Shabby Miss Jenn

WEEKEND SNOOZING

Well it's just friday morning and I am already totally ready to climb back into bed and sleep in tomorrow! LOL Hopefully! Saturday is the ONLY day I get to sleep in so we shall see if the kiddies let me! LOL

Meanwhile, I have a few things you have GOT to see!!!! First off, HOOOORAY that our sweet friend Amy finally has a blog! Oh soooooo stoked about that! Second, Gina Wina has the most amaaaaaaaaazing new goodies called Snippets. Seriously they are truly to die for amazing and the quality? Um I can't even rave enough about the quality of all of Gina's goods! Just yummy! She sent these over to us and literally in 30 minutes I scrapped this! A lift from this amazing scrapper. Her layout screamed LIFT and I was more than happy to go for it.

Everything I used is by Gina.  Just awesome!!!!!

Wow what a busy and crazy week it's been. I only got two pages scrapped. I seriously think we need another digital scrapping slumber party soon! I have zillions of photos that need to be scrapped, printed and put into albums. :) Hopefully soon. I did this page using Heathers' Blooming Butterflies and I just love how it turned out. So simple but so darn cute! Heather is fabulous! And I love the simple style I am kinda leaning towards. I really need to go get my DSL camera! I have a check here waiting to go get one and even though my friend Shari has given me wise council on what camera to get, I still am sooo scared! LOL I know I'm just weird! LOL

Okay so my sweet friend Ronna does amazing video tutorials for Photoshop and digital scrapbooking. Seriously I know several of you who do not know how to do this but these tutorials are sooooo fun to watch and learn from. You can even subscribe to them through Podcasts. Really really amazing!!!!!! It's like going to a class but even more fascinating!

Soooo a few more things to rave! Then we are off to the store! OH joy! LOL A few things I have learned from my friend Shawneee and from reading her bloggie.....(1) Pilates and Yoga is cool- Um way cool! I have been doing this for two weeks now and the daily mommy stress is sooooo much lower than ever! I mean really mommy stress is so normal and when I think of my job at the advertising agency years before I had kids, wow. No stress! Not like this stress. So the exercise, running, jogging, yoga and more has been so great for me the past two weeks! Really really great! (2) Leaving food on your plate is a good thing! No not Martha Stewart here but really....getting up from the table and not being overstuffed is a seriously great feeling. My dh grew up having to finish everything on his plate and me living on the beach in Southern California, eating salads was our big rave. But leaving food on your plate is a satisfying reward! Knowing those extra calories will not be making their way to my hips is a great thing to know.  (3) Combinging both number 1 and number 2 above (exercising and eating well) makes for the best sleep in the world! I can't remember when I slept this great before. I used to be so fit and active in college and then kids..well...zapped my energy and motivation for that! So for the past two weeks, I have put my head on my shabby pillow and did not move until 6am the next day! Okay this is just the best! It totaally has helped me get more rest! Just by excercising and leaving a few scraps on the plates! LOL Definitely worth a shot for no more stress right? LOL Thanks Miss Pea!

Soooo what are you all doing for Mother's Day? What gifts will you be giving your Shabby Mommies? I have a few thing in mind with some upcoming goodies you will love to see soon! But I'd love to hear your ideas on this!!!!!

And Sunday is our baby boys 2nd birthday!  Soo I am off to look for gifts for him and order him his cake! Oh babies and cake! This should be fun!!!  Oh and my cute little pink vanity with mirror is going bye bye! It's sold and is going in the cuuuutest salon! Seriously gonna miss that pink vanity but glad it's going to a good home! :) LOL I get sentimental on my furniture! LOL

Have a wonderful weekend!

Smooochies!

SMJ

A ShabbyFul Weekend...

Really...a long one already! But definitely a wonderful one! First off, I really must share my SUPER ALL TIME FAVORITE Shabby store! Aside from Rachel Ashwell's fabulous boutique in Santa Monica, my favorite rustic shabby chic store to visit every time I visit my hometown of Southern California, I have to stop by this place! Bountiful Home.  Seriously, my shabby heaven is inches away every time I visit this wonderful store in Venice. It's on Abbot Kennedy Blvd and this street has the most FABULOUS stores! All kinds and some pretty eye catching antique and interior design stores. It's a true feast of any shabby eyes to walk down this street.  I have visited this store before and once you enter, the aroma of fresh flowers, lavender and vanilla paired with that amaazing aged aroma of vintage treasures from Europe and all over, I mean this is true heaven. It is like walking into the most relaxing place. And all of a sudden I don't even care about the huge numbers on the price tags, it's all about where this incredible lady found all her treasures and arranges them in the most shabbiest way! Just yummy!!!!! So make sure you go check out her scrapbook and take a peek at all these incredible treasures.

