Guest Designing at Sweet Peach Crop Shop!

This month, I had the pleasure of guest designing for the Sweet Peach Crop Shop! Corrie makes the funnest kits, and I had a blast working with the November edition.

My first layout is one I've been meaning to scrap for about 5 months now....don't you love how that goes? This layout documents the day I found out I was expecting Bunny, and how I told S that night. I kept the design simple to focus on the happy photos and words, and I love the result!

And a close-up--love those wooden letters. They make such a great statement!

This next layout is a bit more serious, abut all of the things I'm worried about lately. Which, for a natural worrier such as myself, is a long list. Much of the problem stems from the fact that I want every little aspect of my life worked out right this second. I don't do well with uncertainty, and gray areas. Unfortunately, as the talented Alexa Stevenson writes in Half Baked, gray areas account for about 99% of human experience. Alas.

I was really debating where to put the journaling here, but ended up liking the white space in the middle and placing the journaling around the edges.

My next layout goes back to the first topic, with more details and photos of the day I told S I was preggers. Even though these two layouts are a bit redundant, I'd rather create two layouts about something important to me than feel pressured to get every detail in one project.

Snuck a little sewing in here:

And finally, I fell in love with a Martha elephant punch in Michael's a few weeks ago, so I gave it the spotlight on this card. A great way to use up scraps!

Love my elephants....

And that's all for my Sweet Peach projects, folks!

Question for you: how often does the same topic creep into YOUR layouts?

Be back soon:)

I've developed a nasty little cold/cough/throat situation, so I'm taking a little while to recover. I'll be back with some fun things to share soon!

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Bunny at 6 months

Well, I'm actually over 6 and a half months at this point, but thanks to my new system of writing up an index card each month I actually remember what was going on!

At 24 weeks, bunny is....

• Kicking up a storm, especially when I'm late eating lunch (kid does NOT like being kept waiting for lunch. or breakfast. or dinner. hoo boy:))
• About the size of a rutabaga (and as long as an ear of corn)
• Running away from the doppler every. time. the doctor tries to hear its heartbeat.

And at 24 wees, mommy is.....

• Feeling very large. I grunt every time I bend over to pick something up off the floor, or tie my shoes (which is highly attractive, I assure you!)
• Having trouble imagining getting any bigger. Although apparently this will definitely happen
• Starting to feel sleepy again--and having some trouble staying asleep
• Gaining 14 pounds so far
• Loving her maternity wardrobe (But NOT loving how the belly button is popping out, which interferes with said maternity wardrobe)
• Feeling moody and sad every now and again
• Enjoying every little flutter and kick, especially the little baby punches
• Trying to refrain from buying baby clothes, especially when on sale!

What's going in YOUR world this Sunday?

Elle's Studio + Lily Bee = Heaven

Recently, Elle's Studio and Lily Bee Design had a team up week. As an Elle's DT member, I was *very* pumped about this week--I've been a Lily Bee fan ever since I stumbled upon their birdie rub-ons way back when. I've also been admiring/stalking the Head over Heels collection since CHA, so I was thrilled to get to work with it!

Isn't it beautiful? Chevron and polka dots and stripes and floral, oh my. Love.

Here's the layout I created with the line:

The journaling reads: I can't believe I'm going to have my own baby to hold in just five short months. And can we talk about the fact that it's now just 3 and half short months??

For a list of the Elle's and LB products I used on this, check out the Elle's Studio blog post here.

Now for a close-up: (side note--I picked up these Martha Stewart doilies at Michael's and I am in love. So fun and easy to layer and embellish.)

Next up, I have a card I created with the line. First, a little teaser:

And the whole enchilada:

I think my fave part of this is the sunburst punch cut from patterned paper. If you don't have this punch, pick it up--it's one of my favorite ever. For more info on products used on this card, check out the blog post here.

I'm telling you, it feels SO good to finally be catching up on the backlog of projects I have to share. Happy Wednesday, y'all?

Question: if you could choose any two companies to team up and work with, what would they be?

Things I'm Loving Right Now...

