September Company Stash

I'm a day late... but you have to check out this month's Company Stash at Pixels & Co. So many great kits to build your stash & we even have a few guest designers in the mix too! Seriously awesome. They're all 30% off through Sept. 5th. Here's what I have for you...

by {kelly mobley}

by {becca dickson}

by {me} yay! I scrapbooked! It's been a while :)

hope you have an awesome Labor Day, that you get some well deserved time off to spend with your family, friends, or even just some time to yourself.

{robyn}

catching up

hey everyone. I've been taking a little break from the blog, in both personal & my shop. Working on lots of kits for July & a few other things on the side, trying to give my kids some attention... you know, just being summer lazy. Here's the basic highlights happening around here since I've been here last, we finished Lydia's tball "season" {4 games}, we finished Evan's regular baseball season {they finished 3rd in their final tournament}, we celebrated Evan's 11th birthday & Dan & I celebrated our 19th anniversary! Oh & lots of hanging out at home & swimming in our pool.

not too exciting. We usually don't get around to too much until the baseball season is over & we're now scrambling to fit in a mini vaca with the kids to a local waterpark with some friends. It's kinda hard for Dan to get away from work right now, so a few days is all we're going to get this summer. Should be lots of fun though.

Something else I'm personally working on is cleaning up my eating. After a couple months of baseball & some celebrations with beer {& a few martinis} my stomach is looking a little more "eh" than I'd like. Not that it's ever been super model quality... haha! But seriously, after working hard in the early part of the year to do more whole foods & not so much processed, I could tell a pretty big difference in my ab area. Not so much soft & more definition. I've been back at about a week or so & am definitely starting to see the change. Hopefully over the next few weeks I'll be back to where I started. No more beer for me for a while ;)

not the best illustration, since I have 3 different suits on here, but the first was in January, the second in March when I'd been doing my "clean eating" for a while & the third was mid June. In all the pictures I'm either the same weight or within 2 pounds.

So it's lots of oatmeal, chicken, greek yogurt, fruit & veggies & smoothies for this girl! Oh & I've been really consistent over the last 6 months with doing 3-4 miles at least 5 days a week & have recently been trying to add more ab & leg work also & sometimes some jump rope added in!

My fave treats right now: oatmeal with peanut butter, honey & cinnamon mixed in or frozen bananas blended with PB2 {powdered peanut butter}, cocoa, whey powder & almond milk {it's like a milkshake!}

ok, enough randomness... have a great day!

{robyn}

new at the company 6.21

just a little bit from me today {I'll have an awesome new collab with Gennifer Bursett coming up Monday, so stay tuned}. I haven't done a template for a while & was inspired by a paper layout I saw with big hand cut circles. So, here it is...

I modified mine a little & used it with the Just Keep Swimming Collection I released a couple weeks ago. Our kids had swimming lessons last week & I waited to use the kit just for some of the pics I took. Love this one I captured of Lydia jumping off the high high dive. No help, her teacher walked up behind her, expecting to lower her down, but she jumped before she even could suggest it! This girl loves to swim & in honor of that AND the fact that it's officially the first day of Summer on the calendar today, I'm doing a little FLASH SALE... enter the code '1stDaySummer' with the Just Keep Swimming Collection in your cart & you'll get it for 50% off! AWESOME deal... but hurry, it's just good for TODAY JUNE 21st!

ok, so on to inspiration...

by {robyn meierotto}

by {arielle gordon}

by {claudia harvey}

by {missy backues}

by {rebecca wagler}

by {shannon mcnab}

by {wendy christensen}

enjoy your weekend! we finally were able to set up our new {to us} bigger pool & are looking forward to lots of swimming & grilling this weekend, Lydia's last tball game, some haircuts from my fab sister, a going away for our priest Fr. Beckman {who we'll miss dearly} & probably some Cards baseball on tv before we jump into another week of baseball games for Evan & practices for his upcoming weekend of tournament play. what have you been up to? hopefully something fun!

{robyn}

new at the company 5.31

wowsers. almost June. kids out of school. life at it's craziest! I totally failed in the blog deptartment last week when I released my Play Ball kits... life got in the way I suppose. So I'll just give you a little update on that, just in case you didn't know about it.

you can also get the FULL COLLECTION for a great price.

love this layout by {melanie richie}

ok. so, onto other fun {new} stuff! we decided to let the June Company Stash outta the bag a day early... that means an extra day to grab them for cheap! They'll be 30% off until June 5th. Let me warn you... there is some seriously awesome kits in store & the colors are so fun! here are my contributions...

as with a lot of my kits, they start in some form from my kids... something that reminds me of them, their personality, their loves, their attitude. If you couldn't guess... these kits are so totally our daughter. I hope you have someone in your life that these kits remind you of too.

by {me} ^^^that's my fierce girl right there

by {sandy henderson}

by {amy kingsford}

by {christy carlson}

by {melanie richie}

by {missy backues}

by {wendy christensen}

thanks for stopping & if you haven't already, you might like to subscribe to my newletter {over there on the right}. Today I'm sending one out with exclusive savings & freebies for subscribers! have a great weekend!

{robyn}

new at the company 5.10

tgif. that means new release day at P&co! I have a special set of kits ready for you today. Thinking ahead to Mother's Day coming up this Sunday, I decided to create a kit that reminded me of my late Grandma Lucille {my mom's mom}. Although she passed away when I was young, I still remember days at her house fondly. Usually baking or shelling pecans or putting together puzzles. Or maybe riding my bike around her awesome driveway that had that cool bump to jump the bike on. Smelling the flowers in her garden. Riding with her in her huge boat of a car. Or roller skating in her basement :) So many great memories. I hope you all remember your grandma as fondly. So this one's for you grandma... I hope I did you proud.

you can also get the FULL KIT here

now for some beautiful layouts...

by {claudia harvey}

by {kelly mobley}

by {anna DeDobbelaire}

by {rachel alles}

by {me}

We've been enjoying the spring weather that's finally made it's way to us this week. Lydia picked me some dandelions, of course. She looked so sweet looking up at me & was lucky enough to grab my phone to capture her beautiful little face just in time. I love how when she's outside she gets that pretty pink on her cheeks & lips that make her eyes even more blue. I even noticed she's getting a few sweet little freckles on her nose just like her big brother Evan. It's times like these I love to remember. One of those moments it strikes you that your child is the most beautiful thing in the world & how lucky you are to be a mother.

I can't wait to see what memories you'll scrapbook with this kit & hope it brings about great thoughts of childhood or your own mother, grandmother or children. Remember that through Sunday everything new in the shop is 30% off. Enjoy your weekend & I hope all you moms & grandmas get the pampering you deserve!

xoxo

{robyn}