My current Thief

I came across this blog today, The girl and the good , and this photo caught my eye.

This is my personal downfall right now. I am normally quite good at living in the moment, but life's story has me in limbo, waiting for tomorrow's. With long days alone, with my three girls and two daycare babies, while hubby is away all week long, I live for dreaming of the nights. Nights when all my angels are happily in their beds, drifting off peacefully, and I am cuddled up in bed with my current read, just to drift off to sleep and awake to the feeling of waiting through the next days events, for the longing of my bed again. Being a military wife has given me my share of waiting for the next move. We are currently in that state of waiting once again. We have 44 days before we move on to our next destination, our next journey, but imagine, if you can, knowing that a huge move is upon you, and you are yet to know where that destination is. Hubby was told we will know where we are going by the end of next week. So I find myself counting the days into nights, and the nights into weeks, until we can come to the day where we know. The day when the real planning begins, and my heart can settle a bit, carrying with it the dreaming of new ventures,( hopefully near family) and planning amongst the chaos. I long for the day that I can take each day for the gift that it is again. Until than I wait.
                                                         Brianna

good morning!
Did you get a chance to see my post over at the UmWowStudio blog this morning. I shared this fun layout of a sweet moment I caught with little K and our dog, Chester Blu. As good "big sisters" do, Little K sat down to read Chester Blu a book of choice. He very sweetly stayed to listen, and I just had to get a photo of it.

I am obsessed with floating objects later, and did just that with my UmWowStudio Layered Triangles and pops of gold vellum. I love the fun look it brings to the page. I also used a tab from my This Day Hashtag set. Backing it with cardstock really made it pop.

I also chose to add the perfect touch to my journaling with my Layered Squares, using one to frame out this sweet punched heart. Thanks for peeking in. I am off to find some coffee for my extremely tired self.I hope your day is wonderful!

                                                                   Brianna

The wandering soul

hey everyone. I am super excited to share that I just posted my first project for UmWowStudio. Being completely honest, I was slightly intimidated being chosen to be part of an amazing team. The other girls are so wildly artistic with their projects. Paints, inks, and gesso galore, and I'm over here happily with my mist and occasional water paints, but I was so amazed at how versatile the products can be. I tore into the product the minute it reached my mailbox, creating 2 layouts and still crazily inspired for more. I created a layout about my love for seeing the world. I grew up in a smaller town in the state of Maine. I never traveled far with family, until I fell in love with a boy that became a military man right out of Highschool. We have lived in many states, and it has sparked a desire to experience more culture and life.

I knew I wanted to use this laser cut map right away, and had the idea to use UWS arrow confetti. It was unexpectedly smaller than expected so I used them to point out all the states I have called home.

I added another arrow and one of the layered triangles to frame out my title.I also added an UWS star flair. They are larger than average flair, adding great detail. I search for the perfect quote, and found this amazing one on Pinterest, of course.

If you get the chance, stop by and leave some love, and stop by the shop to see all the great product they have. The style is amazing, and he product is so inspiring and unique! Happy Monday friends, thanks for stopping by!
    Brianna

what a grand canyon i was!

Hello friends, I hope you all had a wonderful, family filled holiday yesterday! The day also marked my 30th birthday, and I happily celebrated it with hubby and the girls. Just a store bought cake to celebrate! Nothing too fancy.

 Its also time for a new sketch reveal over at LCOM today! We were asked to work with a fun sketch. At first my mind went straight to a project life spread, but I changed my mind and decided to create it into  layout!

Here is the fun sketch; and here is how I was inspired by it.

 

 

We had made a priority of stopping at the grand canyon on our move across country. I have been saving up these photos for the perfect project. I recently watched a class by Jill Sprott and she explained how she types on her projects. I loved the explanation, and gave it a try. I have always ,honestly , disliked my handwriting and always have a dislike of it on layouts, but was always too lazy and intimidated to print it out, but I love it so much better and plan to stick with this for now on! Another thing I overcame in this layout was my use of my handheld sewing machine on my layouts. I purchased a hand sewing machine somewhere around 5 years ago and was too nervous to use it on my projects, too afraid to mess up. I decided it was time to give in, and  I am glad I did.  It was just the touch this layout needed.

I hope you are inspired also and join us over at the blog. Link up for your chance at a prize!

Brianna

Happy Wednesday friends! I am quickly approaching the dirty Thirty, Friday, July 4th will mark a new life mark for me. I must say I am looking greatly forward to what my 30's will have to offer! I wanted to share a little visual love for your soul, to help you get over the hump of the week. I just completed my next layout for LCOM, set to share on Saturday. Until then, here is a peek at what I have been busy with, and just know it includes my first attempt at machine stitching on a layout, a personal intimidation that I have been meaning to conquer! I hope everyone has a beautiful day!

 

                                               Brianna

Happy Friday everyone!!!!I hope everyone had a great weekend. We planning on getting up North with family for the weekend, so here  is hoping we don't run into too much traffic tonight! Let me share that my middle child, is quite a silly little girl. She is always doing silly things to share, like crazy dances or odd little jokes (that make little sense to adults). One of her favorite forms of expression comes in the form of selfies on my phone. I came across this photo she snuck on there one day and could not even be upset that she was messing with my phone. How funny! I hope it brightens your day as it brightened mine!

                                                              Brianna

As everyone else appears to be, I am saddened by the news of the closing of two peas. It was the first community I was pulled towards at the beginning of my online scrapping journey, and after taking a 2 year break, it was one of the first places I went back to, to get back in the groove of things. Some of my most valuable scrapping lessons came through the sites videos and the ever inspiring garden girls. Moving often as a military family, and never seeming to be near a great local store, two peas WAS my shopping store of choice. I am saddened by the apparent sadness in posts over the subject, and hope that those effected in their heart can soon realize the blessing it created for the online community and remember it with love.
When I am having a rough day, I quickly turn to music to brighten my mood. It is a sort of life line for me, as I come from musical roots. I try to share music in our every day, so it is no surprise when the girls go through their "mimicking" stage, to rock some headphones. I caught little K pretending to be like mommy and daddy with her headphones and game controller in hand(daddy's influence). I just loved the papers pulled together for this months Scrapbook circle kit, it worked with the feel of this photo so well! I hope that its bubbly feel and upbeat paper colors can help brighten wat appears to be a somber day!
Brianna