Little Boy Blue Mini Album

Hello friends!

Last week, I shared a Baby Girl mini album using Crate Paper's Little Bo Peep paper line. This week, I am sharing the Baby Boy mini album using Crate Paper's Little Boy Blue paper line!

I also used Crafty Secrets vintage boy stickers with

this paper line and they coordinated perfectly!

The colors of this paper are so lovely and the red

gingham ribbon matched so well.

My favorite pattern was the blue paper with red polka dots!!

I highly recommend this paper line for all you retro/vintage fans out there!!

I listed this album here on ebay.

Have a lovely day, Lindsey



Twyla on Tuesday - Birthday Trip to the Zoo

Hello dear friends!

I want to thank you all for your birthday wishes

last Tuesday!  It was my birthday and my family

and I spent the day at the St. Louis Zoo!

I had so much fun taking pictures!  There was so much

to see.  It is a very magical place and of course I was

mesmerized by the carousel.

The grizzly bear was fun to watch.  He kept turning circles and would

jump in the water to cool off.

The giraffes are one of Lindsey's favorite animals!

One of my favorite exhibits is the flight cage.  It was

built in 1904 for the World's Fair that took place right

here on these grounds. 

There's also a butterfly pavillion, and believe me, it's

not easy catching one still enough to photograph!

I really enjoyed watching the black necked swans skimming

around their pool.  So beautiful and peaceful.  I could have

watched them all day.

The new sea lion tunnel was awesome!  You can walk through

and watch them swimming over and around you. 

It was well over 100 degrees that day, but there were plenty of

indoor exhibits for us to get in out of the heat so we paced

ourselves.  I had a great birthday!  The best part was that for

the first time in what seemed like forever, all of my family was

off on my birthday!  What a great gift that was!

Thank you all for visiting the zoo with me today!

Have a wonderful day!

Love, Twyla



Mad Tea Party 2012

Welcome all who enter here!

Once in a lifetime, or maybe twice, something magical

happens to you.  Will you follow me into Alice's Tea

Room and see what awaits?!

What's this?!

A fine table set with enchanting games and treats.

Sure to lure us into the magical world inside.

A sip of tea wouldn't hurt.

Or a delectable looking cookie!

Should we?  What could happen?

I don't think there would be any harm.

Why, there is even instructions inviting us to eat!

Oh, you must be our host!

Thank you, Alice, for inviting us in.

It's truly a lovely party!

And who might this be? 

A party guest for sure!

And a couple of cheeky rabbits!

What is that?!

Oh, no!

Look what happened to Alice!

She now is small enough to fit in the cup!

Something tells me we'll be sorry for drinking

that tea!

Well, never mind.  We've had so much fun

I don't even mind being small for awhile.

I've enjoyed meeting everyone and especially

this handsome fellow!

I think I've made a new friend!

Maybe I will take him home with me.

It's been a wonderful day of parties and much thanks and

appreciation goes to Miss Vanessa, at A Fanciful Twist,

for hosting this marvelous, enchanting event!

Thank you all for stopping by our little party.

It's been a pleasure!

Twyla and Lindsey

Little Bo Peep

Hello friends!

When I spotted Crate Paper's new Little Bo Peep paper line I couldn't wait to get my hands on it! I had to have this cute retro baby themed paper line!

So sweet and retro, this paper line is just dreamy!

I also purchased Crafty Secrets retro baby Girl stickers

 to make this sweet baby album.

I pulled out my lace patterned border punches and pink flowers

 to make this album feel girly and cute!

I thought I would pull out my vintage baby cards and use in my album, but the paper line was so full of sweet graphics that I didn't have room for more!

This sweet pattern with yellow birds on a light

aqua background was my favorite!

This paper line is new and should be available

 at your local store or online.

I highly recommend it!

This album has been listed in my ebay shop.



Have a beautiful day, Lindsey

Twyla on Tuesday - Birthday Party

Hello friends!

Today is my birthday!

Because we have made plans for today,

we already had my birthday party.

Thought I would give you a peek!

If you've been a reader of our blog for awhile

you know that we have themes for each party.

This year, since my New Year's resolution was

to read more books,

they surprised me with a book themed party!

Lindsey found these adorable Little Golden Book

decorations and she and my son did the decorating.

I think they did a fantastic job!

Aren't the decorations cute?!

Lindsey even used her collection of Little Golden

Books as part of the decorations.

Yes, you are right!  There were several

books in all those packages!

I have a lot of reading to keep me busy!

I loved the wall decorations.

How cute is it to use the plates?!

This year we opted for cupcakes instead of a big

birthday cake.  They were made by a bakery here

in town and they were So Good!

Thanks for stopping by my party.

I am getting to spend the day today with

my family.

I am very blessed.

Have a wonderful day, ladies,

and happy birthday to all the other

July birthday girls!

Love, Twyla



Vintage Card

Hello dear friends!

Just wishing you a lovely Sunday!!

Lindsey and Twyla



Christmas Crafting in July?

Hello friends!

Last December, something very exciting happened to me.

I had just shared a vintage Christmas card here on our blog, as well as sharing tags everyday that I had been making for the Tim Holtz Twelve Days of Christmas Tags event. Tim found and visited our blog and offered

 to buy the vintage card that I had shared here.

 I am a total Tim fanatic and was thrilled to send him the card.

He said that if he ever used the image he would let me know.

Well, fast forward to just a couple weeks ago, when I was visiting Tim's blog to see his newest product releases, I spotted my card used as a new stamp!!!

I was so happy to see this Santa and reindeer image created into this gorgeous stamp set! Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, Tim contacted me to send me this not yet released stamp set!

So I've had this set in my hands to play with

 this week and created a few tags.

This tag was created by stamping the image onto watercolor paper and coloring with Distress Markers and a water brush.

I just love how this image stamps!!

This tag is using the Distress Markers to color the

 stamp before stamping it onto the tag.

On this tag, I heat embossed the stamp and colored in with Distress Markers.

I also used Tim's Kraft Core cardstock on this tag.

I created the white wash effect with Picket Fence

 Distress Stain on a kraft tag.

On this tag I used Festive Berries and Mowed Lawn Distress inks and then stamped the image with Archival ink.

I hope your having a lovely week, Lindsey