let's paint the town BLACK

BLACK FRIDAY is coming up this weekend! HOORAY!! And Britt-ish Designs is ready to go go go!



That's right! Everything at Britt-ish Designs will be 35% off (excluding the grab bag and bundles). GRAB BAG!?! YEP!! I've got a "Holiday Magic" grab bag coming on Friday, that's sure to get you in the spirit of the season.

Plus, starting Friday at midnight (aka Thursday night) I'll have a limited amount of $1.00 DOORBUSTERS. Some really great Britt-ish Designs products will be $1.00 each. But when they're gone, they're gone, so get there at midnight to grab yours!



Also, join me for a lively Speed Scrap on Friday at 3:00pm MST (that's 5:00pm Eastern, 4:00pm Central, and 2:00pm Pacific). We'll be chatting, and Speed Scrappin' in the MouseScrappers Chat Room (thanks MouseScrappers for letting us borrow your chat room!).



Trust me, the prize is REALLY cute, and all you have to do to get it, is finish on time! So come & Speed Scrap with me on Friday afternoon.

See you all this weekend for LOTS OF FUN!!

Scarlett's First Disneyland Trip (cont.)

After her first walk down Main Street, Scarlett was exhausted. ("Scarlett Was Exhausted" could be the subtitle to this trip. Without her regular naps, she was pretty much tired for 4 days). She fell asleep in the stroller for a little while, but once she was up it was time to head to Critter Country to meet Winnie the Pooh and Friends and ride her first ride!!

First up, we met Tigger. This was one of the best character interactions we had because Scarlett leaned in and gave him kisses. OK - so she doesn't really know how to give kisses yet, but she let Josh lean her in and it looked like kisses to us!!! She did NOT want to get close to any other character like she did with Tigger. She was very into him.



It was so surprising that she loved Tigger so much because he's so HUGE! Way bigger than any other character she met. Maybe it was because she had been carrying around her own little Tigger plush from home, so she felt like she knew him. I don't know. But she really liked him.



Then came Eeyore. For a brief moment we thought she liked him. She even touched him.



But then she got really nervous and stressed out. Too close? Too much? I don't know. But she didn't want to be close. This picture cracks me up because it shows the difference between Scarlett and her cousin, Maya. Scarlett's like, "no thanks, I'm done!" and Maya's like "Oooooh fun!".



The good thing is she didn't seem to mind being around the characters as long as she wasn't too close.

One more character to go, the silly old bear himself was up next. While we waited in line, we took some cute pictures.



My niece, Maya. She got SO MUCH ATTENTION from these ears. Practically every person we walked past pointed and gawked at her cuteness. She had barely enough hair for two itty bitty piggies on the top of her head on which they clipped the ears to. Aren't they cute?!




When it was Scarlett's turn to meet the big, fluffy, cute, so sweet Winnie the Pooh, she was not excited. She liked to look at him in the distance, but when we got up to him, this happened:



"I'm outta here!"



But we still got a cute family shot!



Finally, it was time for Baby's first ever RIDE!!! We decided on Winnie The Pooh. Small World was closed (my first choice). And Pirate's was closed (Josh's first choice). So, Winnie the Pooh it was. And it was fitting! Winnie the Pooh was Scarlett's first movie. She was Piglet for her first Halloween. So, Winnie the Pooh as her first ride was just right!




Scarlett had a lot of fun on her first ride!! She loved the bright colors and fun music! First ride = success!

Here we all are! We filled up one whole beehive.



Right after Winnie the Pooh we met up with my California digi gal pals, Tanya (Crossbone Cuts, TanyaH666) and Carol (aka Carolc, owner/creator of MouseScrappers.com).



We had dinner (corndogs!!! YUMMMM) and had a GREAT chat! Our visit was short, but sweet!! It's always such a treat to see these girls.

We did a LOT of very fun things our first day. But it all culminated with our first ever viewing of the Soundsational Parade. While we were waiting for the parade, we saw a possum hiding in the bushes. A REAL possum, living at Disneyland. How crazy is that?1



Two cute cousins waiting for the parade! All 4 girls actually had these matching jackets, but we somehow forgot to get a picture of them all together.



The Soundsational Parade was INCREDIBLE!! LOVED EVERY MINUTE. Since it was at night, it was hard to get any good pictures and we mostly just wanted to enjoy and watch Scarlett enjoy, so we didn't bother with pictures. Scarlett totally loved it. She LOVES music, so she was just in heaven (so were we!).

That pretty much wrapped up Day 1 of our trip. Lots of fun.

I'll make sure to start working on writing up more about our trip! :) Probably not going to be tomorrow, but at I promise to keep working on it!

Have a happy Monday!!

Scarlett's First Disneyland Trip

See! I'm finally posting some pictures from our trip. I told you I'd get around to it!

I guess I'll start at the beginning. Before Scarlett was even born, I started collecting costumes (borrowing, buying on clearance, hand-me-downs, etc.) for her to wear on her first trip to Disneyland. The original plan was to have her dressed up every day for part of the day, and then change her when the costume got annoying or when it got too cool. Little did I know we'd end up getting rained on half the trip. So we did costumes the first two days and that's it. But I was ok with that. Her non-costume outfits were REALLY cute too!