So one of the JOYS OF OUR LIVES has just started tee-ball.  Well she has been practicing for a few months now, but the rain has delayed several practices. So today was her first game! Oh what proud parents we were standing there grinning and screaming in delight as she ran all those bases and did not get out once! Pretty great for her first game. Of course all these little players are just the most adorable little beings I have ever seen! They were all just soo cute and the idea of competition is just too far away for them to taste at this time! Thank heavens for that! This is all about fun and learning teamwork! So princess with her pink baseball bat grandpa had to get her, hit some fabulous hits, loved running the bases and did pretty great as shortstop! I thought she'd be chit chatting with her little friends all throughout the game but surprisingly she did splendidly well. That's my shabby girl!!! And to make this weekend even more delightfully fun, her other front top tooth decided that last night was the time for it to come out. So she did get a fun little visit from the shabby tooth fairy. But look at this charming little smile. So sweet!!!! I love it..and it reminds me of when she had no teeth when she was born! LOL Silly me..I always wanna remember those baby moments.

And while the little shabby tee-ball game is going on, our two little princes just loved the exploration in the fields nearby. They teamed up with the cuutest little girl who's brother played first base and they smelled and smelled all the wild flowers in the field. Just adorable! Matthew kept wanting to eat those floral delights but we kept telling him no and that a special lunch was awaiting for him back at the shabby house when the shabby tee-ball game was over. LOL The grass in these fields were taller than the boys. So we know they would have LOVED to go exploring and never return. Scary in fact! So our eyes were constantly watching them making sure they were nearby. Just some cute pics to share of their fabulous exploration!

And really how cuuute are the newest Gina kits? Just amazing and the newest one, Lucky Star, is just amazing!!!! You can get it from the latest issue of Simple Scrapbooks. Just yum!!!!!! I totally hope all you sweeties have one incredible rest of the weekend!!!!! :) Make it fun!

SMJ

Pretty Crafts....

Okay so let's get crafty! I mean the fastest craft..we are talking around 10 minutes at the most! Well you see first off, my sweet friend Michelle told me that TCP had daisy flip flops for lil girls. Okay sooo I headed off to that store right away and got our daughter the cuuutest daisy pink flip flops..I mean 2 pair for $5. Crazy but true. I got Josher's the little camo ones! tee hee

Soooo, I asked myself, "Why can't I get a pair of flower flip flops"! Well they don't have any that I truly love and think are just shabby enough for me! LOL Sooooo I decide to make my own! Seriously how easy is this! I went to my local Old Navy and got myself two pairs of cuute pink flip flops...seriously two pair for $5! We love that! And then went to my local craft store for two sweet pink flowers! To double assure myself that I was doing this correctly, I checked this site for the minor details. Sooooo after some hot glue and a few minutes, this is what I ended up with! Are they just cute or what? And are they just SHABBY or what? And oh my word they cost $3 for the pair! LOL Okay next stop is rhinestones! LOL Really my twin sent me some cuuute rhinestones that I may just glue on my other flip flops...also those cuuute BoBunny flowers with the buttons and gingham ribbon are cuute to! Might have to try those as well. And of course our daughter was jumping up and down saying "Mommy and I have matching sandals"! LOL And my hubby was kinda rolling his eyes teasing me that yet again, something new and shabby has entered our home! LOL Too fun!

And look at those cuuuute baby Crocs I got the kiddies! Well they aren't real crocs but soo similar! They are just yum!!!! And are the fonts I used on this title fantabulous or what? They are free! Yes, free! And you can find them right here.

Okay so if you have not gotten Gina's new yummies, then go grab them! I mean really they are just INSANELY fabulous!!!!!! And this was my easter page I did using it...oh and I made candy bar wrappers for our dd's dance teachers that she gave to them on Sunday...they LOVED these!!!! And I love getting photos of our kids with the sweet people who influence their lives as they journey through new and exciting ventures.

And before I go...must go to sleep now! LOL I have to share with you what my sweeeeet friend Lanne forwarded me...these sweet shabby cabinets! YUM!!! Okay all your inputs on the colors were sooo fabulous! I am seriously thinking blue might be nice..cool..perfect for summer...hmmm...tough choice! I seriously love pink and white and cream and sage and blue and UGHH!! LOL That white one in this photo is just marvelous!!!! Are these just fabulous?     Lanne you are just AWESOME!!!! Thank you!!!!

Okay well I am off to shabby dreamland! LOL Hope you all had a fabulous holiday! And hope you all have one yummy and exciting week!!!!!

