Finding Inspiration

Happy Friday everyone! This is Tamara and today I'm here to talk about inspiration.

The days here are getting cooler and nights are getting chilly.  I figured it was time to pull out some warm and sunny photos from our fun summer days.

I was browsing through the fabulous November issue of “Coastal Living” Magazine and was inspired by two pages.  The first was from an article about a designer and her favorite coastal paint colors.  I loved the yellow, aqua blue and orang-red that the designer mentioned.

Of course I had to use the new The Sweetest Thing “Happy” collection that uses all of those wonderful colors.  The decorative tape even has the same chevron pattern as table in the photo!

 Supplies:The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine:Greetings patterned paper,Wishes patterned paper,Beam patterned paper,layered stickers,die cut title,decorative brads,decorative tape;The Sweetest Thing-Lavender:Impression patterned paper,label stickers;The Sweetest Thing-Honey:Best patterned paper, wood button;Lush:alphabet;Misc:red machine thread, brown ink and pen, pop dots, adhesive

My second inspiration came from the “Nautical Notes” page.  I loved how the stationary was arranged in a random order, like pictures on a wall.  I also liked the white around the edges of the envelopes and cards, almost like picture frames.

In my design I left a white border around all of my photos. A great thing about smaller photos – you can fit a lot on a page – I used 14!

We might have not made it the ocean this year, but I had some great pictures of cousins playing at Jackson Lake in the Grand Tetons National Forest.  They have a fun coastal/beachy feel...even though we were in the mountains!

I hope you enjoyed my post today and that YOU will find inspiration today. Have a wonderful weekend!