ALOHA!

I'm off today to join my husband Frank in Honolulu!  He will be conducting workshops with state officials and I will be exploring, shopping, taking photos, etc.  My Oahu album is ready and it will be with me as I love to have a project when traveling.  The only tools I'm taking are the paper cutter, adhesives, and a few embellishments.  All I have to do is insert photos for the next 10 days.  Getting so excited to see this island ...
Here is the album:

 

and the pages:

Vintage Wallpaper Album

My friend Seema gave me five folded chipboard cards that were used for packing material.  Each side of the cards measured 6 x 12 inches.  How cool is that!  I covered the cards with K & Co. Life's Journey double-sided cardstock.  The album title is Vintage Wallpaper and what fun I'm having gluing onto the pages vintage embellishments and pics of the Victorian era.  I love doing this and will add photos of the finished pages upon their completion.  Check out the pages.

Completed pages (will include titles soon)

more to follow . . .

Chartreuse Project

Whew, just submitted my first piece of art to Somerset Studio Magazine.  The call was to submit artwork on the bold and beautiful color Chartreuse.  I struggled some as my preference is vintage of course but I stepped out of my box and took on the challenge.  I assembled a small album with various patterned cardstock papers, added photos taken by me, husband Franki, and daughter Carrie.  Going on line I found a few more photos/graphics which were added with minimal embellishments, well, minimal for me. The deadline for submission is August 15 so now it is a waiting game.  Here is a pic of my "work tray" filled with some of the materials used.

Here is a sample page from the album.

Wish me luck!  Photo of album cover will be added soon.

Monthly Photo

Oops, almost forgot to post the picture of the month .... and here it is.  The photo was taken by a friend who captured this amazing photo in her beautifully landscaped backyard a few weeks ago.  Enjoy.

Summer Clipboard

I love to collage clipboards and vintage is my favorite.  The theme for this latest one is Summertime.  The quote reads as follows:

"I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."
(F. Scott Fitzgerald)  The woman on the vintage post card has her summer parasol and leaving her work behind.  She definitely has style.  Hope you are enjoying your summertime.

July 4, 2011

Happy Fourth of July everyone!  We are celebrating our country's 235th anniversary of the signing of our Declaration of Independence. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."  (favorite excerpt)

Last year I started an album with family photos of our July 4th celebration, family veterans, plus pics from our Washington D.C. trip in 2007.   New photos will be added as Frank and I hosted our second annual 4th of July pool party here at Rancho Buena Vista.  We also celebrated 3 birthdays, Granddaughter Sidney (11 years), Grandson Tyler (6 years), and nephew Chris (?).

Monthly Photo

Thought it would be a fun idea to post a favorite photo each month so this is my first entry for June as it comes to a close.  I took this photo in Jennifer Blue's store in Santa Margarita.  Love the simplicity of the vintage shoes and little bird.