Well lookey, lookey.

Nope I have not fallen off the face of the planet. I have been caught up and lost in summer going ons. Trips galore, concerts, and work away from home. I have been a busy bee I guess you would say. I hope to eventually jump back into the swing of things, update my blog more often because I truly do miss it.

For starters I have my Creative Type August layout to share. I am posting this a tad early on my blog because A) I will most likely forget to post it when it goes live on The Creative Type blog and B) this was also a sketch from Shimelle Lane's blog for this week and I wanted to share it before they move on to another sketch.

The Creative Type's August challenge was scrap your Summer Vacation(perfect seeing how I have been so caught up in Summer this year) We also had to incorporate paint or mist into our piece which is easy for me because I use water color in each layout I create. 

For the 4th of July weekend me and Will headed up to Old Sayerbrook CT to celebrate with some friends.  We had a great time.  One evening we took a trip to Mohican Sun which I had never been to. It was like Disney land for adults pretty much:)  This was one of many picture me and Will took at Johnny Rockets, we are known for our silly face pictures. Now to get to scrapping  the rest of our Summer vacation adventures.

Some more optimism

Life has been a strange one around  these parts as of lately. Between teeth issues(root canal today) and just spending time with friends and family during  the beginning of this Summer season, it has been hard to find the time and blog.   I know, excuses excuses:)

However I wanted to finally take the time and share more of my layouts for the June Scrapbooking from the inside out kit.   My last month!  Bitter sweet but looking forward to just scrapping once again for myself or at least without deadlines.  I wish all of you who tried out much luck, it was a wonderful team to work for and with:) 

First layout is of me as a baby(the usual, hehe)  I have so many childhood photos that I want to scrap, so I have just been taking the time at Scrapbooking from the inside out  to do just  that.  Of course when we are babies, toddlers, children there is so much optimism in our lives.  Our parents hold much of it, hopes for our healthy and happy futures.  That is what this layout is about.

Second one is pretty much a funny sort of layout.  It is a picture of me and my best friend Sara.  We tend to take lots of what I call adventures together(i.e concerts in random places)  Our friendship has become sort of a sister-ship of sorts(is that even a word?)  I know her moods, she knows mine and sometimes during our so called adventures things can get a bit crazy, perhaps a bicker or two.  However I always try to remain optimistic as soon as we hit  that road on our way to our destination that all will go well and our crazy sides will not pop up.  She would totally get the story behind that one, hehe.

mini break

Life has come along and built a mini brick wall in my way. I will be back as soon as I smash it apart.  For now I wanted to say happy Birthday to Freckled Nest!  Her blog has turned 5 years old and is going stronger every post.  Be sure to head on over to the blog and check out all the fun things going on.  Gotta love a blog full of inspiration:)

*image found here*

Farewell May.

May has gone in the blink of an eye, wow.  Hello June!  June brings the end of my term with Scrapbooking from the inside out. It is a bitter sweet ending, I have enjoyed my time on the team and working with all the wonderful kits. I have loved digging deeper into my mind to tell stories behind some wonderful themes.  I am also looking forward to getting back to scrapping just for me for awhile, and with summer comes less time to meet deadlines in my opinion.  I do however look forward to still playing along with their great challenges and gathering inspiration from their nice community.

June's kit was about Optimism.  The kit pretty, with yellows and pinks.  I enjoyed the elements, especially the hot air balloons.  I had a lot of fun playing around and exploring the topic of optimism.  I think I came up with a few great keepers and have decided that after all is said and done, I will be putting together a special album just for my Scrapbooking from the inside out layouts.  They are personal and deep and something I will only share with a few.

 A lovely kit to end my time with SFTIO.  Go and check it out and perhaps pick the kit up yourself to play with:)

And now to share the first of the 5 layouts I made with it.

In this layout I journaled about my love for the city and suburban life but my wish to live somewhere more serene.  I am optimistic that one day I will find the place for me and for now I will just live in  the moment and love the place I am in!

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.