it's january, so you know what time it is, right? CHA time. when manufacturers are frantically working on getting their new products printed and booths designed and planned out. and when designers are frantically working with the gorgeous new products, and creating projects to fill up those booths 😉   yesterday, on the jillibean soup…

a few nights ago, on facebook, a fellow scrapper suggested that i do a tutorial-of-sorts on  photographing layouts. i thought it was a great idea. i have been asked quite a few times on tips and suggestions for getting great photos of layouts and projects. so, i thought i would show you how i take…

geez. i havn't blogged since last year. lol! hope everyone had a great new year's. we had a quiet one here at home. we're already two days into the new year, and i'm feeling so on top of things. even ahead of the game on things too. we'll see how long that lasts. i'm so…

i thought i would share some thoughts on project life with you today. and also show you how i go about setting up my album, and getting it all assembled. here's my kit, that came on monday.   i have been a fan of becky higgins forever. and from her first project 365 kit, i just fell in love…

from our family, to your family.   wishing you all a very merry christmas!

i started this year doing project life, and made it about 4 full weeks. but then made the decision to take the year off. i had completed my project 365 for the previous year, and loved it. but i felt like i had too much going on this year, to keep up. you want to…

sadly, we just spent the last 24 hours without internet. it wasn't good. lol! finally got back up and running this morning, so watch for a new blog post later today. and here's a recent shot of the girls, because i hate to post without a photo.  

this week has been crazy busy here. the girls get out of school on friday, for the holiday break. which means alyssa has finals for three days. those being half days. sarah has a half day on friday. both the girls had band concerts, on seperate nights. we've still got soccer going on for sarah, with joe…

how about we just make this an entire weekend of giveaways! creating keepsakes magazine has two new issues out right now. and i just happen to have a copy of each of these to give away.   first up is scrapbooking tips & tricks: the stamp issue. this is the forth issue of the new tips…

i wanted to spring a last minute giveaway on you, before the weekend starts 🙂   bella blvd has been so generous to me over the last year, as a part of the CK dream team and as one of their latest guest artistas. i love having their products to work with, and turn to…