I have been lucky enough to join in on a fun travel journal project with some blog friends this Spring!
Marlene,
Val, and
Renee : ) These are my pages from Renee's minibook. She provided the prompts for each page, and here's what I came up with:
The photo above is my page on *what makes me smile*. I attached a cute teddy bear in the center and added journal strips around it with things that make me smile....
driving through rainbows with my Mom
my puppy Ponyo and his priceless moments
handmade crafts
fresh flowers in the Spring
the laugh lines around My Sweetie's eyes
wii dancing with my 5 year old niece
special moments captured in photos
the rain
And below was a *free page*, so I altered one of my digital layouts from February and printed it out to add in.....
This page was *name and any info you'd like to share* in your favorite color. I added a green paper with journaling about myself and stapled the label from my favorite drink right now.....
Here's my *favorite quote*. I used
this DIY for creating the background to help make it all pop!
For this page, I handmade a vellum envelope to hold a *postcard* of Encinitas. And I thought the little ladybugs added a fun touch of Springtime.....
And I did something a little different for Renee's *sunset* prompt. Instead of sharing a photo of the actual sunset, I scrapped photos of what it looks like around my home during the sunset.....
This page was *make a wish*, and so here are my wishes.....
one day to have a house of my own
My Sweetie and I could live in Sequim, near my family
to become a Tai Chi Master
the dishes could magically clean themselves
for peace and happiness for those I love
Here's *a picture of you* and any random facts of things that make you - you.....
- love to watch movies and listen to music everyday
I had a hard time with this one because my hand is so shakey: *doodle your name*.....
And this was one of my favorite pages, *favorite things to do in your city*:
visit the beach
take photos at the botanical gardens
visit the Del Mar racetrack
go to the Del Mar fair
visit the museums at balboa park
picking out pumpkins at the pumpkin patch
ice skating at the Hotel Del
visit the San Diego Zoo
walk around La Jolla Shores
And that's it! March is probably the craziest month I will have all year, but I'll be sure to share my pages (once they're done) from Val's travel journal next <3 Carrie
I have been so busy with prepping for our move to Washington.....I really miss blogging. So today I decided to do a quick blog post with lots of photos! My sweet friends have been making lots of time for me and so in between packing and finishing up art projects there have been lots of new adventures with them :D
Nely took me to the Alta Vista Gardens yesterday and we spent a wonderful afternoon taking photos, chatting, laughing and in general feeling very inspired by the beauty all around. The tiny peach flower below was her favorite when she was a kid. It only grows a couple inches tall and the bloom is the size of a push pin. I think little fairy's might live here.....what do you think? <3 Carrie
(All photos by me, expect the ones of me where taken by Nely. Photoshop actions by me. You can click on most of the images to see them larger in Flickr.)
Today there is also some exciting news I'd like to share with you. Ryan and I have decided to move from San Diego to Seattle......partially for my health, but also so I can be close to my family in Washington.....I am thrilled! Lots of happiness, excitement, packing, spending time with friends and planning with Ryan this month (hence the stagnant blogging). We move in April, and honestly are both a little nervous (we'll miss our friends and family here), but are very happy, ready and willing.....especially since my mother came down for a long weekend of adventure here recently (will share pics of this soon), and one evening she helped me pack most of my kitchen. Now I am even more ready to move on. There's nothing like the support of your beautiful mother <3 Carrie
