Pont du Gard, France

Just a short drive due west of Avignon is one of the greatest Roman ruins in the world: the Pont du Gard aqueduct. Throughout the ancient world Roman aqueducts were a powerful symbol of the greatness of Rome. A visit to Pont du Gard today still impresses and awes.  This perfectly preserved aqueduct was built in 19 B.C. as a key link in a 30-mile long canal that supplied water to the Nîmes,...

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Avignon, France

For 94 years Avignon served as the seat of Papal authority, the French Vatican if you will, and grew from a quiet village into a thriving city. Today, while the popes have returned to Italy, modern Avignon is a bustling city with a university, history, cafes, and shops galore.  I had to find me a Nutella crepe, STAT! This little place was really cool. It had an automatic crepe maker machine...

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Gift Coptic Books

To say "thank you" to my amazing design team and the graphic designers at Pink Paislee I made each of them a coptic book! In between assignments, traveling, teaching, mommying, and life in general, I gathered all the supplies and worked on the books assembly-line style over the period of a few weeks. They are all made with Oh My Heart patterned papers and matching colors of cardstock...

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Hallo Liebe Layout

One more layout to share using the Aloha collection! HALLO LIEBE by Paige Evans DESCRIPTION: One of the beautiful papers is printed with a floral wreath which I deconstructed by cutting all of the flowers out and then rearranging them into two half wreaths! JOURNALING SAYS: Lazy afternoons relaxing on the couch with iPads are some of my favorite. Wouldn't you agree? I think so :) HOW TO: Fussy...

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Nice, France

The next stop of the Evans Family Spring Break Mega Road Trip™ was Nice, France! The view from our five-star airbnb balcony. It was a very pleasant evening when we drove into town. After a good night's sleep we were up early to explore this big city on the Riviera. The main train station. | Smooth as silk tram tracks. The Cours Saleya, Nice's main market square, was alive with colors,...

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