Monday, June 20, 2011

Miss USA 2011. When She Was Competing In Miss Teen USA 2007.

Alyssa was competing under Miss Teen New Jersey banner went largely unnoticed as Miss Teen USA 2007 1st runner up, fast forward to 2011, she is successfully crowned as the new Miss USA!.



The Miss Teen USA 2007 pageant was infamously known as a failed Geography lesson class when Miss South Carolina jumbled up her answer on world knowledge of Americans about the world.

Miss USA Former Winners Gathering. What A Super Photos.

This is what I like about beauty pageant. I like to know how the former winners look like sa of today, we want to know what they are doing, do they treasure their triumph as a queen, do they like their experience as winners or they just hate it. Some former queen just refused to talk about their past and event disassociate thelselves from the pageants they won, thanks to their bad experience or to some reasons only known to them.

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Miss USA 2011 Winning Reaction.

I just loved to see reaction of a queen when she is annouced as the new winner, just like this one.



Miss USA 2011 New Photo, With Crown On...



Some say her mouth is small, especially when she talks, but i guess, no really, her mouth looks a bit wide, lipstick effect?

Sunny Days with Celebrate with Flourish and BBTB2



Happy Monday and happy (HOT) summer!  This is my week to host the challenge cut at Bitten by the Bug 2.  In honor of the Summer Solstice, I selected a fun, summery cut - the phrase "Sunny Days" from the Celebrate with Floursh Lite cartridge! 





I designed this layout a month ago when I first selected my challenge cut.  The timing was perfect as my husband and I had just booked out first cruise!  Our 30th anniversary is in November so we decided to take a 6 night cruise to the Bahamas and Key West to celebrate.  We thought this cruise sounded like a perfect opportunity to introduce us to cruising - to get our feet wet, so to speak!







So, with "cruising on the brain" I combined cuts from Celebrate with Flourish and Life's a Beach cartridges to create this fun layout.  I used Celebrate with Flourish (CWF) to cut the Sunny Days phrase and the sun with clouds layered cut.  I love the layered look of the word phrases on CWF.  I confess that I have been utilizing a similar layering technique long before CWF was released. But using CWF makes the layering of letters MUCH easier.   I also really like the swirl cutouts - or flourishes - that are part of every CWF cut.  Such a fun cartridge.





I uses Life's a Beach (LIB) to cut the elements on the lower half of the page.  I cut the ship in multiple layers and had cut an additional bottom piece to make the ship taller.  I trimmed the ship out with ribbon, dashes and a cute little anchor. 





The double layer waves and the dolphines were also cut from LIB.  I had never cut the dolphines so I was a bit nervous about the tiny outline pieces.  But as you can see it all went very well.   The waves were cut in two layers - after welding two of each of the wave cuts together.  I thought the dolphins looked cut jumping out of the water between the waves.





I used this great beach photo on the layout, though truthfully I will probably make a matching page and save the layout for our fall cruice.  The photo mats will hold up to a 5 x7.  Sadly I was out of 5 x7 photo paper and had to print this photo at 4 x 6. 





If you have not already done so, please go by Bitten by the Bug 2 and check out the design team projects. I had a sneak peek and was WOWed by some of the great projects.  Also, please consider playing along with us on the weekly challenge.  Complete a new project this week using the "Sunny Days" phrase cut and post your project in the link area at BBTB2.  We provide a blog blinkie to the best project of the week, selected from those who chose to join us in the challenge.






STEVEN SILLS ~ INTERIOR DESIGN

I have published posts on the work of interior designer Steven Sills before, and I never tire of his spectacular work.  To see more of Sill's work visit here, or visit my previous posts on his work.  ENJOY!

































Teresa
xoxo

Reese's Lovely Avon Event Looks



Out doing her bit for the brand, Avon ambassador Reese Witherspoon was at the Avon Believe World Tour event in Poland on June 14.



Reese looked lovely in a Jason Wu top and skirt combo that was custom-made just for her.  



t a later event in Moscow on June 16, it was a chic black Miu Miu dress with Charlotte Olympia pumps.



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