly feel like i put forth my best & my heart into every detail. We had our friends & mom over & got to share this day with them. It was so very good for all of us. We had such a fun time crafting, painting our nails, scrapbooking, eating & laughing. I love them so very much. I'm still counting my blessings xo. This was the best present ever. Sitting around my sisters & friends and getting to enjoy it all. My cup runneth over xo

***** remember i mentioned a birthday giveaway? *****

well, I'm giving away:

- A Fabric Garland ( pictured above)

- Vintage Sheet Music Paper Garland ( also pictured above :)

- and a little surprise "fall gift" ( it's going to be cute xo )

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment. that's it. tell me something about yourself. anything, what do you like celebrating? what's your favorite starbucks drink? do you think there is such a thing as too many garlands ;) or even leave a simple hello. i will pick a winner this coming monday! 

I hope you are having a great start to this new fall season!

-Happy celebrating lovelies,

-d