Yesterday and Tomorrow...

Am continuing to enjoy the BPS class taught by Ali Edwards, Yesterday & Tomorrow.

This is part one of my Week Three layout assignment. We were to scrap six childhood memories within a two page format. I have finished my first page. This is turning out to be an amazing class filled with reflection and then the action of putting words to the photos. What fun I have had going through our old photo albums and looking at all the old photos, so many faded as the years have gone by. I am enjoying the simplicity of the layout design. Rather than lots of embellishments and fancy papers these layouts are simple with the focus being the photos + words. This is a project well worth my time and I believe will stand the test of time for my children and grandchildre. I hope they will know a little more about me and single moments from my life.

Enjoy your weekend...
Catherine

Once again

Prima is having a fabuloust give away!! Pop over here and take a peek. Don't you just luv these colors. You know I must admit have not been a fan or orange since the 60's baby but I may have to change my mind after looking these lovlies.

Enjoy your week end and here is hoping you find some orange in your {View}

Catherine

At the last minute I...

signed up for an online class over at Big Picture Scrapbooking taught by one of my favs, Ali Edwards. The class is called Yesterday and Today and the focus will be on me, oh yeah. I shall be making one layout a week and by the end of class will have created 12 layouts. Thought I would share the two I made today, one digital and one paper "the old fashioned way". I am trying to listen to Ali's concepts so am not doing lots of embellishing and deviating from the class formula by choice. Pictures and words.....


I must admit I do so enjoy working with paper, glue and embellisments. I love the feel and the process of putting a page together.Creating digital pages are an entirely different experience, all done on the computer. So many choices for us now a days. Lovin the process...

Catherine

Les belle fleurs...

I am so enjoying the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group...
My latest swap was to make beautiful flowers out of ribbon, paper, or fabric. I choose to make mine with ribbon. I used Midori silk satin wired ribbon for my flowers. Thes are the flowers I made for the flower swap, they are now all in the mail and I can't wait to see what beauties I shall receive in return. Such a fun...

A delightful blue silver chiffon rose with green satin leaves await her majestyThree pansies composed all in ribbon and attached to another blue ribbon for display.

I wonder if Marie had pansies in her garden at Versailles? I have been fortunate enough to walk the garden at Versaille but do not remember seeing pansies.

""Just living is not enough," said the butterfly. "One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.""
Hans Christian Andersen

Catherine

Octobre c'est ici....

October, autumn, beautiful harves colors and, of course, Halloween..

I just participated in a delightful swap with the Marie Antoinette Mail Art Group called, "Royal Treat Bags". We were to each create a bag/box for our partner worthy of Marie filled with Halloween goodies which could then be used to decorate and create for Halloween. We had to stick to a Halloween color palette and so I chose orange, gold and royal purple. Very different for moi.
Take a peek...
Orange and gold Midori paper with Royal purple Midori velvet ribbon and a deep violet pink ribbon in satin as well.
A lovely velvet rose and some rhinestone bling.

The interior of the box was lined with Dupioni silk, gold braiding and velvet flowers. The picture of Marie has been digitally altered to incorporate the Halloween theme...lol. Look at the spider dangling from her hair.

Later in the week I will share photos of the "Treat Bag" I received from my partner, don't forget to check back and see more Halloween treats.

Catherine

How can it be the last day of September?

September marks the end of summer and the beginning of autumn with it's cool air and shorter days. I, for one, am not ready for the changing of leaves and the appearance of pumkins. Too soon, say I!
September is a birthday month for our family with my sweet husband's on the 15th and our daughter, Cristina's on the 17th. Now that Cristina lives in Virgina I send little treats in the mail for her special day. I thought it might be fun to share a few of the little treasures I sent her way.
Cristina's favorite color is light aqua blue... When I was attending Creative Escape in Arizona I found the most wonderful shop, Melrose Vintage, where I found this blue birdcage which I then adorned with seam binding ribbons.

In Seattle at Nancy's Sewing Basket these little buttons were waiting to be found

And I fell in love with this pale pale blue vintage lace from the 1920s...so pretty and delicate. I had such fun wrapping up a package with little treasures for my SweetPea, Cristina.

My{View} with shades of light blue today. What color is in your {View}?

Catherine

A delightful find...

Isn't it wonderful when you unexpectedly find a little treasure? Well that is exactly what happened to me recently. I stumbled upon the most delicious sewing store but "sewing" is truly a misnomer as this shop is filled chuck full of vintage lovlies as well as the traditional fabrics one might expect. I hope you can pay a visit to Nancy's Sewing Basket. They have one of the largest "ribbon rooms" on the west coast and it is filled with beautiful satin, silk, brocade ribbons. So beautiful.

But wait that isn't all...sweet little baskets of vintage lace are sitting on the shelves randomly placed.Oh let's not forget the wall full of buttons, again many are vintage. I found some amazing pink glass 1920's buttons. Was I ever doing the happy dance.

And look at this sweetness, little stamens to add to beautiful ribbon flowers. Some new and some vintage.

I felt like I had landed in heaven...lol, what a find. I came home with an assortment of beautiful silk and satin ribbon, vintage lace and vintage buttons. How delish!

XOXO

Catherine