ahhhhh,, december. glad youre here, because it means as you grow closer and closer to the end of the year, i may slowly un-tie these strings i have wrapped ever so tightly on my lips,,, im good with secrets, your secrets, but mine?? not so much,,, anyway, enough of that {before i go tooooo far},,, check these out. i thought i give it a shot to see if miss elsie wanted to create a little twinsie action for mama & girl baby,,, and she loved the idea,,, and since sofia and i both looooove pink, and have so much music in our souls,,, well, i emailed the details off and these are the paintings e created for me and sofia. cute ~ right?? cant wait to have em!!!
love, ally

lets just say saturday was a great mail day in casa de serrato,,,, :-D

just waiting on the pandas,,, did you know that im really, really, really, really love missy elsie :-D

~ciao

im the luckiest girl in the whole wide world!!!
{thanks mom & dad} ~ love you!!!
{thanks hubby} ~ love you!!!
have a great weekend!!!
~xoxo~

wednesday i took an amazing class at pink pineapple with miss emily falconbridge and lemme tell you, it totally rocked!!!! i got to spend the evening crating with some of my girlys at my all time favorite store in the world!!! my girlfriend noelle {who creates wedding invitations that are to die for} joined me and nely for a wicked time!!!! i love what we created,,, i havent finished my mushrooms yet, but you get the picture ~ yes?? oh, and how stinkin cute is emily?? so, so cute!!!
~loves~

alright, alright, so i know that i usually only post once a day {8:00am to be exact} buttttt,,,,,, i cant wait,, not another minute and not until tomorrow 8:00 am. yeah, im beside myself. as many of you loyal blog readers know, sassafrass lass is my very favorite product line. this year and last years cha favorite. anyway, i sent a layout their way and, well, check it,,, they took their time and posted it ON THEIR BLOG!!!!! i am soooo not an *OMG*er person,, but OMG!!!! im dying!!! thank you so much to the ladies at sassafrass,,,, this made my day, week and probably even my year!!!!!! xoxoxxoxoxxoxoxooxxoxoxo here is the layout,,,, and then a little somethin' somethin' about my card class that im teaching at pink sunday 8th of march at 2:00. eeekkkkkk!!!!!!!and since i mentioned that sassafrass lass was my cha favorite {two years in a row} i thought i might as well share my happy smiles from just standing in their booth!!!
{cha 2008}{cha 2009}thank you sassafrass lass ~ me love you long time!!!!
****added****~yet another reason pink pineapple rocks my world***loves!!!
~xoxoxxoxoxoxxoxoxoxxo~

as if cha wasnt awesome enough, i decided to join carrie, gloria and elena for a celine navarro at scrapbook oasis. such fun times!!! she was a doll and had so many unusually fun ideas for layouts!! check out her supply list,,,
*FOUR 4x6 pictures (color and/or b&w) - one has to be developed in a photo lab (no ink jet)*THREE 3x2 pictures (color or/and b&w)
*masking tape
*gesso
*acrylic paints
*watercolor paints (four colors : yellow, red, blue, green)
*one of two sheets of newspapers
*pizza cutters
*paper brush edge distresser
*Staz-on ink
*Versafine black ink
*punches
*cutter
*scissors
*glue
*white gel pen
*black gel pen
*double sided tape
yes ~ pizza cutter!!! she actually had an amazing technique using it!!! its so amazing to me how different artists and their minds work. i love this industry. here are a few photos from the amazing evening,,,
i took pictures of her layouts, these arent mine,,, although i wish they were,,, :-D

thanks ladies for spending the evening with me!!! so much fun!!!

~xoxo~

more cha,,,, projects that inspired me like crazy,,,, sorry for the poor photography,,,

whoa,,, alright,,, coming up next,,, my class i took at oasis.

~loves~