finding color inspiration

there is no doubt... sometimes we creative types just get stuck.  ideas are not flowing, we're stuck staring at our computer screen, or our scrapbook page, our canvas... what to do?  It's inevitable i think, that this will happen & I've found that it's just best to step away & try to immerse myself with lots of inspiration.  I thought I'd share just a few places today that I've found that help me get out of that slump...

pinterest website

seriously... if you've not been here you've got to sign up.  all kinds of visual candy.  homes, design, colors, anything you can think of!  it's so good!  I've found so many links to other inspiring websites that I'd never heard of... like the image below, I found on pinterest & it led me to the inspired bride site & all the color palette ideas they have there... again WOW!

image from inspired bride via pinterest

inspired bride website

I mean, I'm obviously not planning a wedding right now, so I probably never would have found this site otherwise.  They have tons of amazing color palettes there. 

So there you have it, just a few places I've found my inspiration lately... I have a whole stack of ideas saved in my inspiration folder now from surfing around both sites.  I've been taking tons of screen shots... it's a great way to remember the great ideas you've seen.

have a great {inspired} Tuesday everyone :)

{robyn}

digital layout therapy

having one of those mornings... the boys are over tired... I have an extremely moody 11 year old & it's just made for a bad start.  I know it will get better, but it's just one of those times where you question yourself as a mom.  ugh. enough. I'm done with grouchies.... tried to work on some things, but just had to get out of my funk.  so I decided to use a few of the pictures that my sister took this weekend to put together a layout. made me feel better, I mean, who can't smile & have a happy heart when you look at that cute face up there? guess you could say I needed some digital layout therapy...

about this page:

patterned paper: from the Evan paper kit: pink trike design. stitching: carina gardner: 2 peas. tag: from the katie pertiet layered template perfect moments: designer digitals.  free page template: paislee blueprints: o scraps.  my name is tag: my own design.

have a happy monday everyone :)

{robyn}

family...

just put up a new original canvas art piece that I completed this weekend in my etsy shop!  love how it turned out... this is one of my all time favorite quotes.  I hope you love it too :)

for more pictures & information...
here's the link to the listing here.have a great Sunday everyone!    

{robyn}

my boys

my awesomely talented big sis Carol came over yesterday to do a super quick photo shoot with the boys... I'm a little behind on getting their yearly pictures taken.  of course they weren't wanting to cooperate, but she got some really great shots of them... here they are, their 15 minutes of fame {really, that's about what they gave us, 15 minutes}.  Carol... you're a miracle worker.

Evan... of course he was being super silly, crossing his eyes & making goofy smiles.  these are just a few that I loved of my little ornery white haired boy...

Collin's always slightly more cooperative & always love looking at the pictures of my handsome young man. seriously this kid is like a miniature version of his dad {don't tell him I said that}...

...and yes, they touched each other! no really they don't always like to admit it, but they really are lost without each other when the other is not around.  love my boys :)

design inspiration

took inspiration from this cardigan from Boden

{that I love love love BTW}

to create this design on my scrapbook page... 

about this page:

journaling reads: "loved spending this day with my boys doing all the fun things you could handle... it was so special & cherished seeing your smiling faces"

layout uses a modified template by Katie Pertiet-Designer Digitals, paper-pink trike design {coming soon}

{robyn}