TGIF! Thanks for hanging out with me all week everyone! I had a blast! I hope you'll pop by my blog (www.marcypenner.com) and visit.
Today I have one more layout to share with you... my favorite out of the bunch! When we go down to Florida we plan to visit the beach at least once. But even still my boys are totally fine with playing in the condo sandbox! Ha. Go figure.
I used some more of the On the Coast line for this page. I'm in love with that grey dot paper! I'll be using it for quite a while I imagine! I'm also addicted to making little banner tags. Sigh. One of my favorite things is how subtle title works with the light blue paper. Love that! Probably one of my favorite layouts to date!
So, thanks again for having me SEI! I had a blast!
Marcy
Thanks Marcy! We have learned so much this week about you, paper-crafting, and photography. You have such a great style and fun personality.
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Thanks for hanging in there with me everyone! It's been a great week so far!
I live in an old (120 year old) farmhouse. We've been renovating and decorating for over 10 years now. I love decorating. I love my house and making it a home is a big part of who I am!
I've had this project on my to do list for a long long time. I've loved random cut letters in banners and as art for a while... they're just so charming. I don't have the wall space for something large so I made some small ones instead. I planned to frame them at first (the colors worked so well for my daughter's room) but I decided to attach them to the mirror as little inspirational messages instead.
I considered “Smile” and “Go Get 'Em” among others but finally settled on “It's Nice To Be Nice”. A little funtac and the bedroom mirror is all dressed up! I totally forgot about the layered effect the mirror would have on the letters, but it's really cool!
I plan on switching this up often with different phrases and reminders! A very cool and simple addition to our home.
I will be the first to admit that I find cards challenging. I'm not sure what it is. Maybe the small scale? Maybe the shift from a square canvas (like my 12x12 layouts) to a rectangular one? I don't know. But I needed some cards so I gave it a try. Plus, those Corinne papers were too cute to resist!
I really love how the “varnished” paper accepted ink! The pattern resists beautifully. Give it a try sometime!
Hi there everyone. I'm back with a layout to share. The minute I saw the On the Coast line I knew it'd be perfect to highlight photos from our recent Florida trip. I especially love that there's so many lovely subtle patterns that compliment the more bold ones in the collection. I added some old SEI letter stickers (from Dill Blossom). The color just matched perfectly!
I really like companies that put out pretty packaging too! I couldn't resist punching into the white with blue circles for one of my hearts!
I have so many vacation photos to blog and scrapbook yet. I'm sure this collection will find itself on many more pages! Marcy
Hi there everyone! Let's get this week started with a photo tip.
Sometimes you just can't control your background (or your subjects!). A few weeks ago we took our little family on a trip to Florida. We love visiting Old Town at least a few times while we're there. While we were there my littlest decided to pick up some bird seed from the ground and feed the birds. Now, if you're the mother of a little boy you'll understand that they don't sit still long. So I knew I had to take the opportunity while he was sitting still to take a photo. The problem was that I didn't have a say in where he stopped. The background was less than ideal. If I would have taken the shot as is I would've been left with a lovely view of the parking lot. Not cute.
There was no way I was going to ask him to move... he'd never sit still again! So I had to move. A simple change in perspective and you can get a shot like this...
I simply stood over him and let the sidewalk be my background instead. Much less distracting.
So next time you're taking photos, try moving yourself instead of your subject! Marcy
We are thrilled to introduce next week's guest blogger, Marcy Penner. She is a lady of many talents, including home decorating/renovating, photography, scrapbooking/paper-crafting, and blogging! She has a great week lined up with tons of creative ideas so be sure to check back soon. Until then, swing by her blog, an inspired life.
Hi there! My name is Marcy Penner and I'm super excited to be guest hosting the SEI blog next week. We'll start it all off on Monday... but for now, here's a little bit about me.
I'm married to my high school sweetheart and we live on the family farm on 22 acres in Canada. We're still busy renovating our farmhouse. Right now we're almost done our kitchen. I can't wait for it to be done! When I'm not busy working on the house I'm scrapbooking or taking pictures of my kids (when they let me). ;) You can also find me over blogging over at www.marcypenner.com.
So, that's that. Have a great weekend everyone, and I'll see you back here next week!
