there was a prompt for candy shoppe designs to use animal print. uh, easy, for me, at least. animal print has been a staple in my life since high school, especially in, well everything!!! i love me some animal print. this is such a fun picture of me when i took all my brides maids wine tasting a few weeks before the big day!!! love, love wine tasting, im sure this past weekend will produce some fun layouts, the photos are priceless, thats for sure!!!! here is my take on the animal print challenge, which was no challenge at all,,, here is *the bride*, the classy bride, might i add,,, ;-)

i was finally able to scrap!!!! yay!!!! i have to admit, i sorta forget how to do it,,, no joke. like, its been ages since ive created anything, and i feel like i forgot,,,, sad. this is not allowed. i was able to play with paris hilton creativity collection. so easy to work with and put something together,,, i made this layout using the birthday girl scrapbook set. here is *happy birthday* layout,,, i hope you likey,,,

a quickie recap on my most favorite birthday, like, ever!!!!

saturday, we got a limo bus and went wine tasting up in temec, my home town. it was oh, so much fun!!! and i had pink hair for the occasion,,,

here is one half of the bus,,,

then sunday, was a perfectly mellow day spent with my favorite scrapping friends!!! my bestie, nely, carrie and gloria. love these ladies a lot, a lot. nely put together the most amazing album, which i will share, but we are missing one layout. she collected layouts that all of you made for me. seriously, if you took part in this, thank you. you have no idea how much it touched me to see all the creations you did, for me. thank you. and thank you nely for putting it together. and nely hosted this perfectly peaceful day of scrapping for me, complete with snacks, brewskies and my favorite friends,,,

i had to take this picture, its what i was looking at as i was about to blow out my birthday candles,,, its what it looks like to have creative friends, always ready to snap a picture,,,

and cheers to gloria and carrie for this oh so amazing birthday cake they created for me!!! isnt it beautiful!?!? im in love, and so happy.

thank you, for making my birthday my favorite so far,,, creations and projects coming soon,,, gotta go finish up the teeny details of the september addicts kit,,,,

what else would any girl buy for herself for her 30th birthday?!?!?

HELLO KITTY dr martens!!!!

so excited!!!! thanks you for all the sweet birthday wishes, especially on facebook ~ oh my!!!!

thirty years ago today,,,, this was me,,,,

and these are just good ol photos,,,

were here,,, and having oh so much fun!!! and im really, really excited that i have internet in the room!!! yip~pee!!! wanted to say hi and thanks for all the sweet comments!!! {hi mom}

yeah, check out my friend, matts t-shirt,,, are you kidding me?? of course im having a good time!!!

anddddd im out,,, again,,, off to the domincian republic with two other couples and my hubby ~ no kids,,, yikes!!!! gonna miss them a lot, a lot,,, and you too, of course,,, im updating my iphone with lots of new music to keep me happy. i have new books to read. but still,,, gonna miss those babies. and my nely. and our adorable etsy shop, and the fact the *sweet escape* and *lemonade* are selling of the shelfs like no other,,, its such a rad feeling!!!!

alright,, oh, i started tumblr,,, you know, because i always jump on the band wagon,,, :-) follow me there,,, im hoping for quick and easy updates over there,,, if youre on tumblr, lets be friends,,, not totally sure how it works, but lets,,, wanna?? :-)

oh my, oh my, these kits take my breath away,,, for august, weve got, just for you, the *sweet escape* main kit and *lemonade* for our add on kit,,, theyre amazing,,, im gonna go create with them now,,,, ill be back later to share projects :-)

hip~hip~hoooorayyyy for another blog hop party!!! if this is your first time ~ welcome!!! im happy youre here!!!! if youve been here before, welcome back, and thanks for the visit!!! we are having a fun little inspiration party and blog hop with our ninja in the spotlight tanisha renee,,, so go ahead, start here,,, on my blog {only since youre here already} and hop, hop, hop along,,, be sure to leave a comment on the addicts blog for a chance to win one of the prizes weve got for you!!! also, go there for all the details,,,

and here is my inspiration,, i actually used the very newest kit *toast & bananas*,,, its so precious!! perfect for summer!!! here is *young love, 1947*,,, my cute grandparents,,,

here is a cute little head-band i created,,, similar listings will be available in my *marciano isabella* shop,,, which, last night, i threw a few of those rad tapes i use for shipping out the addicts kits,,, so if youre interested {ahem miss heidi ;-) }

and here is the head-band,,, i love it!!! i sorta wanna keep her for myself!!!!

and there you go, go have fun and hop along!!!

okay, next week,, promise, inspiration,,,, but seriously, i can help it,, us ninja masters have been crazzzzyyy busy!!! andddd,,, we just released another kit {or two}!! just because we couldnt resist!!! its a summer must have, thats for sure!! check out the full post here, and the shop here,,, and the listings here,,, *toast & bananas* well as *sunday afternoon*

nely is coming over soon to play, drink, scrap and maybe ride bikes!!! i cant wait!!! what are your plans for the weekend!!!