Farmhouse Fun

Ick Winter! Ours here in Houston are rainy and right now, very cold. I wish I could stay bundled up and warm here at home, but alas to work I must go.

Before I do that, I wanted to share another Block Party/2Ps CHA Challenge/Studio Calico CHA Challenge page. And also point out how crazy busy my Fall was. From a weekend in NYC to a weekend in the Hill Country, I was all over the place. Here's a separate page of our bachelorette weekend of fun.

We stayed at the cutest little farmhouse in Johnson City. (Seriously, if anyone needs a recommendation on a place to stay in the Hill Country, I would totally recommend this place.)

It was cute.

It was quaint.

It was red & turquoise!

And the Block Party kit had the best red & turquoise in it. I loved this patterned background paper and thought it went really well with a farmhouse theme. And of course that pocket was another perfect red & turquoise accent. 

I played around with F's for my 4 word title. It's not really a coherent string but still descriptive =)

There's not any journaling on the page, because honestly I didn't know where to put it. But I'm confident I'll make a coordinating 2nd page to talk about our weekend and all of the craziness and fun we had in this sweet little house.

Until later, I hope you're staying warm & dry!

cheers & besos

It's my BIRTHDAY

It's my birthday! Today I'm 28. Late late twenties, eek!! But I'm excited! I've decided to not think about getting older, but instead focus on the privilege of reaching this new age.

I scrapped this photo of me blowing out the candle on my cake last year at dinner. It was a nice low key birthday with friends. It was also my golden birthday. You know, 27 on the 27th and all that. 

27 was a great year for me. I settled into my career, I got to reconnect with so many of my amazing friends and I traveled to some new fun places. Nothing major or life changing, but definitely lots of of good times.

For this page, I used my Studio Calico Road Show add-on along with the Central High main kit. And really just went for a primary color scheme. Nothing new or revolutionary, but I like how it turned out! I adored all of the little bits and baubs in this kit and had fun splashing them around the page.

28, I have some plans for you! Starting tomorrow first thing :) Check back to see the 28 Blog Hop!

cheers & besos,

Central High Cards

Did you hear the news? Studio Calico started a Card kit! I decided to subscribe sight unseen to find out what it's all about. 

The kit arrived last week and my initial thoughts are that the kit doesn't have enough stuff! Especially for the price. I briefly subscribed to Simon Says Stamps card kit and those things were bursting with product AND at a lower price point. But I'll give this one a shot for a few more months.

The Central High kit had some great colors and I wanted to embrace as many as I could with this first card. I used the mistable thickers and the Lawn Fawn stamps that came with the kit. Then I wanted to use some of the great yellows and oranges, along with the stamps for the second. I loved how the stamps looked all lined up so I made a little pattern that I repeated in different colored inks. The final card was a patchwork of left overs from the other cards. 

I also have to mention the Martha Stewart "Happy Birthday" punch I used over and over again. It's that good. You should check it out! And it's even on sale at Joann's ;) :)

 cheers & besos,