Sunday, December 28, 2008

New Idea Book

Yeah . . . it's almost here . . . the beautiful new Spring Idea Book from Close To My Heart. Products from the new idea book are available to purchase beginning January 1, 2009! If you don't have one yet, email me and I'll get one in the mail to you for just $4 (including shipping). Some adorable new stamp sets and gorgeous papers . . . . can't wait to start playing with this stuff!

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Sunday, December 14, 2008

Christmas cards

I don't get on here to post as much as I'd like to . . . but I have been finding time to play in my scrap room!

Here are some cards I've made over the past week.

I love love love this paper (MyMinds Eye):

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I made these cards (all CTMH products) for a class a few weeks ago:

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Just a quickie card using a tree that I had stamped and put aside about a year ago!

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This is a cute little coaster photo display I made to put a couple of Christmas photos of the boys in (photos will go on the coasters on either side of the O) . . .

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1st grade layout - finally!

I know I've been promising this for a long time . . . I FINALLY finished it about a week ago and am just now getting it uploaded!

This was my oldest son's 1st day of school this year . . everything is Close To My Heart except the patterned paper. Enjoy!

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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Life, Christmas Tree and Free CTMH Stuff!!

Sorry I haven't posted in so long . . . life is moving at full speed and although I do find some time to play now and then in my scrap room, I don't seem to get time to photo and upload and post everything. I'll try to get some of my recent work up tomorrow.

We went out first thing this morning to get our tree at a local tree farm. The boys love searching for the perfect tree and helping Dad saw it down! I was so bummed because when I took my camera out to take photos (as I do EVERY year), my camera battery was dead! So, no pictures this year, but I will post a photo of the tree and decorations that we put up today. What a festive transformation - in just a few hours - whew!

If you haven't checked out Jeanette Lynton's blog yet (CTMH founder) you should. She is giving away a Level 2 paper pack from the beautiful new Spring 2009 Idea Book. I spent some time the other day reading through her blog and she is so inspiring. I hope you get a chance to check it out!

Hope you are all safe and well and that you are enjoying the start to this festive season! We're still waiting and hoping for snow, but it has been so mild lately, I'm not sure we'll see any until after the first of the year!

More tomorrow!

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Twilight Fans . . .

Well, Port Angeles is rolling out the red carpet for the release of Twilight on Friday . . . check out the article that ran in Sunday's newspaper (front page) . . .

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20081116/news/311169994&SearchID=73336531598459

It's going to be CRAZY downtown . . . I might have to go down there with a girlfriend just to say we did it! :-)

Have a good rest of the week!

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Superheros and Santa

Here is a photo of my little superheros on Halloween:

My 3 year old was Batman and my 6 year old was Ironman ~ aren't they adorable!

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The day after Halloween, we went to visit Santa. He is such a fun Santa . . . this is the first year that Joe actually sat on his lap willingly (although you can see he is pulling a little to his right - away from Santa!)!

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Hope you all had a great Halloween with your kids! We had 11 kids (and their parents (our friends!) over before trick-or-treating to have pumpkin pizza. It was a lot of fun and something we've decided to do again next year and maybe every year! Here's a photo of most of the kids in costume in our front yard (4 of the kids weren't there when I took the photo and then I forgot to get another one when everyone was there!):

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Have a good week!

Aspen Snowman card & Frankenstein treat bag

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I had forgot my photobucket password and just got it figured out!

Here is a card I made for a party the other night using the little snowman from CTMH's Homeward Bound stamp set and Festive Thoughts. The paper is also CTMH - Aspen Lv. 2 paper pack. Enjoy!

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This is one of the little treat bags I made the some of my boys' friends that came over on Halloween. I forgot to get a photo of the girl Frankenstein's . . . I'll try to get one and post! They were fun to make and soooo easy!

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Our Christmas Card

Here is the Christmas card that we will be sending out to friends/family this year. The photo doesn't do it justice . . . it really is much cuter in real life!

I do think this is the simplest card I have ever made for our Christmas cards - whew! Good thing, because there is so much going on these days that SIMPLE IS GOOD! LOL!!

