Five for Friday

I know it's been a long time since I posted a "Five for Friday."

Life has been pretty busy lately -- I would have thought I would 

be used to working full time by now.

Not that I'm not enjoying it -- I truly love my job!

But between that, and spending time with my family, my blog has been a little neglected.

So, I thought I'd give you a bit of an update on how my family is doing...




1. Austin finished his first year at Steinbach Bible College and really enjoyed it.



 He decided to spend his summer serving at Roseau River Bible camp,
and really seems to be liking that, too.
It's over an hour away from home, so he's only been home for a couple of weekends,
but he seems quite happy, which makes me happy.


2. Jonah had a busy spring.
He was involved in the school play (Dorothy in Wonderland -- a mash up of
The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland -- it was very fun!)
Jonah played the Mad Hatter and he was fabulous!



He is also busy with jazz choir, band &  jazz band, where he plays the double bass.



He's also been learning how to drive (he's quite good!) and got a job
serving at our Access Event Centre.



3. 

Sage has also had a busy spring, as she finished up Grade 8 -- singing in choirs,
being in her school play (Madagascar) and having a big role in her school's medieval feast,
where she was the lady of the feast and sang a solo.

The feast lasted an hour and I don't think she stopped smiling the whole time!

4. As proud as my children's accomplishments make me, however,
nothing gave me more joy than to watch Sage & Jonah get baptized on May 27th at our church.

5. My job at Two30Nine is going really well!

On Monday, I went to visit a client whose kitchen I designed.

Because she lives in North Dakota, we couldn't install it for her,

so she ordered it as supply only. 

I told her once it was done, I really wanted to come and see the end result.

She is so happy with how it turned out -- and so am I!

The upper cabinets are painted with White Dove & the lower ones are Hale Navy

(both of these colours are Benjamin Moore).

I love how crisp and warm this feels!

I love the framed glass doors!

I designed a custom hood so my client's husband wouldn't hit his head while he cooks.

I also designed some built-ins beside the new fireplace to replace the angled cabinets that 

were there before.

The TV is on an arm that swings out when they want to watch it from the couch.

I can't even explain how exciting it is for me to see

one of my designs on paper (or on the computer) become a beautiful kitchen in the end!

If you'd like to see more of my work, please follow me on instagram

or visit my Houzz page and follow me there.

Okay, there's my update.

We're off to Sage's awards ceremony for the Grade 8s at her school.

I'm pretty sure she'll be getting an award for making the honour roll this year. :)

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. Austin left for a missions trip with twenty-five other youth and leaders

from our church on Wednesday.

After a layover in Montreal, they arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti yesterday.

I'm very excited for this opportunity for him!

You can follow their trip here, if you'd like.

2. After church on Sunday, Austin and I drove to Winnipeg and spent the afternoon together,

just the two of us.

We did a little shopping and went to see Baby Driver at the theatre.

Unfortunately, I realized later that we hadn't taken any photos of our day out. :(

3. I got new glasses. 

Sage and my friend, Val, helped me pick them out.

And Sage took this photo of me. :)

4. I shared a couple of weeks ago how I sold the front display at Two30Nine 

and redesigned it to fit into my client's kitchen (click here to see photos).

Well, I wanted to share a peek of the new front display that I designed to take its place.

It combines so many of my favourite things:

white shaker cabinets, herringbone tile, glass cabinets, floating shelves,

Fantasy Brown granite countertops and an island in one of our new Coastal colours.

Intrigued?

You can see more of it here.

5. I have another card for this week's CTS:

 and for the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Surf's Up:

trendspanama.nu

I decided to make a card using my MFT butterfly set -- in different shades of blue. 

I stamped my butterfly onto its coordinating diecut 

and layered it over a piece of cardstock that I'd smooshed with PTI Hawaiian Shores ink.

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's KIS: Sympathy) 

on a strip of navy cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

Thanks for looking!

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Five for Friday

1.Well, this week has been a fabulous kick off to my summer!

It's actually my first summer that I've worked since, well, 

I think the summer Cameron and I got married -- 21 years ago!

I had the day off on Monday for Canada Day.

