October Mini

Hi friends!

Those of you who follow me on Instagram, know I take WAY too many Instagram photos, but it is such a fun and easy way to document life's daily adventures. I figured creating a mini album would be a fun way to document some of my favorite Instagrams from the month!

Here's the cover of my mini...

I love the gold washi from our October Embellishment Add-On Kit.  (I know I'm not alone!). I like how it looks like gold leaf on the chipboard frame. AND those gold glitter Thickers? Super FUN!

 

Be sure to check out the other Design Team projects over on the Hip Kit blog here and if you don't have your hands on the October Hip Kit & Add-On Kits? You'll want to check those out here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you a happy & creative day...

xoB

Home Sweet Home

One of the things I'm most thankful about is the happy home I share with my fabulous husband and our big, hairy beastie, Miss Griffin. I created this mini album from the Hip 2B Square September Embellishment Kit in honor of our little home sweet home...

A bit of acrylic craft paint in bright, fun colors and some fun bits of patterned papers, chipboard, trims and miscellaneous embellishments was all it took to transform the naked chipboard album from Maya Road.

Now I just need to snap some photos of my favorite things around the house!

xoBC

a Mini for Monday...

Hi friends!
Here to share a mini album that I'm getting ready to send off to my dear, dear friend Joanna...

Her sweet baby girls were born in April...and isn't this Rub On perfect with the two little duckings?! I used products from October Afternoon's 'Ducks in a Row' line. Love. It. The green Houndstooth & the cute little yellow ducklings are just adorable!

I love Rub Ons...but can't stand stubborn Rub Ons. You know what I mean? The ones that won't come off the backing, no matter how hard you press on it or how many times you rub over it!?! October Afternoon makes great Rub Ons...they go on nice & smooth, just like butter. And, they're so very cute, to boot! I used Rub Ons to spell out the girls' names too, but those are from Jenni Bowlin. Her company makes great Rub Ons too! (OK...how many times can one say 'Rub Ons' in one post!? Apparently a lot.)

                     

                       

I'm off to the Post Office now! Thanks for visiting & have a very happy day...

xoBC

Aloha, sunshine!

The sun is shining...and the temperature is rising! Time to peel off the socks & paint the toenails! Here in the Pacific Northwest we've been (somewhat) patiently waiting for summer to arrive. While we've been longing for the sun to come out for more than 15 minutes at a time, I've pulled out some old vacation photos & been working on mini albums. Revisiting memories of warm sunshine, clear blue water, beautiful sandy beaches & tropical drinks. I can almost hear the waves & smell the suntan lotion!

The first mini album I've been working on is of our trip to Maui, in June 2009...

Have you made a paper bag album yet? That's what this one is. A mini album made out of paper lunch sacks. I've made a few of these paper bag albums...they're really fun! On a couple smaller ones I've made, I stitched a stack of bags together, but for this one, I choose to just use two rings. For this album, I used a mish mash of older papers & embellishments. Some from Making Memories' Great Escape line, some from October Afternoon's Early Bird and some from My Mind's Eye's Breaking Free lines, along with some reproduction vintage postcards. All such colorful, fun products! Perfect for some Hawaiian adventures...

Isn't that the truth? Lovely memories...with my fantastic hubby...in one of our favorite places. Now that's the life!

Hope wherever you are today that the sun is shining down on you! (Or that you've found some AC, if you'd rather not deal with the heat!) I'll be back soon with some pics of the second mini album I've been working on...