The photo of the boys (ages 3 and 6) was taken in May while we were razor clam digging at Copalis, WA. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera when we went on this trip (almost a crime in my book!) so I had to buy a disposable camera and the photos were just not as good of quality as they would have been had I had my camera - oh well - at least I got photos!

Razor clam digging is one of our family traditions and the only time we will pull the boys out of school (sorry, teachers!)! So, although it seems kinda like a silly photo to put on our Christmas cards, it is the photo that would mean the most to those that are close to us! I hope you enjoy it . . . . . .

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The sentiment says: May the spirit of Christmas, (inside of card) warm your hearts all year long.

All products used were CTMH.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Christmas and Fall cards

Here are a couple of cards I did for a gathering last night. I wanted to come up with 2 different cards using the October Stamp of the Month (Annotations). Everyone seemed to like them and we had a lot of fun - thanks, Angie (and Pam for letting me borrow Evergreen!!). :-)

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I finally got enlargements of the boys on their firsts days of school and our Christmas photo of the boys for our Christmas cards . . .so my goal this weekend is to get our Christmas card posted (that's easy) and get the boys First Day of School layouts done (that one's a little tougher). Check back this weekend to see if I get them done!

Have a great weekend everyone and, as always, thanks so much for visiting my blog and all of your wonderful comments on my work! :-)

Thursday, October 23, 2008

WINNER!

Yaaayyyyyy . . . Congratulations, Diane! Diane got her last needed word today (cuttlebug) and emailed me with BINGO!

Diane, email your mailing address to me and I'll get your goodies out to you ASAP!

I hope you all had fun playing! Keep visiting my blog for fun projects and more games!

THE FINAL 5?

Are these the final 5 words? Will we have a winner today? Oh, it's so exciting . . .

Here they are . . .

Stamping
Revolution
Papertrey Ink
Brayer
Cuttlebug

If we don't have a winner (email me) by the time I get home from work (1:30pm), I'll post a bonus word! GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Perfect day cards and holder

Scrap Bingo has been keeping me pretty busy, but I have found some time to play! I made this adorable little card holder and 3 coordinating cards to go in it. I saw this card holder on the CTMH bulletin board and thought it was so cute I had to try it. It will hold about 8-10 cards (with envelopes) so I've still got to make a few more!

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I used the CTMH Perfect Day Lv. 2 paper pack - so cute! Happy Wednesday!

Wednesday's bonus word . . .

is . . .

LAYOUTS

I know a lot of you are getting close . . .we'll see if this word helps!

I'll post 5 more words in the morning . . .I think tomorrow might be the day . . . some of you are verrryyy close! Good luck!

5 words for Wednesday . . .

Here are your 5 words today . . . someone's got to be close?!?!?

Two Peas in a Bucket
Prima
Ink
My Favorite Things
Bellas

I'll post a bonus word later today if nobody emails me with BINGO!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Today's words - sorry so late!

Sorry it took me all day to get these posted . . . it's been a busy day!

Here are the long awaited 5 words for the day:

Quickutz
SEI
Fiskars
Flourishes
Basic Grey

and I might as well just go ahead and give you a bonus word now because I have a meeting tonight and probably won't get back on here . . . so, here ya go . . .

PAPER

Good luck, all! I'm anxiously awaiting someone to yell out BINGO!!!

Monday, October 20, 2008

Late BONUS word . . .

I know it's a little late and some of you probably won't even get this until tomorrow, but here's a bonus word for you guys . . . . isn't the suspense killing you . . .

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the bonus word is . . .


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hmmmmm. . . . .


okay, just kidding . . .

TECHNIQUES

Good night, ladies! 5 more words in the morning . . . :-)

5 for Monday

Here are the next 5 . . . is someone gonna get BINGO today????? Email me if you do!


Adhesive
Tsukineko
Create
Doodlebug Design
Rusty Pickle

Good luck!

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Bonus Word

Today's bonus word is:

Scor-Pal

We could have a winner anytime now, since I've given you more than 15 words. First one to email me with their BINGO wins! We'll keep playing until we have a winner. I'll post 5 more words in the morning.

Good Luck!

The next 5 . . .

Happy Sunday, everyone. Hope you are all having a great weekend.

