Medieval by Pixels by Jen

Pixels by Jen has this adorable kit releasing today:

Born to be a Prince
Medieval by Pixels by Jen;
Fonts: Impact

GingerScraps September Buffet

Today is September first and you know what that means, it is time for a fresh buffet at GingerScraps. Every month the GingerScraps Designers release a slew of coordinating products; such as mini-kits, templates, paper and element kits, etc. with a common theme and color palette. And on the first day of each month, all of these buffet items are on sale for a dollar each. However, this month, it is GingerScraps third birthday and in honor of that the buffet items will be $1 each for the first week of September. The theme for this month is birthdays.


I combined two of the buffet items to make this layout, a template by Unforgettable Moments and a mini-kit by Pixels by Jen:

Made with Love

It's My Birthday Template half-pack by Unforgettable Moments; 

It's My Birthday by Pixels by Jen;  

Fonts: Chalkboard, AYummyApology, CKJournaling

And here are the product previews:

It's My Birthday by Pixels by Jen

It's My Birthday Template Half-Pack by Unforgettable Moments

14 K-Another Restaurant layout (and a template challenge at GS)

I think this is the third layout that I've made about restaurants this week! Isn't that funny? Any one would think that my full time job was as a food critic or something. This one is yet another July vacation layout. (I told you, almost 900 photos!) While we were in DC last month, dear hubby downloaded a cool restaurant app for my iPhone. It's called MenuPages and while it only works for certain cities (8 major cities in the US at this point) it sure is handy if you are stranger in one of those cities. You can search for restaurants close to you by type of cuisine and it had menus and reviews and price ranges. We used it a lot that week. We used it to find this great breakfast buffet just down the street from our hotel. Look at the size of those blackberries! Do they grow them in DC or something? We had similar sized blackberries in our blackberry crêpe at Point Chaud. I loved this place so much that I posted a facebook status update about it.

14 K

French Bistro: Bundle by Pixels by Jen and Lilacs in Bloom

Fonts: LB Sharpy, KissMeKissMeKissMe and I hate Comic Sans

I used a really unique and nifty template by Pixels by Jen from the template challenge at GingerScraps. The challenge only runs for the first half of August, so you should rush over and check it out. I also used the nifty collab that I blogged about the other day. It is called French Bistro and it is gorgeous. This collab has a set of those pre-made paint splatty/glittery things. I love those things. And it comes with glitter styles. That's right you can make your own glittering things!  I love glitter styles.  But you don't have to take my word for it; here are the product preview for the bundle:

And here is a closer look of everything that is included.

Point Chaud-yet another vacation layout

Dear Bloggy friends,

You might be thinking, "What? Another 4th of July vacation layout?" Well, my husband and I took almost 900 photos during our vacation last month, so there are going to be a lot of layouts. I'll probably be making 2011 July vacation layouts at this time next year. On our first morning in D.C. we left our hotel in the morning and headed in the general direction of the Mall while looking for food. We spotted an Au Bon Pain after we had wandered a few blocks and since:

a) I was starving

b) I love Au Bon Pain, and

c) I'm pretty sure I haven't been to an Au Bon Pain since I left the East Coast 11 years ago,

we stopped there. After breakfast, we walked about another block and spotted a crêperie; a crêperie with gelato. I was sooo disappointed. But in the afternoon, after our exhausting morning of being in the parade, my darling husband led me back there and fed me gelato and cappuccino. He had a crêpe, and it was so awesomely good that we went back there for breakfast the next day. Here is my layout celebrating our favorite crêperie in D.C.

I made this layout with an awesome new collab that is being released by Pixels by Jen on Friday. Here is a sneak preview of the bundle. Neither my layout nor the sneak peek preview do justice to this bundle. It is awesome and it will be available at GingerScraps on Friday, August 12th. 

July Grab Bag at GingerScraps

Pixels by Jen is the Feature Designer at GingerScraps this month.  What does this mean, you ask? It means that you can get an awesome grab bag free with any purchase over $10.00.  Here is a preview of the grab bag:

July Grab Bag by Pixels by Jen

Here is a layout that I made with this grab bag and a few brads:

July 4th

Kit used July Grab Bag by Pixels by Jen

Brads from:

Fiesta by Julie C Designs (jasjul) (yellow brad)

Year in Progress by Denise Zavagno/ScrapDZines 

(red/silver star and metal brad)

My husband and I are in Washington D.C. for the week.  We went down to the National Mall on Independence Day and found a nice spot to watch the parade.  Then a woman came over asking for volunteers to be in the parade. We jumped at the chance.  We were assigned to carry the 60 foot flag (along with others). It was hot and humid, but it was so worth it.  I was able to snap this photo when we paused for a bit.

Reel Men Fish by Pixels by Jen and Pretty in Green

Today at GingerScraps, Pixels by Jen and Pretty in Green are releasing a collab.  The papers in this kit are absolutely gorgeous. If you don't believe me, take a look at the previews in this post.  My layouts can be found in an earlier post here.

The Kit

Close up of papers

There is also a bundle available:

The bundle

Here is a close-up of the cardstock in the bundle (also available separately):

The cardstock

And there are templates available separately too!

The templates

I love that dangling fishline one, so I whipped up a fast layout with it!

Everybody Loves Morning Glory

Reel Men Fish Collab bundle by Pixels by Jen and Pretty in Green

Font: Comic Sans, Gill sans ultra bold, InaiMathi

Sneak Peak-collab by Pixels by Jen & Pretty in Green

Pixels by Jen and Pretty in Green have a fantastic collab coming out at GingerScraps on Friday.
Here is a sneak peak at the kit:

The papers in this kit are absolutely gorgeous.  Here are a couple of layouts that I made with the kit:

Sunset Fishing

Credits:

Photo from Kissimmee - The Heart of Florida, Kissimmee Convention & Visitors Bureau

Kit used is Reel Men Fish: Collab by Pixels by Jen and Pretty in Green

Font: Teletype 1945-1985, Stencil LTD

Fishing

Credits:

Photo by robstephaustralia (Rob and Stephanie Levy)

Kit used is Reel Men Fish: Collab by Pixels by Jen and Pretty in Green

Font: My Own Topher