Gabie's Composition Notebooks

Kindergarten here we come!!!.

We have waited two extra days to start school, Fay the clumsy storm has messed with us a little bit, and has kept our little ones waiting impatiently to start school. Notice how I say this sarcastically, because my little one has really enjoyed staying home the extra days.

In my continuous effort to motivate her, I have done many of the necessary and not so important things for her to have a great experience in Kindergarten. So, besides buying her the mandatory uniform, and the not so important collection of High school musical book bag, lunch bag, water bottle, pencils, folders and many more, I decided we could decorate those funny looking composition notebooks. She was super excited and couldn't  wait to see the finished results. Unfortunately, she had to go to bed, and will only get to see them tomorrow.

I wasn't sure about it at first, because I didn't know if the teachers were going to object to it, but I did it anyways. I kept a backup, just in case, and also decided to keep the same color background, just to keep it looking like a composition notebook.

Simple enough, I collected my supplies, and took out my #1 friend in the scrapbooking world, The Champion of MY heart" ... My XYRON, machine...

I used a black and white pinstripe paper,  ( to keep the similar background) and some cute school related stickers by Me and my Big Ideas, and Sandylion. I will wait to see if the teachers allow her notebooks to be decorated, and if so, I will then get really creative. For now, this will do, Hopefully Gabie will like them too.

Just wanted to share these....

I fell in love with this cute invitations when I saw them in the Sizzix website, and wanted to share them with everyone, and of course I can't wait to start making my own variation of these. I will post some of mine soon. Also I am in the process of planing a huge Birthday Party, and my friend is debating between two themes, Nemo and WoW, WOW WubbZY !!!!, I Hope she chooses Nemo, my mind is filling up with thousands of great ideas. Can't wait to start working on those invites....

It's just what I love.... Bazzill Bling...

I have experimented with all sorts of different papers,
I Love vellum, handmade papers, cardstock, texture cardstock,
many different brands, and I still can't get over how beautiful
everything looks when I use Bazzill.
It's so perfect in every sense, It has the right thickness
to be folded (for my cards, little boxes, etc...) and so many
different colors and textures to play with, I have been in love
with it since it first arrived in the scrapbooking stores.
My favorite is the bling, it has the right amount of sparkle,
to make any handmade card, page layout, or even party favors.



This are invitations I made for a 15th Birthday Party. The theme was Cinderella, and the Bazzill Bling Cardstock came in 1st Place when I was choosing the paper for this invites. With it's  perfect amount of sparkle, the invitations turned  out like they came out of a fairytale.




A cardstock flower embellished with a small crystal, was used as part of the decoration, and at the same time, it kept the invitation closed, when the silver cords were nicely tied around it.





I always use vellum to print out all my invitations, it gives them that extra special touch of elegance.

Matching Party Favors and Decorations

To continue with the theme of the Invitation (Baby Clothes), I created a centerpiece made with a large galvanized tub, with wooden sticks I made the clothesline, handmade little Baby clothes, and a tiny teddy bear was used as accent in most decorations. The chocolate bars were personalized, in the back with the mom, and dad's name and also the Baby Shower's date. This was also 3 dimensional and hand decorated.The cake topper, was made also using the same galvanized aluminum tub, but in a much smaller scale, and for this one I used a handmade cold porcelain Baby, surrounded by bubbles, tiny rolled towels, and miniature decorations.

My very first invitation

This invitation was created for a very special occasion, a Baby Shower. One of life's most special events. An invitation is the first impression of a party yet to come. It will let your guests know, that your party is a special event indeed. Imagine receiving this delicate invitation, with a hand stamped / embossed baby outfit, accented with little 3D flowers, a precious border and delicate ribbons. It will make an unforgettable first impression. Creating invitations like this one, has become my passion, personalizing each little detail to my costumers events. Creating special themes, matching all decorations, party favors, centerpieces, baby albums, announcements, cake decorations, to the invitation is my specialty.