Friendship Blog hop!

Hello, hello.  Happy new week.  We at Scrapbooking from the Inside out are having a blog hop all day today  and ending tomorrow, Tuesday May 17th 5pm eastern time.  

The blog hop this time is all about friendship, so each of the team members will be sharing a layout done with  the May Friendship kit, and their layout will be about....................friendship:)  At the end of the hop, one lucky winner will receive the above mentioned kit all for their very own. 

 Now that is what I call a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  Sorry for the cheesyness.

If you are just starting out on my blog, be sure to start from the beginning over on Melissa's blog then you can hop on along to all the others.

Now is the part where I share one of my Friendship layouts.  I have made many good friends through  the online scrapbooking community.  I have been very privileged  to meet many of them and get to know them very well.  One in particular would be my friend Vanessa.  A few months ago me and Kara took a trip to see Vanessa in her home town and also meet up with Mandi.  This was an extra special occasion because Vanessa just had opened her very own, beautiful coffee shop "The Green bean"  

It is always great to have some very inspiring friends in your life, they help to remind you that dreams can come true and that if you put your all in it well then you will get back that plus more.  I truly admire Vanessa and how she has worked on bringing and  still works on bringing her dreams to fruition.  She is a young, talented entrepreneur, and I find that to be so inspiring.  These are the kind of friendships I love to surround myself with, ones that push you  don't hinder you.

Now go on, hop on over to Diane's blog:)  AND have a great Monday!

NJ and a layout

On Friday me and my friend went to NJ to see Beirut.  It was a very interesting trip in deed, only an hour and some change away from us here on Long Island  but a different world for us it seemed.  I am not gonna get into it, not in the mood to offend anyone but perhaps it was the Friday the 13th and its supersticious elements. Or the New Yorker in me that is sometimes biased:)

*me and Sara on the way to show*

Later that evening we went and saw Beirut playing at Welmont Theater and it was amazing!  The opening act was equally as good, she appeared to be a one woman act by the name of  Lady Lamb the Beekeeper.   

*Beirut from way up high but still good*

After the show we strolled on down to some bar, it was a strange bar but there were some local bands playing.  One of them was a  band called Black Water which we sort of befriended and got a ride home with.  I always love going to new places and checking out what their music scene happens to be like and Friday night was one of those nights.  Of course we love meeting and chatting with new people as well, so double score.  One of the guys there had this crazy car that was painted to look like some sort of Tim Burton character, I tried to snap a picture with it and this was all I got................

Yup that is me trying to get a picture with his car, see my crazy face?  You get the idea:)

All in all it was an interesting evening as usual.  When me and Sara have an adventure, we have an adventure.  On to the next one, next time.

Rolling along with the subject of friends, here is a layout I made with the Scrapbooking from the Inside out May kit. In this layout I used a picture of my sister and I back when I was probably around 3 years old.  My sister and I have an 11 years age difference and only started becoming real close when I hit my twenties.  Well let me take that back, our relationship has changed from me being the baby of the family to me being of equal to her.  We talk about a lot more things, go shopping, the movies, travel and just have nights where we watch movies and drink wine.  I cherish time with her and our true friendship.  It is one that will last a lifetime no matter what.

The kit this month is full of mellow, pretty colors.

My favorite item from this kit has to be those pink Thickers.  I love the font of them oh so much and could have used them on everything! Loved it all:)

I will be back tomorrow with a Friendship blog hop for SFTIO!  Prizes to follow.

I am back, well at least I think:)

 Hello, hello!  Well this is the third time that I am writing this blog post, it keeps erasing on me, boo.

First of all I wanted to wish all of my friend's who are moms out there a Happy Mother's day!!!  I hope you have a wonderful day or have had a wonderful day.  The weather here is super nice and well my dad happens to be an amazing cook, so all in all we are having a good day.

I am trying to play catch up here on the internet.  My Bloglovin is crying for attention, I have almost 1200 posts to catch up on but probably will only get around to those of my friend's.  I was sick for almost two weeks with the most horrific cold that left me feeling no interest for pretty much anything except laying around and reading.  Reading books was always my favorite thing to do and I let it slide out of my life, so to reconnect with reading has opened my eyes to how much time I had wasted on the internet.  So I am just gonna find a nice balance and continue on with it.

This past  Friday we celebrated our friends Melissa and Jerry's wedding.  They are the epitome of a strong relationship, both have been thrown such detours these past few years and have pulled through, chins up.  Her maid of honor summed it up in one sentence, "Melissa has a way of making you feel like the most important person in the world" So very true.  They were chosen for a new show that will air on the WE network called "Marry me NYC"  The location was the Brooklyn Bridge Park set between the breath taking Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan bridge.  The weather was gorgeous and the guests were so much fun.

  

There was Greek dancing, a photo booth, great food, great conversation and an after reception adventure.

My night started off with a Margarita 

 And ended with me sleeping at a table at some bar somewhere in Brooklyn.  I think that equals a great time.

 

With posts like these I can go on and on uploading lots of photos.  But I  will just be adding them over on my Flickr, its less work:)

Now for something that I am 8 days late on.  On May 1st Scrapbooking from the inside out launched their newest kit for the month of May.  This month it was all about Friendship and the kit was full of pretty colors, and new scrapbook lines. Its a kit that you should get your hands on.

Here is a layout(one of 5 that I made with it)

Carrying along with the Friendship theme I did this layout about new friends and old friends.  Last year we celebrated my friend Melissa's(same girl who just got married) wedding.  At her get together I was able to connect with people I knew and people I have never met before.  We had one thing in common, we were all celebrating one special girl, Melissa and her thirtieth birthday. These are the sort of occasions I live for.

Well it was nice reconnecting on my blog, I promise to be back more often. It has been a busy month! More soon.