The next 5 words are:

Scraps
Gina K.
Ribbon
Photographs
Liquid Applique

Good luck . . . we'll see how close you're getting . . . maybe another BONUS word today.

;-)

Saturday, October 18, 2008

BONUS WORD!!!

The bonus word for today is Distressing!

Hope you guys are having fun! 5 more words tomorrow! Have a great weekend!

Next 5 Words

Way to go, everyone! Here are the next 5 words:

Close To My Heart
Sponge Daubers
Karen Foster
Chatterbox
BoBunny

Stay tuned today . . . . I'm feeling a bonus word coming on ;-)

Friday, October 17, 2008

First 5 words

Here are the first 5 words. Remember, when you get all 15 words email me to claim your prize!

Making Memories
Impress
Spellbinders
Hero Arts
The Cat's Pajamas

GOOD LUCK!! Reply here and let me know how you're doing! Have fun! I'll post the next 5 words tomorrow morning!

Scrap Bingo Players

Here are the 12 players who have emailed me their 15 words for this round of Scrap Bingo.

Diane
Chrissy
De
Shan
Kris
Paula
Shir
Kathe
Sanela
Yvonne
Cheryl M.
Kelly

I'll post the first 5 words in about a half hour (after I take my son to school)!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Scrap Bingo deadline tonight - need 4 more players!

If you haven't selected your 15 words yet, please look through the list below and email me your words so you can play! Deadline for emailing me your words is 10pm tonight (PST).

I'll post the first 5 words tomorrow morning! Feel free to post a response and let us know if you got any words or not!

GOOD LUCK! :)

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Christmas Card

I was hoping to get both of my sons 1st day of school layouts done today, but started playing with my new stamp set instead. I got this adorable stamp set out of the new CTMH catalog . . . this is the first card I've made with it and I'm so glad that I like it as much as I thought I would! I used liquid applique for the snow and a cute little charm from CTMH.

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I'll try again tomorrow for those 1st day of school layouts! ;-)

Still need for 4 more people for Scrap Bingo . . .starts Friday morning! Hurry and sign up by emailing me your 15 words!

Monday, October 13, 2008

Scrap Bingo - Let's Play!

Ok . . so here are the rules for Scrap Bingo (as adapted from April at Artistic Paperie - Thanks, April!). The first 12 people to email me their lists will get to play this round, so email all your scrapping friends and get them to play along!

This is an EASY game . . . just a matter of luck, no skill needed! Anyone can play!

1. Pick 15 words from the list below

2. Email them to me no later than 10 pm PST on Thursday, October 16 (to keep things fair, no late entries will be accepted)

3. On Friday, October 17th, I will start calling off 5 words a day

4. Cross off the words on your list that I call

5. The first person to get all of their 15 words called, email me, and you will be the SCRAP BINGO WINNER and win a fun assortment of scrapbooking/cardmaking supplies. I went through all of my STUFF!!! and picked out some beautiful papers and fall ribbons and flowers and a couple of small 3x3 cards you can embellish. Also threw in a couple of cute little purse kits (these make adorable little treat boxes) and a few chipboard pieces! I'll go through and try to add some more fun surprises in there for the winner!

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Here are the words from which you need to pick your 15 words from:

Autumn Leaves
Adhesive
Paper
Fancy Pants
Scraps
Ink
Cosmo Cricket
Sponge Dauber
Brayer
Fiskars
Create
Dimensional Elements
Close To My Heart
Making Memories
Stamping
Papertrey Ink
Impress
Scor-Pal
Gina K.
Bellas
Cuttlebug
Flourishes
Chatterbox
Pebbles Inc.
Techniques
Distressing
Rusty Pickle
Spellbinders
Quickutz
Layouts
Ribbon
Doodlebug Design
Prima
Karen Foster
Photographs
SEI
Bazzill
Two Peas in a Bucket
EK Success
Hero Arts
Heidi Swapp
Tsukineko
Queen & Co.
Provo Craft
Revolution
Basic Grey
The Cat's Pajamas
My Favorite Things
Liquid Applique
Creating Keepsakes
BoBunny
Crate Paper

And, just in case my links above don't work . . . my email address is jeanihill@tfon.com

Have fun and GOOD LUCK!

SCRAP BINGO . . . who wants to play?

