Monday, May 28, 2012

Swamp Book

This week I had an EXTRA long weekend with both Friday and Monday off!  Lots of crafty projects done but for today I wanted to share a layered mini book.  I have a love/hate relationship with layered books.  I LOVE that if you get this just right they look amazing from every page, especially the cover.  But, I hate that feeling of running out of your paper line on your last layer! 

Today's project was a LOVE and I was able to use all sorts of stuff from my stash.  I found the most perfect ribbon at my local scrapbook store that added an extra swampy feel!  The book captures the essence of the day, an amazing swamp tour with Honey Island Swamp Tours and friend time with my favortie Louisiana gal, Julie.  We saw a 15 foot alligator, it was HUGE and within arms length (note: I did NOT attempt to touch the gator!).  The back cover is me holing the tiniest little turtle, a great photo op.





Sunday, May 20, 2012

Ruler Wreath

A crafty Sunday!  Today I finished up my Design Team project for Scrapbook Island (pictures after they announce) and made an awesome ruler wreath I saw on a great blog, The Polka Dot Chair.

Found the rulers at Affordable Treasures in Los Gatos and traded Ed a meatloaf to cut them all in half for me.   The bingo card is from the new Simple Stories Summer Fresh line and the flowers are out of my stash.  It needs a touch of ribbon so it can hang and then I will be dropping it off as a summer surprise to one of my favorite teachers!