Starting on the Left Page...

...and getting ready for Brown Week for the Summer of Color Challenge. The bonus this coming week is to have a hint of bold with one's browns!  My left page is not yet finished, but it's drying...and waiting for more layering.

Hope you are having time to do what you'd like to do on this summery Sunday.

~k

Sweetness into Saturday

The evening sparkled with twinkle lights

and smiles,

pretty bows and flowers,

and mountains of frosted cupcakes

in vintage centerpieces....

Friends and family visited

in love and laughter,

and this mom-of-the-bride

is still glowing with sentimentality!

 Here are the homemade centerpieces....

fabric, lace doilies, sweets,

flowers, and Michelle's own

table signs/cupcake keys!

 Everyone took home a berry basket (left)

with handstamped linen bags of lavender,

a jar candle with a handmade

Thank You sticker,

and tied with twine,

and a package of cupcake wraps
...and hopefully a prize or two!

 By the time I decorated cupcake 100,

I hope I could squeeze out prettiness...♥ !

The whimsical sugar butterflies, (etsy)

were such a lovely touch!

Maid-of-Honor (Sarah),

Junior bridesmaid (Chelsea),

and Michelle (Bride-to-Be!):

~All four bridesmaids~

And Groom, Kevin,

came near the end

to bring his Mom, me, and Michelle flowers,

share smiles,

and to take the beautiful gifts home!

♥

PS. We really did eat more than cupcakes!

We had appetizers and

stations with carved beef and turkey for sandwiches,

fresh tomato & basil pizzas,

salads,

and a make-your-own sundae bar!

♥

Thank you so much for sharing our evening and looking at photos!

I love when you visit.

~k

♥Today's the Bridal Shower!♥

It's tonight: Girls' Night Out Bridal Shower for my daughter, "Mia" Michelle!♥

I will be frosting cupcakes in a few minutes...lemon with strawberry icing, and fun fetti with pale turquoise icing(!) and will try to show you later! Mom of the groom is making red velvet cupcakes and chocolate. We are so excited! I even ordered edible sugar butterflies to put on some of them.  It's a beautiful day! ♥

Golden Yellow Journaling

An art journal page inspired by sunshiney yellows. 

Though normally I don't do much with yellow, this was fun because the yellow paints and papers & metallic gold inspired the most wonderful flashbacks of a great family vacation when the kids were little...aaaah. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision, after a friendly invite, to spend a week living on the beach. We packed up the car and went. Great decision. Life highlight.

 What is your favorite vacation memory?

New "Fresh Lemonade" fabric push pin set for inspiration boards:

 Use Coupon Code 15July at checkout for 15% off push pins and tack packs

at PaperPumpkin, our etsy shop!

 I love July...

 ~kath

Check out Kristin's "Summer of Color" challenge here.
This week is yellow with metallics for a bonus.
Next week will be brown!!

15% Off PaperPumpkin Etsy Sale!

Summertime Christmas in July Sale on all fabric push pin sets and Tack Packs in our shop! I thought it'd be fun for the next couple of weeks or so to celebrate summer with fresh inspiration board push pins or gifts for college students! Just use coupon code 15July at check-out!
♥Thanks for visiting!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  ~Kathy

A Page...

~kath

Tiny Flowers, Soft Colors, Vintage

I really enjoyed making the new month's Calendar for the 2011 Calendar Challenge by Kate For July. I was thinking about vintage looks and little bouquets of garden flowers, most likely because of all of the floral ~wedding~ conversations floating about over here.

We are going to order the flowers online, have them delivered shortly before the wedding day, and make all of our own bouquets and arrangements!

Imagine ivory and yellow...ranaculus...garden roses...wildflowers...! 

July is a big month for us with lots of birthdays and parties in the family, too. 

♥

 Of course, because I love to color,

I had to fill in the petals on the most important July days!

It was fun to use my new floral wreath/circle stamp. 

I thought it was the cutest thing when I saw it in the shop,

but I didn't know at the time, what I'd use it for.

Perfect for calendar days, it turns out!

Happy of July to you all!

Thank you so much for visiting me!

You make me grin wildly!

♥

~Kathy