Playdate with Kelly Purkey

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!!  This month we are lucky enough to have the sweet Kelly Purkey as our special guest.  To find out more about her (like to see her brand new Sketchbook 3 Class) you can visit her blog, but to start off here is a fun Q&A:

• Where are some of your favorite places to photograph from your travels?  It may sound boring, but I love taking photos on the beach.  The blue water with the blue skies just makes me happy.  Looking back at those photos always makes me smile and remember how peaceful and perfect those trips were.

• What random stuff is inspiring you this Spring?  This Spring I've really been inspired by new fabric!  I recently made a trip to Purl in Soho and picked up some beautiful new Liberty of London fabric that's begging to be used.

• What would your dream meal be on a lovely afternoon this Spring?  Eating in the park is one of my favorite things to do when it starts to warm up.  My dream meal would be tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches from 'Wtichcraft in Bryant Park. Eaten with my friends Jennifer McGuire and Nichol Magouirk, of course.

• What is one of your favorite scrapbook products right now?  My favorite product right now is my White Mister Huey's Color Mist from Studio Calico.  It is the only opaque white mist out there and so fun to use on every project.

• Do you have a favorite snack/drink combo for while you're scrapbooking?  I am constantly snacking when I scrap... I love candy (and it keeps me on a sugar high for those late nights) and right now I've got Starburst jelly beans.

See ya tomorrow to share her fun new photo prompt : )
Love, Carrie and Kelly

Your appointment with Friday

Wow!  Did this week fly by fast or what?!?  I have happily been busy preparing for my visit to Washington next week, where I get to spend a whole three weeks with my family : )  And guess what?  Today I am super excited because my sister Amber is joining us for this weeks photo prompt!!!  Here it is along with her adorable photos all the way from the Evergreen State.....

4 Days In a Row

picture one is monday-beginning of the week which means i wanna be wearing comfy shoes.  vans are tuesday when i went to volunteer at the library.  wednesday are my earth brand shoes which i got at goodwill for 7 bucks and they're 150 dolla shoes!  yeah!  wore em to the bakery.  the bogs are thursdays shoes for cleaning ponds to keep my feet nice and dry!

What a cute little peek into her world, huh?!?  Here are my photos from earlier this week.....

I couldn't decide on just one thing to photograph for 4 days in a row, so I ended up doing a self portrait, taking a pic of what was covering my legs, and photographing the same patch of flowers.

Day 1 it was cloudy, cool and overcast.  I wore my warm beannie and tights with a dress.  (A little known fact about me is that when it rains here in San Diego you will almost always find me in a dress.  Just for fun.)  And you can see that some of the flowers were either partially or mostly closed.

Day 2 was warm, so I sported one of my favorite tee shirts and some comfy jeans.  The flowers were all open soaking up the sun.

Day 3 another typical sunny day, and I decided to wear a bow in my hair.  As you can see I have my same boots on.....they're new and so I've been trying to find cute outfits to wear with them.  The moss below my feet got a little thicker, and some of the flowers started to loose their petals along with new ones that began to blossom.

Day 4 was hot, so I took shelter in the shade of a tree for my self portrait.  I wore a lacy dress and some textured tights.  The moss was thicker and more yellow, and the flowers looked pretty much the same to me as the day before, so I kinda shot through them so I could get a better feel of all the layers.

Remembering my 4 days like this is really special.  It's different than chronicling your days.  It's seeing how one thing changes over time or from day to day.  What adds variety to your days?

Love, Carrie and Amber

Project Monday

Hi everyone!  I hope you all had a nice weekend, and if you decided to play with your camera, enjoyed our last prompt : )

For my project this week, I created a 6x12 layout.....


The paper details I cut out are from an old stash of some of my favorite papers, and the background paper is newer Sassafras Lass.....I just love their Paper Crush line!  I layered a piece of 35 mm film and some trim behind the photo, added brown paint splatter, some journaling with my typewriter, sewing with hot pink thread, a small white doily, Prima flowers.....And to tie it all together, the purple and white baker's twine is from the lovely Color Me Miki's shop.


I knew I wanted my layout to be colorful and bring out all the different hues in my photo.  And that's how I remember that moment being.....when I took Nely's photo.....filled with lots of happy color!  Maybe it's one of the reason's scrapbooking is so therapeutic to me.  You can take a cold winter evening, add scrapbook product to a photo, and presto!  A colorful, happy memory!!!

If you have the winter blues, try creating something colorful today.....I bet it will help : )

And here's Nely's artsy layout (using the Pink Ninja Addicts March Kit).....

For this layout I wanted something fun to capture the "jump",  I started with a basic square layout and just added the butterflies to give the feel of motion.  Makes me happy!!  Have a happy Monday!!"

Love, Carrie & Nely

Your appointment with Friday

Hello lovely photographer's!  Nely was sweet enough to join us for another photo prompt this week, and boy do we have a intriguing one for you today!!!  They are all over the scrapbook world right now, and I'm sure an inspiration for a lot of us all the way back to their vintage roots.....the prompt for today is:

Silhouette


O.K.  So, I know I kinda cheated because only parts of Nely's pretty profile is in silhouette.  But honestly out of all the photos I took for this photo prompt, this one made me genuinely smile!  I love how the focus of the lens makes it feel......like where she was at that exact moment was truly beautiful.  At least that's what I see.....the wind in her hair, the sunset in her face, that sparkle in her eye : )  And now I have all these ideas in my head of different ways I want to take some full silhouette photos!  Who knows, I might even get to take some of them this weekend......and if I do I'll add them to our Flickr group for you to see of course <3

And can you even believe how awesome Nely's photo is!!!.....

This past Sunday I had a super fun photo shoot with miss Carrie!!  She took photos of me all day!  As the sun was coming down we decided to capture our silhouette pictures.  I love that I was able to capture this picture of Carrie in movement!  The sun was was setting and the lighting was just perfect!!  I will definitely be taking more of these!!

Love, Carrie and Nely

Project Monday

Thanks for stopping by to see our projects today!  I loved the photos from our last photo prompt so much, that I decided to use some of my favorite scrapbooks papers to create a 12x12 layout.....



When I went to make my layout, I really liked how clean the lines looked before I adhered everything together so this ended up being the first layout I've done without sewing in I don't know how long : )  To take advantage of this I mounted my photo onto chipboard so they would have a little bit of lift.  And to add even more depth, there are pop-up foamies under the heart border on the right and also the square love journaler.....





.....So pretty much this layout is most of the items below all layered together in the center of my paper.  And here are all the individual pieces I used (the Hambly Overlay and Prima Pearls are from the lovely Color Me Miki shop).....



This layout ended up being so special to me, that it is now displayed in my living room safely encased (and protected from the doggies) in a black 12x12 photo box : )

I hope you get a chance to make something you love sometime soon <3

And here's Nely's project using the current Pink Ninja Addicts monthly kit named Redemption Song.....

happy project monday!!, when making a layout for this picture, I knew I wanted neutral colors with a pop of color!  All the perfect papers and trims were in the march kit *redemption song* from Pink Ninja Addicts!  I love how the turquoise paper "pops" in the background, and it has a hint a brown to blend in with the background.  It came out simple, but perfect for me!!  hope you have a happy creative day!!

See you tomorrow for a fun new photo prompt!

Love, Carrie and Nely