The Pumpkin Patch Bloom Book

The folks at Heart of Texas Studio ! produce the most fantastic acrylic and chipboard Word Bloom Books! Here's one of their newest releases: Pumpkin Patch. You can see this book in it's entirety in the October/November 2008 Issue of Ready, Set,Create !

The Last Scrappy Hour

Well, last night marked the last ever Scrapbook Fever In-Store Scrappy Hour. We were about thirty people strong! I was good to see employees, former design team members and loyal customers having fun scrapping. It was a sad occassion though. the store was nearly stripped bare. Hard to see it that way. It was good to hear that the blog will keep going & former employees are still going to host monthly crops downtown Round Rock! The first one is coming up September 13th! Check back for more details!

Blogged down

ever get "Blogged down"? You know when you have sooooo much to talk about, you don't know where to start? I'm feeling that today. Hopefully I'll get everything posted that I want to!

Acrylic Album

I did an acrylic mini album to commemorate fall from transparency paper & the acrylic you use to replace picture frame glass. It'll be featured in the September Magazine of Memories from Making Memories For You. www.makingmemoriesforyou.org

Telephonic Bind It All Tutorial!

Okay, I have this great friend, Frankie, who had a birthday on the 23rd. Myself and some friends went together and bought her a Bind It All for her special day. Well, she lives clear across the USA. She calls me yesterday, gripping, because she can't figure out how to punch more than six holes with her BIA & get them to line up. So, I walked her through it. Lo and behold, she made her first mini album while on the phone with me!!! Congrats Frankie! First time I've ever done a telephonic BIA tutorial!!

I Earned My Scissors.....

Well, I just got my Fiskars scissors in the mail today. Fiskateer #4014. I've finally earned my scissors.... An honor indeed!! I'm so proud!!!

Cool Stuff

I've got a Back To School teacher gift tutorial that will be featured in the September Ready, Set, Create Back To School Sampler. Check it out at www.readysetcreate.com. Additonally, I have a really cool project for y'all wanting to decorate your kids rooms: A SCRAPPED DOOR. You can see that in the September Scrapbook News and Review mag. at www.scrapbooknewsandreview.com.

Heart of Texas Studio

My friend, Pam Sivage, has a great business venture that I'm proud to support. She is the owner/designer at Heart of Texas Studio! She has wonderful chipboard and acrylic word bloom books. I'll be working on & posting several of these really soon!! Check her out at http://heartoftexasstudio.com/

A Sad Day

Well today, Scrapbook Fever, a locally owned scrappy place that has been a paert of this community for ten years, announced it is cclosing it's doors. I have worked with the wonderful ladies there and I'm in shock. Went over to visit for a while this afternoon, it was very sad..... Gonna miss that place.

I'm so sorry Lorrie that it didn't work out! Thoughts and prayers to everyone involved.

Bind It All Book Contest Finalist

Wow! I'm sooooooo excited. I've had the Bind It All (BIA) and Dreamkuts since they came out. I love creating with them. When I saw their book contest, I just had to enter. Well I sent in six projects. I found out on the 11th that FIVE of the six were selected as finalists. I'm sooooooo excited!! I thought maybe, one project becasue there are so many talented people out there. I never expected five. I'm working on my next step in the contest process. Wish me luck!!

I've had ten or fifteen things published, but to be published by the manufacturer of your favorite tools is just to die for!!!

And.....then the ladies on MMFY where I'm a DT member and I spend all my spare time, told me about the BIA first ever DT Call. Wow. Now something else to work on. That would be the ultimate dream for me, get published by Zutter and be a Zutter Zister!!!!!!!!

{SAR} Some Assembly Required July Monthly Challenge Winner!!

Wow! Thanks ladies. You have ot visit this blog it's full of inspiration!!

http://www.alter-nativefun.blogspot.com/

Eye-Lets Etc

Eye-Lets Etc (www.eyelets-etc.com) had it's first ever Let's Blog contest. The challenge, create with eyelets, of course!!! Well, I was surprised & honored to win. . . . a $50 prize!! Whoo Hoo!! Thanks y'all!!

Magazine of Memories August Ezine

Wow! So very lucky to be published in the Making Memories For You Ezine, Magazine of Memories. I have a couple of layouts (a single & double page one) and a make 'n take article! This Ezine is awesome & you need to check it out! Go to www.makingmemoriesforyou.org for more info!!

While you're there register, come on in and join us!! We have geat contests, crops and monthly challenges. You can earn RAKs, bottlecaps and MMFY$$!!!