My Minds Eye and Rhonna Designs

You know I LOVE My Mind's Eye & I've so enjoyed working with them on a couple of my most recent collections. I mean...My Mind's Eye and Rhonna Designs? Perfect Match!  *wink* I adore the My Mind's Eye Design Team....& LOVE seeing the blog & how they all cReate with MME products....

well... You know my All Is Bright Christmas collection, right? (in stores now)... well LOOK at what the amazing Tamara Jensen created for Valentine's Day? 

Yes...she's brilliant! She took the traditional Christmas & looked at it in a different way...talk about 

CREATIVE! 

The fab thing is...there's also the coordinating Digital collection called: Christmas Junque on Rhonna Designs!

So...following in the amazing Tamara's footsteps....challenge yourself cReatively & use Christmas Junque for anytime of the year!

totally wanna create now...don't you? Go! Create!

cReativity....it's all about exercising that muscle. every. day.

Thanks for the amazing response for our new Creative Team...I"m so excited, too! Each of them is so unique & I LOVE their creations with Rhonna Designs!  I was talking to my team about creativity...you can't force it. And you can't expect to be creative if you aren't exercising that creative muscle. Every. Day. You know I talk about my 100 Creativity Exercises a lot, but I believe in it. I know this workshop works. I LOVE these exercises & they've become a part of me.

Tonight...I'll be sharing some of my best ideas & kickstarts for your creativity in our Newsletter. So, go over to the site & sign up if you haven't already....&....as you Newsletter fans know...there's always a little 'nugget' of goodness in there for you! *wink*

Today...I wanted to share some of the fun things my new team have already created! Check out this party scene with Jing! Talk about using her creativity! I'm in LOVE with her unique creations!

She created Menu Boxes, Candleholders & Little place mats with Rhonna Designs. See the cute candle holders & folded place mats? These were created with the Chevron Tool Kit!

 The cute flower &  boxes were created with the Nautical Chic collection! 

 Loving that half lolly back there...so cute! Can you tell how she made that? Out of the Insta Patterns kit! Brilliant...sheer brilliance!

The darling 'Let's Celebrate' is from the Party Pack Kit, & the stars are from the Nautical Chic Banner Printable! Sooo cute, huh? Seriously sooo uplifting & inspiring how she used so many kits & brought them together so well. I love that about Jing's creativity....she's always exploring the possibilities, following her heart & obviously enjoying her process! 

Go on over to her blog for MORE inspiration using Rhonna Designs! ....such inspiring creativity!

Now...go! Create something today! Even if it's something for 5 minutes...do it! Your creative muscles will get stronger & stronger!

A glamping we will go....

What is Glamping you ask? Glam + Camping = Glamping. 

I got the bug. & I have Pinterest to blame for it. There's soooo much goodness over there in terms of visual inspiration...& I have been falling in LOVE with Glamping. 

I started to pin. & pin. & pin. & get more & more inspiRed!

Glamping is the perfect marriage of my love for decorating my space & Jeff's love for camping.

So....we started on a little adventure.  We looked on Craigslist, Ebay & our local classifieds: KSL.

Source: theglamcampingcompany.com via Rhonna on Pinterest

This lovely tent is 495 pounds...wow. So...i started thinking...what about a travel trailer?

Vintage travel trailers are tricky...we KNEW we'd have to fix it up & it would be trashed. So, we were expecting a lot of work...but, we knew we needed good 'bones.'  I fell in LOVE with the old vintage Shastas. oh my.

Source: stylemepretty.com via Rhonna on Pinterest

Source: stylemepretty.com via Rhonna on Pinterest

But, they are more expensive that what I wanted to pay...I really wanted to only pay about as much as that tent. Fix it up just enough to have fun glamping...not a full restoration project.  

More like what  Pocket full of Whimsy did here:

Source: pocketfulwhimsy.blogspot.com via Rhonna on Pinterest

Loved this inspiration...so, we looked at a bunch...narrowed it down to what we wanted: size, price, amenities, etc. And,on Saturday morning, we went & checked out the one that fit everything we wanted.

We saw her. 

& bought her. & brought her home.

I've been prepping her, washing her & today I'm ready to paint her. Here's a lil Insty 'Before'.

I'll save the really heinous Befores for the wonderful Afters. *wink*

But, for now...I'll be busy...Thanks, Pinterest! I'm going to cReate!

cReative Team Tuesday

It's that time again...sharing the lovely creations that my a.mazing Creative Team has created to uplift & inspire. From blog pictures, to digital scrapbook pages, to invitations, to Facebook Cover pages! Love them all! annnd...even a special feature! *see below*

I'm always LOVING what Rosemary creates with my designs...check out how she created her Facebook Cover pages using the NEW Nautical Chic kits...she's so uplifing & inspiring...LOVE it, Rosemary!

