elizabeth kartchner

Ooh La La LO

March 27, 2012

Ruffles, butterflies, sequins, and angled… how is it that I made this page?!?!?!?? This is so unlike what I normally do. Most pages are very simple and regimented like this or this. But I am trying to do things I would not normally do. That is the only way to get better at something you do. So that is why I made this page documenting the ‘Ooh la la’ necklace from Kate Spade that Pricer gave me for my birthday.

I love the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan line from Elizabeth Kartchner because it is so pretty but that prettiness makes me a bit nervous because I don’t want to wreck anything! But I lept and had fun with this. I was playing around making swirls with the sequin ribbon and that make me think about using it for the O’s in Ooh. Then I just decided to make the whole title with it. Looking back on it I wish I would have pulled out my Cricut and cut a title first to use as a guide but I still like it for what it taught me to do.

Collin Kartchner Studios- Photos and Review

February 4, 2012

For my Mom’s birthday I decided that I would get us a photography session while we were in Utah attending Spark: The Event in October. To me, the obvious choice for a photographer was Utah Valley Photographer Collin Kartchner. I came across his work from his wife’s blog, Dear Lizzy. Liz is a scrapbooker and her blog captures their well photographed life’s moments, which she happens to scrapbook. Obviously. I loved the look of the photos on the blog, and in Collin’s portfolio and on his blog. His photos and videos capture a multitude of emotions through poses and angles but I really loved his play with light.

We met Collin near the location he had in mind to take us. We ended up by some beaten up buildings in the Pleasant Grove/Lindon area, which is South of Salt Lake City. My mom was skeptical of the locale but went along with it since she has not other choice but to follow my sparkly heels in the weeds. I love the juxtaposition of getting dressed up and sitting in a barn so I happily wobbled along to the different areas where we took the photos.

We spent 45 minutes taking the photos. Collin asked about us, our hobbies, our jobs… which prompted lots of laughs from the stories my mom had from work and her less than PC approach to retelling these stories. There were even some hilarious demonstrations caught in the act. All in the name of loosening up to take lots and lots of photos around the buildings.

After our photo session, Collin sent us on our merry way to Thai Ruby, a restaurant that he suggested highly. The man not only knows how to take great photos but he knows his quality Thai food. 🙂

In all Collin took over 320 photos for us to cull through. We received a link to the album he put online for us to go through and select 20+ of them for him to edit. Once he was done with the edits he emailed me a few of them for review and to be able to order 1 as a large print for Christmas for my mom (see top photo). I then received a flash drive of all the photos in the mail.

I can’t stop raving about my experience working with Collin. I look forward to venturing to the beautiful Beehive State again and scheduling another session with him.

Collin Kartchner Studios

collin@collinkartchnerstudios.com

Utah Valley, UT

801.472.6010

Stomp! LO- Studio Calico 11/21 Sunday Sketch

November 30, 2010

Blog post take 2…

My first post was lost when my internet crapped out when there was a Comcast glitch on Sunday night. And then I spent Monday night doing blog edits hoping that some fairy god mother would jsut gift me a new customized blog. No luck there.

Anyway, I have finally posted my interpretation of Studio Calico’s Sunday sketch from last week. As usual, I like the blog’s Sunday Sketches since it is fun form of self imposed homework. How can I not like crafty homework? Completing it makes me feel like I am getting things done- 1) the sketch activity 2) another layout in my scrapbook.

I liked this sketch because it emphasized the journaling portion of the page. Since taking Elizabeth Kartchner’s recent online class I have been trying to focus more on capturing the story behind the photos.

All supplies from the October and November Studio Calico Main Kits.

Unlock Your Story- Scrapbooking Class

November 14, 2010

I just completed an online scrapbooking class taught by Elizabeth Kartchner. She is one of my favorite scrapbookers and bloggers. This is the second class I have taken from her and I have enjoyed it jsut as much as the first one.

The class was called ” Unlock Your Story” which was focused on scrapbooking about yourself or even a close relationship and REALLY journaling about it. I was drawn to this class because I often find myself scrapbooking about things, and not myself. Additionally, my journaling is basic by just touching on what is happening at that moment and I really wanted to force myself to open up and develop my story, whatever that may be.

I signed up for the class and got the kit (Thanks Mom!) because I love getting to use what the teacher is using as well, maybe not the same way but I love having the same materials. That being said I used the class instructions as a starting point. I always stray from the agenda but always get something that I love in the end. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I didn’t like what Liz was teaching, but I always have that lesson to refer to so I might as well experiment a little bit and see what I come up with. If I don’t like it I can go back to the exact lesson plan, since that was what was really intended.

The thing I loved the most was getting to make paper flowers (shown on the first envelope). I know I will be using this technique in my own future pages. They are so lovely and add a lot of dimension to the page.

I have not done my journaling for the class yet since that was the main focus and I really could not focus on it these past 2 weeks. Plus, I knew that some of the things I would write would be reflective and rather private so I did not want it posted up on the blog. So my next step to wrap this up is to do the rest of the journaling.

If you have the chance to take a class that Liz is offering, jump at it. They are so much fun!

Happy Magazine Day

October 16, 2009

Whenever I receive the Creating Keepsakes Magazine I proudly proclaim that it is “Magazine Day”! I think Price is used to this extreme behavior by now but he still thinks it odd. He either leaves our mail on our ledge by the door or on our ‘dining’ table. Once I see it I act like a 5 year old by dropping my bags to the floor and hurling myself onto the Cos’ (yes our Sofa has a name) and read through it. Then I read through it again. And then I read through it again.

I had to schedule a 60,000 mile service for my car today. I got an appointment for Monday at 7.15am… ooo early. I was all ready to get up earlier for this and drop some money on a service but I had a radical idea which was asking how much it was. I figured $200 which would suck but it needs to be done. Well when the oh so polite woman on the phone rattled $399.95 I nearly died. I got off the phone as quickly as I could so the woman would not hear me swear.. a lot. So to numb my pain I went to Borders to surround myself with some pretty books and comfy chairs. I ended up getting the newest Special Issue from Creating Keepsakes. The ‘Super-Fast Pages with 4×6 Photos’ is a great issue because there are a lot of layouts using 1-5+ photos. I love fast, simple layouts and all of them are really inspiring. So my sticker shock was taking down a little, but things got even better when I got home!!

When I got home there was the Nov issues of Gourmet and Martha Stewart Living!!!!!! PLUS my supply package for Elizabeth Kartchner’s online class came too! I have lots to reading to do this weekend 🙂