Cheers to a New Year!

Lori has a festive layout to share just in time for the New Year. Mostly she used elements from the Kris Kringle collection.

It's fun to see the festive papers and gold accents transformed from Christmas to New Year's celebrations. The wine glass cut outs and playful type help carry the theme.

We hope you will have a great celebration tonight and a New Year full of "getting it right". Anyone have any scrapbooking/paper-crafting resolutions?

50% off Clearance Sale!

We just wanted to remind everyone that SEI's end of year clearance sale ends MONDAY! Get it before it's gone. That's an ADDITIONAL 50% off clearance at www.shopsei.com!

Goodbye 2010 Hello 2011

 

Happy Happy New Year!!

image 1 - kate spade via pretty stuff, image 2 - , image 3 - little of that, image 4 - kates papiere

Repetition

A very small fraction of a huge order I am fulfilling (hence, the light blogging). I ran out of surfaces in our home to put these, so now I'm placing in boxes prior to finishing touches and packing...

Holiday photo...

Here's one holiday photo of the Christmas gathering we had at our house this year :)

A Disney Christmas

Lucky Caroline! She went to Disneyland in December a few years ago and was able to take in all the lights and sights. Doesn't it look like fun?

She created this layout using the Kris Kringle collection. The playful way Caroline designed this layout fits perfectly with the magical Disney scenes!

Link Party #4

We hope with all the hustle and bustle of the season you still made time for crafts this month because it's time for our link party. Here's a reminder of how to play...

1. Add a link to your SEI project on our blog by clicking on the button at the bottom of this post. Your project must use at least one SEI product to participate.
2. Link back to us by adding this button to the bottom of your blog post.

<a href="http://seilifestyle.blogspot.com"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlR7quLjN9iN8OC8w8B8tTFu5yU1GUhAdCmViVbK2Xkspb-edZPBn16GYl06KdCd11DDU17iOXiYNPSykJ7LCINz-BuowuZqO5-_eBOEKgrNJBXeSE3o09EVw_CJHO03F01M-G5qQfwOA/s1600/link.jpg" /></a>3. Check each other's projects out and be sure to leave lot's of comments.

You have until December 31st at 11:59 pm MST. Let's Party!

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend!

Things have been super busy for the last few weeks and will be extremely busy over the next few weeks (will share soon in the new year!), so I apologize for the very light blog posts! I do hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and I'll try to post updates as often as possible. :) If I'm spotty with the posts, I do wish everyone a very Happy New Year!! 2011 - Here we come!!!!

Night Lights & Santa Baby

Audrey has two festive layouts to share today. It's fun to read her journaling. It's so important to record those special traditions and memories.

For her "Night Lights" layout she used paper and embellishments from the Kris Kringle collection. We love all the different ways she used rhinestones on the layout and how she snuck in a neutral Spooks paper!

This is how she made it, "I cut out a bunch of circles from the patterned paper, and then punch a few from some of the other patterns. For my 'lights' I used s squiggly line stamp and just added some rhinestones for the 'lights'."

Audrey did a wonderful job layering and combining embellishments in this "Santa Baby" layout. She tucked candy canes in some of the felt accents. Look at that tiny little gift tag she created for the present with the date on it!

I'm an Athlete, White Elegance, & A Fair Day

Here is the continuation of our CHA Winter 2011 sneak peeks...

Introducing Sunny Day, Couture, & Corinne!

Merry Christmas Everyone! Our gift to you is some sneak peeks of our CHA Winter 2011 Releases.

Come back tomorrow for more!

Christmas Surprise

Check back tomorrow at noon for our Christmas surprise.

Valentine's Gift Baskets

Club SEI's January kit features the lovely With All My Heart collection. Click here to see what club members can make with this kit. You will fall in love with these adorable projects! If you aren't a club member, you can still sign-up.

Each kit comes with tons of great product and projects. But since Club SEI is so amazing they also sweeten the deal with free click-n-prints for club members. We decided to show you some Valentine's gift baskets we put together using January's click-n-prints.

How about one for that guy who is so hard to buy for? Just fill it with his favorite things!

Maybe you need to get something for your mother or girlfriend. It's easy to find things to fill this basket. Look for things she can use to pamper herself.

