Sunday, January 27, 2013

Color Inspiration

Love is certainly in the air- I see it everywhere I look. Red hearts are popping up in all the stores and their are tons of love inspired crafts and treats gracing the boards I follow in Pinterest. And how inspiring is love! I've actually discovered a new love recently- one that has been inspiring a lot of my card creations and craft projects as of late- my new love is for a color combination.

I just can't get enough of red and blue, with a possible splash of aqua and pink thrown in!! I even see those colors dancing together when I close my eyes at night- they are truly perfect together!

I do love my patterned paper and I have loved the heck out of one collection in particular these last few weeks- Lucky In Love by My Mind's Eye- and how appropriately named it is!

The color combinations and trendy patterns have just put me in swoon and I just can't get enough- I have made about a dozen cards with it, and pairing up Lucky in Love with some of my favorite vintage Valentine Die cuts has been so much fun. I have to say, I am particularly proud how this set of cards have turned out.

It's funny how we can find the greatest inspiration in the most unlikely of places- but then again love is powerful!







Monday, January 14, 2013

Life Certainly is a Balancing Act

Lately I've been trying to find meaning in my life, I think everyone needs a sign once in awhile to remind them that they are doing OK. My family and I finally made it to church on Sunday after a long, long lapse. Of course, church was a bit more filled--filled by people like me who have decided to make yet another resolution. I suppose the Minister is used to this January surge in the congregation and I suppose, although I'm not sure,  everyone there feels very similar at this time of the year--so probably most people were nodding their head in agreement throughout the sermon. The Minister,who is very modern and likes to use video clips to enhance his sermons, chose one that struck a deep cord in me.  It basically was an analogy for our hectic everyday lives, of a man who was balancing plates and trying to keep each of his plates from slipping and crashing to the floor. There was a plate for his family, job, parents, exercising, etc. By the end of the video the poor guy was sprawled out on the floor in exhaustion after trying to keep his complicated life in balance. Needless to say, I can relate.


 I know I'm not the only one who can become completely overwhelmed by their life--by this complex balancing act of family life, spiritual life, creative life, etc that we have created for ourselves. I'm starting to think that maybe the real secret is to embrace that craziness- instead of trying to find a solution to it- because that is life after all and is so much better than the alternative. So from this day forward throughout the year of 2013 I plan to Carpe Diem the heck out of everyday! Ok-life may be crazy but there is no sense standing around complaining about that, instead I'm going to use that time to live my life!



Something I've been spending my time doing is putting some paper crafts together to celebrate Valentine's day and I will be listing them in my brand new Etsy store sometime before the end of January! It's something I've been playing around with for a long time but have always managed to convince myself that I just don't have time for it--well, now I am going to make time for it and embrace the craziness that will come along with that decision!


Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Off to a good start!

I don't know, maybe I'm still riding a high that you can only get when you are still coming down off of a vacation, but so far 2013 is really off to a great start! I'm very hopeful that this is going to be a great year and I'm going to finally stop banging my head against the wall and start seeing some progress in a few different areas of  my life.



Planning some great stuff to share right here on this blog too and am so looking forward to bringing that to the blogsphere. For now thought I would share some frosty vintage images since it is January and Winter is definitely in the air.