One Sunny Day Kit

Hello everyone,

It has really been a jammed packed couple of weeks

for the Little Blue House and the Gals. It started with prepping

 for an Open House in early May, Having the Open House

mid-May, prepping for the Front Porch kits site and

Great American Scrapbook Convention, having the kit reveal

 and now we prep for the classes that are coming up. 

We have filled 3 Buffet Sessions solid, and half filled

several others.  Whew!  Maybe things can normalize now. 

 I think I needed to recap the month of May to see

 that YES! things get done when you work at it. : )

Here is the booth we set up at GASC. 

We had such a great response.

Lots of choppers wearing our little flower

 Make-n-Take.  Thank you to everyone who visited us.

And thanks you to those who made it up to the

store on Friday and Saturday.

It was really great to get to know you.

 

Now is when I usually let you know that if you missed last

 nights webcast featuring the new kit from Front Porch Kits that

 you can link up here.  But we were having so many technical

 difficulties with our computers, I don't know what got recorded.

  We had about 5 computers in the store trying to help the crowds

 with tutorial info, winnings and LBH questions. 

Some of our viewers couldn't see that they were logged

 in but some of us could. A few of us had little or no

 sound, but the audience could hear fine. 

 Crazzzzieness!

So if you did log in we were glad to have you,

check out the webcast, I think you will enjoy it. If you

 would like to see all of the projects click here for

the gallery. It's beautiful.

Here is the card I made from the "One Sunny Day" kit.

The card is a simple one. Just a couple of layers, ribbon and

a chipboard frame that I inked and glazed.

The stamp is from Tim Holts' new collection

"Stuff To Say"

Here in the Merry house, now that school is out.  We are getting ready

a fun filled vacation.  The next project was inspired by that upcoming trip.

 The book surfaces are Canvas board, Chip board,

pages protectors and Acrylic sheet pages I had

 left over from past projects. And because the covers

were tall, I added 2 more book rings to help bind it.

 Everything was embellished with the items in the kit.

Some of the events that we will be attending

I have already started to add into the book,

This will go with me so that I have all of the

necessary information on hand for each thing

we do. 

And then there is space to add more memorabilia

as it is collected.

Usually my journals are not this elaborate. But this kit

was so appropriately named for my California trip,

how could I pass up this opportunity to make

such a fun book.

The banner pages are from the Maya Road

pennant banners that are include in the kit.

The last few pages are for the rest of the trip.  The

days where we will be by the pool or on the beach doing

very little hopefully. 

The last page was made from the mesh sheet also included

in the kit.  I made the binding from the denim

and then found some eyelets to punch through to

hook onto the rings, but being the over anxious crafter that

i sometimes am, the eyelets were too small.  But I let the

cute factor cloud my logic. I should have made sure they would

fit onto the rings.  UGH!  So plan "B"... glue it onto the back cover.

It works for me!

A bit of news...

The Blog for Front Porch Kits went LIVE today.

Check it out and become a follower at

http://frontporchkits.typepad.com/front-porch-kits/

We will be posting projects, tutorials, and

contests pertaining to the Front Porch Kits.

I am so excited.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Have a wonderful week and craft

something fun for your summer break.

Rhonda