Design School at Two Peas

Hi!

Have you been enjoying the Design School classes at Two Peas in a Bucket? Did you know about Design School? Well, it's not too late to join in!

"For three weeks beginning August 22nd, "design school" at Two Peas is in session. We will be exploring principles and elements of design that will help push our projects from "Good" to "Even better!" Ready to learn? We promise the homework is much more fun than algebra! Each week we will explore 2 principles of design with tips from the experts - our team of Garden Girls and special guests! See how a wide range of styles can use the same principles and give amazing and differing results! Look for printable design cheat sheets, videos, color combos, sketches and challenges!"

Sounds great, huh? And guess what? It's free!

This week the design principles being discussed are Emphasis and Repetition and I was asked to create a page.

I used the striped patterned paper below the photograph and then again in the banners at the top of the page. I also used these darling little bird stickers, and added hand stitching throughout the page. This repetition of paper, accents and stitching, give my page a sense of unity.

Do you recognize this colorful and fun line of papers? They are from Echo Park's 'Country Drive' collection. Oh how I loved playing with these accents and pretty papers!

Isn't this little bird tweet? I stitched around his wing to make it stand out a little more. And those

fabulous corrugated alphas on the photo below are from Jillibean Soup.

The picture I used is a favorite from our summer photo shoot with Patricia Kumfer. Isn't she terrific! I always hate my own pictures, but Patty changed that! ;)

I hope I've inspired you to check out Design School at Two Peas! Have a fabulous day! :) Kathy

I'm On Cloud 9!

Hey!

I hope all of you have been having a great weekend! We have been having a lovely weekend! The weather decided to stay just under 90 degrees which is very nice for this time of year. Yesterday I got to meet one of my blog friends whose craft work I admire so much...Patty Kumfer over at Scrapbook Patty. We did a little shopping at Archivers, what else? And had a bite at California Pizza Kitchen before heading to my house for a family photo session. Not only is Patty an awesome paper crafter, but she has recently started a photography business and I think she's got talent!

Here's a sneak peak from our session. Isnt' this wonderful?!?! I didn't think we were going to get Christopher into the photos with us! He really hates having to pose for photos and so I got a bribe Lego set, but when he saw it he said, "It would take about a $1,000 Lego set for me to pose for photos!" Oh no! I thought about telling him he had to participate, but then I thought we would have photos that looked like he was made to cooperate! In the end, when he saw how much fun Dan and I were having with Patty, he decided to join in! Hence the bright tie-dyed t-shirt! Oh, but don't we all look fabulous?!?! This is the only photo I've seen so far and I can't wait to see the rest!

Thank you Patty from Patty K Photography!