So Cal Shop Hop

My So Cal Shop Hop package- passport, chain necklace, bottle cap pendant, a pen, a small tube of lotion and a really cool package to hold everything in there!

I decided to participate in the So Cal Shop Hop this year. The theme for this year is: "Destinations Around the World." This event is from July 29 - August 14, 2011.

I purchased the So Cal Shop Hop pass about a month ago, and they were finally ready for pick up. On Saturday, I dropped by to Scrap n' Yap to pick up by Shop Hop pass! I was pretty excited when they handed me the little package! I think I acted like a 5 year old, opening her Christmas present! Of course, I was in the car, and no one saw my expression other than Tommy. My excitement must had shown because he kept asking me if the little girl of me was happy and excited. (Oh my dear boyfriend... OF COURSE I WAS!!)

This is my first time participating the shop hop, so I am not sure what to expect and not sure what I am doing. Well, I will learn and figure it out along the way!

Continue to follow my blog. I will be posting the goodies I purchase and my shop hop experience!

A closer look at the packaging. The theme destination at Scrap N' Yap is Southern France! It reminds me when Tommy and I were in Southern France (Villefranche- Monaco- Nice) last year on a Disney Cruise.

A closer look of what was inside the package. :)

Looking forward to do some shopping after work today, if I am not too tired. :)

Goodbye Moorea...

Goodbye Moorea, and goodbye flash on the camera! After few different shots of us sitting on that coach, the gorilla pod lost its balance and grip on the opposite chair that the gorilla pod was gripping, the camera fell backward dropped onto the marble floor. The flash broke instantly. :(

I kept the page simple. I asked Tommy to participate in this layout as well. I decided to use a beige color cardstock as my background.

I decided to use 1 photo only for my layout. Because the hotel lobby was very opened, bright and green, I decided to stick with a theme in this layout with similar color to the picture. I found a pattern green & white paper. I decided to use it to cut the font from my Silhouette Digital Cutter. After cutting it out and removing the letters from the carrier sheet, I noticed that the fonts was too light if I decided to adhere them onto the cardstock. I decided to cut another set of the letters with brown cardstock to make the other pattern stand out on the page.

I decided to create use my digital cutter to cut out the photo corners. I used a different green pattern paper to cut out the corners. To keep it uniformed, I also cut out another set of photo corners to put behind the pattern paper.

I adhered the picture over the photo corner.




I asked Tommy to write about his Moorea experience. He kept his journal short, partially because he forgot most about his trip, other than how excited he was, looking forward to Bora Bora that day!






As for me, I also wrote a journal. I managed to squeeze so much in with so little space provided for myself. I retained a lot of detailed information in my mind (I called them... unnecessary information!) I usually write small, but I think I wrote even smaller in this.

I decided to cut 2 pieces of green cardstock to adhere behind the 2 journals. I had some small blue flowers and decided to use them. I added rhinestones the flowers to give a little bling to my page.

That's it for Moorea! Follow my travel blog on my travel experience!