Every so often, I like to do a new "favorite things" list--who doesn't love to be surrounded by happy things? So without further ado, right now I'm loving . . . . .

These "big sister/little sister" necklaces my little sis bought for us when I was home in Columbus

Fun belly shots like this one. . . . .

These adorable little tidbits from Elle's Studio (Halloween themed, but they work so well for any type of layout!)

I've been admiring this diaper bag from JJ Cole (although it's probably very impractical and would get spit up on in 2 seconds--but right now ignorance is bliss:))
And this body butter, which is insanely good--trust me. It's limited edition, so I need to get more stat!
The October Afternoon Sidewalks collection. Rarely do I want/need a whole line, but I do with this one. It serves as the perfect baby line to me, happy and bright without an overemphasis on teddy bears.

How pretty are these?

I love happy little wrapped packages, especially when there are fun presents inside them:)

And that's the current love list. What are YOU admiring right now?

Elle's Studio October gallery!

Well, this is my second time writing this post--blogger ate it this morning. Aargh. But on happier topics, I have my Elle's Studio October gallery to show you!

How pretty is this image? I love close-up shots.

I had a blast creating my layouts this month. I don't know what it was, but things just clicked and I really enjoyed the creative process. It also worked out nicely that Elle's products coordinate perfectly with the October Studio Calico kit, Field Guide!

This first layout is about our Key West adventure:

The cut-outs shown here are meant to be, well, cut out, but I loved how they looked together so much I kept them as a block. The rest of the items are mostly from an add-on from the SC kit, including the wooden doily (funny story about that? those things are HARD to cut. S finally offered to use one of his camping knives, and that did the trick:))

And here's a sneak:

I kept this next layout pretty simple, focusing on the butterflies and the beautiful photo by Alexis Hardy. Again, I love how the colors of the new Elle's products work so well with the photo and kit!

By the way, that little date cut above is from a sheet of "date" tags by Elle's Studio--they're one of my favorites of hers!

For my last project, I whipped up a tag for baby gift (and a note to inquiring minds: this is NOT a hint as to Bunny's gender, just a gift! Ha!)

I loved the little blue chick brad and was so happy to use it here.

And there you have it! Check out the rest of the projects the ladies created in the gallery right here.

And now that we're almost into winter (or at least it feels that way, given that snowstorm!), tell me what YOUR favorite fall memory this year was!

Blog Your Heart

I'm linking up with Stephanie today for her Blog Your Heart challenge! If you joined in, too, let me know--I love reading honest posts on blogs.

1. Life has been hard to juggle lately. Between work, weekly monitoring appointments for bunny, catching up on scrapbook assignments after the holidays, emails, etc, sometimes I feel like I have to schedule in breathing. I would joke about scheduling in washing my hair, but I actually do that:)

2. And then, just when life seemed to calm down a teensy bit over the weekend, a new whammy today--my first ever traffic ticket. And unlike bunny's future firsts, I do not plan on keeping the stub and scrapbooking it. This is one memory best left forgotten, I think. Unless there was some meaningful lesson to be learned from it, which there probably is, but I'm way to close to see it. Right now, all's I know is that cops in New Jersey are A LOT less friendly then they were in Ohio. Seriously people.

3. Bunny isn't even here yet, and Mommy guilt has already set in big time. Definitely going to need to work on that, or it will be a long 18 years (or more).

4. I talk about this a lot on these posts, but it really can be hard to find passion in the everyday. I love my regular routine and have been settling in to a good one at work. But still, sometimes it seems the day goes by so fast with so many mundane things to attend to, and I want to grab on to it more (with the exception of this traffic ticket day--I can let go of this one!)

5. I cannot BELIEVE that in only 3 months, we'll entering the "any day now" stage of this pregnancy. Which probably means I should stop buying materntiy clothes, but that's besides the point! A part of me is so unbelievably excited to meet this little baby, but a part of me is also strangely sad to be almost past this stage of excitement and anticipation. Life just moves so, so quickly.

And there's my brain dump for today:) What's going on in YOUR world this afternoon?