It's the Making Season | What's Happening This Week

 

happy making season

This Week is Fall... | What's Happening in the Studio

 

Capturing Beauty Any Season With Scrapbooking

 

what a beautiful thing

How to Make Gorgeous Autumn Paper Leaves

 crafting in the season

how to make your own foiled leaf wreath

 

an oldie but a goodie

three cards using one cut file

Hey hey...
Card DIY in the house again...
You ready?

5 ways to use The Stamp Market stamp bundle (card DIY)

fall card making tutorial

how to make a beautiful foiled fall wreath

so nice i posted it twice

DIY: textured mini album pages

how to add texture to a mini album

how to embrace the season

november around here

hello november...

fall foiled wreath

Minc Foiled Fall Wreath

be thankful

How to keep gratitude visual.

how to foil a fall leaf wreath

Welcome fall and welcome fresh home decor.

it's time to start thinking fall

It's time to start thinking about fall and the changing of the season.

homemade with love ~ treat tins

What is it about fall that makes ya wanna make stuff and give it away?

minc it monday ~ foiled fall wreath

new fall collection ~ sizzix eshape store

So excited to share my newest cut file with you today...

The Thankful Collection is in the SizzixShapeStore right now! I am in love with these hand drawn designs celebrating and embracing fall.

I love this little oak leaf the best. The Trunk Bay pattern from the Pink Paislee Solstice collection is a great hue for fall. As well as very lovely for these leaves.

After cutting a few smallish sizes of the oak die cut out on my eClips2,  a small dab of hot glue was added to the stem and attached to these branches now displayed in our front room.

I adore their whimsy and little subtle addition of fall in the house.

And how perfectly the yellow from Solstice works for fall. Just a bonus that is.

Eager to share more of these designs in action with you soon.

Until then...

embrace the fall.

~jamie

fall around the house

Fall ushers in the real decorating around the house. It just seems the season to change everything up and make a statement about a change in the weather, in the schedule, in the focus of life. Summer is not as structured around here. Whether it's our routine, or the statement in the house. It is just a casual time. But the routine really takes a shift here in September. And the house reflects that. It helps my state of mind in many ways to decorate more specifically. While the outside world is blazed in beauty, it will soon all dry up and the colors will disappear. But the house will still celebrate the fall colors, and will segue into the holiday of Thanksgiving. November 30 that all changes as we make our shift to Christmas. I have a theory :: I call it the Garden of Eden theory. We women, especially, are ever attempting to return to the Garden of Eden, and do so by pursing beauty in our lives. It is always more complete when my heart too is a source of beauty, and not just my home.

I just wanted to share a humble little tour of my home. Nothing spectacular by any means. I mean, Better Homes won't be showing up on my door step anytime soon. But we call it home. And I for one am ever so thankful we have a place to call home, be it ever so humble.

This piece goes way back. I enjoy putting these seasonal collages together. A personal touch. Makes me want to go and make more.

My bestest friend (the one flying in on Friday) made this for me probably about two decades ago. The creative girl made this for my home. I love it so much.

Would love to have you join me for pumpkin-chocolate chip bread, coffee, and chit-chat. But for now, the blogging world will have to make do.

Thanks for visiting.

etsy fall love

it's nathalie's fault...she posted some etsy love...and made me go there and look...and inspired this here
fall-inspired-etsy-window-shopping-spree. not only did it inspire this post, but my finds simply inspired me toward beauty.

1. antique letter pumpkin / MadeByMePollyB :: so very vintagey and fallish all together. sorry i have no wall space for it. 2.butterflies on vintage postcards / piddix :: because i love butterflies. enough said. 3. burlap give thanks banner / sherisewsweet   :: burlap is finding it's way in my home big time. 4.parisian chandelier tag / taniasidora  paris. love. tags. love. 5.postage pillow / WordGarden :: again, nathalie's fault...she posted another from this shop. i simply want them all!!!! 6. turmeric neck rag / textilemonster :: love this!

what's inspiring you today?