*Scrap Mojo 33* Waimea Canyon

Where have I been? Enjoying the beautiful weather! For this past week we have been enjoying high temperatures and warm nights at the beach, searching for glass. This is another obsession of mine that has resurfaced. My friend Lisa has started a really fun etsy store for beach glass. I'm really excited about Tiny Tidal Treats.

In other news, Scrap Mojo's new challenge is up. Use Peter Pan for inspiration and include a frame. I picked a quote and used the Hambly journal frame in my page about visiting the Waimea Canyon in Kauai. I loved working with the new Cosmo Cricket Snorkle line. Isn't it adorable? You can find most elements on this page in Everything Scrapp'n. Hope you have a great weekend!
Products used:
Cosmo Cricket
Snorkle-Carbonation pp
Snorkle-Schools Out pp
Snorkel-Umbrella pp
Snorkle-Elements pp
Pink Paislee Fashion Script Alpha Stickers-Blue
Hambly journal blocks/circles rub ons-Brown
Pebbles Wanderlust buttons
Heidi Swapp corner travel clear stamps
Pink Paislee On Schedule clear stamps
Karen Foster's Beach Phrase stickers
Stickles- Baby Blue, Burgundy, & Purple
Making Memories colored staples
Burgundy embriodery floss

Europe Prints!

I just finished listing a few color 8x10 prints that I took in Europe. Be sure to check them out in my etsy shop. I'm really excited about how great they turned out.
Last Sunday we celebrated Helen's 93rd Birthday (Dan's grandma) at the Van's Restaurant.
I adore how beautifully they decorate it for the holidays.We spent Friday night at Kelly's apartment watching The Office and making cutesy things with perler beads. I have so many funny quotes from that night.
I made the mushrooms and Dan made the star & square. Sorry for the harsh shadows. We had Natalie and Mark over on Saturday night for Wii. We love playing it because its a fun night & its free.They introduced us to a game called Raving Rabbids. Its a great party game, but let me warn you, its really odd. To the extreme. Rent it and see!
So last night I got a little crazy and decided to try the Hula Hoop challenge on the 10 minute version. And I spun 3177 times!

Thank you for all your warm wishes for my Grandmother. Each day she is getting stronger. My Grandfather (on my Dad's side) had an incident with his heart last week, so we are hoping that everyone gets back to their normal health asap.

I'm off to work on that to do list. I've been enjoying this blog a lot lately since I'm trying to simplify.

a New Style

Kelly came over and hung out with Jenna and I on Friday night. We played dress up with my great Aunt's mumus. Priceless memories that we'll never forget.

On Sunday we celebrated my Aunt Jean's birthday in Redwood City. I always love going to their house. For dessert we had chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate cake, and ice cream. Here is my Aunt Jean and my Uncle Pat serving dessert.


I played scrabble with my grandma on Tuesday and nearly beat her! I played the word "Zoned" on a triple word score. I beat her for about 4 plays before she ended up winning (by only 30 points). I'm getting better!

I made a 6x12 chipboard album for Jen. I'll be making a lot more of this once my order of chipboard arrives. I can't wait to start doing 6x12 layouts. I plan to list a few on my etsy for $10.

I watched the movie Stardust and was really inspired by the art direction. I've always been a big fan of Claire Danes too. Also watched a cute chick flick called In The Land of Women with Adam Brody in it. We enjoyed watching 310 to Yuma. The story was very touching and the actors were casted well! Leo lent me a musical documentary that I loved called Colma: The Musical. Jenna even recognized one of her classmates father in it!

Dan & I went to see Juno. I laughed so hard and cried too. I really identified with Juno's sense of humor. The writing was really well done and I loved the student film feel to it.

Lisa & I went and got our hair cut today. Before:


After:


We decided to take pictures at the Holy Cross cemetery (Colma) and found Joe DiMaggio's grave!


I adore Lisa's hair cut. Its so perfect for her. We picked it out of magazine while we were waiting.


Its convenient that we are both photographers. I decided it was time for a change. I'll be going to CHA in 9 days and I wanted to have a cute style for the millions of pictures I'll be snapping.

Sumission sneaks

Some sneak peeks of what I've been up to. I'm hoping to be able to share everything around October 10th at the latest. How did every one's weekend go? Mine was full of fun scrapping! I am looking forward to my scrapbooking retreat so I'll be preparing for that today.


I've added something new to my Etsy shop! I think I'll probably have to make myself one soon. It measures 6x6 and I think it will be great for loads of things! And its cheaper than a the competing albums by 7gypsies and Rusty Pickle.

I got a really cools surprise just a few minutes ago. The mail was already delivered for the day and then our mail guy dropped this off. Dani rocks! She totally surprised me with the clear stamps and I love them. Thanks!
For my birthday, Leo gave me a wonderful present-a gift certificate to Beverly's! I had such a fun shopping spree. I can't believe I was able to wait so long before going. I got some amazing stuff today.
And in case you are wondering why i have a pair of shoes in there-I had some money left over so I bought them at Target. Too cute to pass up.

New Stuff

I've been so busy that I have forgotten completely to blog. I've been working on altering an album for a secret sister swap in a scrapbooking group I'm in. I can't show it until she receives it though so it will be a while before that's posted. I finally got my photos from BFD back and they aren't that great considering the point & shoot camera I brought. Oh well!

My pattern came yesterday for my Le Borsa Bag. I can't wait to start on that project. I have plenty of fabric just waiting to be stitched together.

I decided to see if I could sell some cute hand made photo corners on my etsy shop. I plan to add lots of different colors. Worse case scenario I can use them myself! I also added some 5x7's to see if those prints would sell.

I also updated my photo portfolio website. My friend Roger is so wonderful that he's trying to hook my up with a commercial product photo gig. More on that later.

Tonight it my cousin Kelley's bachelorette party in San Francisco. I have to go find a pink outfit for that. Should be interesting. I think we're going to Bocce's Cafe in North Beach and then to a bunch of bars and clubs and t hen back to a hotel. I'll be sure to post photos of it!

Happy June 1st!

I started my very own etsy shop yesterday. Check it out and tell everyone about My Etsy Shop I have listed a few of my photographs. I plan to add a variety of things shortly.

Today I had a wonderful lunch with Dan and then with my Mom. We spent an hour in Joann's just goofing around. Their fat quarters and quarter flats were on sale for 99 cents so I had a blast picking out such vibrant and inspiring patterns.


I'm off to a crop at the Nook with Kristi. I hope we get a few fun pictures tonight.