It's a Shimmerz Blog Hop baby!

Yes, that's right. Shimmerz is having a Huge Video Blog Hop today to launch our new Fall Vintage Collection Release and our New Shimmerz Education Team! Our new Education Team is here to bring you the latest and greatest techniques using our Shimmering Products. You will find new ideas galore and perhaps have a little laugh as well. We have a great group of funny, quirky and talented ladies on our Ed team!

By participating in our Video Blog Hop, you will find multiple chances to win some of our new Shimmerz colors! With names like Wed Wagon and Vintage Lace....how can you NOT want to join in on the fun.

Make sure to stop by our blog each day this week to check out what our Design Team has been up to! Here is a little sneaky peek at what I have been hard at work at :

While you are at it check out our brand new updated website! So whatcha waiting for? Head on over to the Shimmerz blog and check out all of our fun videos. Let the HOPPING BEGIN!

A Shimmering Announcement!

Phewww! I have finally found a few free minutes to post my most recent and exciting scrappy news. And I am really excited about it!

A few days ago I was asked by Stacey McElyea, the owner of Shimmerz, to join their fabulous design team!! I love love love paint, love getting my fingers all dirty and smeary and in this case sparkly too!

If you haven't had the chance to check out Shimmerz new release for Fall, well take a peek at this fabulous FALL VINTAGE COLLECTION! I am dying to get my hands on the licorice and antique lace colors. I think they will go fabulously with my Webster's Pages papers.

Swing on by the brand spankin new website and check out the new products, the amazing design team members and also brand new....our Shimmerz Education Team, headed by one of my favorite peeps, Jeni Boisvert! You can find my girl Leslie Ashe and my other girl Lori Renn on there. They are chock full of Shimmerz knowledge and inspiration to share with you :)

I can't wait to get my first box of Shimmerzy goodness and be able to start playing and showin some Shimmerz love!

Project S.O.B. Save Our Bree UPDATE

A Project SOB update:

A huge collective THANK YOU is in order here. The amount of generosity-ranging from complete strangers to well known friends-has been astounding. From meals to transportation to dance and lots of things in between, a community has come together to lift a family up! So we thank each and every one of you who has gone out of their way to help the Dille's.

In order to keep things in one place: if you would like to help assist the Dille's in any way: be it meal delivery, house cleaning, child care etc... please leave a post on Bree's Facebook page. The paypal option has been removed at this time.

Thank you once again for everything!

{644.5}

It's ALIVE ALLLLLLIVEEEEE! Seriously, I can't even believe that I only managed 4 measly posts in the month of July. I should officially be banned from blogging.

But today I will try to redeem myself just a wee bit. Jeni and I were feeling the need to create and thought that it was time again for another {644.5} Challenge!

The challenge this week was to: Go outside, close your eyes, spin around 5 times and take a picture. YOU HAVE TO SCRAP IT, no matter how AWFUL or STUPID it was.

So I threw on my flip flops, stumbled around in a circle with Zoe watching with a curious WTH look on her face through the dining room window and ended up with............a picture of the side of my house. First instinct:"What on earth am I going to do with this?" Second "OMG, I know exactly what I want to do!" and here is what I came up with:

The window at the side of my house is my scrapbook room. Filled to the brim with crap right now, well this little hole is where my ideas come to life. Where I put them down on paper, or canvas or heck....photoshop and express what I feel creatively.

I went the digital route this time because it feels like eons since I have scrapped a digital layout. I used this fabulous woodgrain paper that I got for a whopping 33 cents at the Little Dreamer Designs sale! Used a Rhonna Farrer circle brush and some House of 3 brushes that I got from taking Jessica Sprague's Photoshop class.

So there you have it! Now.....you need to go check out what Jeni has in store today! I haven't seen it myself yet (we decided to make it a surprise for each other today), so I am anxious to see what creative work of art she put together. Head on over to her blog and say HI!

I WILL be back later this week with some more layouts and maybe a few John back surgery updates as well.

Have a fabulous Monday!

5 Faves Fridays, 2 weeks late Birthday Edition!

So I made it to the ripe old age of 31. No longer just a 30 year old but a 30-something year old. Gah! But today has been good so far. Lots of lovely birthday wishes and Zoe made me coffee and breakfast this morning.

I have been a bad, busy girl and have neglected my 5 Faves and how I have missed them. So let's just roll with it shall we!

#1. Joanie and her clean bill of health-One of the greatest things about 5 Faves is the amazing friendships that have been forged. And anyone who has joined us in the 5 Faves journey is sure to know the beautiful Joanie by now. What an amazing woman indeed. She is open about her journey with breast cancer and is such an advocate for breast cancer awareness. She had a check up appointment with her Dr. last week and was given the best gift...a clean bill of health! I think we all had a collective sigh of relief. Check out Joanie, the #1 5 Faves AND breast cancer awareness advocate. An inspiring, loving lady whom you need to know!

