cReative Team Tuesday eye candy: THANK YOU!

Today is bitter sweet. It's time to say goodbye to my amazing Rhonna Designs 2011-2012 Creative Team. I have loved working with them all. They've been so amazing to work with & they've been patient with me this first year of Rhonna Designs! Working through health issues & growing a new business is challenging, yet we've had an amazing first year! Thanks to everyone, but I certainly couldn't have done it without my team! LOVE YOU ALL, girls....you are the BEST!

So...without further ado...let's be uplifted and inspired by them! I love sharing their projects...they are always so amazing!

LOVE how Nancy has contributed consistently throughout the year...not only that, but every. single. thing she does is pure magic. LOVE her work! LOOK at how she's created a scrapbook layout by printing out the Rhonna Designs Insta Lovin' kits- brill! 

 GO check out her blog to be uplifted & inspired....love you, Nancy! 

Jing is so fab in both digital AND hybrid...LOOK at this fabulously delish digital scrapbook layout she created with a bunch of the Rhonna Designs kits! Spring Circus, Kiss Me, 6 Week Brushes & the Fourth of July kit...so versatile! Jing, thank YOU for being a part of our team...LOVE YOU!

Susan is another team member that I've sooo enjoyed getting to know. She's magical with her iPhone photos on Instagram...she's really embraced the creative play with the Rhonna Designs kits & fonts on her creations! See what I mean? So many fun fun photos! Susan, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for being a part of my team this year! smmooches!

Now, Melissa, NEVER ceases to amaze me. I'm in LOVE with everything she creates. When I opened up these photos, my girls gasped.. They way one of these amazing bookmarks, too! Melissa...thank you for always uplifting & inspiring! You are truly wonderful!

 and LOOK at her fab Instagram book with a free printable! LOVING how she used (with permission, of course) the InstaLOVE kit's camera...it's so cute. LOVE!

And, Jamie, Jamie, Jamie...need I say more? ALWAYS uplifting and inspiring....as an artist, person, mom & friend. She's so fab...I get GIDDY when she shows me her creations...seriously! Jamie, thank you for being such an integral part of our team this year! LOVE YOU!

 Go over to her blog HERE to check out more of this amazing album...it's sooo gorgeous how she used the Spring Circus kits...LOVE it all! 

Again...a HUGE heart felt THANK YOU to each of you! 

And...as we near Sept. 1st, our FIRST Birthday...I'll be announcing the NEW Creative Team & we'll have a week long Celebration! *hint- sales, NEW designs, & MORE to uplift & inspire!

Now...if you missed this: my friend, Becki- of Whippycake, is offering a coupon code for my Insta Lovin' kit bundles...expires on Aug. 31...so, if you still need to grab some of the kits...RUN! She's got some FAB things to uplift & inspire as well!

Happy Tuesday! go...cReate!

vintage tRailer Refurb: Inside>>During

Between surprise road trips, Disneyland & first week of school, poor Daisy has been slow going. But, never fear! Her Maiden Voyage will be this weekend! So...this week is crazy busy...with Rhonna Designs turning ONE year, saying goodbye to my amazing 2011-2012 Creative Team AND saying HELLO to my new 2012-2013 Creative Team...whew....I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

The inside was a big thing this weekend...we re-built & re-installed the top bunk! oy vey! But, she's coming along nicely...I think Daisy loves her makeover so far...don't you?

She's matching her exterior a little more with the aqua walls & cabinets. LOVE! And...we put the aluminum strip on the edges of the cracked, old green countertop edges. looks lovely!

Ok...off to paint the bunk now! whew...no rest for the weary! Tomorrow is our last Creative Team Tuesday w/ this fantastic team...so, don't miss it! 

Happy Monday! 

Create something today!

cReative Team Tuesday> Eye Candy from Jing

I'm always amazed at what our gem Jing shares on cReative Team Tuesdays...she takes such care with her amazing creations with Rhonna Designs. I'm just in LOVE with her hybrid crafting! Here Invitation Album & Favor Boxes make any party just amazing! Check it out!

Here closure itself is just amazing! And LOOK at those cute favor boxes/bags with the cute flags! LOVE!

 The Spring Circus Printable Card Set is perfect for this! She painted gold onto the edge of the silhouette & frame...um...can you say: GORGEOUS? 

And I'm LOVING how she used the Insta Love kit, Insta Pattern kit, Insta Numbers kit all with the Simple Photo Edges2 Kit! Brill!

 So cute to add the Spring Circus brushes & Borders on here with the Jaya Bean font! So darling! 

 And I am LOVING how she cut out the Insta Lovin' Frames coupled with the Spring Circus borders...That 'Love Yourself' Mini Seals brush is the cherry on top! Simply gorgeous! 

 And...these Favor Boxes with the darling flags? Oh my! Jing...once again...you've knocked my sox off!

 seriously.

I.

Need.

to.

Go.

cReate.

now.

happy creative tuesday!

cReative Team Tuesday: InstaQuotes & ONE YEAR!

