Beach Pics, Crop Junkies & Happy Easter!

Friday, I woke up early, ran errands, and then went jogging on the beach...I love the rare rainy day in San Diego. It had been sprinkling on and off all morning, and everything had that "just rained" look...it was so beautiful outside...here are a couple pics:









Later that evening, I met my friends, (left to right) Jessica, Krystie, Me, Ally, & Nely, at the Pink Pineapple...we scrapbooked, and had yummy drinks, and laughed...



To everyone I want to wish you HAPPY EASTER and SPRING!

Spring ATC...

...for a friend:

I am totally loving these bright colors, and the Prima pebbles!...the paper is Hambly, and the alphas are Adorn' It....short and sweet tonight :) Have a good one!

Rain Boots & Jackets...

...are some of the sweetest memories I have this Spring :)

June 9th...one summer in WA...we decided to visit the "Spit" (aka. Dungeness Spit - a long, thin stretch of land surrounded on the right and left sides by the ocean)...it ended up sprinkling as we made our way toward the beach, so we decided to stop in a local shop for rain gear for the kiddos...they hopped around, and tried on the cutest rain boots and jackets, until finally decided which were perfect! Once, we reached the Spit, it didn't take long for them to find their way into the cool, gray ocean...and somehow my memories of that damp day, now have a glow :)

Here is another pic of what the Spit looked like that day:

For the layout above, I used the Cosmo Cricket paper "Thursday", Prima Flowers, Glitter paper, pink streamer, teal sequins, and a Hambly dye cut flower. This is also kind of a "recycled" page...I used white paint to dry brush a piece of cardboard, and used the Prima packaging to write my journaling on...and, to finish it off, I tore the bottom edges of the papers. I also edited the photo so it had a kind of "golden" hue...perfect for the way I remember our outing that day :)

Projects from Color Me Miki...

...They are from the "Home" April kit:







Most of the paper is My Little Shoebox "My Neighborhood" & also some Prima...totally cute! You can see the Color Me Miki Blog here, and view other projects and layouts from her creative team. I will post projects from the "Garden" kit soon. Thanks for all the goodies Terri! These kits are so much fun!