I had the opportunity to chat with Tracie Claiborne last week for her Live Inspired podcast, touching on topics like my recent departure from Bella Blvd, my journey within the industry, double page layouts, re-doing and tossing out old layouts, as well as what I'm doing now. You can listen RIGHT HERE, or on any podcast…

I have some bittersweet news to share today. I've worked for Bella Blvd for a little over 5 years. I have managed and led 5 creative teams, with a total of 73 unique designers from all over the world making up those 5 teams (some designers were on 2-4 of the 5 teams). I've invited…

I'm back with my final "random project" post of the week. Once I started typing up some of these posts, and remembered what a rambler I can be, I realized I could have broken these down into way more posts and spread them out over several weeks. Not that I don't have more random thoughts…

Welcome back to another post about random projects I've been working on this year. You could say that I'm a weekend organizer. I don't usually have the time (it's more like I don't have the energy) to do much during the work week, so the weekend is when I tackle things full speed. And Saturday's…

Yep, it's that time again! Time to announce Bella Blvd's new 2015 Creative Team. It's very bittersweet, as we have to say good-bye to some amazing designers that have put their hearts and souls into their work with us over the past year and a half. I could not have been more impressed with my…

Hey everyone! I was very honored last week when the extremely talented Kim Jeffress tagged me to be part of a scrappy blog tour that's been going around. I've been a long time fan of Kim's work, and was lucky enough to have her on our Bella Blvd design team last year. She's as sweet as can be and…

Every now and then, I take a photo that I completely fall in love with. This photo here is one of them. I recently came across a few photos that I had enlarged to 8×12", with the intention of using them on a layout. I've done several layouts in the past with these large photos…

I've been totally wrapped up in work and life this past week, and just haven't had time to come and stick something up here on this ole' blog of mine. On the work front, I've been busy taking care of these crazy daycare kiddos of mine. They definitely keep me on my toes. I've also…

I am very excited to be guest designing on the October Afternoon blog for the month of September! You can check out my introduction HERE, that includes some fun Q&A's. I'll be back on Friday with my first project share!

It's that time again. In just two days, I'll be leaving to teach at CKU: Creating Keepsakes University. This time I'm going to Stamford, Connecticut, which is quite a ways away from where I live. Clear across the states, I found out (yes, I'm terrible at geography!). It's not too late to sign up, if you're…