a jump start on fall

so if you go to dream street papers there is a gallery with ideas for how to use my newest paper line: SAM. i love these cards that our design team created with the SAM line. {ps, you can "scraplift" them if you want...shhh! that's what they are there for...ideas!} all you have to do is go to A CHERRY ON TOP, and buy some...and then have fun creating. now i just need a little bit of time to create some cards myself...beautiful ladies!

{sherry wright}

{danielle flanders}

{sherry wright}

{sherry wright}

it's paper time!

here is a sneaky peaky of my newest paper line: SAM for dream street papers. i'm very excited about this line. it will be great for fall, back-to-school, or just any ole' day. with owls and trees...it's too fun. we also have rubons, letters, and punch-out shapes this time. i can't wait to get this paper to play {we'll see how much i can actually get done with a new babe though}. like all my other papers, i named this after someone special in my life. baby sam came just in time to have a line named after him. i don't know much about sam yet, but i know he's destined to be great, and that little man is already another love of my life. another reason to live and to love.

blog book

i now have 2 years worth of blog books/family history! i think that printing your blog is such a treasure! i found this place called BLURB and you can "slurp" your blog into this program and create a book! it "slurps" the words and the pictures. it's awesome! i finished my 2008 book in about 4 hours {and it was 162 pages}! my kids love to look through them often, and it has cut back on some of my scrapbooking. this is such a great way to keep up to date on things happening with my family. i'm so glad that BLURB created this! so check it out!

news from cha

well, the week has come and gone, and now i have laundry to do and several responsibilities to fulfill. now i'm back to the artic zone and out of the 75 degrees...sigh. no more breakfast made to order or someone making my bed...but i terribly missed my sweethearts, and they happen to live in ohio and need much of my TLC. despite all the perks and the great time i had with my scrapbook friends, it's great to be home. we had a great week and had much success with dream street. it's so much fun to meet our retailers and to hear how our customers love our paper. one retailer told me, "dream street paper truly sells itself, it really flies off the shelves." not only was it great to meet the retailers, but to also see my good friends that i've made in this business. my co-workers {and good friends} threw me a surprise baby shower. i flew in last so they all rushed out to target to get my baby boy something before i came in town. it was so sweet of them, and i feel truly blessed to have them in my life.

here is a little list of some of the online retailers that sell
dream street:
a cherry on top
serendipity scrapbooks
scrapbook.com

*keep in mind that the new stuff won't be in stock for a couple weeks*

one more layout! i looked at this layout the whole week as i was missing my babies!

we took advantage of being in aneheim, ca and enjoyed disney land for a little bit
we had two other girls working with us through the week, but would you believe that i didn't take one picture??!! i'm still waiting for more pics...i'll post those later.

tracy took this picture of me in the shop at "frontier land"...not too shabby, huh?

and with this picture i became "the coolest mom ever" according to jack who is currently a teensy bit obsessed with star wars (even though he hasn't even really seen the real star wars). i think one of the paper companies had star wars' paper or something...i was too busy working to notice...but not too busy for a picture.

mj {i'm lovin' it}

mj
a dream street paper line
by lara ellingson

so this is my newest line. i'm very excited about it!!! we also got to do rub-ons this time! YEAH! {those are all the sayings underneath the paper}. like the rest of my lines, i named this after a special person in my life: matthew john = mj. i felt it fit him with his patriotism and recent joining of the military. i threw a heart paper in there too entitled: i {heart} you. i do love him more than i can even say. he is my best friend and favorite person in the world. i look forward to hearing him walk through the door at night because i love to be with him. i truly feel that he was made for me. i love you sweetheart. thanks for letting me pursue my dreams and for giving me wings to fly.

i took into consideration all the ideas that i received from fellow bloggers, coworkers, family, and friends. this is what i came up with: something to use for boys, girls, summertime, 4th of july, valentine's...or whatever floats your boat! i've been creating all day in order to get ready for cha {craft and hobby association}, a tradeshow in CA next week. this paper has been really easy to use.

go check out all the other fabulous lines from dream street here.

great for my active children...

cherries: a perfect match for G's swimming suit! {i know i spelled "eerie" wrong, i put up the wrong picture...i already changed it to "erie". i'm a horrible speller. when i taught kindergarten, we only had to spell words like "cat" and "mom". our hardest word was "the".}

perfect for "miss pouty face", just add a little black, and... voila!

J's 5-year-old pics. this line works great for boys or girls. i love these pics of my sweet J.

oooh, these stars were too fun! this paper works great for 4th of July too! here's a link for directions if you want to make your own too, with MJ paper of course!

a kissing ball for valentine's day...here's the link if you want to make this one too. i'm telling you, this paper is very versatile!

a candy bar treat for that special someone! this paper is much cuter than the original "symphony bar" wrapper!

a super easy valentine's card! don't you love the hearts??!!

a new line.....

****keep reading, there is a prize involved!********

twice a year, i get to design a line of paper for a scrapbook company called dream street papers. i like to name each line after someone important to me in my life. this time i chose the name CARMA - my mother-in-law's first name. she is a very important person to me, not only for the wonderful grandma she is to my children, but most importantly because she raised the most important person to me in my life, my sweet matt. i LOVE her for raising a wonderful man, and 5 other wonderful children that i not only call family, but also dear friends. if i could use one word to describe carma lee, it would be BRIGHT - thus the collection of bright colors in this line. all of my lines thus far have been created to fill a need. i wanted a cute zebra pattern, and couldn't find one...so here is what i came up with! this line was so fun to work with! hopefully you will see it in a store near you! if not, tell your store you WANT it!!!

also, now is the time for me to start my next line...but i'm a little stumped, so this is where the prize comes in. i want everyone to leave me a comment of what you would LOVE to see in your local scrapbook store that is not already there. at the end of july, i will put all the names of the people who comment on my blog into a bowl and pull out 2 winners. i will send you a goodie box full of dream street stuff! also, if you leave more than one comment, your name will go in the drawing for as many ideas as you leave! thanks, and i look forward to hearing what you are wishing to have! check back on july 21st for the winner!

i took these pictures of my neighbor's baby

our family picture on the beach

gracie and her sunglasses

swinging at the park

you have your papa's {john's} smile

my little poser

i've been having fun!

so i know that it has been all about scrapbooking lately...but that's what my life is about lately...so it works out. the first 3 layouts are from my {RUE} paper, and the 4th one is from my friend Audrey's, and the 5th from Dana's. i LOVE when this time comes around...it's totally like christmas for me..but better, b/c it's twice a year! i have some more lay outs, i just need to take some pics of them...

a sneaky peaky!

So this is a collage of my newest line for dream street papers
which is coming out at winter cha in a little over a week. as you can see, it is called RUE. as in the past, i named this after someone special in my life: my sister katie. and now you are confused, because her name is katie and not rue, but her nickname is katie rue! and rue means road in french, and i'm working for dream street...so you can see how this all perfectly ties together! katie also LOVES paris, so i gave it a bit of a parisian feel to it! some of the papers are named: beau & ooo-la-la! i think this line can be used for ANYTHING!! baby, heritage, wedding, boys, girls....just accent it with whatever color that suits your fancy! so if you know of any store owners...have them pick this line up! (and any other of the dream street lines for that matter...they are all FABULOUS!)

here a are a few projects that i've been working on with the paper! this bag if for all of my goodies from {CHA} the topiaries and {L} are for my scrap room. stay tuned for more projects from RUE!!!