NSD + a stamp shop sale

National Scrapbooking Day is tomorrow.
I think that's the perfect excuse to have a sale in the shop. :)

Spend $20 or more - use coupon code 20OFF20 - save 20%. Good deal.

Hope you have an awesome scrappy weekend! I plan on working on my This is Me album, and I have some photos to slip into Morgan's school album. First, I need to clean off my desk! Plus, Studio Calico has several chats scheduled, as well as a TON of challenges to join in on. Watch the blog + message boards for more details.

Planetarium : Project Life Weeks 12, 13 + 15

May's kit, Planetarium, is now live to subscribers at Studio Calico.

Please note : at the time of this posting, these links will only work for Studio Calico subscribers. The kits will be available to the general public at 12 midnight EST tonight, the evening of April 27th.

Here's what I made this month. Clicking on the images below will take you to my gallery where you can see closeups + the products I used.

Week 12 : with the Planetarium Project Life kit, Halley's Comet Project Life add-on + Orion add-on :

Week 13 : with the Planetarium Project Life kit only :

Week 15 : with the Planetarium Project Life kit, Halley's Comet Project Life add-on + Orion add-on :

I really can't wait to see what people do with the wood veneer in Orion. There are so many possibilities, whether you have a Silhouette or not.

While you are shopping, have you noticed the mid-release Atlantic is also now available in the shop?

I was happy to snag a few of my favorite sheets of patterned paper, as well as the gold kraft + vellum. Here's a bit of what I'm expecting in my next box of happy mail :

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Have a great weekend + happy shopping!

Jamaica : a love + travel mini book

In about 5 hours last weekend, I put together a sweet + simple mini book for our trip to Jamaica in March. Before we left, I gathered a small selection of products I wanted to use and chose patterned papers to cut down and fill the inside of the red love album I purchased from Jamaica. I added a bit more red on the inside of the album, as well as white, blues + kraft to keep with a somewhat beachy feel. I'm really happy with how it turned out! And if you've seen the last few mini's I've made, this confirms that I love chunky books.

You'll notice we didn't do a whole lot besides sit by the pool, sit on the beach, eat + drink. Honestly, that was the point of the trip. Enjoy the sunshine + relax. And we had a blast!

Ready for the page-by-page tour?

The page on the left folds out when you pull on the red tab and our boarding passes are inside the flap.

2147 was our room number. Inside the glassine baggie on the right is our room key.

This arrow by Freckled Fawn.

Red heart transparency is some well loved + hoarded Hambly.

Love arrow from Freckled Fawn.

You are my fave stamp from Amy Tan roller stamp.

His + Hers stamps from Elise Blaha Cripe.

 

The tag with the Jamaica flag came from a doll we bought Morgan. I clipped it onto a small kraft baggie with a white clip that came in the January Studio Calico Project Life kit.

The page on the left was just a combination of the Studio Calico ampersand mask + Mint Julep Mr. Huey's and I used the inside white space for some longer journaling.

Thanks so much for looking! And Jamaica, please make more of these albums.

What's on your ...

I loved this prompt on Ali Edwards blog last week, via her sister. Thought this might be fun to add to my This is Me album and I wanted to share here too.

vanity : my jewelry tree + Aveda hand lotion.

perennial to do list : laundry, photograph the mini album I finished last weekend, prepare for National Scrapbooking Day (next Saturday).

refrigerator shelves : strawberries, vanilla yogurt, string cheese, apple juice and my favorite coffee creamer. Actually we are pretty well stocked now after having to toss a bit of food after a 30-hour long power outage last week.

itinerary : several birthday parties, dentist appointments, kindergarten registration and preschool graduation. I'm going to see Jillian Michaels speak in May with my sister and Daniel Tosh in June with Mark (and I'm crazy geeked about both). This summer we have two family camping trips planned and I'm really hoping the time is right to meet one of my very bestest online friends. ;)

fantasy itinerary : Fiji + New Zealand top the list as new places I'd love to visit.

playlist : Calvin Harris + Justin Timberlake via Pandora. Nearly anything with a beat that would make you want to dance.

nightstand : a lamp, Quiet + the baby monitor to Parker's room.

workout plan : 30 Day Shred has been my go-to, though 30 consecutive days is an unrealistic goal for me.

iphone : email, Instagram, Twitter, Etsy, Feedly, Target + PBS Kids.

top 5 list : sunshine, hearing Parker talk so much, taking breaks, Morgan's requests to snuggle + doing one thing at a time.

bucket list : feeling 'done' with the renovations with this house, more vacations with just Mark, surprising the kids with a trip to Disney (when they are old enough to remember and fully enjoy it) + building our dream house in a dream location.

mind : summer, as well as the kids quickly approaching birthdays + a new direction for my shop.

blogroll : Kal Barteski, Elise Blaha Cripe, Jen Kinkade, Ali Edwards, Jenny Meyerson + Pink Ronnie.

walls on your favorite room in your house : Sherwin Williams Collanade Gray covers the majority of our walls throughout the house. Even though we enjoy a modern minimalist style, I find the walls sadly bare and I'm hoping to find the courage to commit to a plan to cover the enormous wall in our living room with photos + prints.

liquor shelf : Bailey's, Malibu, peppermint schnapps, Chambord, Triple Sec.

last credit card statement : Morgan's last preschool payment, airline baggage charges + lawncare services.

screensaver : blah blah boring black screen.

tv every night : The Voice is the only show I've been watching with any regularity. CNN has been on a lot this past week.

Planetarium sneaks

Hmm, so apparently I called Studio Calico's Spencer's kit my favorite Project Life kit so far. Well I'm already changing my mind. Planetarium just got bumped to the top of the list. If you are interested in what kits I used this month - I got the Project Life kit, Project Life add-on kit and Scrapbook Add-on 1, Orion - and completed three new spreads. Here are a few sneaks while we wait for the full reveal at midnight on the 27th. You can see peeks of all of the kits in a slideshow here.

What exactly made these kits so awesome? First of all, the colors. Lots of yellows, blues, orange and a bit of pink. Very fun. The sneak below is from my spread using only the Project Life kit. The 3x4 card on the right side is a letterpress card and it was so hard not to hoard that little baby.

Lots of other little unique bits too - like the paper clips and tiny gold sequins - both found in the Project Life kit. The "Because when you stop and look around this life is pretty amazing" stamp below is in Orion, Scrapbook add-on kit 1.

Something else I loved is the journaling cards continue to be double-sided, but this month, the reverse side is the same as the front, but in a different orientation. Perfect if you use the other Project Life page protector styles and need a combination of vertical and horizontal cards. Again, the journaling cards below are from the Project Life kit. The Pink Paislee / Heidi Swapp aqua letters and numbers are also in Orion (scrapbook add-on 1).

Probably the most unique piece of the kits I played with was found in Orion. A full sheet of wood veneer with an adhesive back. I ended up using mine in the Silhouette, cutting several of the cut file designs that will be available in the digital shop at reveal. I made the raindrop card below, a little peek-a-boo pocket, so you will be able to see through the drops to the following week.

See anything you have to have? I'll share my full layouts on Saturday just after the subscriber reveal at noon EST.