new year, new home

I've been mentioning off and on that I won't be updating this blog anymore, but I wanted to make one last post here to give you updated info. This blog has been around long enough that it still draws a lot of people to it, so I didn't want to take it down completely. I've just decided that it's in my best interest (for my sanity) to only maintain a single blog. My home on bluebirdchic.com is much more robust and suited to the growth ahead for both me and my business, so all of my future posts can be found there. You can find the info to subscribe via wordpress, feedly, or bloglovin' in the sidebar there. I have a lot of exciting things planned for the upcoming year, including Project Life that I can't wait to share with you!

See you there!

December JBS Mercantile kits

I'm sharing my December JBS Mercantile projects on my bluebird chic blog today! Stop in and see if you'd like! As mentioned previously, I'm slowly phasing out this blog for now and trying to bring everything together in one place. Happy Tuesday!

this week's posts

{journal expressing my gratitude}

I had mentioned previously in one of my posts that I won't be maintaining this blog as actively with my projects - it has become a lot to manage to keep two sites going, and I feel that pulling things together at this point is a much better idea! I hope you'll join me over at bluebirdchic.com!

Here's a roundup of this week's posts!

{holiday papercrafts shop update}

{brilliant ideas notebook DIY}

{christmas cranberry sweet bread recipe}

Have a lovely weekend! ^_^

november olw prompt - grace

Sharing my layout for the November Word Up! prompt on my blog at bluebirdchic.com today!

thankful - a gratitude journal

I'm sharing details on the inside pages of the journal that I put together using the November project kit from JBS Mercantile on my bluebirdchic.com blog today!

us - and a thankful journal

{photo by megan klauer photography}

Sharing a peek at what I put together using the November JBS Mercantile kits today! I'm still in love with feathers - and I love the colors in these kits! ^_^

I've also put together the November project kit! It features more custom made flair and and two pages of handdrawn, watercolored printable journaling cards. Can't wait to share more of this!

Also note: I will slowly be moving my posting of all papercrafting projects over to my bluebirdchic.com blog. It has been a tough decision to let this little blog go, but I've decided that I've outgrown it. And to better be able to share who I am and all of the things I'm involved in, I felt that I should move it all to one place. I'm doing a lot less scrapbooking, so it won't take over the other blog to post 5-6 projects there per month. This blog will stay up, I just won't be posting to it as actively. Eventually, I'll sign off with a post directing traffic to my other blog. I share lots of other fun creative things that I do there - recipes, craft projects, what I'm reading, and thoughts on life - like the cultivate gratitude series for November. I'd love it if you decided to join me there!

november kit peek & a journey of gratitude

I can not. Wait. I helped put together this November project kit for JBS Mercantile - and when it all arrived on my doorstep, it made me so happy. Just looking at it all come together is a beautiful thing when you've trawled sites looking for the best products to pull together to make something that you love! the kit will also include custom chalkboard style flairs that I designed, and not one, but TWO printable sheets of 3x4 cards to help journal your gratitude for the month of November! Eee!! the cards include hand drawn illustrations/graphics that I put together, and I so love them. Can't wait to dig into this kit!

I'll also be putting together a few prompts for ideas on journaling the things that you're thankful for, and cultivating a spirit of gratitude for yourself and your family. It's something I've been working on in my heart and life daily, and it can help you get through even the toughest times to remember the things that you're blessed with! I'll be putting together a series of blog posts in the month of November highlighting those prompts, and they'll be posted on my blog at bluebirdchic.com if you'd like to join in. I want it to be a time of lifting up, sharing thoughts and love with others. One of the biggest things that I've learned through this discipline is that gratitude for the things that we're blessed with builds into so many other positive things in life, and I so want to share that with you!