tree top trekking.

I promise everything on this page is straight in real life.

When my friend and I went to Canada over Memorial day weekend, one of the adventures we went on was Treetop Trekking. It was easily the most terrifying thing I've ever done in my life and over and over I kept telling her I couldn't continue, I wanted to quit, there's no way I could make it, yet somehow I did. I just kept going through every terrifying obstacle until we were done.

The pictures don't even do the obstacle course justice - and we were on one of the easier courses. You literally balanced on a tight rope and hopped on swinging logs and zip lined and crossed net bridges for two hours. 

I used the Sketch N Scrap sketch #120 for this page. Instead of two bigger photos, I stacked my smaller photos.

supplies
patterned paper: Crate Paper (Hello, Love); Studio Calico
chipboard: Bella Blvd
die cuts: Elle's Studio
washi: Teresa Collins

say hello to summer.

Labor day weekend last year we rented a pontoon at our local reservoir and spent the day on the water. The weather was perfect and we all had a great time.

I used inspiration from City Crafter's challenge to use the world 'hello' in your project + Paper Issues stash busters challenge. I got the My Mind's Eye By the Sea collection last summer, along with Fancy Pants Making Waves and Echo Park Summer Party and I've hardly used any of it. I love it all and want to use it all up on my pages but at the same time I want to save it all. I was able to use a good bit of the MME on this page and I'm going to try to continue with this stash busters challenge and use some more of my summer collections :)

hello Hunks.

My friend and I went to a Hunks show, I think in 2015. We were mild mannered but there were so many wild ladies there. It was hilarious. I'd been to a Chippendales show quite a few years back but my friend had never been to anything like this. We were cracking up the entire time.

I used the January 1 Let's Get Sketchy sketch + Paper Issues January Take 5 challenge. I used pink, grey, black, silver, patterned paper, washi tape, chipboard, and a tag/label sticker. Everything is from the Simple Stories Love and Adore collection except the washi tape (Doodlebug) and the silver heart stickers (Studio Calico).

Thanks for looking!

celebrate.

My cousins at their senior night earlier this school year. Can't believe they're graduating!

I used the January 1 Stuck?! Sketches for inspiration for my page.

supplies
patterned paper: Pink Paislee; My Mind's Eye (Yes, Please)
journal cards: My Mind's Eye (Yes, Please)
washi: Studio Calico; Freckled Fawn
flair: Fancy Pants (Atwell)
stickers: Freckled Fawn

loved.

One last page for 2016! This was our Christmas card that we sent out to friends and family. It is my favorite engagement picture!

I was inspired by the Let's Get sketchy December week 4 sketch.

Thanks for looking and happy new year!

supplies
patterned paper: Studio Calico (gold stripe); Elle's Studio (green tree); Doodlebug (heart); Bella Blvd (black text)
enamel dots: Teresa Collins
die cut pieces: Elle's Studio; Bella Blvd (CHRISTmas);

Stitch Fix #16.

I kind of can't believe I've done this 16 times! So for the winter, I set up monthly automatic Fixes and I forgot this one was coming so I didn't write a note to my stylist. Luckily for me, Britt has been with me since (almost) day one and she knows me very well.

Tea N Rose Jonn striped cardigan - size medium - white $48

 

This is the softest thing I've ever touched. I want to wear it every day.

Lila Ryan Liza colored skinny jeans - size 8 - dark pink $98

I think $98 is pretty pricey for pants but it seems every pair I get from SF is $98. I loved the color of these first and foremost and they fit perfectly. They are soft and stretchy and I love them.

Papermoon Burkett lace detail knot top - medium - black $48

I don't think one can ever have too many black tops. Especially with pretty lace details like this.

RD Style Rockdale colorblock pullover sweater - size medium - tan $68

I don't like this sweater but it was cheaper to keep it and get the 25% discount for purchasing all five items than it was to send it back. The struggle is real. Anyway. It has these slits all the way up the sides (halfway to my armpits) and I think it's too flowy that it makes me look pregnant. Not the look I'm currently going for. Possibly in a size small I would like it better.

Zad Martini Mini layered metal cuff $28

I'm probably going to check off no more jewelry because she keeps sending me expensive necklaces but I did keep this cuff. I like bracelets and wear them sometimes. Generally I'm just a necklace girl but this is cute and multi-metal will make it versatile.

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Father's Day 2016.

I'm getting a few more layouts done for 2016. This one is for the Let's Get Sketchy December week 1 sketch + this month's challenge at Picture This! to use shapes. I used stars.

My picture is an Instagram college my brother posted this summer. He and my dad and grandpa always go golfing on Father's day. I used all Elle's Studio papers and die cut pieces. Even though I used items from different collections, everything coordinates.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Elle's Studio (Sunny Days)
die cut pieces: Elle's Studio (Sunny Days; Little Moments)
alpha stickers: SN@P! by Simple Stories

joy.

My brother moved to Ohio with his girlfriend this fall (I know. It's crazy) and they went last weekend to see the lights at the Columbus zoo.

I'm entering this in the Anything Goes challenge at The Paper Girls + my inspiration was the December mood board at Paper Issues. Here is the mood board:

I really liked the black and white and red color scheme and I was drawn to the Christmas tree pillows. So I used a lot of black and white with some red and green and added die cut trees. Here is my page:

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Fancy Pants (Millie & June); Illustrated Faith (Borders)
die cuts: Elle's Studio; Illustrated Faith (CHRISTmas)
journal cards: Elle's Studio

Love & Theft.

Finally getting this concert scrapbooked from last October! I used some of my new Crate Paper Heart Day collection - it's fitting for these two hotties - and mixed in some of last year's Crate Paper Hello, Love collection.

