paper moon ♥

It's Studio Calico reveal time!! Every month reveal seems to come quicker and quicker, I love looking at the gallery every month at midnight, the design team always amazes me. Paper Moon is a very "boy" toned kit, but I always buck against color schemes and made one girl layout as well! :) As with lawn party, I mixed up the addons (1.Star Dust) and (3. Countdown) with the main. I am in love with the smash items, love how modern and whimsical they are!! I can never have enough white cardstock so I picked up more white addon. I think the following products will work amazing with this kit too: hot dog mister huey, jbs seed packet ink pad, star rubons, state fair alpha and blue zing!

supah sonic- remember j. j. fade? no, crickets, just kidding- pretty sure they were not rapping about sonic the hedgehog!! The song was the first thing that I thought of when I printed the photo and started to make this layout, lol. S1 loves his action figures still, this is one of three sonics that he totes around the house and in the car when we are running errands on the weekends.

Supplies used: countdown addon ( how awesome is the photo strip stamp?!!-love it);pro pen; calico white mister huey;ink

reading list- trying to stick with it y'all, so I made a layout about my current summer reading list! I want to add this book to the list and start reading it immediately! :) I used a lot of bits from the stardust addon on this one.I want more of the bella blvd alpha, i love big letters!
Supplies used:bluegrass mister huey; calico white mister huey


out of this world: i love this layout, you know me and circles-I had fun with them and my mist on this layout!! S2 is so caring and she just makes my heart so full with her great spirit. I love how the SC exclusive pattern paper matches perfectly with the circles background stamp! I love the font of the American Crafts sunrise thickers, super cute (they are in the main kit)!!


I love both of the alphas released with statefair and countryside, get a $1 off now thru 6/1.

off to work on some assignment, if you want to see what inspires SC, check 'em out on pinterest!
have a great long weekend, will you be scrapping?! Thank you for stopping by, I really do enjoy reading your comments and emails. I will have a fun giveaway to share on Tuesday! xo

♥ smiles

some snippets of my week, can't believe the long weekend is almost here, squeal! :) some of the simple joys that have made my week very lovely.
1.a new bowl (had to get a couple after i saw jamaica's bebe drinking from one,love her taste in decor always), to house misc travel perfumes, always try to get samples of the ones I wear and love. 2. dc date with my sister from sunday, we finally tried z burger, verdict= tasty but no five guys, the fries were a tad spicy. We can't wait to check out the new shake shack that opened last week to see if it is as good as the original NYC location, hoping so!!! 3.loving this jean vest, it is a classic piece and I am in love with it, I have to stop myself from wearing it everyday. It looks amazing with a bright coral maxi skirt and white t-shirt, that is my latest favorite combo. 4. i love my job, had the torch run kickoff yesterday, law enforcement officers are guardians of the flame. they are running with two athletes, one of which has competed in the Boston marathon, how cool is that?! 5. NARS Nico, my current favorite daytime highlighter, adds the perfect subtle glow.
hope you are having an enjoyable week as well, xo!

into: brights

really into brights lately: nails (color on nails:Sally Hansen blew me away , skirts, t-shirts and apparently spider webs :)we are finally having some spring/summer weather and spent most of the weekend outdoors which is always great! Also made these meatballs for dinner, delish! I didn't make the sauce instead drizzled a little archer farms general tso sauce with a tad of soy sauce mixed in and left out the onions in the turkey meatballs. loved reading your comments on what you collect in your purses! :)
xo

paper moon sneaks

 happy monday, hope you had a great weekend!! I was lucky to get a little scrapping done over the weekend, so I have some paper moon sneaks to share with you! This month I picked up add ons one (star dust) and three (countdown), I love the photo strip stamp, ooh la la! :) I mixed and match both with the main, love the outcome of my layouts! I can't believe this is the last week in May, where has this month gone?!
xo

confession: beauty talk

random confession: I was reapplying my lipstick after lunch and noticed that I have way too many lip products in my bag, how many you ask? 11 really 12, i have a bad habit of throwing lippies into my bag that I wearing in the morning into my purse so I can reapply with the same one throughout the day but that leads to this, oy! I love them all but my current favorite lip combo is revlon nude attitude (001), NARS chelsea girls with a bit of MAC boy bait creamsheen gloss on top! smooches, please tell me I am not the only one with this bad habit?!! What items do you end up "collecting" in your purse?
xo

off duty combo

wheeee, another day another week begins! hope you had a wonderful weekend, moved at lightning speed as always. thank you guys for all of the suggestions for books, loved reading your comments! I am on goodreads, you can check out my previous reads here.  I am really bad about updating it but just approved a bunch of friend requests! :) Our weekend(s) in review, a few pics from mother's day included-the one below. :) s1 is looking so mature these days, almost all of his face chub is almost gone! :(


finally cashing in on some livingsocial deals, stopped by pitango yesterday for a treat, which was perfect way to beat the humidity!


