Pink Ninjas!

THIS was fun! i was tickled uh, PINK a few weeks ago when i "discovered" The Pink Ninjas. they are all ADORABLE, i love their blog banner/logo, "disguises", kits, and prompts! i missed the inspired by Elsie & Kawaii prompts (damn!) but was eager to play along with prompt #29: resolutions/blk & white photo & "pink twist"- sticker alphas.

i had/have many, many goals & resolutions for 2010. i picked just one of them: to finally start writing the novel i've been thinking about forever now.

the photo here is a picture of my resolution, as i wrote it in my journal :)
i used:
- october afternoon "tea towel" and "cookie jar" papers
- october afternoon "daydream" journaling cards
- american crafts vinyl "vera" thickers
- the distressed yellow is paper studio
- the orange chart is love, elsie

2010 Scrap Goals

i have SO many goal, dreams, ambitions, inspirations for 2010, in every aspect on my life. i'm particularly driven in my scrapping and crafting and have set a few big goals to achieve & maintain.

1. 12 on the 12 year-long album

i posted this in the young scrappers thread, an idea i saw in Simple Scrapbooks about 2 years ago. the concept is to take 12 pictures on the 12th day of each month, all 12 months of the year. i love the idea of this! and it will be fun to have an ongoing album to work on once a month. i'm very excited to start next month and hope some of my young scrappers will join me! (*wink*)

2. work on my childhood layouts

i have done a handful of layouts of me as a child over the years (literally like 10, tops) and lately i find myself reminsicing about random things from my childhood i loved ("babysitters club" books, the park behind our old house, "saved by the bell", all my gymnastics training, etc..) and finding myself really wanting to capture the memories on layouts- whether i have photos from it or not. things i enjoyed, my favorite clothes, elementary-highschool, summer vacation memories, etc. with my son growing so fast he will be in school before i know it (in 2 years! eek!) i would really like to have my school years documented in some way.

3. princess party albums!

i dont think ive ever mentioned on the young scrappers thread but last april for my birthday (after a solid year of planning) 3 of my BFFs flew in and joined myself and other BFFs here in town and we had an ELABORATE Disney Princess themed party. we all wore costumes (i was Jasmine, Heather was Belle, Britty was Cinderella, Taylor was Tinkerbell, Tina was Snow White, J was Aladdin and our son was Dopey) we decorated the living room like a ballroom, had a castle cake made, had food, great drinks, i made princess dress shadowboxes, the works. the night before i hosted an all *PINK* baking party, again i decorated the house within an inch of its life (all pink) we all wore pink, maked xrated cocktails, and baked a dozen or so cupcakes each, each decoarted as our particular Princess.

they were in town for 5 days or so and needless to say we took HUNDREDS of pictures of each party, of each diff Princess themed outfit we wore, shopping at Tiffanys and Juicy, we even exchanged massive Princess goodie/SWAG bags. for xmas all last year i got each girl TONS of the great Jolee's stickers of their princess. i got Heather and myself the 12x12 pink album with all the princesses on it and Britty the 8x8 pink album with the Cinderella sketch on it.

but heres the deal: Heather and Britty dont scrap.

so ive promised them i will make their albums as i make mine. which THRILLS me, bc i loved the event, i love all the products, i cant wait to play around make each album different for each one of us. but that means printing hundreds of pics 3 times over and really banging this project out! its a big undertaking but im really, very excited for it! (another reason im dying for the [pink] cricut- all the Disney carts!)

heres just a couple of party pics, since i havnt shown my YS girls before:

Me and Taylor (Tinkerbell)

all of my Jasmine presents from my SWAG bag!

so expect to see many a Disney Princess and Little Leigh layout soon on 2peas! :)
happy new year girls!

xoxo
Leigh

autumn splendor

i love fall. the weather. the fashion- boots, trench coats, pea coats, tights in every color. pumpkin candles. long fall walks. the foilage. pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING. something about hot tea and studying makes the whole college experience feel totally, perfectly collegiate. and my very favorite places to head off to this time of year: williams sonoma, pottery barn kids and pottery barn. SIGH.
although i LOVE to plan seasons/holidays in advance in my head (wardrobes, presents, decorations, events of the season, and so on) i like to experience the seasons/holidays thoroughly, as its own. so for me, October is all halloween. then come November i get hit fully by the fall bug. i love to decoarte the house with leaves, scarecrows, hay, the whole she-bang. then come Black Friday i'm in full time christmas mode.

RIGHT NOW:

- i've caught my regular, like clockwork "November in NYC" travel bug. bless Heathers heart for putting up with me.
- looking so, so forward for a week outta town around thanksgiving. shopping, eating out, crafting, seeing my BFF. i'm putting together a great thanksgiving meal and fun decorations. i so live for the holidays.
- i'm shopping for amazing fall pieces for myself and a whole fall wardrobe for CRL. which i L-O-V-E to do. aiee!

- i'm on a MISSION to find all of the new "vintage findings" halloween, fall, winter, christmas kits. Michaels better watch out.

Walkin' Tall Agianst The Rain

..Victory is within the mile. Almost there, dont give up now..
so much inspiration. so many big dreams.
big things for me comming SOON.

eye candy :)

Joie De Vivre

So i've joined the masses, here i am blogging :) i'm all but done with "social network" sites so this is where you'lll find me, stuff i think is cute, updates on MTPC! :)