#2. Gilmore Girls- OK you all know that I HEART GILMORE! And there was a WHOLE SEASON that I didn't even know existed until ABCFamily started playing it a few weeks ago. Well, I have now watched them all. I just got to sit down a few days ago and watch the final show finale and yes I cried like a baby! Zoe kept saying "Gee Mom, get OVER it" but damn it, I love this show and am so sad that Rory didn't marry Logan, was sad to see her move away and leave behind Lorelai but was so thrilled that Lorelai and Luke kissed and made up. Once again I will say this: if you haven't watched this show yet WATCH IT NOW! ABCFamily just started the whole series over again this week. One of my fave all times shows EVER!

#3. ddeforest etsy shop- Dianna puts together some super cute, shabby, vintage kits and she had this to die for b/w houndstooth ribbon that I just had to have! She has a sale going on right now! Check out these cute packs at only $4 a piece!:

#4. Sohomode etsy shop- now while I haven't bought anything from here yet, ughhh I am sorely tempted to. Pencil skirts, aprons, her dresses ohhh her dresses. Crisp, clean, elegant and simple!

#5. Simplyrecipes.com-I don't even remember how I stumbled across this site, but I am a sucker for recipes and pictures of food and well this site is FULL of both! They have spicy, citrus black beans up today and yummo they look so tasty!

#6. Avocados- I used to HATE, LOATHE avocados and now I can't get enough of them. They taste good on almost everything. My favorite way to eat them this past week is:

Flour tortilla, spread cream cheese on top, add chopped onions, 4 slices of avocado, 3 slices of bacon, 1 slice of muenster cheese, 1 romaine lettuce leaf and eat as is OR I have been adding BBQ chicken fingers or smoked turkey slices as well. Oh and if you have ranch, dude throw some of that on there too! And you MUST have some pepperoncinis to go with. I have eaten this no less than 5 times in the past 2 weeks. Also have been making a ton of homemade guacomole too. Here are some more avocado recipes!

#7. Webster's Pages Winter's Wings line- Almost makes me wish it was winter but umm not quite. Totally enjoying the warm weather right now and working on my tan. BUT this line is sooo gorgeous! Take a peek at this:

#8. Amazon gift cards- Zoe and John got me one for my bday and now the only hard part is paring down what I want to get. Cause this girl always wants it ALL LOL! But it was a very sweet present from my 2 favorite peoples! Love you guys!

Ok so I think that is all I can think of for now! Enjoy your day and I am going to go finish having a great Birthday!

It's SNEAK PEEK TIME!!!!!

CHA time is seriously one of my favorite times of year, thank God we get to do it twice right?! All the craziness, short deadlines, new lines and products.....just a great time to be a scrapper!

So with CHA in mind...How about some beautiful Webster's Pages sneaks?
Brandin and Terri have been slaving away the past few months putting together the most beautiful lines of papers to date.

I give you "Postcards from Paris"

Don't you just love the peacock and hot-air balloon images?! I know I do!!

If you are wanting to win some fine beautiful Webster's Pages goodies, well you better head on over to inspireME RIGHT NOW and leave a comment on THIS POST in order to be eligible for our new DAYS OF THE WEEK journaling cards! They are ADORABLE!

And another announcement: Webster's Pages has added 3 amazing, beautiful and insanely talented designers to our team: Lisa Pace, Lucy Edson and last but certainly not least Amy Tara Koeppel. I am so honored to have them be joining us for each girl brings something unique and wonderful to the table. So welcome aboard girls!

In non scrappy news...the weather has cooled off immensely yet somehow Zoe and I both managed our first sunburns of the summer. My great friend Lisa is coming to Oregon all the way from Hawaii and I am so excited to meet her little boy Miles. We are going to have another famous GIRLS NITE OUT in celebration of her being here and my birthday! Jamie, girl your absence will be greatly felt! And Joanie, if you are out there, I hope your Dr.s appointment went well my sweet friend!

Have a great Thursday everyone!

I survived a Jonas Bros. concert

and lived to tell the tale!

So the Jo Bros. concert was a couple of weekends ago. It took a few days to recover from the craziness. Zoe had a blast! You wouldn't believe how many people were outside waiting in line for this thing. Unlike anything I have ever seen before and I have gone to many a concert in my days.

My pictures turned out HORRID. No SLR's were allowed in the building but I managed to get a few videos with my little Kodak camera that I haven't used in years.

Anywhooo. These are the few photos we ended up with. I had to hold all 40 lbs of Zoe with one arm and then try to take pictures with the other.

Here is a quick video as well:

So there you have it. That which does not kill you can only make you stronger ;)