no secret that me and my sister love cupcakes, finally tasted red velvet cupcakery, so GOOD! Trust me if you are in the DC, go here instead of georgetown cupcake (over hyped), no lines, nice size cupcake and perfectly DELICIOUS!

i love organizing and putting my favorite things on display. picked up this tumbler at anthropologie on serious sale. I love it!

picture taken by s1 while we waited for my cousin this weekend to move some furniture, (love how green the grass is no touch ups in PS) some of my new favorite jewelry- friendship bracelets from crewcuts!
hope you are having a fabulous monday!
xo

words=power!

so in order to keep my brain from turning into complete mush from tv habit and because I love to read!! I am setting a goal to read at least one book a month until September.  I started reading memory keeper's daughter in GASP January, haven't picked it up since, unaccustomed earth last summer GASPx2, the help is the newest addition (to the book stack) and how starbucks saved my life a bargain buy long ago. i swear i am a habitual book buyer  with the best reading intentions! I will finish one of these this month, question is which one? I will let you know, what are you currently reading?
xo

sketchY

I hope you had a great weekend! I had a really nice mother's day, truly feel blessed to be a mommy everyday. I was going to share some pictures but I lost a lot them when uploading them yesterday :(, i will share a few later in the week. love reading your comments and tweets on game of thrones, it is awesome right?! It keeps you really entertained and before you know it is done! My favorite characters so far are: Snow, Ned, Daenerys,Khal, Tyrion and the kids are amazing too!

Quick share of a layout I made for sunday's sketch on the SC blog (make a layout and have a chance to win a SC gift card, link your layout to the sketch post). I love sketches, really need to use them more.  I also love scrapping my iPhone photos (easy way to scrap everyday random photos), these were taken over christmas. Momo (mommy's dog) gets his walks pretty much like the postman delivers mail-rain, snow, sleet or hail... lol. I had fun using some of my favorite SC products from the latest release and of course a bit of hambly too! I love mixing fonts in titles  and the addy alpha is perfect for adding a bit of font flair to a title! PLUS bonny blue is my new favorite mister huey after demonstrating it in CKC Manchester, it is the perfect ocean blue color!

well off to sip on my ice black tea lemonade and get some work done!
xo

right now

happy happy friday loves, so happy the weekend is finally here! I love reading my girl, Tina currents and thought I would hop on board this week! I also have a sneak to share of my make and take for National Scrapbook Day; it will be up tomorrow, 5/7 at 6PM EST on the SC blog.! As I mention yesterday Studio Calico is hosting a bunch of DT challenges, chats and much more! The schedule will be posted here at 6PM EST today!


listening: rock mafia, the big bang- it is the theme song for mob wives, love it!
eating: fresh strawberries, afternoon snack
drinking: shaken black ice tea lemonade from Starbucks, yum-O!
wearing: coral maxi skirt, lemon pulp boyfriend t-shirt and leopard flip flops; nails: orly pure porcelain
feeling: happy
weather: sunny and breezy
needing: nothing  but wanting this polish
enjoying: celeb gossip emails from my sister
wondering: if i will make it to my facial on time in the morning, shouldn't have scheduled it so early, i never learn...lol

happy weekend and have a happy mother's day to all of the momma's, xo!

alter ego

the dares are back and it is all about your alter ego, mine is Carrie, LOVE the character from SATC and SJP,by no means do I think I look her (obviously) or have her bank roll but I adore love her style and spirit. I had tons of fun using odds and ends from Lawn Party and SC exclusive stamps. I have always loved their stamps but these are some of my favorites especially the number stamp from Lawn Party. I mixed clover and bonny blue (new favorite color)  mister huey's on the Fancy Pants Paper filter paper.

products used: kraft & pattern paper from Lawn Party; tweet rubons; phrases; countryside tags,wood veneer hearts American Crafts pen, versamark, grapefruit zing, charcoal zing, stazOn and jenni bowlin ink

So happy we are at the end of the work week! So ready for the weekend to begin! Don't have any NSD plans, celebrate with us on the blog and message boards this weekend! There will be  lots challenges, chats sketches and trivia contests on facebook and twitter  I will be hosting a chat with Kim on Sunday 5/8 at 6-7pm EST, so excited and hope to chat with you there!! :)
xo

moments v. manchester

it was a quick fun blur mixed with meeting  great people (hi to those that stop by the booth and chatted with me), eating and crashing at the hotel!! I took only two photos, oye- of course they are of  food, ha! On our last night there we ate at Tinker's, a visitor and local favorite. Lorie tacked the lobster, KP- lobster roll and me friend oysters! Notice a theme....yeah i don't like lobster. :)
xo
ps. is anyone as obsessed with game of thrones as i am??? L-O-V-E this show!