Splendid

bisous, bisous

I figured it's about time that I scrapbooked the pictures from our Europe trip earlier in the year.  Here's a couple from the 5 days we were in Paris.  I'm also starting a mini book of the whole 3+ weeks we were there. More to follow soon...

 
When I turned 30 (a few years ago, ahem...) I made a list of 100 things I wanted to do in my life.  One was french kiss at the Eiffel Tower.  This year I got my wish...( blush...)  Do you love little sis' sweet, smiling face in the picture? yeahhhh...and I used the last Studio Calico kit for these two, almost all of them, but I can never entirely stick to just one kit when making a LO.

 
This is across the street from the Eiffel Tower, a fun, old-fashioned carousel...Little sis was all to happy to go for a hair-raising ride!

dia de gracias...

Living here in Mexico I've had a few of the locals ask if I celebrate my "dia de gracias."  I reply, "claro!"  My friend across the street is also American and is having a Thanksgiving potluck; she is making a couple turkeys, pear and spinach salad, sweet potatoes, etc.  All her guests in return bring a side dish or dessert.   There will be us the 2 American families, and families from Switzerland, Argentina, India, Korea and of course a couple Mexican families. I like they will get a taste of our American feast, probably quite different than what they may have on the days they celebrate bounties in their countries...but the message is still the same, thankful for the good things and good people we all have in our lives.

 
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you around the world!  Anything in particular you are thankful for?

mas moda; lupine eyes

 
 

Here's Mr. Lobo who was very shy to have his picture taken. He was my inspiration for buying this shirt.  The last picture is my lupine scream, my werewolf transformation...

shirt- modcloth

jeans- older, bought in Philadelphia

boots-zappos

necklace-UO

 

summer vacation mini

I finally got around to finishing my summer vacation mini book.  I actually have one page half done (of our San Fransisco trip), but the rest is done.  It was a fun one to make, I love minis, I don't know why I don't do them more often...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
2 months total away from Mexico on vacation, traveling through the US seeing fam and friends; 9 days spent in an RV on the beach, walks through the Redwood Forest, many photobooth pictures with Dave and friends at my fave bar (the signature Fred and Ginger cocktail was my summer drink), roller-coasters, pink, sticky, pink cotton candy fingers, concerts (General Public in Truckee under the stars and Matisyahu in a hazy, pot-filled auditorium), Saturday morning farmer's markets, DRIVE-THRU Starbucks (!), shopping in San Fran (God I miss UO), clam chowder on the wharf, yummy ice cream from Bi-Rite creamery, ocean waves crashing on the beach, Crafting Wednesdays, Tahoe Mondays (and the occasional Thursday), Forever 21 stops, American tv, annual girls trip to Ohio with dear friends whom I miss the other 361 days a year, Trader Joes (God I miss TJ's...), thrifting, thrifting and more thrifting, BBQs with family, riding my bike along the river, my morning walks through the forest each morning, State Fair Carnival, El Pollo Loco, time spend with my mom (miss her so much!), sand between my toes, sleeping in, hoping summer would never end. I loved making this mini book, all the pictures hold such wonderful memories!  
 

mas moda; over the knees

 
 
blazer- thrifted

t-shirt- modcloth

leggings- bought in a store in Venice last year

socks- target

boots-zappos

purse- thrifted

necklace- target

bracelets- target

earrings- forever 21

Mr. Lobo (or Senor Guapo as I call ), priceless..

Rob Ryan #8

ArTistiC's atc card #8 is all about typography inspired by Rob Ryan.  I adore his fun and creative hand cut art, so this one was fun to do.

His fun art...

and my atc...

 

Come play along with us and swap with someone some fun, handmade atcs!!!!

Toffee magazine

I am IN LOVE with this magazine.  It's an e-zine right now, I hope they go paper  (while I love the environment, I really love HOLDING a magazine) and this magazine is pure deliciousness.  The photography, crafting section, recipes, interviews (like with Danielle Thompson, etc.) Just lovely.  Check it out here.

 

feather your nest; cozy and curled up...

With the chilly weather I love the idea od wrapping up in a fuzzy blanket, listening to music, eating warm veggie soup with a crunchy roll and flipping through a favorite magazine...we are also thinking about furniture when we move back to the US.  We need a new living room set.  So, on a chilly day like today, I'm thinking this to lay on...

This to listen to near-by...

and this to eat warm soup from...french onion with Gruyère on top, perhaps?

yum.

Recipe for the yummiest, easiest french onion soup here. yum.

Wrapped in this warm morsel of a blanket...

cozy and content...

mas moda; blue dress, red heart

 
 
 

 
dress: picked up in a consignment shop in London

tights: target

boots: zappos

purse: thrifted

sunglasses: thrifted

earrings: etsy

Movie quote.

The Creative Type's November prompt is to pick a movie and use a quote as either the title or in your journaling.  I used the book To Kill a Mockingbird (then made into a movie) for my layout, along with a picture taken in Columbus, Ohio when I was visiting Mandi this past summer. It was our annual girls weekend and here's the last of the stranglers that weekend (Mandi, Vanessa, Steph and me) before we were going to the airport. We were getting coffee at a cool little cafe called Lucky's Cafe.

 
My quote is " My goodness gracious, look at your flowers.  Have you ever seen anything more beautiful?" I used my sewing machine to sew the flowers on the paper... Come play along with us!!

____ology

Category Stories November prompt is ______ology.  Come play along!

Here is mine, Candyology.  This picture is little sis in a salt water taffy store in Bodega Bay, California. I loved watching her and big sis get so excited loading up their paper bags full of salt water taffy just like I did when I was their age.