CJMeyer Adventures

Collecting & Designing Beautiful Memories

Month: October 2013

  • A Message from Cinderella…

    A Message from Cinderella…

    Happy Halloween! Our photographer posted the perfect caption to accompany the bottom photo: “Pretty sure she is thinking, Don’t make me turn you into a frog!”  

  • Fall and Halloween Traditions

    Fall and Halloween Traditions

    Lately, we’ve been: …watching the leaves turn. …visiting the pumpkin patch. …helping Olivia stand and pull herself up on various pieces of furniture. …singing (lots of singing). …practicing different learning concepts like “on/off, open/close, up/down, etc…” with our very active 10 month old. …picking out the perfect Halloween costume for our girl.  Our darling little…

  • Ready for Halloween: Decorations

    Ready for Halloween: Decorations

    Halloween at our house looks a little like this: At night, the soft glow of all these candles, Halloween decorations, and twinkle lights is downright magical… I love this time of year!

  • Happy Birthday J!

    Happy Birthday J!

    Happy Birthday, dear James! What an incredible year- we’ve definitely done our fair share of growing (literally by two feet), laughing, traveling, compromising, and generally trying to figure it all out. To my partner in crime, cheers to 31!

  • Kitchen Upgrades 2013: Demo

    Kitchen Upgrades 2013: Demo

    So, a conversation about painting the breakfast room in our kitchen on Saturday morning turned into this…. Notes to self… don’t start a major demo project with only: 2 rolls of paper towels 0 refills on shop vac bags 1 swiffer wet jet pad less than 10 trash bags We went from this functional but…

  • In the Workshop: Handmade Halloween

    In the Workshop: Handmade Halloween

    I’m so excited to share that I’ve been selected as a member of Jessica Sprague’s new Create Inspiration Team! Since joining The Dating Divas team over a year ago, I’ve really worked on my photography skills.  Jessica’s amazing digital classes have been such a blessing to start learn the ins and outs of Photoshop to…

  • I Trust…

    I Trust…

    Lately, I’ve been stressed… Life continues to move so quickly- our days have been filled with a chaotic mess of meeting deadlines, adjusting to Olivia’s new level of mobility (she is crawling everywhere!), and traveling more weeks than not.  I’ve been digging my way out of an overflowing inbox over the past couple of days…

  • In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques

    In the Workshop: Glitter Techniques

    Remember this teaser post?  As promised, here is the scoop on one of my favorite new crafting processes: A Bit of Background Info When I was at the stamp convention in August, I spent quite a bit of time at The Stamp Doctor’s Booth.  Mechele Rudd, the owner, demonstrated how to achieve this gorgeous result…