Zurich

While we were in Germany 

2 years ago, Dana's sister and brother in law

were living there, took us to Zurich.

The city was intoxicating,

and hundreds of people walk the streets.

I learned while we were there,

that Zurich is the place where, people of

 prestige go to do their shopping,

mmmm, well, we didn't buy anything

just window shopped and took 

lots of pictures.

It was a fun day, 

we were bundled up in our coats, 

scarfs and hats.

We needed all three for sure.

You can see here that the city

is full of homes of great affluence.

We loved the visit, and all the fun things in the windows.

So gold and black seemed fitting.

I used punches with the Gold glitter chipboard, and 

I used the cricut for the swirls and key hole.

I used:

Gold Glitter Fleur on Black

Gold glitter dot

Gold glitter chipboard

Gold Glitter Letter Stickers

Gold Glitter Classic Swirl on Black

This is a simpler and fun layout as well..

It didn't scan in very well, 

because of the black clip I used on the mini vellum envelope.

But none the less, 

I decided to share it anyway.

This is a cathedral on the river in Zurich

I used: 

Brown Paisley

Red watercolor cs

Viva la France Rub-on

Red glitter chipboard

And other products from my scrapbook stash

The ribbon is from a partner this year.

As a note to this post,

The brother in law, that took us all over

Germany, Switzerland, Poland, and France,

was just diagnosed with cancer.

Our prayers are with Mark and Heather

everyday, with this new found 

way of life they are now experiencing.

We so appreciate them, and the many, many places

they have taken us over the years.

Hugs to you all!

Robin

Fall in Treiburg

Oh for sure, 

my favorite season is Fall.

I love the cooler mornings,

the change of the leaves, and the falling leaves

all around.

I love the colors

and just the feel of the days.

While we were in Africa for 2 years

there were no falls,

none of the above. 

So now, back in the USA, 

love for the fall season to come,

and I soak in every minute of it.

This layout was so very much fun to create.

I am still scrapbooking our trip to Germany,

there are alot of pictures when you are there for 

a month.  Thank goodness for family

members living there so we can stay that long!

I used:

Gracious Getaway Stripe (back side)

Red Glitter Swirl

Brick Watercolor (retired)

Fall Dew Drops

Autumn Sticker

Yellow tear drops

Fall leaves ( a new embellishment item)

Other products come from my scrapbook stash.

Look for these products on the Robin's Nest Web site

Autumn Products

The Giltter swirl

Hope your fall is as enjoyable as mine,

Soaking in all the fall colors and feel of the season.

Hugs to you all,

Robin

I love Halloween

Last year I posted a Halloween 12x12 binder

and layouts that went in the binder.

Some of the pages were a little unconventional, since

I had to heat cut my sheet protectors to fit the layout pages

because they were a bit smaller than 12x12.

It looked great in the binder though, and

 you can look at that post under

Robin's Posts.

Here are some of those layouts with 

actural photos in them.

Here is Luke and Gabe, 

these are our grandsons in Alaska.

Dressed up for me so I could see their costumes 

last November.

This is Aliyah, one of the 3 girls of Jakes, 

She looks so cute in her Star Wars Costume.

Here I am,

Dressed up! 

I never do this, but since we had been 

gone for 2 years I did a little more for Halloween than normal.

I dressed up and painted spiderwebs on my eyes

My Set up for the kids to come and choose treats.

They had marshmellow skeletons, witch hat cookies,

mummy candy bars, and much, much, more,

thanks to pintrest.

Hope you have a great Halloween this year!

Hugs,

Robin

The Pantry Door

In our kitchen,

years ago we had new cupboard doors

specially made by a special friend of ours. 

We left them natural, and we haven't done anything

with the kitchen for years.

Designs and styles have been changing over the years, 

 and I am contemplating making some changes in the kitchen.

I finally decided to step off the cliff,

and make a change.

We had truck problems, after our truck was fixed

and ended up staying home for 4 days we had 

planned on being gone helping others.

So during this 4 days I took advantage of the time home

and work on the pantry door.  I have pinned lots of pictures

of different ideas, mostly I wanted the pantry door to stand out

from the cupboards in the kitchen. 

Dana thinks it is a sin to paint nice wood.

Sometime it is, so I have hesitated on doing anything

because I wanted it to be painted.

I went through my pins on pintrest, and I found something

very interesting about myself.  

I love white, cream, natural wood, and diamonds.

I also love ochre yellows and black.

So how do you put all of that together?

Well, here is what I ended up doing.

Enjoy.

Here is the original door

I painted inside the panels white.

I wanted a contrast of white and cream,

the rest of the door is painted cream.

I painted the insides of the panels cream as well.

I then made a pattern for the inside panels of diamonds

the pattern is the white paper taped to the bottom of the

edge of the door.  I measured and marked where my lines should

go, and drew them with a ruler.

I then taped the diamonds, I had to use an exacto

knife to get the excess tape off so all the diamonds to be

painted would show.  It was a little more work than I had

anticipated, but loved the results.

I then distressed the inside of the taped diamonds with Ralph Lauren 

sienna colored glaze.  After I pulled off all the tape, here is my result.  I decided to paint

the molding around the door the same color as my window moldings.

I also distressed the newly painted door.

I used sand paper and a very stiff bristled brush

At this point, I decided the door looked pretty bright in my

natural kitchen, so I decided to antique the entire door.

Again I used the Ralph Lauren glaze.  With a cloth

I wiped the glaze all over the door, following the grain of the wood.

Here is the finished door.  

I am in love with it.  I took a little more time than I had

anticipated, but the result made me very happy.

Distressed, antiqued, and painted.  

I will share more pictures later, as I start decorating 

for the seasons.  My seasonal wreaths will hang

here for sure.

I have more changes to go to finish the kitchen the way I want it.

This is the first of many projects.  

Until next time.

Robin

Halloween invititation

Rachel 

LOVES 

Halloween!

Every year while her kids were at home

she would have a halloween party.

Her house is decorated so cute with

spiderwebs and spiders everywhere.

Pumkins at her front door,

with little children there to talk to you.

It is always to fun to watch as a mother

 the traditions that your children start for thier

own children.

Rachel created this card, 

it is soooo cute.

The card and the envelope

Glitter Chipboard pumkin and spider ring with the ring part cut off.

The invite.

Haunted House Cardstock

Halloween rub on

Black diamond drops

Such a cute envelope with the rub ons on it.

I think all the hard work is done with this

cute haunted house paper.  Just add 

your stamped invite,

 and fill it in.

Fast and easy!

Hugs, and Happy Halloween!

Robin and Rachel

Our Tour of Mexico continues

What a wonderful week it has been! 

 We arrived back in Mexico City on Tuesday.  We had traveled to Cordoba Stake and made a presentation to the leaders there, then on Monday traveled around the stake and visited some homes and businesses to see their resources.  They are ready to start their program, and Ellis' will wait for their contact next to go on to the next step.  It was amazing what we saw.  And so many willing people to get the project started.  

The drive home was long, 11 hours to drive a 3 hour trip.  But home in one piece.

On Wednesday evening I went to the Folklorico Ballet with some of the other

missionary couples, Dana wasn't feeling well, so didn't go.

Here are some photos from the Ballet.

We flew to Tuxtla Gutierez, Chiapas on Friday.

Met with 3 Stake Presidencies on Friday night,

then had Saturday to visit a town in the highlands of Chiapas, San Cristobal.

Here we shopped and saw the Chamulos (Mayan) People.

Such a dream for us.

Sunday after Sacrament meeting the Mission President, President Cardenas

came and picked us up to visit a disitrict under him in the Highlands of Chiapas.

Again visiting the Chamulos people, but these are members of the Church.

Only in my most coveted dreams are these things possible.

It was a 2 hour drive through very windy roads before we arrived.

The members, still in church meetings, we are able to visit with them about the 

program, and hear their questions and answer them.

Sister Ellis is fluent in Spanish.

We visited 2 branches, the second branch we parked the car at the top of the mountain

road, then walked 1/4 mile down the hill to find a LDS Chapel on the side of the 

mountain with members waiting for us to arrive.

We visited one of the family's home, right on the side of the mountain.

Then a mad rush back to Tuxtla Gutierez for the 7 pm meeting we were going to.

We had a great visit with the Mission President as we traveled,

and he decided he wanted to take us to another District in his mission 

that the members also needed help, so he picked us up the

next morning at 8 and we drove to Oaxaca to that district.

He so loves his people, and was willing to take 2 days out of his busy schedule

to take us to these places, so that they would have the opportunity to have

this program to help their people.  We arrived back at 6 pm to the hotel.

2 long days, but wonderful in the things we saw, and the people who will 

now have the opportunity to become self reliant.

Today we have a few hours in between visiting resources and members homes.

and I am writing just a few words to share.

What a great work this is, and what wonderful people we have been able to meet.

We are so impressed with the leadership everywhere, and the people.

Mexico is much more advanced than we ever could have imagined.

We love this calling, and love these people.

Robin