The sketch is #253 at Sketches in Thyme.

I first saw Love & Theft a couple years ago when they opened for Gary Allan. Not only are they smokin' hot... I really like their music too :) I got free tickets to go see them last October and dragged my boyfriend along with me. He didn't enjoy the show as much as I did....

supplies
patterned papers, die cuts, stickers: Crate Paper (Heart Day; Hello, Love)

good cheer.

Today my boss took me to another facility to work. It's over an hour drive one way and it makes a long day. But I got to see a patient I hadn't seen in three years and he told every one he ran into that day how I saved his life.

Back on December 5, 2013, without going into too many details, I discovered an abnormal heart rhythm on this guy. He'd been having symptoms off and on for two years and couldn't get anyone to listen to him. I did some tests and told him he wasn't going to work the next day. This patient remembers every detail, everything I said to him, everything I explained to him, every single thing that we went through that night, he remembers it all. He said, "I was making $10.58 an hour and you said, 'Not tomorrow you aren't' and you wouldn't let me go to work."

I wrote him a pass to be off work that next day and told him that I wanted him back at 7AM to see the provider when he came in. He said, "You told me you weren't leaving in the morning until I got back down here and the doctor came in." and it's true, I wasn't going to leave.

Sure enough, when the Dr came in that day, we sent the guy to the ER.

You meet a lot of ungrateful, self entitled jerks in the healthcare field. Especially when you work at a prison. You meet a lot of patients who don't know how much you do, how much of your knowledge you use, how much of their outcome depends on you - as the nurse. But to talk to this guy, and see tears in his eyes, and hear how grateful he was for ME... it made my heart happy all day.

When I got back to town, I went to Panera to grab something for dinner, still thinking about that guy and the events from three years ago. One car was holding up the line and I waited over 12 minutes to pay for my food, but when I pulled up to the window to pay, the cashier told me that the person in line behind me had paid for my food.

and when two awesome things like that happen in one day, you have to preserve that memory.

This page is for challenge #36 at Challnege YOUrself and the sketch is from the Dec 15 Stuck?! Sketches.

Thanks for looking!



supplies
patterned papers: Elle's Studio; Teresa Collins (Tinsel and Company)
die cut pieces: Elle's Studio (Nov, Dec monthly kits; Joy journal tags)

Stitch Fix #15.

I just got my Fix #15! My #14 Fix I didn't even photograph - I was so busy I had to ask for an extension This Fix was a 3/5 which is pretty good for me. Here's what I got:

Lemon Tart Nanda textured V neck pull over - medium $68

 I wasn't in love with this when I first saw it and when I tried it on, I didn't fall any more in love with it. Purple is my least favorite color and this sweater just wasn't anything special.

Pistola Isobel coated skinny jean - black - size 8 $98

I asked for some coated jeans or something similar, something a little more dressy. These I loved. I received a pair of Pistola pants once before that felt like butter but were too big in the waist so I had to return them. These are definitely not too big - they run on the small side. I tried to exchange for one size up but they didn't have a size 10 available. Ultimately I am keeping them because I love them. I just can't wear them to an all you can eat buffet.

S & D Lexie suede skinny pant - medium $98

I asked for some funky leggings and suede wasn't what I had in mind, but these fit perfectly and are so soft. I love them.

41Hawthorn Queensland dolman top - black - medium $48

I didn't even get a picture with this one on. I tried it on and cut the tags off and threw it in the laundry basket.

Bay to Baubles Auden Station layering necklace $34

I keep getting necklaces and I don't really spend that much on cheap jewelry so I always return them.

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you & me.

This sketch from Stuck?! Sketches this month initially scared me, but then I remembered there was a patterned paper in my Love & Adore collection from Simple Stories that fit this sketch perfectly. When I first saw this paper in the collection pack, I wasn't sure what to do with it so this all came together for me.

We had a wedding to go to a couple of weekends ago and the lighting at the reception was so terrible that the only photo that half way turned out was this cell phone selfie :(

I added a few pieces from Elle's Studio - some of the pinks and blues coordinated with this collection. Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts, stickers: Simple Stories (Love & Adore)
die cuts:  Elle's Studio (Little Moments)

J & E

This past weekend a cousin from my dad's side got married. This photo is from their save the date card I got in the mail. I received the Simple Stories Love & Adore collection that I purchased this Black Friday weekend and wanted to use it immediately!

This page came together so quickly using THIS sketch from Let's Get Sketchy. I used the diagonal in the opposite direction, but I thought this paper was perfect for this sketch.

Thanks for looking!

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#KokomoStrong

Back in August on our way home from Green Bay, we got a phone call from my dad asking where I was because a tornado had just hit Kokomo. By the end of the night, we had five tornadoes touch down in our county. Fortunately, no one was killed, but there was devastating damage to many homes and crop fields.

The following week, Pat McAfee hosted a comedy show fundraiser in Indianapolis to raise funds for Kokomo. My friend is a huge Colts fan and immediately got us tickets. The show was very funny, he had several local celebrities come on stage, and he raised $150,000 for tornado relief funds, which is pretty amazing.

I used the most recent sketch from Let's Get Sketchy to make this page. It might be hard to tell, but the photo is the sign on the front of the building where the fundraiser was held.

Thanks for looking!

supplies
patterned paper: Webster's Pages (#Happy)
journal card, die cuts, vellum hearts: Elle's Studio (August, September monthly kits)
circle tag: Fancy Pants (Making Waves)
die cut: Jillibean Soup (Healthy Hello Soup)
alphabet stickers: SN@P!