Today's inspiRation is  all about the Insta Lovin' kits & how my amazing cReative Team is using them!  **Remember: If you need to know HOW TO use these kits go HERE!

Jamie...LOVE how she used the Insta Quotes with her Silhouette Cameo to cut out this amazing framed piece! I'm in LOVE with this!

With the InsaQuotes, you've got pre-designed quotes to uplift & inspire.  

Go on over to Jamie's blog to SEE what she's got going on...she's truly amazing! Thanks, J!

We'll be offline-family vacationing-no service until Aug. 20th.  So, when we get back... Emily's got something up her sleeve that we'll feature that along with some fun new things from Nancy! 

Aaaaannddd....be watching for some FUN NEW THINGS HAPPENING on Rhonna Designs...

Sept. 1st is our ONE YEAR Birthday & we will be celebrating!

Vintage Trailer Refurb: Outside BEFORE & AFTER

A Glamping we will go.

Taking the plunge & buying a vintage trailer to refurbish so we can go Glamping is a big thing. huge. I didn't realize how big!

But, we are in the process *enjoying it* & I wanted to share the Before & After pictures of our lil vintage beaut!

**all images: brushes & frames>>> Insta Lovin' Kits by Rhonna Designs**

Before.

I have learned a lot about this whole process & am still learning. And have had SO many questions about things...I thought I'd blog the detes here.  

No. 1: Know what you want.  

THIS lil questionaire helped me a lot. So, we prepared & knew just what we wanted.  

We looked on our local classifieds: KSL & we were wowed at how many trailers are put on classifieds. by the hour. seriously. We REALLY wanted a vintage Shasta, (we LOVED Enjoy Cupcakes' cute lil dream boats) but...figured since this is our first lil venture...we should start out small. We knew we didn't want to have to drive very far to pick up our new baby...so, we looked, were patient & then found HER!

Only about 15 minutes away from us. She was everything we wanted.

Size: under 14' so we could keep her in our driveway. She's 13'! Perf!

Age: She was vintage enough for us to start with. 1974 

Brand: As noted above, a Shasta would have been fab...but, we got an El Rae. Adorable. Fell in love with the lines, angles...she's got charactah.

Refurbish: We knew we didn't want to restore the whole thing, but wanted to put our own personality into her..so, Refurb was what we picked.  And, boy, are we having FUN! *wink* (we've had to tear out the ceiling & put it back up which has been very interesting! ha!)

Original or not: that wasn't that important to us since we didn't go for the Shasta...but she does have 'good bones' & I love her lil oven, fridge & table.

Layout: 

Main thing: Sleeps 5. We wanted our whole fam to be able to be comfy & cozy. So, again. perfect.

No Bathroom: We didn't want to deal with the plumbing/leaking issues many of them seemed to have. yea!

Cost: We knew we wanted it cheap since we would be glamming her up the way we wanted it. Ok. Ok...the way I wanted it! Jeff is such a sport about this whole thing! LOL...he figures it's both of our worlds coming together. If he can get me out camping more...he's happy! 

Title or Bill of Sale:  Made sure we knew what we were doing. check.

Storage:   

We wanted to make sure that we could fit all of our gear in there, plus sleep & camp comfortably. Yes...she's got plenty for us. Love her!

Specific Requirements:   This lil beaut will also be doubling as a cReative Playhouse for me & my family, friends, & *ahem* even Rhonna Designs. *wink wink* So, I had to make sure it had a sink, table, & room for cReating! can I get a HOLLA!!!????

During.

No. 2: Prepare for glamming.

Ok. Ok...I will admit. This is my fave part...to get the whole vibe together of what I want this lil Playhouse to 'feel' like...a place to glamp. make memories with my family. travel. cReate. 

yup...a mood board was in order. 

So...I gathered lots of inspiration...those of you that follow my Pinterest board knew right when I was doing this. LOL...I'm sorry...I was filling up my board fast. LOVED this part!

Colors:  My whole color vibe is: aqua, yellow, red, black.  With splashes of grey & green on the inside decor. *mood board for that later*

The outside was prepped & ready to go by following THIS Roller painting method!

PAINT: I chose my colors & got Rustoleum Bright White & Safety Yellow at Home Depot. But, my aqua dream was dashed to pieces when the paint dept. told me, 'No...can't tint any oil based paints.'...boohoo.

So, off to Sherwin Williams to make new BFFS with the paint guys! They helped me find a great color that I could tint & be happy with! So...I chose Tantilizing Teal. Yup...it IS tantalizing! 

TOOLS: The Roller Method worked great for most of it, (foam rollers) but I found that good ol' 2-4" paint brushes were great for getting into the lil spots I needed. I did NOT like the foam brushes that I'd read about...they frustrated me. Good, stiff paint brushes were my best friends in this project...especially around the edges & getting in the lips on the roof.

Look at this! I'm LOVING the bright, sunshiny yellow, glossy crisp clean white and the soft, gorgeous teal! A. Dore. with a capital DORE!

