Play Ball - Layout

I can not even begin to tell you how much joy it brings Tony & I watching this boy play ball!

Used this months Studio Calico Penny Arcade kit & add-ons along with some Freckled Fawn & Heidi Swapp.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by & Happy Friday!!!

 

 

Studio Calico Sunday Sketch

I can not even tell you how I excited I was when I received the email asking to participate in this weeks Sunday Sketch over on the Studio Calico blog. You can see the post here:

http://www.studiocalico.com/blog/2014/2/16/sunday-sketch-i-jennifer

I was totally honored and had a lot of fun creating my layouts!

Love From Above

 

 

 

The Del - Worth the Wait

 

 

 

Thanks so much for looking!

 

Oh Deer

These 3 lovely deer are only some of the deer that Grandpa Joe likes to feed up at their house in PA. They are his friends :) it was kind of amazing to see them so close up.

Used SC Copper Mountain kit.

Hope you all gave a fabulous new week!

 

 

Fish Face

The infamous teenage fish face selfie of the 2k's! I think this trend is totally silly but does make for some cute pictures! And my girls are definitely cute ;)

Used some gelatos for the bubbles and did a bubble & mist technique for the background. Had fun creating using these techniques.

Thanks for stopping by!!

 

Go. Be. Extraordinary

My son Michael... Is an extraordinary kid. I am very proud of the young man he is becoming.

This photo was taken at his step Grandparents house up in Pennsylvania. Michael has always loved going up there to visit. He loves the outdoors. Some of my favorite memories of Michael are from our visits up there. He gets this whole other way about him. He is definitely in his element.

I wanted to keep the layout pretty simple to emphasize the photo. I just added a few embellishments & one patterned paper. I love this photo of him & very happy with how the layout turned out.

When I showed Michael the layout, he smiled & thanked me. This kid truly fills my heart.

XOXO,

 

# Cheesin

This photo was found on Sophia's Instagram. With that hashtag!! Thanks for the title Fia! I love seeing the selfies my kids take. I get to see so many different faces and moods my kids are in. Instagram is the best invention EVA! LOL

Want to know a secret?? Those white stars were not intentional. That was my solution to some ink smudges :) pretty happy with the result. Love how mistakes can turn out to be a good thing!

Used Studio Calico's Copper Mountain kit. Which is one of my new faves!

Thanks so much for stopping by & I hope the upcoming weekend is fabulous for you!

 

 

Happy New Year!!!

Cheers to a New Year & another chance to get it right!

Loved this quote when I saw it on Pinterest that I just knew I had to use it.

Want to say a special Thank You to my son Mikey for helping me with that shot by sprinkling the confetti over the set up. It took many shots & he patiently sprinkled & sprinkled LOL

Also want to wish my New Years Day Baby Mikey a Happy 15th Birthday!!! Xoxo

And here's my son on his 1st Birthday LOL

Wishing you all best wishes in the New Year!!! XOXO

 

Without Change There Would Be No Butterflies

If you are a woman than you were a 13 year old girl, and you know how trying it can be at that age. I made this layout to let my daughter Sophia know how proud I am of her and the little changes she makes each day to better herself. Love you Fia xoxo

 

 

Hope you all are having a fantabulous weekend!

 

Super Silly Selfies

This is from one of our nights hanging outside our hotel while on vacation in Mt. laurel. We seem to have the best memories just chilling at night. We snapped the first selfie & then just kept snapping. We had lots of giggles taking these. I'm not overly fond of the way I look but the memories behind these are worth documenting.

I have been consciously trying to get in more photos with my kids. Out of the gazillions of photos I have of them, I'm not in many and that makes me sad. My favorite pictures of my childhood are those I have with my Mother. I want my kids to have that too, no matter what I look like....wrinkles and all lol

Used SC October antiquary kit which went so well with WRMK chalkboard line. I also have some of the new Amy Tangerine cut & paste on there. It seems like I can always find some Amy Tan products that go well with almost anything! Love her stuff!

 

 

Baby New Year

Michael is my New Years baby! Kind of funny that I had a child on New Years. When I was little I loved loved loved anything with a New Years baby on it. My Mom actually had decorations with the baby on it throughout the house for New Years. I loved the movie & used to draw him all the time!

I went into labor with Mikey on New Year's Eve, I was actually just going up to visit my sister who had my nephew George on the 29th. Well before I got to my sisters room my doctor saw me & said "oh no, you're coming with me" he must have seen something on my face, lol. I didn't even realize I was in labor! Next thing you know I'm in a gown in the birthing room. They really thought Mikey would be the first baby of the year. The hospital was on the phone with the press and everything! It just so happened my contractions stopped and Mikey wasn't the first baby of the year for New York but he was the first baby born in that hospital for 1999. When his first birthday rolled around in 2000 I knew these had to be the pictures taken :)

Never got to "actually" visit my sister Gigi & baby nephew. I actually got something better... We got to share a room. They also let Gigi & my brother inlaw in the birthing room to watch the ball drop!!! Pretty cool if you ask me :)

 

 

Wasn't he just the cutest! Xoxoxo

 

Aly & Mikey Snowstorm 1999

I adore these pictures of my two oldest. It was Mikey's first experience in the snow and Alys first time having a sibling to play with her in a snowstorms aftermath. I don't remember all the details but what stands out is how happy the 3 of us were. AND how fun it was!

I have 2 layouts for you. They will go in my album side by side with an insert for the extra photos. I tried to make a girl version and a boy version. So Aly's has pink and aqua. Mikey's has red and navy.

It's amazing to me because they started out like this....

Just 2 photos, 2 pattern papers & 2 embellishments. That's all that's need to spark a little creative inspiration!

 

 

Here are some detailed shots