Get ready . . . .scrap bingo details will be posted later today! Winner will get a great prize package of scrapping stuff! I'll post all the rules, details and photo of the prize after I pick up my son from school! :-)

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Halloween Cards

I got some great new stamps from Impress and had to play around with them. Here are 2 Halloween cards I made. I don't usually send Halloween cards, but they are so fun to make!

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The little witch on this card is a Martha Stewart punch I ordered from Impress. I brayered the background and used the winter tree from CTMH's Four Seasons and then just used my black pen to put the other dots in. The moon was just made with my circle punch. It all came together (thanks to Jody!). Love that little rickety picket fench stamp from Impress. :-) Enjoy!

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Fair cards

Here are a couple of cards I made while demonstrating at our fair (in August!).

For this card I used CTMH's Yeehaw, Sarsparilla Lv. 2 paper pack:
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For this one I used CTMH's Say It In Style, Evensong Lv. 2 paper pack:
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Gotta do a little housework and then I'll post some of the stuff I've been working on while my camera was out of commission! So much catch up . . .whew!

Finally!

Yes . . .I finally got my new camara. Got a little cheaper one than I had hoped, but I needed new clothes for work . . LOL! Hope it will do the job!

I thought I had posted these before, but guess I didn't. I created this card (using CTMH Four Seasons and Spot On Backgrounds) several weeks ago and liked it so much that I copied the design but made it a sympathy card (for a co-worker who lost her FIL). Hope you like . . I'll post a bunch of stuff later that I've created over the past couple of weeks . . .

Here is my original card (love those little trees!):

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Here's the sympathy card:
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

New camera this weekend?

Sorry I haven't been posting lately . . . I'm really hoping to get a new camera this weekend! I figured nobody really wanted to just hear me blab . . . ;-)

I have been making cards lately, just don't have a camera to take photos of them - dang!

So, thanks for being patient with me and hanging in there . . . check back on Sunday to see if I was able to convince my DH of my dire need for a new camera . . . . LOL!!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Just a note

Just a cute little card I whipped up with some paper I got at my LSS (months ago!). I finally came up with a cute card idea for this fun paper! I originally bought the paper to use on a layout of my son playing piano . . but this works too!

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Christmas Card record book

I made one of these books last year and got such great feedback on it, that I've decided to make them for a Holiday Open House in my local community this year.

I tried to get a photo of the inside, but . . . . my camera died. I mean really died. I've been nursing it along all summer, to the point where I had to use a tack to push the button down to take photos. . .pretty bad, I know. But it finally gave up. So, alas, no photos of the inside, but it is basically sheet after sheet with columns/rows for Name and Address, Year Sent, and Card Received. So you can make a list of everyone you send Holiday cards to with their names and addresses and the year you send a card . . and you can also indicate whether or not you get a card back from them. Hope you like it! They were fun to make and I've got a few more started, with different colors and different designs . . .

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All CTMH products used!

Thursday, August 28, 2008

An Award from Kim!

Kim, over at Clearly Inspired, nominated me for this fun award! Thanks, Kim! You should check out her great blog!

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It's so fun to see regular viewers on your blog . . . you start to feel like they are friends, even though you have never met them. Kim is one of those blog friends and her work is worth checking out!

So, the rules for this award are as follows:

* The winner can put the logo on her blog
* Link to the person you received your award from
* Nominate at least 7 other blogs
* Put the links of those blogs on yours
* Leave a message for the bloggers you've nominated

It's hard to pick just 7 great blogs, but I will try! In no particular order, the blogs I want to nominate are:

My Paper Haven, one of my latest blog discoveries
From The Heart, a great CTMH art gallery!
JenTapler Designs, sweet, fun creations!
Poppy Paperie, absolutely beautiful work and great project ideas!
Paper Prozac, you know you love the name and I know you'll love her creations!
My Life Dot Com, a fairly new blogger, but an extremely creative CTMH gal!
So Many Colors, So Little Time, she makes the MOST adorable cards!

Thanks again, Kim! And if you've got some time, sit back, relax and check out these great blogs! They are all so much fun! Have a great day!

Gift Bags

I made up these gift bags last night . . . one is for my niece who is turning 8 this weekend and the other one is for a gift exchange my husband is in this weekend.

