a new fave...

Pebbles - and I'm not talking about a bunch of little rocks, but this. Good stuff. I've been noticing it around more and more lately. That cloud paper came in my Studio Calico kit and I decided I needed to 1) get more & 2) investigate the brand for other must-have papers. I was so excited by what I found on their website that I ordered up a nice little pile of goodies. Complete impulse buy. My stash came yesterday and I have been playing ever since. Here's what I've made so far.

That's me in the photo on the right. These photos are from our vacation in 1972 at a place in PA we went to every year. (Told you I've been digging through the old photos.) I broke a cardinal sin of scrapbooking on this one and used the actual circa 1972 photos. I just loved the color & quality and those rounded edges. I confess I wanted instant gratification. (I also happen to know there are others just like it in an album.) My dad took thousands of pictures of us - but I don't doubt he'd have hissy if he saw this. (just look away Pop!)

Also found some photos of our 'old' house' - the first house Dan & I owned together. It was actually old - an old Dutch Colonial and I loved it. It was just too small for our growing family. We had some really happy times there. I've been wanting to make this album for a long time, now it's finally on my desk:

Aren't those happy colors? I focused on the details - the little things I loved about that house - here's the interior:

I took most of these photos for a circle journal I did back in 2006. Glad I saved them. By the way, this is mostly the Pebbles "Tree House" line. I added some American Crafts Thickers & chipboard shapes. Some smaller letter stickers by Cosmo Cricket. Small word stickers by Studio Calico and October Afternoon, and I gave my new Studio Calico label stamp a work out. The album is Maya Road.

So that's me for today. How about you - have you been enjoying all the lovely CHA sneaks? I am absolutely loving the new Maya Road stuff and the new Crate lines. Don't even get me started on the new Studio Calico stuff on the way. Anyone going to CHA? I came really close to going this time, for the first time. Chicago is one of my most fave places on the earth, but I decided against it. I've got my sights set on the winter show, though :)