Love this digital scrapbook page by Kirsty! She used the Nautical Chic kits to create her Jubilee look! See how versatile this is?  It can be used for Jubilee, the Fourth of July, beach parties, birthday parties...bbqs! Love it!

And...getting ready for a bbq invite? or throwing summer parties? I LOVE what Melissa did here...& this is with the Fourth of July kit...so easy & fab!

Look how Jamie is sprinkling Rhonna Designs in all of her projects...so inspiring! She added her photos to the Photo Edges 2 kits, printed out & then added in her darling file folder! Brill, Jamie, as always!

& cute Amy Tan is so inspiring on her blog...LOVE seeing her comings & goings....& her whole May wrap up is darling...see how Just a little 'Rhonna Designs' digital washi tape can look so fab on your blog? Darling, Amy!

And... a special feature today...Check out Lindzie Head's creations with Nautical Chic...she did such a fab job...LOVE her notebook!

Thanks everyone...LOVE seeing your creations!

Seriously...I just want to CREATE!!!! so, let's do it! Show me what YOU are creating with Rhonna Designs! 

Your Living Canvas Workshop starts today!

(image collage by Margie)

One thing I LOVE is having artsy, creative, amazing friends! And today, I wanted to share my dear friend, Christy Tomlinson's NEW online workshop: Your Living Canvas!

 It starts TODAY! I'm soo giddy! Perfect timing...during all of my *creativity explosion* this is just what my little creative heart needs...I'm taking it...are you? Go sign up! She's amazing! 

Learning to Sail....

Loving this quote so much...it inspires me to be strong & learn about myself, life & HOW to go about 'sailing my ship.' And, case in point, I'm learning that even the MOST amazing Creative Ideas that come at me like a crashing wave....well, I have to learn to sail  that ship, too. & I have to learn what is best for me, my family & my health...so. I'm taking it one step at a time. No worries...these little steps will be really fun to get to the BIG goal. But, it may take a while. It's OK...cuz one thing I HAVE learned about sailing my ship is: Enjoy sailing! *grin*

But, inspiration is a funny thing... I can get inspired by a quote visually as well...This quote is actually the inspiration behind my new collection- Nautical Chic- going up on the Rhonna Designs site next week! 

And, of course, I'm totally inspired by fashion as well...LOVING the fresh, crisp feel of the whole Nautical trend.  It's everywhere & I'm aching for the Summer sun & fun....so, it was natural to create this fun collection.  Just browzing through Pinterest under 'Nautical' was super inspiring...loved the creative process of this collection!

So, happy weekend & come back next week for the release of my new Nautical Chic Collection!

Mother's Day Week: Prize Winning Women

I hope all of you sip & savor every moment of this weekend. Whether you are celebrating your own Motherhood, or others'....savor those Prize Winning Moms in your life!  

I savor each project my Creative Team sends in & today I wanted to share what Nancy & Rosemary created!

Look at these brilliant & creative Mother's Day Cards/ Paper Ribbon Corsages that Nancy made with the new Rhonna Designs kit!

She said they a card-turned-corsage. I just love that! Such a clever & fabulous idea! Thanks Nancy! 

And, Rosemary is simply amazing...check out these gorgeous Mother's Day cards she made out of various Rhonna Designs kits. Rosemary is so great...she created her own little Printable with my art to create a super simple card! LOVE how she incorporated the Chevron Tool kit with the Prize Winning Mom Printables along with touches of Spring Circus flowers and the Mini Seals brushes...*you can even see how she used the Chevron Tool  kit Tag brush to say 'Mom Card'....she's amazing, isn't she?

Any woman is lucky to get this gorgeous card! I love how my Creative Team has shared ideas on how to celebrate Motherhood....and Womanhood. Ya know? We are so blessed to be woman!!!

Womanhood really is amazing! I believe each of us has a purpose & mission here. Again...my favorite quote by Marianne Williamson:

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our greatest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, fabulous, gorgeous, talented? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. You're playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that's within us. It's not just in some of us. It's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we automatically give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others."

I have mentioned it before, but I'm sooo thankful to be a part of the Moms Best Network...a whole site devoted to celebrating & empowering women! They have officially launched their site so be sure to sign up for their newsletter so you can keep up with what they are doing to empower women!

After all, as women, "....{when} we let our own light shine, we automatically give other people permission to do the same."

Let's share that light. 

Let's uplift and inspire everyone we come into contact!

Let's *sparkle*....

Happy Mother's Day to ALL women! 

You. 

Are. 

Amazing!