Take a stroll down Bella Blvd...

Well I'm pretty jazzed.

~impromptu jazz hands~

Bella Blvd has been showcasing my design work on their blog this week. On Thursday, one of the projects I created with the super fun "Hello Beautiful" line of papers was featured.

Miss Chelsea, the World's Greatest Niece, turned 13 on August 19th. And I, being the World's Greatest Aunt, was on hand to document the event with my camera. How freakin' cute and photogenic are all these girls? My favorite photo of the day? This one:

Chelsea's party invites stated noon. When I took this photo she was saying, "It's 11:57! Come on, already!"

On Friday, Bella posted this layout I made featuring their "MidTerm" line of papers:

As a designer's challenge, they requested that I create a page which expresses who I am. Well, as badly as I wanted to scrap this photo...


... I played along. ~sigh~

The title pretty much says it all. I know that most of you have been following my blog for some time now, and you're aware of the many changes that I've gone through over the past year. I am happy now. I never plan to grow up, though.

I need to explain the "tastes like candy" comment. My first night back in Ohio, Miss Chelsea and my sister-in-law, Leslie, took me out to dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. Me and Leslie had margaritas with our meal and ordered a non-alchoholic version for Chelsea. When the kid took her first sip, she said, "mmm... tastes like candy." We busted and were like, 'Yeah it does!' So now it's become a thing. Anytime we partake of a frosty beverage there's always the announcement of, "mmm... tastes like candy."

There's tons more Bella projects to follow, so keep an eye on their blog all week.

I leave you with this shot of my pal, Vel. Too much candy.