Don't forget those kiddos! Go to the dollar store and find some fun toys. Our coloring books weren't the cutest so we wrapped them with papers from the kit. Problem solved.

Happy 3rd Thursday!

Wreaths

Aren't they lovely - I'm thinking that now that the Christmas bunting is done for this year I might have to get into a bit of stick art next Christmas.  Surely it can't be that hard!  Maybe a gumleaf version...

Thses beauties can be found here

All Over Red Rover

 

Well, that's it.  I'm finished for this year.  It has been one of the biggest years of my life.  I've had a beautiful baby boy who I absolutely adore, I've renovated our store, I've imported my very first 2 container loads of Stuart Membery furniture for Black & Spiro, I've moved house, I've started renovating our new house, I've decorated lots of wonderful homes and met lots of lovely new people, I've made new friends and I have to say I haven't cried as much this year...that in itself is a huge achievement for me as I tend to cry when I am stressed so that must mean I haven't been as stressed this year!!

I've had a wonderful year and I am looking forward to spending some much needed time with my boys.  I am looking forward to reflecting on all the things I've achieved this year and I am very much looking forward to having some time over the holidays to make plans and goals for the year which lies ahead.

As I move into the 5th year of posting here on my blog I hope to be able to continue to inspire you as I lead you along my winding road.  I am also looking forward to following the journey of my very talented and kind fellow bloggers in 2011.

Thank you for your interest and for continuing to read my blog.  You are all so wonderful and very supportive.  This really is such a happy and positive community and I am so thrilled to be a part of it.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

See you soon.

Anna

xxx

image - black & spiro, elouise van riet-grey

Wish List

Did you make a Christmas wish list? Why not make it into a scrapbook page? That's what Kate did.


You can tell that Kate thought about where she wanted things and carefully placed them. The simple design draws attention right where it should be, on the photos.


We hope you get everything on your list!

Almost There...

Today I delivered this armchair to one of my lovely clients in Toowoomba.  The orchid printed linen we covered the chair in is actually one of my favourite fabrics at the moment.  I can't wait until tomorrow night as we will be completely finished our pre-Christmas installations and deliveries.  It certainly has been a wonderfully hectic Christmas season and I can't wait to have a couple of weeks away with my boys!!

Merry and Bright

We hope you are ready to start your winter and holiday scrapbooking because Julie has two unique layouts that will knock your socks off! Isn't it amazing that these both come from the Kris Kringle collection?

MERRY & BRIGHT
Here's a tip from Julie. "If your looking for a way to 'contain' your layout - try adding a few layers of cardstock to help "frame the inner patterned paper. Then create a fun doodled border to give your 'frame' a little pizazz!!!"

Take in all the details.

Did you notice how she cut around the swirls, added the gems to some of the snowflake centers, and layered her embellishments?

CHRISTMAS MORNING
Julie said, "Photo collages are a great way to fit multiple pictures on your pages. On this layout I created a 4 square collage & then mimicked this above and below the collage with squares of patterned paper. To offset the corners of the inner portion of this layout, I added some fun focal points. In the top left corner & bottom right corner I layered up a few of SEI's fabulous die-cuts with pop dots - a fun way to add dimension & balance to the layout!!!"


Once again, great details, especially the embellishment layering. Lovely job, Julie!

Another Lucky Winner!

It's time to announce the winner of some Kris Kringle and Jocelyn goodies! Using random.org we picked number...

Congratulations Creative Cow Girl! Now just send your mailing address to seiblog{at}shopsei{dot}com so we can send off your package!

P.S. If you are wondering who the lucky winner of Leah's giveaway is, stop by her blog, The Chronicles of Orange.

Oversized bloom for extra special

Just finished this one and hope it ships in time for *extra special* someone to receive before Christmas! :)

WedLuxe Magazine

I just received these amazing photos from Cynthia Martyn of Sash & Bustle of the new Winter/Spring issue of WedLuxe, Canada's luxury wedding magazine. I was so excited to see the spread. It is amazing! Styled by Cynthia and photographed by Melanie Galbrand & Krista Fox. One of my favorite Twigs & Honey signature bridal mini hats is featured. :)

Thank you WedLuxe Magazine and Cynthia Martyn!