What Scrapbook item are you?

I took this quiz and found out I am a pair of scissors. Not the most exciting thing I was hoping for but they are essential to lots of other things in life as well. What item are you?

Friday I had the pleasure of attending a wedding rehearsal to prepare for where I will be recording the event. Its on a private ranch of 90 acres! I am really excited about documenting this wedding later today. Here is where the ceremony will take place:

Another great mail week

I got my hand stamped journal tag swap back and it was so fun going through all of the unique styles everyone has. Love them and look forward to incorporating them into my own style. I also got my order from B&H which was a scallop blade for my paper trimmer, and two different kinds of photo paper (one for the darkroom and one for my new printer). And finally, I got my small order from scrapbookexpress. They had the Maya Road tabbed chipboard albums that I wanted from the Red Velvet Art Kit and a really cool film canister (for film movies) along with some Scenic Route pp that I've been admiring.

My friend Mike from the air force came to visit all the way from Florida. We had a quiet lunch and then did a little shopping since his bag got misplaced by the airport .


And, I have a little sneak peek of something I worked on recently. I'll be showing sneak peeks for the rest of the month since I can't share until then.


Last night was wonderful. I went with Dan to meet his mom Zena to go to a heritage dance practice. It was great seeing a lot of friendly people that we hadn't seen in a while. After we went to Baskin Robbins and I ate Lime Daiquiri Ice (love it)! Tonight we decided to take it easy and grab dinner at one of my favorite childhood places to eat-Fresh Choice. Dessert is still my favorite thing there!

I got tagged

I'll play along. Here are 6 interesting facts about me:

1. I need to let loose when I ink, chalk, or paint something.

2. I suddenly started to like the color pink about two months ago!

3. I think its weird when someone has a longer second toe then their big toe.

4. I love it when something random happens in life.

5. I get my inspiration from shopping bags, ads, and hang tags from clothing.

6. I took a design class in college and loved it, probably as much as photography!

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Jenni
Lizee
Marie
Misty
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And eye candy that inspires me. By Jeneyepher on flickr:

a quick one

Beautiful flowers I got from Dan and my boss Leo:


The clothes portion of my presents... The t-shirt with a photo is specially designed by my sister. She is on the right and Tiffany is on the left. Altered with a sharpie marker. So silly and creative. I plan to color in the shoes with sharpies too.

And, my most sought after stamps arrived yesterday!


I got a bunch of photos printed so I'm planning to work like crazy and get lots of layouts done. I'm also applying to a design team so I probably won't be able to share until the call is over. Maybe a sneek peek every once in a while though... Have a great day!

A Red Velvet Art Birthday

Yesterday was an amazing day. I celebrated my 23rd birthday with my family and a few friends that we're willing to go along for a ride. We drove south along the coast to Santa Cruz. I am so lucky to have an amazing group that followed my every whim!

We visited a scrapbook store called Scrap It that none of us had been to before. The owner was such a pleasant woman. I found lots of 7gypsies goodies and a few sale items that I couldn't pass up.


It just so happened that there was a fabric store just a few doors down so we all took a peek in Round Robin Fabrics. We met another lovely woman there who was full of advice. I purchased a few fat quarters and Jessica purchased some beautiful fabric for her next project: a tote bag. It looks like there will be lots more sewing projects in the future for her!


We had lunch in a cute little restaurant on Capitola's waterfront. It just so happened to be the Capitola Art & Wine Festival this weekend. I really enjoyed all the people bustling around and looking at such great artwork. To top it off, I was surrounded by a bunch of happy friends!
Jenna, Kelly, Jessica, and Mom walking at the festival.


Capitola is famous for its brightly painted houses at the shore. I took a few photos but this was my favorite that my mom took:


We wanted to fit in as much as possible, so we piled back into the car and headed to Hart's Fabric's in Santa Cruz. When I walked into the store my mouth dropped at how much fabric, ribbon, and buttons they crammed into the store. We stayed there for 2 hours! Jenna decided that she wanted to make a comforter with designer fabric. She got advice from the sweet employees there and I bought lots of pretty fabrics. I was totally inspired by Rachel and Red Velvet Art this shopping trip.


Then we found 20 minute parking downtown Santa Cruz to race into Bead It. As we were walking there I spotted Urban Outfitters so I zoomed through the bead store and raced back to see Urban Outfitters. I've heard lots of cool stuff about them and I can see why.

After an exhausting day of wonderful shopping, we headed back home to have a last minute get together with lots of dessert. Here is a goofy group form left to right: Jessica, Mom, Kelly, Jenna, Me (lower), Jenny, Dan (lower), and Andrew.


Earlier this week I applied for another production assistant position. I also planned for an upcoming wedding video shoot. If you need to see a light hearted funny movie, check out Accepted.

A relaxing weekend

It has been a while since I've worked on a sewing project. I under estimated how long it was going to take so here is a sneak peek. Thanks for all your wonderful comments!


Sunday night I celebrated my grandfather's 80th birthday at my aunt's house in Redwood City. I was pleasantly surprised to see my cousin Dominique came back from LMU for the long weekend.


I watched Funny Face and was so inspired from the opening title sequence. It is aesthetically beautiful. I love that there was a photographer character and a darkroom!

Speaking of a darkroom, I developed my photos from my trip to Bodie and scanned a few.



I went to a BBQ at my Aunt Sandra's house for Memorial Day. It was great to see the family and relax. We had fruit on skewers and wonderful apple pie.I found this lying on my grandma's table today and had to take a picture. Just adore them!


My mom bought my grandma a new shirt. Isn't she adorable modeling it? This is a perfect example of using a wide angle lens up too close. Notice how the lower body looks smaller because I'm shooting down.

And Dan felt that you should all read this: "Weeeeeeeeeeeee... are the Knights who say........... 'NI!' "

Obsessed with fabric

Friday night I lugged all my mom's sewing gear to Dan's house so I could work on a project that I hope to finish tomorrow. Here I am laying on my favorite fabric.


We watched this great movie called The Lookout. I also saw Wild Hogs which was cute, but I probably wouldn't buy it on DVD.

Saturday was great! I took a ton of photos of the Christmas store for the website. Then I picked up Jessica and we had a grand time shopping at Joann's Labor Day sale.

Jessica caught my creative vibe so she decided to make a pillow case. Teaching her how to use a sewing machine was a lot of fun. I'm so proud that Jessica was able to go home with it completed!


Last night Dan and I tried out Netflix's watch it now feature. We've both had an interest in the Darwin Awards ever since our English teacher Mr. Litrell introduced us to the Darwin Awards in class. Can you imagine how excited I was by the thought of a movie called The Darwin Awards? There were a lot of cameos and it was somewhat amusing, but it wasn't what I expected. I did get a kick out of Wilmer Valderrama's character though.