The coming and going of CHA always translates into another round of brand new releases and with it, routine trips to the local scrapbook store. There's always a half of dozen or so collections that grab my attention. They're usually from the same set of manufacturers too, which technically, isn't all that surprising given that each of us is attracted to a certain style product. So this time around, I'm once again gravitating towards the designs from My Mind's Eye, especially their second, updated version of Lost & Found. It's of the usual, vintage emblematic designs, but in a whole new series of color palettes! From the new color introductions, my fave by far is YELLOW! My Mind's Eye paired it with Gray, Black and Gold - three of my go-to, everyday neutrals!
In the Twin Cities metro area, we're extremely lucky to have access to a fully stocked, local scrapbook store in Bloomington - Scrapbooks Too. After every CHA show, they immediately bring in a lot of the popular, unique collections that aren't necessarily readily available elsewhere in the area, including MME's fully stocked collections! They sell every single piece that MME has available, which makes me extremely happy!! So, today, I ran out there and sure enough, they had Lost & Found Two!! I scanned through the collection and hand-picked a pile of take-home items for myself..I then photographed it all so that you could take a peek at it incase you're wondering what the product looks like "in person". Rarely do online graphics fully portray an accurate picture of a collection's overall color and print style...
Their brads are always stellar in terms of quality and design - and the additional layered embellishments are an added bonus!
I don't typically run out and buy a lot of chipboard because it's not that often that I use it, especially the plain stuff. This gorgeous assortment though was an instant hit with me! Again, I'm a total sucker for Yellow! The banners are fun as well...
Phrase/Label stickers - as a basic mainstay, I can never say "no" to them! I've collected all of my MME's tiny sticker sheets over the years and have them sitting in a basket on top my desk.
And a set of stamps at the bargain price of $6. Thank-you MME for creating affordable, beautiful stamps!
The pile has already been redirected to my scrapbook space. I'll eventually stash the items away in the rightful places when things have settled down some - I've a number of design projects in progress, including a guest design gig in the next couple of weeks! Looks like it's going to be a busy end-of-the-Summer for me..and just in time too because school begins in less than three weeks! YIKES! I'm looken' forward to it though..ready to take on some new challenges. :)
Hope all of you are enjoying the early week thus far - time to jump to the next task at hand! Take care....
