Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!! As this 2011 year comes to a close we can't help but count our blessings here at Lotts of Designs. We've have created lots of cards and designed some great projects but we are looking forward to a new year and new projects. Stay tuned for the opening of the Lotts of Designs Etsy Shop and the launching of the brand new website. We have some great projects lined up for 2012 and are looking forward to sharing them with you!!

Here are some of the 2011 cards to look over, please visit our Facebook page for the latest samples and send us an message to place your order: http://www.facebook.com/LottsofDesigns HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

  With Lots of Love,

~.~.~. Lotts of Designs .~.~.~ 

Lady Bug Party!!!

Lady Adrianne just turned 1 and she had a cute 'Lady Bug' themed birthday party. We created some lady bug invitations for all the guests. To read the invitations you opened the wings and the party information was in the center. Some of the invitations are in English and Some in spanish ;) It was such a fun party!

Happy 1st Birthday Adrianne!

For table decorations, there were handmade, foam lady buys in a variety of sizes and colors. Each child took a lady bug or two home to decorate their rooms.

handmade and painted foam lady bugs  

individual handmade piñatas!!

Instead of one piñata, the mother of the birthday girl constructed small individual lady bug piñatas for each child to take home. They were equally filled with yummy goodies, and was a way to be fair to all the children ;) Each piñata was also handmade out of simple materials:

• 2 lady bug themed paper plates (size)
• Streamers
• construction paper
• variety of candy 

To make each piñata was fairly simple:

• take one "themed" paper plate
• cut a 1"-2" strip of construction paper
• fold construction paper into a round shape (to fit on the paper plate)
• tape to the 'themed' plate
• pour variety of candy in the center
• staple or tape the plates together
• cover center with streamer (for decoration)
• and your done!!!

Handmade decorations are a cute and simple way to celebrate a birthday without spending too much ^_^ Happy Birthday to my beautiful niece Adrianne! 

Happy Birthday Lady Adrianne!!

❤ Shann's Senior Year!!

We've had so much fun capturing some special moments of a local beautiful Senior - Miss. Shannon. It has been a privilege to be a part of some memorable senior year events such as: "Senior Night" - for Berea Braves Volleyball, getting ready for Homecoming and a lovely Senior Photo Shoot in the park. I am sure that by the time graduation is here, we will have a collage of memories for her to enjoy.

Here are some of those special moments and stay tuned for more to come!!

Homecoming 

Senior Night

Senior Photo Shoot

Senior Photo Shoot

Senior Night

Senior Photo Shoot in the Park

Introducing: We're Only Human

The Lott's of Designs studio recently had the privilege of designing a logo for an upcoming clothing Designer: Cameron Houston. We had lots of fun creating his vision which will go on hats, t-shirts and more. We look forward to seeing this logo on many products in our local Cleveland market and will be posting photos of the We're Only Human products when they arrive! STAY TUNED!!

©2011 Lots of Designs and Cameron Houston 

♥♥ 2nd Year Anniversary!! ♥♥

♥ Today, September 26 marks Kyle & I (Amanda)'s  2nd year Anniversary! It's hard to believe that it's been 2 blissful years already ^_^ Our wedding day was definitely the best day of my life! It went fast, but I cherish the memories everyday. I want to share a peak of our wedding book that I created on Blurb.

It is a beautiful hard cover book displaying our special day from start to finish. I designed the front cover displaying one of my favorite photos of our union, focusing on our unity candles in the foreground and us in the background. The back cover was us walking to the rose garden in Lorain, OH for our pictures after the ceremony, i had the. We will be looking at our wedding video, looking out our wedding book, and for the first time together, enjoying our wedding scrapbook I've created. I thank God for blessing me with a wonderful husband! K&A forever!!! ❤

Here is a sneak peak... it looks better in person! 

Kyle & Amanda Lott by Amanda, the Bride | Make Your Own Book

Our Song - ❤ Love of my Life ❤ - By Michael W. Smith

Ingenuity Festival!

The Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland, Ohio was awesome!! I had volunteered a few years ago, but this year I got to enjoy it with a few friends, and even on the last day, there were so many great booths to explore, so many creative artists, musicians, food trucks and more!!

Here are some of the moments I captured with my iPhone!

Ingenuity neon sign

chair and tell display

iron chair designed by a blacksmith

light display

iCaricatures by iAdamPate

beautiful hearts

Ingenuity Fest Tweeting!

Man with a colorful parrot, his cane is pretty sweet too

Designer/Music Guru Rachel bangin' some beats

music cart

artwork on the bridge

recycled artwork: water bottle with plastered colorful paper

Band with blue ambiance

light display under the bridge

I ❤ Ingenuity Festival!

♥ Card Swap Day view!! ♥

The Lotts of Designs Studio has been busy with various projects, there was barely time to post them all. One of the latest projects was a card featured at the Immanuel Church Scrapbook Ministries 'Card Swap'. We chose to feature a card with the "Thinking of You" theme. I created the cards with matching envelopes.

To prepare for the card swap we had to prepare 26 packs of materials for other card makers (both beginners and experienced) to re-create your card.

The 26 packs of cards contained 1 white card folded with a Martha Stewart scorer and a white envelope and a piece of pink or green paper. At the card swap there was a table with all the supplies provided for each card maker to create my card. There were other stations set up for myself to re-create other cards, I had a blast!!

pink & green papers used as background

Narcissus Stamp by Stampendous!

Supplies Needed:

• Folded cardstock (any size you want the card)
• Envelope (size the card stock will fit in folded)
• Colored/Patterned Paper (any color you choose, in this case not too much pattern)
• Flower stamp (Narcissus by Stampendous)
• Color Pencils
• Glitter
• Adhesive tape
• Stamp pad
• Thinking of you stamp
• Scissors  

supplies I provided for each person creating my card

card packs in preparation for the swap

Step 1: Round the 4 bottom edges or the card
Step 2: Tape the paper (in this case pink or green) with the 2 bottom edges rounded
Step 3: Stamp the flowers on white card stock, cut and color the flowers to your liking
Step 4: Place foam stickers on the back of the flowers
Step 5: Place flowers in center of card (foam stickers give 3D look)
Step 6: Stamp the words 'Thinking of you' to the bottom right of the paper
Step 7: (use stamp pad or a foam tip with chalk paint) and rub against the edges of the white card
Step 8: Add glitter to the center lines of flowers
Step 9: Stamp a part of the flower stamp on the corner of the envelope
Step 10: Color and add glitter for finishing touches and your done!

❤ Final Product, with matching envelopes!

Thinking of you!

Special Cards for Loved ones ❤

It's been a busy summer at the Lotts of Designs Studio. This year has been full of special events from birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, baby showers and more. Here are just a few of the cards created for some special people ❤

For: Aunt Margaret, very special aunt ❤

Happy Anniversary Marty & Eydie, Weston & Katie!!

For: My wonderful in-laws ❤

Birthday cards for Joshua Kids!!

Here are some cards we created for some special Joshua Kids @ the Church on the North Coast (CNC), Valley View- East Campus! 

Joshua Kids is an inner city ministry that meets with kids once a month in both the Lorain and Valley View Campuses of CNC. We teach the kids about Jesus, his love and sacrifice and how to live a Godly life. We also spend time with them, showing them God's love by teaching them about His word, playing games, listening to music and having a good time with them. We want the kids to know how special they are and how much God loves them, so each month for one of the boy or girls birthdays we give them cupcakes, sing them 'Happy Birthday' and give them a card where all the volunteers write a special message. This is truly a great ministry to be a part of and we here at Lotts of Designs look forward to making many more cards for some special kids. ❤