The whole family got into the prep & painting! Love my kiddos...they are good sports!

Then, the last bit to 'make it my own'...was freehanding scallops along the Tantalizing Teal.  This just completed it...I was giddy.  I just took a 1" paint brush (now THIS paint brush was a good quality oil brush I had from my old oil painting days) so I could get a good angle, smooth & lovely lil scallops.

Behold...the Happily Ever 

After!  

She's a lil dream boat! I'm loving her! 

Jeff sealed the roof up on top & we needed to replace a couple of the windows...but, other than that...we are good to go on the outside.  She's done! (minus the cute hub cap we still have to get for this side of her.) 

Now.....for the inside!

Oh boy! We spent ALL DAY Saturday ripping her ceiling out....It wasn't pretty.

Let's just say...sparks were flying.....

to be continued....

How Do I Do That? Using the Insta Lovin' kits

I've had sooo many questions about my Insta Lovin' kits!  Thanks, everyone on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest...& here!! I wanted to do a concise blog post with all of the tutorials & helps right here in this post for all my Newbies *& those that have been on here for a while!*

Remember, this isn't an app. (hoping someday we will get to that point, but for now they are digital kits!)

When you open these kits, (all except the Insta Frames- more on those later.) I offer 3 versions:

1. The TTF font file. (to be used in Phonto on your phone.) HOW TO INSTALL on your computer :: your PC simply unzip & select the font files (.ttf, .otf or .fon) then Right-click > Install

or for your MAC simply unzip & Double-click the font file > "Install font" button at the bottom of the preview.

2. The ABR brush file (to be used in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. as a digital brush- tutorials on my blog)

3. Black Font PNG files (to be used as clip art in Word programs OR as drag & drop black images in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements.) I explain HERE why I offer the black PNG files in each kit.

Now...Let's look at HOW to use the Insta Lovin' kits with Instagram!

NOTE: Each kit on Rhonna Designs has a 'description' next to the image. Be sure to read this carefully so you know what you are purchasing. 

FIRST: Upload the Insta Lovin' TTF fonts onto your phone to use in the app: Phonto!  For a great tutorial, go to my friend Lindzie's blog to see HOW!

SECOND: Use the fonts to create magic in your Instagram photos! LOOK HERE for a HOW-TO & alittle exploration on opacity, stroke, etc.

The font file, as shown in the description on the Rhonna Designs site, is ONLY the ALL CAPS A-Z. So, in order to use them, you would just type. 'A'

or 'B'....etc. for that particular image. **except the Insta Numbers....They will go from ALL Caps A-Z, then a, b, c, d to finish the numbers out to 31**

For instance.

When you see the fonts that you've loaded onto your phone, they are called 'insta'.... something. (looks like this...& I'm not sure why they are all different)

Choose the desired font & begin to type the CAPITAL letter. Each CAPITAL letter has it's own Insta Lovin' image.

I absolutely LOVE how Heather of WhipperBerry blog shares her love for Instagram. She has an Android, so some of these are a big different than my Top apps on my iPhone...but, read carefully what she says about the Insta Lovin' kits...& check out her lovely creations...she's so fab!

Ok...now, like I mentioned above...

the only kit (so far) in the Insta Lovin' series that is NOT a font is the Insta Lovin' Frames. They are a colored PNG files that are pre-designed frames & are so cute I love them all!

Now, the difference here is:

1. They can't be used in the Phonto app(since they aren't a font), but they CAN still be used on your phone.

2. They come in 2 sizes: High resolution (so you can put your photos in them & print off!) or Web Sized versions...(low rez) & this is what you use on your phone & in Instagram.

So, HOW TO use these frames on your phone?

1. Purchase the app: PhotoForge 2  It is similar to Photoshop in that you can use photos, layers & basically digital scrapbook right on your phone. But, you will need a DropBox account & have it on your phone to add any Rhonna Designs elements in there.

2. Save the Insta Lovin' Frames (web sized PNG files) to your Camera Roll.

3. Go into PhotoForge 2 & upload the Insta Lovin' Frames layers, resize & adjust the way you want.

4. Save to your Camera Roll & upload to Instagram!

So, there ya have it...so many things to do to kick the Creativity process up a notch...just on your phone! I LOVE it!

And...I LOVE the Creative kick that Instagram gives me. My fave is finding NEW peeps to follow & see their amazing photos...truly uplifting & inspiring.

So.

Today, I started something fun...it's called:

Hey It's Friday Follow.

And I'm totally excited about it. It's my way of giving a SHOUT OUT to those that inspire me.  So, are you on Instagram? If so, play along! Tell me your user name here...& then Hash tag #heyRhonna to share YOUR photos on Instagram. & then, each Friday I'll be shouting out a fellow IGer!

 Have a fab weekend...we are working on The Daisy...she's coming along. I finished the outside (complete with scallops) & will be sharing the Befores/(Happily Ever) Afters on Monday! holla!