My DH said he wanted an outdoorsy gift bag . . so this is what he got . . .

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and this is the one for my niece . . .

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I used all CTMH products with the exception of the bags, the raffia and the Prima flower. Enjoy!

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

I WAS PUBLISHED!

I am so excited!! I knew as soon as I saw the Stamper's Sampler in my mailbox yesterday . . .

I had submitted 3 cards to them for a design challenge several months ago. If they publish one of your cards, you get the next magazine free. And, since I don't have a subscription to this magazine, I knew when I saw it in the mailbox that they must have selected one of my cards!

Here's the magazine:
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and here's the card they published (on page 18). I was excited that they chose my CTMH card . . .to be honest, I can't even remember what the other cards were! LOL!!

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Here's the little write up I had to do about the card . . . it's so exciting to see my name in print in a magazine that I really like! What a thrill! :-)

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Okay . . . so now I'm all pumped up and I'm going to make some cards for their new challenge! I'll keep you posted!!

Friday, August 15, 2008

Fair Time

Sorry I haven't been posting anything lately . . . I've been busy getting ready for our County Fair, which started on Thursday. I was demoing CTMH stuff and I was going crazy getting stuff ready for that. Plus I started my new job on Monday and the whole shift in dealing with daycare and shuttling the kids has taken it's toll!

It's been a great week though! I'm really enjoying my new job as the Assistant Superintendent's secretary at our local school district. I'm only half time so my day goes by really fast and I barely feel like I get anything accomplished when I leave . . . just makes me work twice as hard is what it does!

Anyway, all of my scrapbooking stuff is still out at the fair because I have to work again tomorrow. Hopefully, I'll get a chance to play around with my new stamps and get some stuff posted next week!

For anyone interested in our little Clallam County Fair, here's the link http://www.clallam.net/countyfair/index.asp We stayed at the fair until it closed last night (the kids were getting pretty pooped) but the band was so good! It was Randy Linder . . he plays Credence Clearwater Revival songs and he was REALLY GOOD! You can check him out under entertainment on the fair website above. The kids got their full share of cotton candy, games, snowcones, rides and corndogs. We also got our annual photo taken (a $5 black and white photo on an extra large button)! It is our favorite thing to do and we have buttons for the past 5 years. It's so fun to look back at the buttons and see how the boys have grown. The first one we had taken was before Joe was born. One of our funny family traditions . . our annual FAMILY PHOTO at the FAIR!

Have a great weekend and hope you get a chance to enjoy a local fair in your area . . .they really are the best!

:-) jeani

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Happy Birthday, Pardner!

I used CTMH Sarsparilla paper pack for this card and my new Cuttlebug (for the adorable horse and the embossed background). I'm pretty happy with it . . . so much so that I can't give this one away! LOL!! Enjoy!

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Friday, August 1, 2008

Twilight Fans . . .

As the sequel to Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse is fast approaching . . . I wanted to post a link to our local (Port Angeles) newspaper for Sanela . . . there was a big article in there this morning about Forks and Twilight, etc.

So, for any of you Twilight fan(atic)s . . . check this out

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080801/NEWS/808010310

And for everyone running out tonight at midnight to get the new book (SANELA!) . . . please leave a copy for me! We're going camping tonight and won't be home until late Sunday!

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Look what I did when I had an hour ALONE!

First, the card . . . I had this card in my head all day. I found these little chipboard frames and adhesive ribbon in my stash when I was going through my stuff today! It came out just like I hoped . . . just got the sweet flowers at Michael's the other day . . . I love the colors!

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I actually put most of this layout together the other day, but finished it today (journaling and embellishing) when I had an hour to myself (ahhhhh!).

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Monday, July 28, 2008

Just Add Water

I've had these photos of the boys for over a year waiting to do a page . . . finally just did it last night! This is the first page I've created in my NEW ROOM!

All CTMH product except the chipboard . . . but I covered it with CTMH Good Times Lv. 2 paper! Enjoy!

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I punched circles out of the Good Times paper and covered them with window charms . . . I had a lot of fun doing this page!

