Monday, October 24, 2011
DesignTeam Calls
Just thought I'd share a really fun opportunity that I had. I was asked to be interviewed for the new DesignTeam Calls website. It's a great place to find DT calls, pick up some tips, find opportunities to be published! If you want to check out my interview... check it here: http://designteamcalls.com/designer-details-an-interview-with-jennifer-matott/
I'm super excited about having this chance to share my experiences and that they asked me!
Some more exciting projects coming up soon!
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
October Already???
Here we are in October... REALLY? Where is the month going? September FLEW by! I'm so behind in posting. So, please forgive me for being absent. I have a rather hectic teaching schedule this year and keeping up with my oldest's sport practices and games is becoming nuts! So, in my sparse spare time, I'm creating some. I'll share a few from my DT assignments. First up Nikki Sivils, Scrapbooker. I love Nikki's lines! They are so fun with great patterns! I have a few more to finish and post later!
Check out our monthly challenge at Nikki's blog! I missed out on this one because school started and I lost track of time, but you can still play along! Don't miss out!
Next up is a project or two from Faber-Castell:
You can read more about this project on the Design Memory Craft blog. I love Gelatos so much and working on wood is fun and a whole different surface to alter... I'm looking for my next fix!
Finally, some random layouts that I thought I'd share. Why? Well, because they were fun to create and I need to just make something fun without boundaries sometimes. This first one was a bunch of random extra pieces and fun punches.
This one was one I made with all Bella Blvd. product. I love their colors. The white is Gesso smeared over black paper and stamped into.
Finally, the last one is from the last sketch at Pencillines Sketch blog. Check out the great sketch here.
My life is crazy right now with sports, teaching, and family. I promise to post more often... lots going on and fun things on the horizon! I've been busy!
| Read To Me (using Nikki Sivils School is Cool line) |
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| Just Like Daddy (School is Cool line) |
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| Detail of Just Like Daddy |
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| An Apple A Day (Get Well Soon line) |
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| My Monster Artist (My Little Monster line) |
Next up is a project or two from Faber-Castell:
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| Gelatos with Brenda Pinnick stamps! Love those Piccidilly stamps! |
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| Secret Garden - altered wooden miniature drawers |
You can read more about this project on the Design Memory Craft blog. I love Gelatos so much and working on wood is fun and a whole different surface to alter... I'm looking for my next fix!
Finally, some random layouts that I thought I'd share. Why? Well, because they were fun to create and I need to just make something fun without boundaries sometimes. This first one was a bunch of random extra pieces and fun punches.
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| Why? |
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| Curls |
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| Family Outing |
My life is crazy right now with sports, teaching, and family. I promise to post more often... lots going on and fun things on the horizon! I've been busy!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Truly last Italy post AND back to school!
Okay, so I said the last post was the last of the Italy pics, but well, I have a few more to share. I had such a great trip there that I just had to share all of these photos. It's not as good as being there but the photos are here for me to look at and remember all the sights, art and memories we made there.
Here are the last of the photos:
That is it for my Italy trip! Let's just say that it was a trip of a lifetime! I'm so proud of my husband's success and recognition. I'm so lucky that I got to be there with him!
I'm getting ready for school to start on Thursday and going back tomorrow for opening day festivities and getting my room ready. It's exciting and I have butterflies yet again! It never gets dull!
Here are the last of the photos:
| Greve, Italy (in the Tuscany region... Chianti Classico) |
| Vineyards |
| Ruffino Santedame Vineyards (makes a variety of local wines as well as Olive oil) |
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| Fig trees growing on the grounds |
| Eduardo teaching us about the region and why Chianti and Chianti Classico are different in name. |
| Breathtaking views! |
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| The barrel room |
| Dinner at another Ruffino estate. GORGEOUS! |
| Amazing etchings everywhere! |
| dessert... Tirimiso! |
| My new favorite wine! |
| Murano glass chandalier! |
| Leather markets in Florence |
| All the awardees... final night dinner celebration! |
| 5 courses plus wine with each course! WOW! It was a wonderful time! |
I'm getting ready for school to start on Thursday and going back tomorrow for opening day festivities and getting my room ready. It's exciting and I have butterflies yet again! It never gets dull!
Final Italy post...
It's been over a month since I've been to Italy but I'm still not done with posting my trip... LOL! I have a final post detailing how I spent the rest of the time in Florence. We left after the Palio and dinner and drove on to Florence. Our hotel was really nice! We stayed at the Hotel Helvetia & Bristol on via de'Pescioni which is in the luxury shopping area. Our room faced Cartier! So gorgeous! Here's a view from our window that opened up...
Next, we went to the Museo di Palazzo Vecchio to see the gorgeous rooms and artwork there. It was awe inspiring! So much power there... it used to be the ducal palace in the 14th century and then became the house of the Florentine government around late 1600's. Pretty amazing. Matt liked it because it was one of the settings of the movie, "Hannibal".
This is the coolest... All these padlocks are hanging on the chains around the bridge. I heard the represent couple's commitments.
We walked to the Pitti Palace next and breezed through the rooms which were opulent and amazingly small but so many of them! The colors, details, and history are surreal!
I have one more day to share... There are just so many photos and exciting sights to see!
Went to the Palazzo Strozzi for the Picasso, Miro, Dali exhibit! It was great! Mostly early work but fascinating to see how Dali and Miro were inspired by Picasso. I got a great book for my classroom about it. Great find!
Duomo in Florence
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| Baptistry doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti |
| My hubby on the streets of Florence |
| This was in one of the fireplaces... so cool! |
| The view from one of the balconies in a chamber. |
| Overlooking the main hall. Gorgeous! |
| Map room |
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| Medieval potty! LOL! |
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| The balcony in Hannibal... actually it's the mayor's office. |
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| LOVE this bicycle against this graffiti door. |
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| Ponte Vecchio bridge. |
This is the coolest... All these padlocks are hanging on the chains around the bridge. I heard the represent couple's commitments.
We walked to the Pitti Palace next and breezed through the rooms which were opulent and amazingly small but so many of them! The colors, details, and history are surreal!
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| Egyptian obelisk in the gardens. |
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| Avenue of trees. |
| The palace from the gardens |
| Up high on the garden grounds. |
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| Street performers! |
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| Window displays are works of art! |
| Chalk painters on the streets - there were new artworks each day! |
| The Arno River at night. |
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