Beauty Haul!

This afternoon I went to CVS to buy some spring and summer makeup. Here is what I purchased:

This peppermint Baby Lips has SPF 20, making it perfect for summer.

The "Falsies Volume Express" by Maybelline mascara is perfect for special occasions.

I've been wanting an eyelid primer for awhile, and today I finally bought one. An eyelid primer is used before eyeshadow is applied to make the shadow last longer.

This light BB cream by Maybelline has a SPF of 30. I will probably wear it on the summer days where I will be outside but won't be swimming.

I actually didn't have any powder before, so I purchased this one today to use as a light cover-up.

And finally, even though it's not beauty related, I stopped by Michael's on the way home and picked up a clear jar to fill, a plain wooden frame, and three Smash pads.

Have a great week!

Stampin' It Up!

On Friday, a lady from the company Stampin' Up gave me and some of my friends a demonstration on how to make really cool paper cards. It was tons of fun!

This is the cover of the first card I created. The quote says "a friend loveth at all times." I used an embossing machine to created the 3D texture on the pink paper. On the right side, I punched two holes and threaded a piece of orange ribbon through them. The flower is make up of 3 flower punches and one glittery orange brad.

The saying "each day of life is a precious gift from God" is stamped inside the card.

The second card I made was already partly done. The "hello!' and the blue chevron was printed on the scalloped cardstock. I added a little bow, and a few flower punches with rhinestone centers.

I stamped the yellow border on the inside of the card as well as the saying "count your life by smiles not tears; count your age by friends not years."

This card also came with a white envelope with a yellow chevron pattern. I added the flower punches and then stamped "celebrate."

Definitely check out Stampin' Up if you're into paper crafts! It is a really cool company with all kinds of card-making, stamping, and scrap booking material.

Smashbooks!

I LOVE my Smashbooks! If you've never heard of them, Smashbooks are basically spiral bound scrapbooks with a colored cloth spine made by K&Company. Each page is a different piece of deocorative paper, and there are no page sleeves. Smashbooks are about the size of an average magazine, so they are perfectly portable and great to do on-the-go. The idea is that Smashbooks don't have to be perfect- they can be filled with anything you want. Here is the video from K&Company that I think explains them pretty well:

There are many different styles of Smashbooks, and each one has different theme and a different colored spine. For example, there is a wedding one, a baby one, a retro one, an international one, etc. My first Smashbook, which I just recently completed, was the pretty style. Here is a picture of it:

 

 

Here are two example pages from my book. One is about my first birchbox, and one is a collage of magazine clippings.

My first Birchbox

Collage

I bought a new one the other day a Michael's (it was on sale), and it's the doodle style:

I haven't started it yet, but I can't wait to! You can grab the pretty style here and the doodle style here. All kinds of accesories are sold for Smashbooks, such as special tape, pockets, labels, and paper pads. Here are my three rolls of tape:

I have quite a few mini pockets and paper pads. Each paper pad has a theme (I have family, top 10, and travel), and is filled with little papers with prompts that you can rip out and stick right in your book. For example, the family pad has prompts such as "a typical family gathering looks like..." and "the time I got in huge trouble...". The pockets are good to glue onto a page and just stick random little things in them.

I also have larger pockets, calender pockets, and black brads with numbers on them.

I use solid-colored rectangles to mount pictures sometimes so that the page doesn't get too busy, and I also have decorative tags that are good for writing captions on.

I organize all of my Smashbook stuff in a purple caddy so that it is easily portable. I originally saw this idea online somewhere, but I'm not exactly sure where.

I keep all of my scrapbooking stickers in this bin:

All of the things that I am going to smash are stored in these two boxes:

Finally, Recollections has a sort-of knock-off brand of Smashbooks called Creative Chaos. Instead of being spiral bound, these books are mini binders that you can add and subtract paper from. I bought the travel style the other day to make a scrapbook of a vacation we took last spring.

Smashbooks are a really fun and easy way to scrapbook, and are definately one of my favorite things to use now!

Misc. Monday

The other day, I rearranged/ reorganized my makeup drawers.

Before

After

Some cute new accessories:

Sparkly Headband

Bow Tights

On Friday, I went to Jo-Ann's Fabric and dug through the clearance boxes. I found the Smashbook calenders for $0.97, the Smashbook numbers for $0.97, the Mexican stickers for $0.50, and the tags for $0.25.

Valentine's Day candy!

Jumbo Heart Marshmallows, Chocolate Mint Marshmallows, Regular Hershey Kisses, Caramel Hershey Kisses, Conversation Hearts, and Chocolate Mint Hot Cocoa mix

Happy Martin Luther King Day!