there was this one time...

October with KP is all the warm fuzzies

I don't know if it's because I got the normal November load of KP goodies in the mail PLUS the Holiday sets, or that it just FINALLY got cooler in Los Angeles.... but I AM SO EXCITED for the holidays!!! 

 This is the kind of holiday essential set that is good to have in your stash!! 

These numbers/time as well. Just when I think number stamps are not for me, a little color is all I need to change my mind! I really tried to venture away from my normal black ink this month... pretty proud of myself!   

Cutest little love phrase set for The Traveler's Notebook set! 

 

Halloween DIY style!

I love that my girl is so into DIY! She made this costume herself- inspired by all the fun designs she's seen online! 

Who knew crumpling paper could be so effective! The hardest part was the painting of the skirt and actually finding a red skirt. Thank you Amazon! Otherwise, she knocked this out in a day. 

the rest of my december daily, at least it's not february yet!

I only made it to day 20. And I'm almost at February to post them. But I got 2 days farther than last time! And I'm glad I did it and most likely will tackle it again this year! :) 

 

As I got to about here, I wanted to conserve space and try to fit more than a day per spread. Thus, the flap journaling here. 

 

I couldn't resist showing some of the Renegade Fair business cards though, too cute. 

And that's it. I blame it partly on this particular year's Christmas as too hectic. I didn't get enough down time. Totally going to change that from here on out. Started 2015 exhausted and overwhelmed. But all good now! :) Here's to making choices for the better. Sometimes I NEED to see some of my favorite quotes on Pinterest, they ring true and I want to shout them from the rooftops and print them and display them all over my walls. Hope they inspire you as well :)

december daily days 2-9

It's day 10 today and I'm still going strong!!!!! :)

This is where I battle with mixing old product and new product. This is also where I cry as my entire stash of Basic Grey rubons that I've stashed over the years no longer work. 

days 4 and 5 togetherdays 6 and 7 together

day 7- we did a lot :)

still day 7, memorabilia from unique LA. 

day 8 with a cut up brochure from unique LA

day 9 sibling secret santa

day 9 addition of my love hate relationship when the anthropologie catalog arrives in my mail. hidden journaling in the envelope. that KI lace paper will always hold a special place in my heart :) 

yay for 9 days DONE! :)

December Daily 2014

 It's been SIX YEARS since I tackled a december daily! And even then I only made it to day 18. Sigh. Here's the book from way back when if you wanna take a peek. (here and here) I noticed I didn't even take photos of the second half of the book I made, ugh! I have to say that when I dug it out, I oohed and aahed at the memories I recorded and am so happy I did so! I had little kids back then, this will be fun to document the holiday season with 3 teenagers! 

 I am also using a black faux leather album like Amy Tangerine. We decided when we were together that we were going to tackle this this year. Though she's been rather faithful, I'm not surprised! I'm going the simple route with a little modern look for the cover. Old school KI memories lace paper yup!! I've hoarded so many goodies over the years, this is going to be a mesh of old school supplies and bits of current! 

 First page, DONE! Little pocket of journaling about how I learned to snag chocolate advent calendars when I see them in Trader Joe's in OCTOBER now because they sell out and then I have to search high and low for marginal chocolate calendars. I think once the calendar is consumed, it might be cute to tear out some of the pockets and include it around here for visuals. 

The hardest part of keeping up with the december daily in my opinion are the photos. It's darker out which make for harder indoor photos, the pressure to DO something to take photos and then to print photos. I am going to give myself a pass on all that this year. I'm just gonna do what I can do, because really, it's been SIX years. Gotta ease back into this thing :) 

happy new year!

it's 2012 and that picture was a few years ago. this is how i feel about time going by so quickly!
HA! we enjoyed our holidays at home in sunny southern california with friends and family. good times. alas, here are my 2 obligatory new year's resolutions: exercise and blog more. you know, same ol same ol :)

happy new year!

happy valentine's day

this year's valentine's colors included greens and yellows and reds. fuschia, pink and purple were last year...she's gotta switch it up now and then! :)
hope your day is full of chocolate and more chocolate :)

happy 2011

 
we ended the year 2010 with a new baby in the family, our sweet little nephew, jeremy... had a bunch of family visiting...went on a little road trip... had our biggest christmas tree yet...movie marathons... happy children... a shift in present giving- only 1 child in our family received toys this year :( wow... christmas came and went. and as i drove the kids to school this morning, i saw the lining of trees on the sidewalk, waiting to be picked up by the trash department. it's always a sad sight to see. this little wreath found a home in one of our frames as we are waiting for a print to go inside it. i may just leave it up for a few more months. :)

crafty holiday stuff

busy day for holiday crafting today! up first we have my post at 2peas! i used these martha stewart treat boxes to display, A: edible treats (mmmmm thank you trader joes!) and B: handmade ornaments.

yeah, that top left square didn't stand a chance while i was working on this project, obviously. :)

jenni bowlin buttons. i have dreamed of using tons of them all at once and now i finally have. yay! click here to see all the instructions (there's a fancy free PDF you can download and everything!) thank you 2p's for giving me the kick in the pants to create something i love. elsie even joined in. she did her own boxes and made daddy oatmeal raisin cookies for his birthday last week. yes, i'm purchasing lots of these boxes for future use. :) JUST using Martha boxes make me feel ONE step closer to her. :) i love her! HA!

and over at the KI memories blog, i've got these 2 cute boxes wrapped up all cute and simple. i'm inspired to use kraft wrapping paper and decorate with stickers!

and for our international loved ones in the philippines and australia, i managed to make some cards. WORLD RECORD people. :) american crafts/dearlizzy made it so easy :)

i guess you can say i'm getting a little excited for christmas :) and 2 weeks of sleeping in :)

happy december!

we have our tree!
this is our biggest tree yet and we just love it! i'm so excited it's december. such a happy month! 
elsie did the majority of decorating and has since been pulling off certain ornaments at a time to play with them and then puts them back on the tree. last night chris overheard her playing with our nativity scene with some other ornaments. so cute!