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{ Kenner Road } Will Take You Down Memory Lane...

as will Dime Store Daze.

This weekend I have 2 uber cool and super vintage-y women to talk about.

Kenner Road:

Most of you are probably familiar with my dear friend Kerry Lynn. You may know her by "KL" - I call her "Ker", but, either way, she is who she is and so ROCKS. The girl has an eye for pulling together the most interesting and delicious mix of vintage goodies (papers, fabrics, ephemera, trims, bling...you name it) and create to die for projects. And, now she is going to share her talent for this with all of us!  What with her workshop classes continually selling out & the popularity of her limited edition kits at her Etsy shoppe (K8tyKat), the time has come for Ker to share her talent with the masses...enter Kenner Road.

Kenner Road is a subscription based kit club. Pre-Sale subscriptions for the first Kenner Road release went live yesterday, August 15th, and are already SOLD OUT! Ouch, that's not hot...that's on "Fi-Yah!" Fear not though my friends....if you missed out on the pre-sale you will still have the opportunity to snag the September release on September 15th...it'll cost you a few more clams to get your pretty little glittered and glued hands on it but it's worth it....one more reason to sign up for the subscription is that you can save about $5 per kit which means one more Starbucks for you!

Now, in addition to these vintage delights, Ker is also launching a line of digital goodies so if you are a digi-scrapper, a paper crafter/altered art/mixed media/scrapper looking to get into a little digi, or full on hybrid, now is your chance to do it in style!

Keep checking back for the Kenner Road site launch as well as the availability of new subscriptions and the rest of the project kits & goodies that will be waiting to land in your mailbox!

Be sure to look for Kenner Road layouts in the September issue of Digital Artist Magazine!

Dime Store Daze:

Tomorrow, my other dear friend and local guru, Gigi Kennedy, and I will be taking a vintage jewelry class here at the Jersey shore with none other than the infamous & beloved Terri Ventura of Dime Store Daze. Looking forward to seeing Terri again, and, as if all that weren't enough, we will also be taking a beeswax class with Suze Weinberg!!  Can you believe it?!?! Neither of us can.....can't wait to get into a jam packed room with so many other creative and talented people and get schooled by all their knowledge and techniques!

Sneak Peeks of tomorrow's workshop kits:

Some of Terri's work from a recent swap:

Could you imagine getting any one of these charms in a swap...I would pass out from the beauty & excitement as I walk from the mailbox!  :D

Here's Terri doing her thing at Tinsel Trading in NYC:

You can find out more about Terri in the September issue of Digital Artist Magazine as well as see a couple of layouts inspired by her work!

Wanna Win A 100 Bones?

Check this out...so easy & so fun!

All you have to do is grab your August issue of Digital Artist Magazine (seen below), which is available now, and look for the clues.

This jam-packed issue is bursting with more than 150 pages of amazing inspiration, tips, informative articles and FREEBIES from Danielle of Something Blue Studios at CatScrap, TaylorMade Designs and Kelsey Smith!

This month’s Exclusive Kit is by none other than Holly Designs! “Calypso” is bursting with lush colors, beautifully textured papers and heaps of embellishments! Download this tropical beauty with your copy of Digital Artist Magazine!

That is one *luscious* kit!!!!

Don't miss this...there are a 100 bones at stake....now get hunting!!!!!

A Winner, More D.A.M. Good Stuff & My Nephew...

Last Monday I was feeling the need to share the creativity and offered a one year subscription to Digital Artist Magazine to a random commenter on that entry....and the winner is:

Sharon, keep your eyes peeled for an e-mail from me later this afternoon...I want to make sure your subscription goes to the right address!  Hopefully you will enjoy the magazine as well as the exclusive monthly digital kits that are included.  :)

Speaking of DAM, the daily blog party leading up to the second anniversary and publication re-launch celebration is still in full swing.  Here's what's going on today, Day 9......

Also, you can still take part in yesterday's activities...you have until Thursday to get in on the chance to win the sweet prizes listed here:

If you jump in on the Day 8 challenge & leave me a comment with a link to your entry I will pick a random participant to receive the August and September issues of DAM. Let's see what you can do with the adorable template freebie for this challenge!
Come on now, show me what you got!!!   LOL

Meet my newest nephew (aka Li-Ley's little brother), John Michael.  Isn't he precious?!?!?!?

Credits: Jofia Devoe - Dream Whispers and Aja Abney - Word Art Snippets

Lookie Here.....