Day 1 was Minnie Mouse. Isn't she the cutest?!



Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Instagram (<-- I'm obsessed/addicted. Come follow me if you're on Instagram, my user name is designerbrittney) have seen some of these pics already!

Needless to say, I had SO MUCH FUN dressing Scarlett up and getting her ready! (I mean, I have fun doing that at home on any given day!! But it was like the ultimate - getting her beautified at Disneyland!



I think it was almost 2:00 by the time we finally got to the park. We drove half-way on Tuesday night, spent the night at a hotel and then drove the last three hours or so the next morning. After a little lunch and unpacking (and dress-up), we headed across the street to the park! (see my LO from Friday for pics of our first park moments!)

After we walked through the tunnels and into the park, who was waiting to greet us?! None other than Miss Minnie Mouse herself. It couldn't have been more perfect!! That was the ONE character I really wanted Scarlett to meet that day, since she was dressed as Minnie!



Minnie LOVED Scarlett's outfit, of course, and made a big fuss over her. And even though it was Scarlett's first character, she seemed to enjoy it. Her nervousness around characters didn't start until the later part of Day 1. (Yeah - one of my fears was realized. Scarlett had a tiny bit of character anxiety when they got too close or tried to touch her! She'll get over it by our next trip, right?!).

Right after meeting Minnie, it was time to get EARS!! I've dreamt of a tiny pair of black ears with "Scarlett" stitched on the back forever! I was definitely ecstatic. Josh was lovin' it too!



Plus, I was getting a new pair of ears for myself too. I've had the same black pair for years now and I wear them every trip. But they are WORN OUT. Literally falling apart. So I gave up and put them into retirement. It was time to get a new pair.

Disneyland used to offer little red bows with rosettes on them to make the plain black ears into "Minnie" ears. They stapled on the bow for you and ta-da! Girl ears. That's what my old retired pair had. But a couple years ago they stopped carrying the bows. You can't get them anymore, which is one of the reasons I resisted getting new ears for so long.

But, duh?! I can just make my OWN bows. So before our trip I made two cute little bows. Then, as soon as our ears were done being stitched I pinned them on. The cast members at the Mad Hatter were actually really impressed! Haha! Didn't they turn out cute?!



I'm so glad I made the bows. I think they look so adorable. I think I'll have to make Scarlett's bow a little bigger for the next trip though (Mama likes a big bow!).



Right after ears, we met up with my brother and his family. My nieces were all very excited to see us (they arrived at Disneyland for a couple days ahead of us).

We all met Pluto, who just happened to be hanging out just outside the Mad Hatter.





I don't remember sensing any trepidation or fear from Scarlett when we met Pluto. She seemed intrigued by his big nose and whiskers (why have I never noticed those giant whiskers before!!?!).



Wow - all this and we haven't even made it down Main Street!! HAHA! But that's a good place to end it for today. Be back tomorrow with more of Day 1!

where the magic begins

My baby girl's "magic" really did begin on this trip. And I know it's only going to get more and more magical each time we take her to Disneyland (right, honey?). We can't wait for our trip this spring!

This kit was poured right out of my soul (do I say that a lot about my stuff? sorry if I do, I am always sincere when I say that). It's my interpretation of our little one's wide-eyed wonder and happiness and she laid her eyes on the wonders of Disneyland for the first time.
"Where The Magic Begins"


AND I have a special add-on freebie at the bottom of the post, so make sure you read all the way through to get it!

And the lucky winner who entered my "Win It Before You Can Buy It" giveaway is . . .

Jamie (jmdodson)

Congrats, Jamie! I'm emailing you your code for a free "Where The Magic Begins" kit!

Here's the page I scrapped. As per usual, I found it really hard to dive in and scrap my precious "Scarlett's First Trip" pics!! I don't know what my problem is with really special photos - I have the hardest time scrapping them. But I gotta get over it, because when I do its a LOT of fun!! Anyway - I decided to just start at the beginning!!




and here's what the Britt Girls created:



Awesome right?! I can't wait to scrap more and more with this kit.

Ok - here's that freebie I promised ya!



--> DOWNLOAD HERE <--

I PROMISE to get it together and post some pics and stories from our trip. I just have been in a bit of a slump this week.  Those of you who blog know the time it takes to get photo-heavy posts written! My goal is to have at least one post with pictures & a couple stories by this weekend.

Have a MAGICAL day!! xoxo

win it before you can buy it!!

HI THERE!!

I have two fun things to tell you.

#1) I have a new kit out tomorrow and I'm totally in love with it. Here's a sneak peek!






#2) You can win this new kit, before you can even buy it!! Leave a comment on this post with your name and "I WANNA WIN!". Tomorrow morning I'll draw a random winner.

Enter before midnight tonight for a chance to win! One entry per scrapper, please.

Can't wait for Friday so I can show you all the "magic" (<-- hint hint wink wink). XOXOXOXOXOXO