Today would have been my grandfather’s 92nd birthday. So to honor him and his memory I decided to do a layout of the two of us. It was taken during one of my many summers in the Poconos sometime in the ’80s. I loved when my grandparents would come and visit. It was great to spend extra quality time with them and have fun. I miss them dearly but cherish every single memory I can recall with both of them. Happy Birthday, Poppie!
It’s been a crazy busy week here but with all good things thank goodness! Since it’s the weekend though I’ve decided to take a break and chill. Although when you work for yourself and your business & hobby are the same it’s hard not to design and create. But I’m going to focus on some designing for me this weekend as well as trying to relax some. That word “relax” is a very hard concept for me to grasp but I’m going to try gosh darn golly! Hope you having a good and relaxing weekend whatever you are doing.
I’m excited to share my guest blog post all about Summer memories over at the When I Grow Up Coaching blog! When Michelle mentioned she was going on vacation and needed guest bloggers I jumped at the chance right away! I didn’t have a theme or particular topic when I committed to it but I knew I would come up with something. Since it’s Summertime I’ve seeing and reading lots of people’s summer stories and it got me thinking of my own memories – how they are important to capture and document. All of our memories are important to document but there is something special and magically about summer memories.
For this blog post I worked on a new layout (using Michelle Underwood’s new kit That Was Yesterday) capturing one of my favorite summer childhood memories – spending time with my grandparents. Most summers when I was young I would spend time in the Poconos and my grandparents would come to visit. The photo in this layout if from a mini golfing outing with them. I have no clue who won the game but I know I won just by being with them!
Make sure to share a special moment from summertime in the comments section on the When I Grow Up blog by July 24th at 12p Eastern and be entered to win a custom designed scrapbook layout from me of that memory. You can also pick a different topic/theme or other special milestone as well. And if you like how that comes out feel free to do a whole book!
And for anyone reading this who doesn’t know about the fabulous, Michelle Ward aka The When I Grow Up Coach, she helps creative people devise the career they think they can’t have – or discover it to begin with! I recently started working with her to help me reach my career goals and just to kick my butt into gear overall with what and who I want to be. Michelle uses a dose of empathy, a shot of butt-kickin’, a wagon full of enthusiasm, & a crapload of inspiration to help her client’s figure out their passions, career options and the possibly out-of-the-box career ideas they might have never thought of before.
I hope you all enjoy your summer so far and are making some wonderful new summer memories.
Here are my two new products debuting today at Pink Ink Studios!! We are getting into that holiday spirit in July. It’s kinda weird designing holiday items when it’s so hot outside but it’s also refreshing (pun intended!) as well. And I’m lovin’ the sugar cookie Hanukkah card too. A few months ago I came across a fabulous tutorial in a magazine that showed how to make your own sugar cookie digital elements. I swear I want to turn everything into a sweet sugar iced cookie!! Maybe I’ll try an experiment and see if my face drawing will work as a cookie. LOL!
I just finished two new products for Pink Ink Studios, which go in the store tomorrow. I really like how they came out and feeling very inspired by them. And starting tomorrow, Monday July 12th Pink Ink Studios is having a SALE on NEW DESIGNS by the team! So be sure to stop by and save 25% off!!
I know I’m slightly late for July 4th here but I had some technically issues today with my computer. My monitor decided to not work and I found myself at Best Buy on July 4th. Anyways, I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and enjoyed the day. Was a hot one in NYC today and it’s only the beginning. Stay cool, peeps!
My awesome friend Downtown Mary Brown was in NYC last week visiting and we had a great time together! So I’m finally catching up with things this week! This picture is of the outside of the NY Contemporary Art Museum. I’m trying to have this “Hell, Yes!” attitude this week to get things done. So far it’s working.
Anyways, here’s a list of some things going on here and things I need to tackle on my “to do” list:
