A Bit East-coast: kits

Monday, January 10, 2011

first Studio Calico, then Jenni Bowlin and last some photos...

Another page made with Studio Calico's December kit-I added the butterfly!

Monday I stayed in and I did two pages for JBS Mercantile with Jan kit. I really wanted to go to Michael's for some Valentine supplies. But I stayed home all day ;-)

Grandma & the girls Nov 2010 at the Capital. Kiela's hair is like that in almost every photo!!
My sister Hilary & her bf Chris.
In her defense it was SUPER cold & windy-so grandma needed that hat. How cute is she :-P

Kiela loves her jewelry, too bad the girls were banned from wearing in class. She was heartbroken.

Thanks to all the new followers, I am trying to blog more often!!!

Jan 10, 2011 11:00:39 PM | butterflies, jenni bowlin, kits, making memories, mercantile, misting, photography, scrapbooking, studio calico, tags

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

some Studio Calico, a little Making Memories and lots of photos...

I took some time today to do a couple of pages. December Studio Calico kit was filled with the sweetest colors. It was hard to pick what to snip into first.
I started this page with the Christmas line from MM 2 wks ago-I am getting a bit addicted to misting. I used some older chipboard letters & numbers for this page from various companies. I love the fact I can use them over & over for more misting!

I am trying to pulled down the Christmas decorations. I hate how the house looks bare after it's all been taken down. I think I need to replace it with Valentine decor!

I really love paperwhites and wanted to grow another batch. These just started blooming last week. Lulu loves the fire...I love the combination of all three together.

I took so many photos of Kiela making cookies. Her hard work paid off with us having fun decorating them and eating them only after I took pictures of the prettiest ones-LaVaughn snuck a bite when I wasn't around...not Lulu.

I had to promise her an app for these photos...

Boy, she is growing too fast. Her tops were not meant to be worn like that together. She dressed herself and probably thought this was a cute look...since we weren't going out I wanted to avoid a fight!
she kept bugging me for that app and she was happy when I got it...and left her to play.

Heaven said:

These are awesome pics! Hope you had a fab new years. Not sure how I feel about the new blog look though lol. I miss all the nifty gadgets and links on the sides.. :)

OMgosh Heaven...I am bored with the look of my blog and wanted to jazz it up some. And for some reason it won't add my side contents-ARGH. At first, it would not load the new design until the next day. So I am waiting to see if the rest will pop up after a day or two. If not I will go back to my old theme until I find one that will add everything. It will all come back soon!!!

Laura said:

great pictures and the cookies look delicious. kiela has grown up so fast. question: where do you get those kewl looking rolling pins?

Laura...I got that while we were in China!

Jan 5, 2011 10:06:30 PM | 2010, Christmas, kits, making memories, misting, My layouts, scrapbooking, studio calico, tags, winter

Saturday, January 01, 2011

Happy New Year-wow 2011 ...

I'll start out the New Year with my JBS Mercantile Jan kit layouts. This first one was done New Year's Eve in a bit of a rush. And the pup page was done a few days ago. Of course it is another stunning kit and I just love the vintage papers...I used a few of them inside the wood frames on the first page.

New Year's Eve night Kiela & I made some butter cookies to decorate . I let her do most of the work. And she loved being able to roll out the dough all on her own. I just snapped away!! Amira was in her room reading-as usual! LaVaughn finished taking the carpet off the stairs(something I started while he was at work Wednesday;-)).

My last photos for 2010! I hope you all have a wonderful New Year!!!!!!!!

Jan 1, 2011 12:00:00 AM | butterflies, jenni bowlin, kits, making memories, mercantile, misting, My layouts, photography, scrapbooking, Slice, tags

Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Studio Calico Nov kit Napa Valley...

I finally completed a couple lo's with this kit, yippie! I just feel like I never have enough time these days. Plus, the dentist has kept me busy-argh. I just have to make it through my third(and hopefully my last) step in getting a crown next week. Not having a good dentist while in China really hurt us all. I have never been through so much dental work, sigh!!

Ok, enough whining...this is my first two pages with this kit. I loved the letter stamps-which I mixed with an older SC set for the title. The girl silhouette stamp is also from SC, so is the butterfly stamp!

The loopy punch is from Martha Stewart.

They are also posted in the fab SC member gallery

Dec 8, 2010 9:03:50 AM | 2010, butterflies, kits, making memories, My layouts, punches, scrapbooking, studio calico, tags

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

JBS Nov & Dec...

My lastest Jenni Bowlin Mercantile kit projects for Nov & Dec...

Dec 1, 2010 9:28:16 AM | butterflies, jenni bowlin, kits, mercantile, misting, My layouts, punches, scrapbooking, tags

Monday, November 08, 2010

JBS Giveaway winner...

So sorry for the wait, but LaVaughn & I were in NYC for the past 4 days celebrating our 15th anniversary!!

I picked my 15th comment as the winner of the Jenni Bowlin goods...

kate blue said...

love all the new jb; especially the Monthly bingo cards...luv small prints on PP in my fav colors :)

Congrats Kate, please email me at [email protected] with your address info.

Nov 8, 2010 9:54:53 AM | jenni bowlin, kits, mercantile, photography, Travel

Tuesday, November 02, 2010

JBS Giveaway ends at Friday Nov 5th...

On each participating blog we will give away: a set of our new Red/Black Extension III (12x12 papers, diecut, mini papers, journaling cards), 1 (random - vintage, polka dot, calendar) new diecut pad, and 1 (random - calendar multi, calendar black, thanksgiving) new mini bingo card set.

check the jbs inspiration blog for a list of giveaway locations (this will be particpating designers, jbs inspo blog, twitter followers, and facebook fans) (http://www.jennibowlinstudioinspiration.blogspot.com/)

new message board (http://www.jbsmercantile.com/forum.asp)

jbs for ranger paint dabbers, ink pads, and re-inkers are now available for purchase in the general store (http://www.jbsmercantile.com/eco/store.asp?Category=58)

Leave me a comment so I can pick a winner!!!!

Nov 2, 2010 11:29:14 PM | jenni bowlin, kits, mercantile, scrapbooking

Friday, October 22, 2010

a layout & some projects...

This page was done with MM new Paper Reverie line, that I so love.

products: MM-butterfly pp, floral pp, stickers; new Martha Stewart punch

For the pumpkins I bought some precut wood shapes(from Michael's) & covered them with MM Toil & Trouble papers.

products: MM-web pp, zigzag pp, stickers, ribbon, rhinestones

I did this Boo banner & pp covered vase for the JBS blog.

happy weekend,

keisha

Oct 22, 2010 10:43:16 PM | butterflies, decor, Halloween, jenni bowlin, kits, making memories, mercantile, My layouts, photography, punches, scrapbooking, Slice

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

JBS Mercantile Sept 10 update...

The DT added new projects take a look!

Oct 12, 2010 5:37:06 PM | butterflies, jenni bowlin, kits, making memories, mercantile, misting, My layouts, punches, scrapbooking, Slice, tags

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

some JBS projects...

This first layout was done for the JBS dt blog yesterday. I bought a new ek punch and could not wait to break it in. Love the huge scallops & dots it does!! supplies: diecut pp, pp, butterflies, embossed dot cardstock, ek punch

The next two layouts were done with the Aug JBS Mercantile kit. On the first page I used my Slice to make the remember & the bee with the Vintage Findings card.