Digital Artist Magazine is undergoing some major changes in the *very* near (like right now!) future. To kick off the celebration of the facelift, as well as the second anniversary, there are some cool things going on daily at the DAM blog over the course of the next few weeks. All you have to do is surf over and you could be the lucky winner of some sweet digi prizes!  What's that? You don't do the digi?!? Well now is the time to get started...no excuses!!!

Here's what's happening right now:

To sweeten the pot I will give a random commenter a year's subscription to DAM, yes, ONE FULL YEAR (I am yelling because I am so excited!!!)...all you have to do is comment before Monday, 12:01am (EST).  Tell your friends...this is something you don't want to miss out on.

All The Rage......

for me at least. That's what I think of The Airborne Toxic Event. Here's the acoustic version of the single, "Sometime Around Midnight", it's good but I love the non-acoustic even more...I can not get enough of this song...just ask KL and Ames, they must have heard me play this song like 20 times in the hotel room! For good measure the non-acoustic version was added to my playlist on the lower left tool bar.

This song has me so wrapped up it inspired me to make this layout on Sunday...

With a little luck I might make it over to the Mercury Lounge as I just discovered they are playing Thursday night!

Cleaning Up...

my desktop and came across these. Not sure if I posted them here before & too lazy to go take a look see.  :D

As seen in Digital Artist Magazine - April 2008 issue:


Page theme was "creative use of flowers"...hopefully I captured the creative use.

Real Paper:
A non-digi mini of Lia......the colors are a bit blown out from all the sunlight but, you get the idea.

Still have loads of photos from CHA to sort through, need to finish painting my room so I can move my stuff into it, finish up a few layouts & other projects in the pipeline and then perhaps I'll be all caught up.

Looks like after the crazy weather we had yesterday the sun is finally peeking thru the clouds...maybe I will get a few minutes at the beach after all...if so, all the other stuff on my to do list will have to wait a bit longer as I have a new love of the great outdoors and don't want to miss one moment more than I need to being outside enjoying Mother Earth! 

Black....

my all-time favorite song....how fitting.

Ignore the video clock running throughout the video, it's worth the annoyance just to watch the {Unplugged} version and the beauty that is Eddie Vedder.

And for those who enjoy a nice view of Ed, here's a little treat over at Flickr

Third Time Is A Charm....

I missed her before she left and now 17 hours later I miss her even more....

Enjoying a bit of bubbly and the company of great girlfriends.

Love you Ames!!!!!!

A Glimpse Of The Last Week....

Me and Li-ley kicked it all week doing "projects" (what she calls crafts), dinner at "Carobbie's" (her pronunciation of Carrabba's until said dinner - now she says "Carrabba's" like a big girl), eating Cake Batter & Strawberry ice cream at Crazees, loving blue & purple ice pops, making our own ice pops, watching fireworks, running thru the sprinkler in our bathing suits & doing water ballet (no, I am NOT showing those photos!  LOL), making Flubber (thanks for the recipe Kate!)...and the list just goes on and on.

Supplies Credits: Jen Wilson @ Jen Wilson Designs

Here's a little project that I finished.... "La.De.Dah" a kit by Ker, aka kl, aka Kerry Lynn Yeary...whatever name you know her by you know her as talented and sheer vintage genius. The La.De.Dah. project is from a class that Ker recently taught and it just felt so good to be able to sit on my couch and put this little jewel together....the kit had enough supplies for 3 flowers so I still can make a few more things!  :)

Not sure why this is turning up so blurry here in Typepad....it was clear until the upload but, I have no time to fix it as I am leaving for work in about 10 minutes....oh, well, it will have to do & besides, you get the idea!  :)

Photo Frame by Nancy Comelab exclusively at The Lily Pad

This is facing the front door so it's the first thing you see when you enter thru the front.  The tags have all our initials and our house number. Lots of Hambly, vintage yummy goodness & papers (by KL herself!) in this little project...I threw in a pinch of Sassafrass Lass for good measure.

If you are into kits and some vintage you should definitely check out Ker's Etsy shoppe where she just uploaded this great kit called "Summer Picnic".

Gotta run....work is calling. Later this week I have to post some pics of a killer secret swap I  received from the talented Melissa O. (aka bzzyfingers).  Turns out she has an Etsy shoppe too and I just could not resist buying these 2 adorable handbags....one was a gift and one for me!  ;)  What a talented and cool chick but, more on that later!  :)

Happy Tuesday!!!

Digi Survey.....

Digital Artist Magazine is doing a really quick and easy survey.....it will take you less than 2 minutes to complete and you could win 1 of 5 really cool prizes just for taking a moment to answer a few questions.

Check it out by clicking the image below...