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I'm a mom of 4 carving out my creative niche in a sunny little corner of the OC.
Interests: theatre, shopping, fashion, clever packaging, reading, sewing, crafts, i love scrapbooking, and color, and i have a mild addiction to handbags and iced green tea with turbinado sugar. i am a sucker for great color combos, fun containers, and stationery products of pretty much any kind.
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Love this!!! I think the skateboard wood veneer is my favorite piece. :)
New For Winter: Boys Rule
Welcome back to our second day of collection reveals! I hope you enjoyed the new Maggie Holmes collection. Based on all the comments I think those gold rub-ons were a hit! Today we are previewing one of my all-time favorite collections: Boys Rule! I adore boy collections and this one is full o...
Oooh...cork sheets in the Silhouette could be fun! If you try it, let me know how it works.
They're baaaack: scrapbooking trends making a reappearance
When it comes to trends, what goes around comes around. Here are a few products I spotted at the CHA summer trade show that hail from scrapbooking days of the not-too-distant past. I remember when slide mounts were all the rage in the early 2000s. Crate Paper debuted a fun new angle on this old ...
Agreed, Chris. I'm more likely to wax it off than wax nostalgic when it comes to mustaches. ;P
~Tami
Glasses are the new mustache
Each craft industry trade show has a few stand-out motifs..recurring images that trend across multiple product lines and manufacturers. The past couple of shows, mustaches have been EVERYWHERE, and they haven't gone away yet. But I think we may be turing a corner. Gradually shaving off the old m...
Thanks, Christine...I think it's gonna be awesome! :)
Big news for phone photography enthusiasts!
I’m super excited to finally be able tell you about a fantastic new class from Big Picture Classes… The Phone Photography Project It includes 32 days of phone photography challenges (for both iPhone and Android) from 32 expert instructors – which is awesome in and of itself, because the list of ...
My favorite booth at CHA! :)
CHA recap & a giveaway
We had such a great time at CHA. I wanted to thank everyone who stopped by our booth and made it an amazing show. I always feel so inspired after I get home from one of these shows. You can place orders on the Webster's Pages website for Sweet Notes and Composition & Color if you haven't alrea...
Not sure yet what I'll be eating for lunch, but I can guarantee it will be eaten on the beach, because that's my rule for Mother's Day this year. :)
FREE Books and a little What's For Lunch game
Happy Mother's Day! I think every mom and person alive wishes the rest of society would get on board with this rule- No Whining At Breakfast! I followed our own rules from YOU RULE and made this rule known with just a pencil and paper, er, um, paper plate. To help everyone produce their rules, ...
The hexagon mask is my favorite! :)
Hey Day Reveal
We are thrilled to reveal our newest collection here at Studio Calico! Kick off your shoes and skip into the soft morning sunlight of Heyday. Little boys and girls play in a world of balloons and butterflies, fused with warm tangerines, dreamy blues and precious pinks. Seize the splendor of eve...
What an inspiring space! Great job! ! :)
~Tami
Reorganized scrapping space!
I'm excited about the changes we made in my basement scrapping area last week! We bought two new shelving units (the black ones in the top right and bottom left photos) and set up a 36" high table purchased a couple months ago. I will now stand for all of my scrapbooking. I've already done some ...
Thanks for sharing! Happy pit-diving. ;P
~Tami
The Operation Fresh Start: Clean Up Your Studio Challenge
Hello! How was your Christmas? Ours was decent, but Scott and I were were ready for it to be over before it even started. Let the tree burning begin!! Kidding. Sort of. Are you ready for the New Year? 2012!? Time flies, right? Well, my last post I said I would update with our going ons, etc... I...
Glad you got checked out!
Do oatmeal cookies count as oatmeal?
~Tami
jokes become reality
Ever since our dad dropped dead eating a pizza, dropping dead eating a pizza has been something all of us kids joke about happening to us. And by joke I mean we are all terrified. The fear (a few years ago) prompted me to lose weight, get healthier, and still be terrified. Then everyone got can...
Cue the Twilight Zone music!
~Tami
spiritual freaky shit
It's been really cold and windy here the last few days. The wind has uprooted my herbs, fruit is flying off our trees like people throw fruit at bad comedians, and everything on our patio has been blown around. Even worse, our internet and cable keep flickering in and out. Oh the horror! Suki h...
Aww... happy birthday, Keira!
And I love the photo banner with the cute clothespins & spools!
~Tami
My Little Birthday Girl
It's hard to believe that 365 days ago, I didn't even know her yet. I'd seen a picture of her ultrasound. I had placed my hands on her birthmom's belly. I had hugged her birthdad. I had started setting up her nursery. I had tried in vain to keep my hopes in check, just in case the adoption did...
Girl, you look a-mazing in those pics! It's like you found a fountain of youth along this crazy journey of yours! Change clearly agrees with you. ;)
Lovin' the new goods, & I especially love that you always include a sheet of words with your product lines.
~Tami
Que Bueno...
I must have said that like a thousand times last weekend... i am not bi-lingual... not even sure if that's how you spell it? LOL to say the least... but it means Good... right? ha ha. Last weekend I had the utmost pleasure to attend one of the most FUN scrapbooking events ever. last year was ju...
Love!! I am a notebook collector/hoarder/maker, too. Can't wait for the instructions on that cool binding!
~Tami
Journals & Notebooks & Jotters, Oh My!
I love love love notebooks and journals of any sort. I love to buy them and stack them up and admire how lovely they look. I also love not writing in them but that's another story! Lately, what I've also been loving is making my own. I make them faster than I can fill them! My two binding m...
You're totally right about moms being in older pictures. I wonder if it's because back then cameras were "man gadgets" and now the moms are primarily the ones behind the camera.
Tami
Your kids are gorgeous, where are you?
Last week our Auntie Gertie passed away. She was our Nana's little seester. And, she lived a very long life. Also, she made a really good dessert with graham crackers and pudding. Nana and Auntie Gertie were good role models on how to be seesters and I am happy that they will be together again...
Very cute! I saw that recipe earlier this week, and it's on my "to make" list. Glad to hear they're as yummy as they sound. :)
Tami
S'more Cookie Bars
Last week we tried a new cookie bar recipe and it was pretty darn good! It definitely hit my sweet tooth! I took some pics as I made them and then scrapbooked them with Imaginisce's new "Happy Camper" line that's being released this week. I also have the recipe down below for you to download....
So sorry for your loss, Linda. Thoughts & cyber-hugs going out to you. I'll even eat some chocolate empathetically for you.
~Tami
With extreme sadness
It's never been lost on me that my husband, Dustin, got all the qualities I love in him from his mother. His sense of humor, his compassion, his sarcasm, his love of food, his curiosity, his absolute devotion to family, his ability to persevere, and even his stubborn streak. There's no doubt i...
Super excited to hear this! Love Circa AND Moda!! My favorite is the 3rd set - the mustard & red combo.
Another Circa 1934 Giveaway: IN FABRIC!!!
So, I'm really, really, really excited to tell you that Circa 1934 will be released in fabric at the May show right here in Salt Lake City, Utah! This will be the first of many lines of fabric to be manufactured and distributed by Moda. Do you know what that means? It's going to get a whole lot ...
This one is my favorite - I adore the colors!!
~Tami
Jubilee...
My third line for CHA winter makes me happy... Vintage with a twist... bright colors, bold prints and some good old fashioned fun... inspired by a country state fair... introducing... Jubilee... I love love love the colors in this line... the orange pops and the hit of candy apple red is to ...
Fun!!
Look forward to seeing you and the Cosmo Crew next weekend!
~Tami
A Big Reveal
I asked for special permission to be able to spill the beans on a HUGE project I have spent over a year of my life with. And guess what?!?!?! I got it! You, my dear blog followers, are the first to hear, see and learn about a line of products I have designed in partnership with EK Success. It ha...
Fun stuff! I'm digging those label stickers most of all. :)
State Fair
Thank you so much for all your great comments about Countryside yesterday! We're as excited about it as you are. I've got the second collection to share with you today... are you ready? Step right up and check out our second release, State Fair. Imagine strolling the midway at the state fai...
You are amazing! It looks fabulous!
TA-DA...the alphabet wall...
I saw this online a while back, loved it, but kind of forgot about it. Then I decided I wanted to do a wall of "V"s (for Vik of course), but Vs are REALLY hard to find, lol! I was reminded of the original post when I came acrossMelissa's version last month. I knew right then that this would b...
Wowsers! Just tweeted about the fabulousness here: http://twitter.com/bcre8uv/status/19757162621
~tami
introducing the new sassafras embellishments...(they could be yours!)
my, how our garden has grown! this season, we're introducing even more glorious glitter alpha colors and new adorable chipboard stickers...and we've been working overtime in the greenhouse! all of the lovelies blooming this season will definitely be stirring up some major excitement...and so...
This collection is so fun!!
Reveal: Hello Beautiful!
Hey peeps, happy Monday! It's going to be a *great* week around here as we prepare and head out to Chicago for CHA! This week we'll reveal the rest of our newest CHA collections! Over the weekend I had a great time reading your comments on the Lovey Dovey product reveal. It makes me so happy to ...
Wow, that is fabulous!
~Tami
Quilling Metal for Jewelry with my Cuttlebug
You know how I love to make jewelry? Well, here's my newest creation. I made it by using my Cuttlebug and the Cuttlebug quilling kits to die cut some mental flower parts and then colored the metal with alcohol ink. I then placed it on a pendant that I had hung beads and other doo-dads off o...
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