A Bit East-coast

JBS Feb Mercantile kit...

 Make sure you check out the FEB GALLERY!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

JBS Mercantile Feb kit & Amira is 14 today...

 JBS Mercantile Feb kit page tip: I love to mist now-I try to add it on every page!! My big tip is to use...

 
I bought this for stamping. But then I thought it would also be perfect for cutting shapes with my Slice AND I couldn't just throw away the used sheets. I use the cut-outs & the used sheets for misting. I cut a few circles out in various sizes to use over & over again...plus butterflies shapes! I have a box of misting shapes & letters !! This pack I grabbed at Michael's and it's $10 w/o a coupon.
 
 My how time flies and little girls grow-up into teenage gals!! My sweet Amira is 14yrs old today-lucky for her it's a snow day today. It's hard to believe that she used to be this little and now she is a bit taller than me.
 
 
 

new JBS & kitchen progress...

 

 Today I wanted to work with some of the new Jenni Bowlin line Be Our Guest-I had to use the silhouette journaling card since silhouettes are so popular these days!

In a couple of days Mira will be turning 14-I love how the old vintage pp has her bday written on it. I need to order up a strawberry cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory and she'll probably want Pei Wei for dinner. Then a few days after that Kiela will be turning 8yrs old, one after another!!
 

 The kitchen-has most of the new backsplash up. LaVaughn worked on that all weekend and it looks so much better-we love it. His new Rockwell is busted after doing only a few tiles-we now have learned it's not such a great tool, lol. We ordered new lighting for over the island and a pot-filler...
 
 
 

 

Vanessa said:

A beautiful page..I love the metallic dots as well! What shade of mist did you use here? And what size heart punch? TFS!!! Vanessa www.grooveygrover.blogspot.com

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Hello Vanessa...I think it was Glimmer Mist in Cherry and I didn't use a heart punch-they are die-cut shapes from MM!

Jayne said:

beautiful, awesome and stunning. all perfect choice words to describe your layouts. questions: what size pictures do you print out for your projects? They always seem smaller than the standard 4X6. What printing software do you use? What kind of printer do you have? and where do you by that neat mist you use? sorry to be so nosey but inquiring minds have to know hehe

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Jayne!! LOL, love the questions...now let me see if I can answer them...my printer in an Epson R1800 we bought a few years ago. The mist is either Glimmer Mist or Maya Mists I buy from my local lss-you can get them online too! I also use JBS re-inkers in a misting bottle.

When I want to print smaller pictures I open up my OLD old old Microsoft Picture It 7 program...and I am able to drag photos onto one 8x11.5 page and resize them to whatever size I may need. There really is no certain size I use, just whatever I think I may need for a layout. I often print out a sample to see if it is just the right size for the layout on plain paper.

 

something pretty...

OUT FOR PUBLICATION

 

 

 I did this page today using more of the new Making Memories Je t'Adore line-I love the metallic dot pp TONS!! Glad to see the new FB fans, welcome!!  Hope you all have a great weekend!

products: diecut label, letter A sticker, 3 diecut hearts, lt pink dot pp, metallic dk pink dot pp, glittered rose

 

 

Elliesworld said:

You actually leave that room? I would live in there and wouldn't want to EVER leave.. WOW.. and WOW... Now to clean my drool.. Did I say WOW...

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http://twitter.com/starofmay -Kristina...lol, that's funny!!

Ellie & Kristina, it is hard to leave. But I am excited to wake up and get back in that room every morning!! I am trying to make it more on the chic/glamorous side and I have purged a bit to help keep things simple. I have so many ideas I hope to add to my space soon. Thanks!

 

 

 

Heaven said:

Keisha I meant to ask, could you post a picture of your keeposake boxes? I tried Googling them but somehow I don't think the ones I found are the ones you're referring to lol Thanks! :)

H, just a simple white storage box from Ikea is what I use. I know Michael's sells tons of keepsake boxes with different patterns(they are just not my style, lol). I put them in a protective sleeve and pop them in the box! I'll have to snap a photo one day-I don't keep them in my scraproom.

