Wednesday ~ Heart Flutter { Top 5 }

So this top 5 is of music I have been listening to right now.....

1. Bow Wow Wow (their rhythms are awesome)
2. Blue Foundation (very relaxing for me.....puts me in a great place)
3. MGMT (just started listening to them and i love their energy)
4. Metric (her voice is a lot like mine.....i like that)
5. Frou Frou (again, very relaxing.....helps free my mind) 

In general I listen to a lot of music every day, and really enjoy making playlists for each season.  But this is what has been nice for me lately.  Any recommendations of bands that are similar?  There are so many awesome artists.....and I love listening to new music!!!

Happy Wednesday!

<3 Carrie

Cozy & Sweet Photos

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

-Nelson Mandela

Without this playing of fantasy, no creative work has ever yet come to birth...the debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

-Carl Jung

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

-Lawana Blackwell, The Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, 1998

Love, Gloria and Carrie

Enjoying November

Sorry about being MIA the last couple days.  A lot of my extra time is spent on Gloria and my new sweet Bubblegum Life project.  It has been soooo much fun!!!  If you haven't visited this week, our Project Mondays are up, and so are the Bubblegum Sketches and a fun DIY.....plus, tomorrow there will be new inspirational photos, and Friday a brand new photo prompt.  AND I am SUPER excited about our December plans for Bubblegum Life.....I can't wait to show you!!!  Pretty soon I think it will be easier to balance both blogs.....I'm hoping it just takes practice.  Needless to say, the surprise I had planned for yesterday is temporarily postponed.  It's all good though.  I feel like I really have a lot to look forward to the rest of this year.

Quite a few of my friends are having birthdays this month, so I decided to design this card just for them!  It's a mixture of digital images from my photography, printed onto a cardstock card, with butterflies punched out of glittered scrapbook paper, and some pretty red ribbon for the spine.  The mix of pastel and jewel tones in this card are sooooo me right now.  And I have to add that since I started only giving things that I absolutely love my whole perspective on creating has changed.  Instead of saving a special product for an unknown project that is sure to be awesome, I have been actually using it and the end result feels GREAT!  I recommend you try it, if you haven't recently : )

Have a great week everyone!
<3 Carrie

Bubblegum Sketches & DIY

Welcome to another Wednesday of Bubblegum Sketches!!! 

The sketch above is from Gloria's Project Monday Recipe Layout, and the one below is from Carrie's Project Monday Recipe Envelope.....

And today I thought it would also be nice to share a little DIY.....

This is how I made the recipe envelope for my project.  It's so fun and easy!  Here are the written instructions to go with the photos.....

1. Take apart an envelope in the size you want to use.
2. Pick a piece of scrapbook paper, and trace the envelope onto it (i used a pencil).
3. Cut the envelope out of the scrapbook paper.
4. Use your bone folder to fold over the edges so it matches the envelope you took apart.
5. Add glue (or a tape runner for not so strong hold) to the bottom edges of the right and left side flaps.
6. Fold bottom flap up so glue attaches from right and left side flaps.
7. All done!!!

There are so many possibilities with these sweet handmade envelopes.  You can add them to a minibook (like what I plan to do with mine), you can add it to a layout, and you can give it with a beautiful card.....simple little things like this really do make me smile : )

And for more Bubblegum Life fun.....if you haven't checked it out yet, there is a mouthwatering photo of a beautiful chocolate mocha cheesecake, with a link to the recipe on our Flickr Group (courtesy of Moon In My Garden).  Yummy!  If you have a yummy Fall recipe don't hesitate to share, we would just love it!!!

Please feel free to use the sketch images or DIY on your blog, just link them back here : )

See you tomorrow for more Cozy & Sweet Photos!

Love, Gloria and Carrie