Mix and Match Kitchen Notebook...

Well, I just sent my 1st grader on her way to school. Although I don't think it gets any easier to let go, this year was much easier than last. I still get emotional just thinking how quickly they grow up and how I wish those days of staying close to me were still here!

Another quick notebook to share! I'm on a roll with the "grocery list" notebooks! We went home to Oklahoma this Summer and there is a quaint little scrapping store down the road from my parents. The store is not anywhere near the size or pizazz of Archiver's, but it always has a fun collection of kitchen paper. I used some more of the Moxxie (mixer and whisk) paper along with my new October Afternoon (yellow polka dot). The black and white check is from Graphic 45.Another new find I purchased over the Summer was a Fiskars Upper Crest Punch. I've been wanting to have this in my punch collection but it's a hard one to find! I finally found one at Joann's in VA. And of course, I used Take Note once again for "grocery list". This really is a cute set...you can make any type of notebook...not just for groceries! The square eyelets are some oldies I had from Making Memories. I broke off the eyelet pegs on the back and adhered them with E6000...they aren't going ANYWHERE!

Mother's Day Notebooks..

A special order I just finished up for a friend. I love both of these notebooks, just a little biased on the first one!This Marine Corps paper is from a small 6x6 notepad from K&CO. I've had this paper for years, and years, and...you know how it goes! I decided to use 2 sheets, 1 for my main image, and the 2nd I cut a few images out to sew like a quilt. I used quite a few of my PTI stamps on the bottom half...polka dot basics, star prints(BG), text style (BG), in bloom, and trajan alphabet. I stamped the flower from In Bloom with a deep blue Dew Drop ink and clear embossing powder. The leaves are stamped in Versamark and clear embossing powder.Coordinating card!Vintage notebook with my Graphic 45 papers!I decided to follow the same "quilting" look as the Marine notebook. Once the rectangles were stitched, I added vintage brass brads...really gave the notebook a cozy look.May Arts scrunchy ribbon separates the bottom half here. I used a simple monogram on the bottom since it would have been "too tight" of a squeeze for a full name.Simple coordinating card! After I put this card together, I thought it would be neat to make a pocket on the front and include some flower seeds. I didn't add the pocket on this one, but I want to try it out on future cards:).