Smoochies!

SMJ

Need a favor...

Okay it's Sat morning and I am quickly adding in my latest rave..Hubby brought these home for me and I love them!!! Post it Sticky Picture Paper! Seriously...printing off scraps for the fridge, folders, anywhere really! I really love this stuff.  This fabulous paper is sooo a must have! And you get 25 4" x 6" sheets for a few dollars. I mean how cool!

Had a favor to ask you all. My builder sent me over a picture of this awesome china hutch. And asked me if I wanted one and in what color. Okay...what color? My first thought was all pink! Seriously..love pink on furniture and it might look soooooo beyond in pink! Or white with pink doors? Or cream with white doors? Or white with sage doors? I just sooo don't know! LOL So any help you can give me would be sooo appreciated!

Well I am soo looking forward to the weekend! I love Easter! For so many reasons.  Chayce and Joshua decorated their eggs yesterday! We got a cool paint egg decorating kit. They loved this!! :)

And seriously, LOVE Heather's new birthday kit! I really needed to get Josh' 3rd birthday page done. And this totally did the trick. His birthday cake was Incredibles, so red and yellow and I really didn't want to do a layout with red and yellow. So love the b/w sepia photo and with these sweet colors, cupcake and candle, just a happy lil layout!!!

LOL our sweet lil guy signing "I love you"! How sweet to my lil mommy heart!!!!!!

Then after digging through some boxes in our shabby barn, I found this. This very old photograph of two baby sisters. On the back it has the name of the framing store where it was framed. But I just love this! I have to keep it and put it near my desk! Just waay too sweet and so originally old and chic.

Okay I have been doing SOOOO GOOD at getting up early! I am so glad too because I am able to get so many more things done before the 3 kiddies wake up. I have to thank my incredible hubby for his help too! I literally could sleep all day if I wanted! LOL And thanks to the awesome Sara for her before and after pictures of her desk area, I just had to redo mine! I mean waking up at 5am requires no mess! LOL Sooo my amazing hubby really went to work on all these wires and such. So he really came through for me with this one...as he always does with every project he does! Amazing guy really! So here are the before and after pics! You'd think with laptops you really wouldn't have a wire problem! LOL But with the external hard drive, scanner, printer and power adapters, it was a mess! Lookie how sweet now! And still shabby!!!

Well thank you sweetie pie!

Okay I have got to get these guys out of the house! We are going to get a few things for spring/summer! And to the park! And hopefully I can get a few more new pics of them as well! Soooo please enjoy your Easter however you celebrate it. And make sure to have a wonderful weekend!!!!

Smoooochies from Jenn

YUMMMMMMMMM!!!!

Okay, Missy Heather has done it yet again! Look at her fabulous new kits! YUM!!!! I am ALWAYS on the hunt for new cute birthday kits! And this one just is soooo delish!

Had to post these! Be sure to go get these! They are FABULOUS!!!!!!

You can get them here, here and here and this Sweet and Spicy kit that is by both Heather and Gina Wina is just awesome!

Here's a page I made with that Sweet and Spicy kit! Love it! Have a great morning!!!! SMJ

Shabby Miss Jenn's Monday...

Okay what a Monday! Well a whole weekend as well! On Sunday our gang is up early to rise to get our lil shabby buns to church. Then afterwards we ALWAYS go somewhere and do a TON of stuff! Usually to my favorite flea market for a quick skim of some vintage treasures! Hooooray! I did find a few fabulous goodies! Especially a fabulous old vintage pink lamp! YUM!!!!!

My sweet friend Shawnee posted a few fun facts about herself. Okay here's a few from me. LOL

Shabby Fact Numero Uno-When I paint shabby chic goodies in my shabby barn, in the winter I wear my fuzzy leopard print fur slippers!~ LOL IN the summer I wear my daisy flip flops! Just fab and comfy!

Shabby Fact Numero Dos-I rarely watch tv. LOL We have Direct tv and don't get the local channels. Seriously miss American Idol and such but not enough to die for it. LOL I really don't miss our local news. Gets pretty dreary and drab. LOL

Shabby Fact Numero Tres-I LOVE MEXICAN FOOD!!!!!! LOL

Okay there's three lil tidbits! Just fun. 

Absolutely positively one of our favorite resturants to visit on the weekends. I absooolutely LOVE this place! Tons of great food, most of it all healthy with tons of salads and all you can eat frozen yogurt bar. Yes. Our three babies went NUTS there! They grazed and grazed and the pickiness was never an option for them. LOL They enjoyed creating their huge frozen yogurt sundaes topped with whipped cream and sprinkles! LOL We'll be going back there more and more!

Now, a sweet and shabby friend and client, Jenny is an INCREDIBLY talented artist! My oh my! Just gaze at her creations! You will be amazed! And I have to rave her awesome shabby STORE! Just take a peek and you are just GONNA LOVE HER GOODIES!!!!! My oh my I could stare at her site for hours! YUM!!!!! I particulary LOVE this!!

Have you been to DDE lately? LOL The creative team has some MOST fabulous dooooooodles that are FREE!!!!!! This was sooo much fun to participate in! Totally had a blast! I did two, but the girls on the team have SOME WAY FANTASTIC Spring DOOODLES! I am just in awe of their amazing talent! I LOVE THEM!!!!!

Sooooo I hope you are all having one shabbeeeee Monday! Toodles!!!!

SMJ

Having a Shabby One....

Can I just say "whew"....now I have a few days break! I seriously want to start getting up early to do more work...like 4 or 5am, but once that alarm goes off and I reach over our baby to turn it off, it is just too cuddly in my shabby bed to get out! LOL Sooo, I desperately need to go to bed earlier to get up earlier. Wish me luck! LOL

Have you not been to the Shabby Shoppe lately? Oh you have sooooo got to get the newest kit called Studio Chic and also GET THIS AMAZING DOODLE FONT by Taran! YUMMMM! Can't rave enough about these!

So yesterday it poured! Well actually all week and the weeks before that. Some spots of sunshine. But yesterday at 5, the sun came out. So we all raced to our little park! :) Took a few and the kids LOVED it! They really can't get enough of the park! And here's a picture of the crazy million dollar California homes. Just wild!

SO yesterday I was on the phone with my twin and I sooo forgot about my sweet Shelly Kennedy litho. We ordered this for our sweet daughter and it is hanging in her room! Just ADOREABLE!!!!!! I seriously would love to get her this and this. Just sooo cuuute!!!!!

Our dd has one of those sweet vintage Lighthouse nightlights! LOVE THEM! Tons of roses! YUM! And I soooooo LOVE gesso frames! This oval one is just one of my new favs!!!!!

Okay cheating here..adding a few more goodies! HA!!!!! Just check out these lampshades by the amazing Lesley! HOLY COW! Okay I think I have to have one of these. 

And okay soooo obsessed with these monogram letters! LOL I love the Shabby Princess new paper line out there from BoBunnY! YUM!!!!!!!!

SMJ

Okay so I am off to scrap now! Finally!!! Hope everyone is having a fabulous Thursday!

Smoochies!

Weekend Shopping

Well the weekend is almost over! I just can't believe it! That daylight savings messed us all up! LOL We totally slept in late today so our schedule was waaaay mixed up! LOL OH well! :)

Everyone has got to get the latest issue of DMM and just cuz there are soooo many great things to look at! I was totally tickled pink when I was invited to be one of the featured artists in this issue! Just sooo honored...really! So, there are three new pages I got to create just for that issue in there! Not only that, but the other featured artists in there are AMAZING! Sooo talented!!! Love them! And with that issue download, you get this awesome kit and is it just gorgeous or what?

Okay for those who were there, that chat with Kristie at ACOT was such a blast! Love all the chitting and chatting! Just too fun!!!!! And Kristie's kit, found here and it's truly yummy! I scrapped this with it! :)

Also, ammmaaaaazing Ronna has this new kit and boy it is ssooooooo incredible!!!!! I love it and made this with it!

Okay I bought kit and LOVE it! Haven't scrapped with it yet..but will sooN! I just love Michelle's stuff...she has three boys! So she certainly makes killer boy kits! Something I am always in need of! LOL

This other kit called "SHE" is on my wish list! I am not buying it till I find the right photo for it! LOL Otherwise, I'll forget I have it and I really want it! It is soooo cute and soooo colorful!

Okay and my sweet friend has a GORGEOUS new kit coming out soon! Check this out! From her blog!!!!! Right here and you all sooooo will love this!!!!!

And then check this out!.  Awesome Gina Wina has something new and exciting coming so stay tuned! You totally DO NOW WANT TO MISS THIS!!!!!

And my sweeeet friend Amy, Shabby Grace, passed this cuuute shabby site so I just had to share! Love some of these shoppes! Waaaay cuuuute and totally shabby! Take a peek when you can! :)

Oh and here are some other new kits that I bought and just LOOOOVE! You sooo have to grab these!!!!

Playful by Sweet Mindy! Love this!!!!

And last but not least, if you didn't get Ho's new freebie go get it! It's GORGEOUS!!!!!

Smoooochies and have a great one!!!!

SMJ