Oh Snap, Shut the Front Door, my boy is finally home!...

is my latest page.

 Jake came home for a visit july 21st and it could not have been a better weekend! love my boy!! so that is where the title came from. the "my boy is finally home" you can see on the tab in the 2nd photo. i may change that  so it can be seen better but i just didn't feel like i had any place to put it in a bigger size that would look right.
i would love to hear your suggestions!!! 

 the banner was made using  freckled fawn washi tape. except for the yellow chevron tape at the bottom. it is from bella blvd.

 this page is for two challenges. first is justg's LOAW challenge at studio calico. the challenge is to use the brides list:  something old: my bam pop stamps,  something new: elmwood park and SCs heyday paper,  something borrowed: i borrowed the cross pendant from a chain that jake has.  something blue: blue ink and the blue sparkly.  really fun challenge! thanks justg. 

the second challenge is ursula's challenge posted on the freckled fawn blog, to use washi tapes to make a banner(s) for a scrapbook page. thanks ursula.  great challenge!

happy tuesday!

so honored...

that my "bikes on the beach" layout was featured on the paper issues blog here. how exciting. thank you so much cassie! you made my day!!

bikes on the beach... now and then

we have been going to hilton head for vacation for many years now and one of the things i love about going there is riding bikes on the beach. so many of my summer scrapbook pages have been about our time spent on the island. so it was so fun to find the first layout i did about "bikes on the beach". not a whole lot has changed  except that i like to use pattern papers more now than then.

the first page is one that i just made and the second is a layout i did after our 2008 trip.

i love all of the big photo LOs that i've been seeing in the galleries. so i thought i might try one myself and in the process i think i found a new fave thing.... washi tape pendants. i used a freckled fawn washi for the bird pendant and the freckled fawn tape that came with the SC july add on, twisty slide for the second flag, i am definitely going to make a bunch more of them with different tapes and in different styles styles.
oh, and the pretty tab just under the pendants is from ursula's etsy's.

i also found a few other older pages. it is so cool to see todays trends in these older pages. ( sequins, arrows and using large photos)

 

                                                                                                                                                                               

 

happy wednesday!!

pages...

two new pages to share using the So Cal and 35mm Studio Calico kits.

happy friday!

i've been instagrammed...

and i'm in love with it! such a fun way to share photos and keep up with friends. so i thought i might share a few of my instagrams here on the blog. but first i'll share the last couple of pages that i've made, since it's been over a month since i've shared anything. :(

   i have had this page in my mind for a while because i have always loved sterling silver bangles and have been collecting them  since my college days. i think it is so cool that they are back in style in a big way.

             i used the may studio calico kit and some beloved fabrics from my stash for this layout.





and i love when i get to do a girly page! the photo on this one is blurry. but i loved it so much that i used it anyway. glossy accents were used to stiffened the tissue paper dresses and the journaling is printed on vellum and then cut into strips. 
      this one was made using the april studio calico kit. have i said how much i love subbing at SC! ;)


and then here are the instagram photos i promised. 


last sunday was such a gorgeous day. so jd and i took a drive out to a beautiful place in the country where he could fish and i could take some photos.


Sunday Afternoon in the Country

                   

Fishing

Captured then Released

Dragonfly




Beauty

 Amazing

i love all of the different frames and effects you can choose using instagram!


these last two photos were taken in missouri when we visited jake in march.

                                    as i look at them, i am reminded of psalm 23. the verse that says:

                                                          He leads me beside quiet waters...

happy friday!

which one are you??

i am so right brain. i wish i were a little more left. i've been accused of brains without common sense.   spacey at times. who am i kidding. ha! spacey most of the time. but that is what my hubby is for. he is sooo left brain. we make a perfect couple because we balance one another out. 

jd, i am so blessed to have you in my life! you are the  "bona fide" to my " justified"

 ( inside joke, has anyone seen "O Brother Where Art Thou") 

together we = bona fide and justified! ;)

p.s. i am very comfortable with who i am. God made me this way.

are you comfortable with who you are? just something to think about...

happy monday and thanks so much for stopping by.

julie

credit: i found the original photo here.

sure wish...

y'all would not be so serious is the name of my latest page. the photo is of my mom, aunt and grandparents and it makes me laugh. so silly!!

there are so many studio calico goodies on this page and most of it is from their winter 2012 cha release. and of course i can barely do a page without using something from my beloved jbs. ;)

i  made my page for a studio calico mb challenge. the challenge was to lift the person above you and i chose to lift kelly vandermolen's page. ( see below)

 i was inspired by so many elements on kelly's page, like the large wood veneer letters, the stamp and the scalloped borders. instead of scalloped borders i used the jbs ticket punch and the journaling box below the photos is what inspired the 3 word bubbles on my page. 
thanks kelly for the wonderful inspiration! 


thanks so much for stopping by,
happy sunday and have a great week!
julie