Crop girl

One of my best friends for sure- and somebody I rarely go a day without talking to. Stephenie Hamen, who is not only fiskateer #3, but also superhero of cropping known as crop girl. She just launched a brand new blog- and I can already see how awesome it’s going to be. Can’t wait to [...]

My dear friend Stephenie was tagged by  Stephanie who was tagged by Stacy Julian and decided to tag me. 
Here are the rules…
Link to your tagger and post these 3 rules on your blog.

Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their [...]

inspired!

 downside: my wallet was stolen (long story, major bad thing)
upside: able to purchase majorly cute new spring wallet and purse from fossil outlet. Yum. So spring inspired… so ready to craft in bright spring happy colors. I think this will coordinate with some new Cloud 9 paper releasing… must check…
Happy Thursday! (new Lipstick Jungle tonight! [...]

got my laugh back.

First I must explain. Originally I had NO intention of sharing these videos with you. Being that they are largely about the ‘f word’ I have been on the fence and don’t want to offend. But I’ve got to share. First I will explain.
For months now I’ve been concerned that I’m a ‘grown up adult’ [...]

good (girl) things…

Have you ever been in the toy section and thought “I wish I had that as a kid! I want to play with that!”
This is something that happens to me on a fairly regular basis. I don’t think I’ll ever really ‘grow up’. I think I’ll always enjoy creative and imaginative play. I hope I [...]

1st

Do you ever have a feeling like something is getting ready for change, but you can’t quite put your finger on it? I’ve been shifting. Feeling a new mood coming. Wanting to play with color and get outside (but it’s raining!) and wanting to purge the house of all kinds of stuff…

and there she is. [...]

P+P update-

Hey all! Just wanted to share that the paper + pixels blog is up and will get 4 or so updates a week with projects, challenges, ideas, etc.
http://paperandpixels.vox.com/
We created a LOT of artwork for this book- and some of those pages didn’t make it into the final copy. WE had SOOO many ideas we had [...]

pb and cake…

I like happy. romantic. happy ending, smile, feel good books and movies. I just do. It’s not that I don’t like reality… it’s just that I enjoy the feel-good of a happy read or movie. So when I cracked open the book that just arrived from Amazon and found this quote I had to smile. And say I totally agree and understand.  
Janet Evanovich:
“Romance [...]

secret life of may

I’m neck deep in secrets. GOOD stuff. Some of which will be revealed on 3.1 SO, other than all-consuming secrets in my ‘bat cave’ what is up here at casa de flaum?
 Daddy said to Rebecca “Ok, so you’re barely 6 months old and you’re crawling and rolling over and all… but you’re not standing. Not walking. [...]

let her choose cake.

I want cupcakes. Lots of cupcakes.
I want pink cake.
I want cake with ponies on it. Not drawn on, real ponies ON it.
I want chocolate cake
I want cake with ice cream inside
I want princess cake
I want Dora cake
 
This is the order in which Elizabeth has asked for cake for her birthday over the last month. She [...]