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Friday, July 25, 2008

Beach card

I've had this card sitting on my desk for weeks . . . . waiting for me to go buy a couple of sheets of sandpaper. I finally remembered when I was at my local hardware store and . . . voila! Here is my little beach card.

I saw a beach bag card somewhere (CMTH??? SCS??? can't remember) and had to try it. Thought it would work well with sandpaper (although I didn't tear my sandpaper very well . . .I might have to try it again). I also liked this little rope I used for the handle. Hope you enjoy!

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Sanela TAGGED me!!

Isn't this fun! I've been tagged and nominated for an award in the past 2 weeks! Wow!

Well, thank you, Sanela! Sweet Sanela . . . she just moved to Indiana and is probably still in the process of unpacking and yet she found time to sit down at her blog (which you've got to check out) and tag me (along with some other great bloggers)!

So, the rules for the FACTS TAG are fairly simple . . . you've got to reveal 7 facts (random, funny, weird, etc. facts) about yourself and then tag 7 other people (with links to their blogs) and then post a note on their blog that they've been tagged! Ok . . easy enough . . . let's see . . . now the facts . . .

1) I despise onions but love onion rings (my husband thinks this is bizarre).

2) I like to stay up late and sleep in (which doesn't always mesh with my kids' schedules - bummer!)

3) I recently sold my business that I started (from nothing) almost 6 years ago!

4) I had a miscarriage between the births of my 2 boys . . . and we thought I miscarried my second son, but when we went to the emergency room his heart beat was strong! That's my sweet Joey!

5) My husband and I were best friends for 10 years before we got "together" and married.

6) I take as HOT of a shower as I can possibly stand - but short . . I'm in and out within 8 minutes. But it's so relaxing!

7) I was invited to "stamping parties" when I worked at our local high school and thought "how weird, I'm not interested in that!" I got into stamping about a year later and became a Close To My Heart consultant in Feb. 2007. Isn't life funny?!?!

Ok . . .that's my 7 facts. So, here are my 7 tags: Marjorie, Nicole, Aaron, Angie, Jennifer, Hilary, Kim

Some of these tags are blogs I've just discoverd and others are some of my favorites . . . all of them are GREAT so I had to share them! You really should check them out!

Thanks again, Sanela!

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

My Scrap Space

Ok . . finally got these photos uploaded. I rearranged my scrap space about a week ago and here are the before and after photos . . . my space is arranged in an L shape around the bed in our spare bedroom:

BEFORE:
I had my large table by the window, but never really felt like I had a good work space . . everything was spread out . . .
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I had my husband build a wood block to raise my desk up so I had a cutting area that I could stand up at . . . still no good working space . . .
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My stamps and misc. junk were stashed on my bookshelf in the corner and my CTMH paper is stored in the white cubes:
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Misc. accessories are stored in these drawers and my inks were on the far wall - away from my desks . . . (at one time my desk had been underneath these shelves so ink was more convenient):
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These old Ikea shelves held mainly photos:
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More storage . . . my contraband papers are mostly stored in these pull out drawers, along with all of my scraps . . . my albums etc. in the wire cubes . . . ugh!! Such a hodgepodge . . . IT DROVE ME CRAZY!
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AFTER:
My small desk is now in front of the window (and off the block my husband built for me!) with all of my papers TOGETHER to the left. I'm getting 2 more white cubes this weekend to replace the drawers (that are falling apart because they're overstuffed!). . .then my little shelf will sit level on top of it.
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Some of my ribbons, flowers, raffia, chipboard, etc. are stored in these old jars that sit on my white cubes in front of the window . . . I'm an "out of sight - out of mind" type of person and if I can't see my stuff I forget I have it . . .so these jars are great for keeping stuff in my sight!

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My larger table is to the right with BOTH of my storage shelves above it and EASILY ACCESSIBLE . . . .
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these are the shelves that hold my stamps, ribbon and misc. embellishments :

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and, finally . . . my bachelor's degree from CTMH training program . . just had to embellish it a little! LOL!!

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Finally . . . a space I actually enjoy sitting down and working in . . . still have a couple of things I want to do as far as organizing papers, etc. . . but it's the best use of the space I've had so far and I'm very happy with it! Hope you enjoyed the photos and hope you enjoy your space as much as I'm enjoying mine!