 

 

 

 

Caroline Ben said:

hello I am always amazed to find your pages, they are sublime! I have a small question about your photos, it is the device that you use and the purpose they are always bright! thank you again

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Thanks, Caroline...There is a Amazon widget on the right that has the camera & stuff I use. We also get great natural light throughout the house-which helps tons.

 

i love a good mail day...

 For the past two days it has been a good mail day. Boxes of new stuff from Making Memories, Jenni Bowlin and Studio Calico!! It was hard to pick which goodies to play with first. I went with the fab new Valentine line Je t'Adore from Making Memories-it stole my heart! This is the page I was able to do with it today...

products: lt pink ledger pp, lg diecut hearts, sm heart, banners, metallic heart, rose brad
 
 
 
 

 

Heaven said:

Stunning as always! How do you keep the flower embellishments from getting squashed in an album? Your dog looks so much like ours, only ours is a yellow lab. We to have to send him to bed when company comes over because even though he's almost 6 years old, he's still very high strung, and quite excitable. Do you use a crate when you're not home? :)

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Hey Heaven...For bulky items I don't want to be smashed I place them in keepsake boxes! And yes, Lulu is crated when we are not home. We are working to be able to let her loose while we are gone. At this moment she just is not ready for that. We tried last week and she set off the alarm, lol!

 

 

 

 

sarah said:

oooh, bad lulu, our 5yr old staffy {juke} is gd, but then along cam ernie {we got another puppy staffy} & he's ripped up the bed, juke thought he would join in too, s now they only have blanket's...? Love your page & how your using up pp at the moment x

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Sarah, I am guessing that gd is for Great Dane...and that is a lot to handle (even in puppy stage)! I used to long for one-until I saw one drooling!! Lulu has two beds and she had better not chew the one that is left.

 

 

 

 

Jill Taylor said:

(Hope you appreciate that remodeler--not all of us are that fortunate :) Another fabulous, as always, layout. Is that an older kit stamp from SC? Only been following them for a bit, but I don't remember that one. Love it!

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Jill, we are totally thankful for all that we are able to do. I am VERY thankful LaVaughn is so handy-saves us so much money!! And it makes him proud to say he did this or that! Yes, that stamp is an older stamp from SC-not sure if it was apart of a kit or sold separately.

Sweetest Smile-SC Dec kit

 I did this page last night with more stuff from the Dec SC kit. The butterfly & alphs stamps are also from Studio Calico.
 
 
 

 Lulu was a very bad dog last week! This only happens when Amira is watching her. We always keep her busy with bones and she usually only chews on her bones. I think she was getting back at us because we make her go to her bed when she gets too wild or when guest come!! Last week I could not laugh at this photo!!
 
 The kitchen is a mess!! We hope to have the backsplash up by the weekend-the hood is very cool!

 

Burnbright said...

First..."Wanna be photographer?" No. Just "Photographer" flat-out! I love being an abiteast fan and look forward to seeing every one of your posts. (Would love to know what kind and brand of vitamins you take!)

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 02:25 AM

Thanks so much Burnbright!! I take Nature Made multi vitamins daily...Dr Oz made me scared I wasn't getting enough Vit D, lol!! 

Essense Vibez said...

Amira has the most beautiful smile ever---has she mentioned anything about modeling?--if you don't contact Tyra, I WILL!!!--in the meantime, keep your head in the books babygurl--Ms. Keisha, your layouts are phenomenal as always---TFS!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at 05:57 AM

 

Essense, I am sure Mira will love you compliments! No modeling for her-she's pretty shy. She'll only be my personal supermodel!! Thanks for always leaving great comments.

some Amira...

 I have finally worked this page out after a few days of fooling around with it-using more of Dec Studio Calico.
 
 
 

 I totally forgot about these photos that I took of Amira back in September. I guess the shock of HER asking me to take them really blew my mind! So I have been editing them for the past few days. They are really nice with various actions from Totally Rad, Pioneer Woman and K Miller.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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!!!

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!

 

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!!!!!!!!