Some new products & things to love!

Some new products/things that have made their way to my house that are making me smile this week!

1. Insectae Stamps from Prima
2. Damask flocked paper from LUSH by My Minds Eye
3. This amazing chipboard button card that is going in a frame in my studio. Pure love!
4. This vintage number 3 from Sadie Olive at Etsy. (in brown - yahooo)
5. Red Vintage Sew On Buttons by Jenni Bowlin (one of each color please! Love these)
6. Happiness Brushes from Ali Edwards at Designer Digitals.

And these cutest cutest cutest photo frames from House of 3. Love them!!

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Please keep my sister, brother-in-law and his family in your prayers this next week. It is a very sad situation and any prayers you can give...will be felt! Thank you!

Valentine's Day Inspiration

What is there not to love about hearts, surprises, cupcakes, love letters and all that resembles love and Valentine's Day? I love this holiday! I love the feminine beauty of it. I love the red and pink. I love hearts. And...let's throw in a little aqua for good measure! :) What do you love about Valentine's Day?

Enjoy these inspirational finds from flickr!

1. Color Me Pretty, 2. Turquoise Seam Binding, 3. rose cupcakes, 4. A corner of my office, 5. Vintage Bottles, 6. Vintage Pink Push Button Phone, 7. Pink Malabar Balloon "Hevea's Blood", 8. Butterflies and Spools, 9. tiffany blue, 10. Jade 21st Cupcakes #2, 11. pretty in pink, 12. All we need is love ..., 13. Cupcake assortment, 14. Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons., 15. Discarded, 16. Untitled

A great 2010 Giveaway!

Sometimes when I get that urge to be creative and I sit down to scrapbook...I don't know what to scrapbook about! LOL! I am always inspired by product and that usually makes me want to sit and create...it's then the hard part to find photos that fit my 'vision' for that project and an important story that I want to tell. Does anyone else do it 'backwards' like me? :)

Last week, I came upon an amazing new ebook from Ella Publishing called A Year in the Life. As I was going through the fun format of the ebook (love that I can flip through the pages on my computer whenever I want!), I was instantly inspired. Inspired by wonderful ideas shared in this ebook about things to scrapbook and capture in 'a year in the life'. Wonderful ideas!!! It is filled with layouts and fun projects..but most of all...I love the ideas and content of this book. I am so inspired and want to tackle some of the great ideas for pages right away!

Thanks to the amazing people over at Ella Publishing (THANK YOU)...they want to give away a copy of this wonderful ebook to one of you...Be Creative Everyday readers!

To be eligible to win, please leave a comment about something you want to be better at capturing this year in your life...the more ideas the better! You will love this ebook - I promise! Please leave your comment by Friday, January 22nd. I will then draw a random winner! Good luck!

Vintage Cubbie & Halloween Inspiration

When I first saw the new fall catalog from Pottery Barn, I just took a big, deep sigh. Oh how I love them! Their stylist are amazing and thier new focus on 'vintage' is just beautiful! I have been all about vintage lately...adding in vintage benches and little vintages pieces bought from consignment stores and etsy...vintage modern is definetly my new passion!

I love anything that is similar to vintage lockers, apothecary cabinets, little drawers and cubbies and fun places to store and display little treasures. So when I came upon this amazing vintage inspired cubbie in the catalog, I was instantly smitten...and then quickly placed my order. 

Now, the dilemma of how to decorate this beautiful piece! It has been put up on the wall that you see as soon as you walk downstairs into our main family room. I love the way that it loI've got some ideas that I'm hoping to get done here soon...right now, I've placed just little things in the cubbies to visualize and get an idea of what I want. I'll share pictures of my progress soon.

Some other fun vintage inspired pieces at Pottery Barn:

Skeleton Keys

Found Thread/Wooden Spools (although I think these are over priced)

Galvanized Metal Collection: Chalkboard Cabinet, canister, and this super cute serving piece (I love how they decorated this for Halloween - so inspiring!)

Canvas Typewriter Prints 

Floor Standing Pinboard

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Now that October is here and the fall weather is upon us, I can't help but think of Halloween and all the fun things I want to create! Here are some links to some fun Halloween things that I'd love to try play around with this month. If you have some fun ideas or links...share in the comments section.

Martha Halloween Pumpkins
   (check out all of the amazing ideas at Martha's Halloween Central)
House of 3 Halloween Dingbat Font & Halloween Definition Brushes
LOVE this Halloween Digital Kit from Paislee Press at O'Scraps
These digital Halloween Kits from Carina Gardner are so amazing! Here, here, here and here.

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I've got a fun annoucement to make next week! Check out this if you want a hint! :)
Have a great Friday! I'm off to do some vintage inspiration shopping (and a scrapbook store too of course)!

Ribbon 'Blog Topics' Idea Book

When I decided to start this new blog, I thought it would be fun to create a book where I could plan out my posts for the week and have things organized. I found this amazing list from Erin Vale Designs that was just what I was looking for. It's a 'Dreamy Blog Topics List' for a week. Darling! I downloaded the free design (check out all the other lists on the blog...super cute), I changed the 'green' color to a aqua blue and printed 18 copies (3 lists on printable) so that I would have 52 cut pages for my book (1 page for each week of the year).

To create the book, I cut a thick piece of plastic so that it measured about 1/8" larger than the papers on each side.  Then, I cut and applied a clear adhesive sheet (from Quickutz) on top of the plastic. I cut strips of various ribbons and laid them down on top of the adhesive. I tied some Melon Mambo Polka-dot Ribbon from Stampin' Up! around and into a bow on the front of the cover. I then applied 2 coats of 'Scotch Guard Fabric Protector' spray to help protect the ribbon from dirt and stains (purchased in the craft isle at Walmart).

I love how when I open up the book, I can see the splashes of color from the ribbons through the plastic. For the back cover of the book, I cut a piece of chipboard to the same size as the cover. I cut some fuchsia pink and white polka-dot paper (purchased from Hobby Lobby) and covered the inside and outside of the chipboard with the paper. I punched holes through the covers and pages with my Crop-a-Dile punch and added some silver rings to hold it together.

I love this little book...it's a great way to keep track on my plans for the blog each week and a fun 'journal' to look back on as the year goes on.

I am excited about this new blog - I have a lot of fun thoughts and plans and with the kids back into school now, I'm excited to get posting more!

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On another note, it's the beginning of a new month...September! I love this time of year...fall is my favorite season! Bring on the cute fall clothes and boots, football games, falling leaves, crisp air...I love it all!

A few Inspirational Finds that I want to share that I'm loving...

SPARK EVENT! 
Have you signed up for this? It looks amazing! I love and admire each of these girls and I think what they are doing is such an awesome idea - I'm sure the event will be nothing short of amazing! Be sure to check it out and register!

Studio Calico September Kits:
Love these! And I love their stamps like crazy!! Check out their kits before they are gone for the month!

Stampin' Up! Holiday Mini Catalog:
The Holiday Mini Catalog went live on Sept. 1 and you can now order from it. Lots of amazing goodies in there...beautiful new jewelry (so loving this) and new digital scrapbooking - wow! You can check it out at my site, download the PDF and place orders all from the above link. So cool!

Hero Arts Blog:
This place always makes me smile and has so much fun stuff going on! Bookmark it for your daily inspiration! Their new Cling Mounted Stamps (AMAZING!) and their Holiday catalog are out and you can order from them now! I think this and this are new favorites!

There are a few for you today. Have a great Wednesday!