friday . . .

I made it . . . through the first full week of being chauffeur extraordinaire :) Ryan had preschool 3 mornings & then one morning he had an art/music class so we were busy, busy, busy running back & forth. He LOVED school & I think we are both happy (although it is hectic) to be back in a regular schedule :) We also have done alot of decorating for fall & Halloween (yes - I know it is a bit early for Halloween but Ryan is sooooooooooooooooo excited). He helped me put together this cute Halloween banner - a pre-made kit - but super cute & easy. This is by K & Company & I got it at Michael's for 5.99 and then 40% off (with coupon).

I am on the search for some good kids crafts for the holiday so if you have any ideas or links to projects please let me know in the comments :) I am going to do some online searching myself so I will post if I find something fun :)

I did do a little surfing tonight & found an awesome & unusual artist via the Midnight Rooster Club site. The artist's name is Sophie Blackall - she is an illustrator & creates this awesome artwork based off real "missed connections" she finds on internet personal sites - how cool is that?? Here are a few of my favorites . . .

In addition, I found this fabulous musician on the Midnight Rooster site as well - Mindy Gledhill - check her out (be sure to turn off my music in the sidebar) . . .

On to the scrappy :)

I had some fun creating the other night - I thought the idea of a framed layout might be neat so I created this page . . .

It is FULL of beautiful papers & goodies from Fancy Pants new Happy Together line. I must say it is a must have - I didn't realize just how gorgeous it was until I saw it in person - WOW!!! Such a beautiful combo of blues, greens, yellows, and browns. If you look closely I created the "frame" with 4 strips of patterned paper the I punched with a border punch. Then I outlined the border design & glued it down. To create the lacing effect, I simply used a small hole punch to punch holes around the entire border. Then I laced through & tied on the left there right next to the tag.

Behind the series of pics are 2 of Fancy Pants gorgeous glitter die-cuts that coordinate with this line - love the look of them overlapped and peeking out from the pics :)

Finishing up some more guest design team projects tonight & will post them in the next day or two - maybe another STASH CASH giveway as well :) Keep checking back!!!

ttyl - julie :)