The Goods Revealed :)

Here

I seriously have tons of paper and embellishments left over...I'm not finished with this kit. There is the chair stamp that I am LOVING and will soon make an appearance on something :) The moment I opened up my box I was thrilled...my mojo came back with the quickness! LOL.

5 layouts in one day. That's killer for me. I take like 5 hours on a page. Yeah, 5. I know. I'm SO slow but whatevs. Perfection people. It takes time ;P I kid. I usually just have to wait for something to come, a vision of some sort. Then from there it's a piece of cake. ooh yum. cake. oh wait. it's like 8 AM here. Too early for cake but i see a trip to starbucks soon. yay!

You know what else is so obvious that's been consuming me?

My engagement with Mr. Handsome.



Getting Older and "Wiser" ha! (Angie sent me this quote and immediately it triggered this page in my head. Goodness I heart her :) QUOTE: The Future Belongs To Those Who Believe In The Beauty Of Their Own Dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt



My love for Mr. Handsome



All things perfect and lovely and a sweet place to put them



Perfect Wedding dress shopping:



I drew the dress onto the book paper. Cut that sucker out and wanted to make it feel special and pretty. So I framed it :) Then added a tiny button behind it to give it depth. Sigh... if anyone sees a dress like this please let me know. So far, dress shopping is not so good. I want a short dress and none of the stores carry them. I don't feel like ordering a dress just to try it on and pay for it. But alas, I haven't given up hope! And is it bad that I am thinking about my accessories over the dress? hehee. I'll do anything to wear Anthro on my wedding. It's so not a a crime though :P

Alrighty, hopefully everyone is having a great day so far. Get inspired and make something. You'll be happier. Pinky promise.
Check the rest of the Kenner Road team gallery out here: They Rock

Today is gonna be a great day
make it happen
d

yum

i heart sneaks...
especially yummy ones :)
I'm guest designing this month over at Kenner Road.











Full reveal reveal October 15th!

mojo rut is loooooong gone!
ha :)

d

happy birthday sweetness

:)

hey girl, it's time. now get going and get gone...

entering into a new phase.
a phase where my heart feels the tug of change. The life that is to come as a married woman is approaching and it has me thinking of purging. Of not concealing the need to change any further. but to just get on with it. throw stuff out. put stuff in boxes and give with my heart. to not hold on anymore but embrace the release...

so let go
slowly loose your grip
don't concentrate just push forward
not knowing except for sure that change is coming and it's time to move ahead.
onward

on the finance side, just this week I finished paying off my car. This enormous celebration got me thinking about my future finances. Discipline and productive saving must take place. A plan is set into action and I'm following through. Spending has been put on hold and now saving is key. It feels so good to stop buying stuff. I haven't purchased anything in 3 months now. Just three months but hey, it's a start. And my place is less cluttered. My pocketbook much happier and even the creative process has been thrown for a loop in a good way. get creative girl.

The lack of mojo has increased my awareness in areas where I have overextended myself. And we all know, when you do that you are no good to anyone. So lots of prayer was poured over my decision to de-clutter my schedule and creative mind. The answer: let go of the areas where you are overwhelmed. For me one of those areas was my spot on the SIS design team. I finished my term with the amazing SIStv design team and have stepped down from the team. I've been feeling like I have been overextending myself and need to stop doing that any longer. I love SIS. I love JJ & KA and everyone on the design team. I will miss them but hope to stay in touch with them and the SIS community. I know we will all still be happy :)

So change
it's so good.
I am grateful for everything that has happened this year. The new friends I made. The things I've learned creatively. I'm looking forward to more of that. Also, i have some great news. Back in May, I was on my staycation in my studio and my little friend Mario and his family were heavy on my heart. I decided to make them a page that I could expressively show them that I love and pray for them. But most of all, I don't forget about them. So I painted and splattered and sewed my heart out onto paper. I was pleasantly happy with the page and decided to take a picture of it. Well, a little part of me was kind of like you should send this to a magazine and share it. I kept thinking... what's the one magazine I'd love to be published in??? SOMERSET magazine! I don't subscribe to scrapbooking mags so I have no idea which ones are out there. Just that everytime I picked up a somerset magazine I felt a fit. It was perfect. It always captivated me! Well, i sent the pic to Somerset and I have news that it will be published next year in February/March! Goodness I just wish I could travel to Bolivia with my copy of the mag so I could somehow see my little friends face as he sees himself in a work of art. And how much I love him and his family. :) I get teary eyed thinking about it...sigh...

I love art
i love making people special things
and i love that this season of change is bringing in lots of good ...
that's the way it should always be.


another wonderful opportunity this month was guesting for Kenner Road. Holy smokes the vintage is SO in! THANK YOU KL for the wonderful opportunity! I'm rockin out with the kit tonight :) So a little reveal is soon to come. I love that KL is living her dream. Makes me want to dream big and do something... so here we go!

thinking &
being still,
d

---> Fragile

This is up over at Creative Therapy



Journaling:
--> Fragile
completely admire people who choose to make a difference
despite social pressure
i admire people who love
i admire you
God
love love love love
people who love
church leaders pastors faith
martin luther king love purpose
hard hardcore believers
faith thru love

A couple of things are coming up soon.
I'm taking October off to refuel and reinvent
On Saturday Handsome took me to the Georgia O'Keefe exhibit and I fell in love once again. She is amazing!



I loved looking at her work up close. I'm very excited about painting again. I needed that inspiration. So here's to a happy Tuesday and a very awesome upcoming October :) What exciting things have you been up to? When you feel your mojo going what do you do to get it back? I'm thinking a little starbucks helps everything right? LOL jk.

I'm gonna get it back. I am just waiting...

d