We went strawberry picking in the morning:

And then Jonah, Sage and I biked to the beach in the afternoon:

2. I've made some goals for the summer -- which include some "eating better" goals

(no sugar or deep-fried foods), as well as some exercise goals (to exercise daily,

which has included going for bike rides every morning, biking to work (when possible)

and biking in the evening.

We've been riding our bikes to the beach and back --considering it's mostly uphill on the way

there, it's a pretty good workout!

3. On Wednesday, I took most of the day off and we went to Winnipeg

to spend the afternoon at Fun Mountain Waterslide Park, which was so fun!

I decided I wanted to spend more time enjoying the day and less time

taking photos, so we got this selfie before storing my phone and our belongings

in a locker for safe keeping.

Then, we took my mom out to celebrate her birthday (belatedly).

4. I've added a couple more kitchens that I designed to my Houzz page.

The first one is my first solo kitchen Modern Farmhouse Style:

And the second one is a renovation with a reconfigured display from our showroom:

It was so exciting to go and see the finished kitchens --
I'm thrilled with how they both turned out, as are my clients!


5. Lastly, I have another card to share that I made using the current

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Red, White & Blue:

landeeseelandeedoo.com

and CAS(E) This Sketch #229 designed by Hannelie Bester:



Here's my card:

I used the same technique as yesterday's card,

except I used PTI Linen paper and their Summer Sweetness stamp set.

Remember, there's still time to play along with this

 Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge, as well as this week's CAS(E) This Sketch.

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

Hi there!

It's been a while since I shared a Five for Friday!
Lots has been going on...

1. First of all, Austin graduated from high school on Wednesday!
I swear it seems like yesterday that he was starting kindergarten....
these years have totally flown by, but I'm very proud of the young man he's becoming.

We took some family photos at home...

And then met up with the grads for more photos at the Research Station.

This is a group of grads who attend our church.

Then, after the grads met at the school for a photo of their graduating class,

it was time for the ceremony.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that Austin made the honour roll!

One of my best friends, Tania, is the vice-principal and she handed

Austin his diploma.

I love this photo of the two of them!

Then, Mrs. Fenn, his principal switched over his tassel.

After the ceremony, we attended the banquet.

And after that, we had safe grad, where I got to deal for poker for two hours.

A very long day -- but a great way to celebrate our graduate!

2. His plans for fall include attending Steinbach Bible College,
as he is enrolled in their worship program.
I love that he is using his musical skills and pursuing a career where he can sing!

3. I apologize if my blog hasn't been as active as it once was.
I love my new job, but working full time definitely cuts into my crafting time.
As a result, I will not be renewing my contract to design for Reverse Confetti
for the next term.
I have really enjoyed designing for RC for the past 3.5 years
and the friends that I have made on the team!

4. And speaking of work, I'm off to Crystal City and Killarney, Manitoba today
to photograph two kitchens that I designed.
The one in Crystal City is my first solo project and it turned out so cool.
And the one in Killarney is a kitchen that I designed to make it work using a display we
had in the front of our showroom.
I'm looking forward to sharing them on my Houzz page.

Here are a few photos of a kitchen that I designed as part of a fundraising project
for Children's Camp International:

Photo by Leigh Penner -- Two30Nine - Browse kitchen photos

Photo by Leigh Penner -- Two30Nine - Look for kitchen design inspiration

Photo by Leigh Penner -- Two30Nine - Discover kitchen design ideas

You can see more photos of this project here.
And click here to see photos of the front display I designed to replace the one
I sold to the couple that lives in Killarney.

 5. I have a card to share for this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge:

One of my co-workers resigned after eighteen years yesterday.

He was my team leader and will be missed -- he had so much knowledge

and was a fabulous designer!

We took him out for lunch yesterday and I made this card for my co-workers to give him.

Ryan loves to garden, so I used my new Altenew Grow Garden set.

With a little masking, I stamped my images and heat embossed them in clear.
I coloured them in with Altenew inks pressed onto my acrylic block, mixed with water
and a paintbrush.
I used Altenew Velvet, which turned a little more red that I was expecting when I mixed
it with water, but I think the end results are fine.
For the lighter shades, I just added more water to my colour mix.
I also used Altenew Evergreen and Forest Glades.

I stamped my sentiments using Simon Says Stamp's Wishing stamp set.

Thanks for looking!