Refreshed

So I've been MIA for a bit....
spent 2 weeks in Florida! Well... one week there... 6 days driving! Yup... 3 days there and 3 days back... with 3 kids!!!!!

My parents have a timeshare there and this year it actually worked for us to go!! High 80's, and up to 90 degrees while we were there! And now I come home to snow! I'll post pics soon... still need to upload them. No scrapping (except an Ali-inspired scrapbook-to-go that I started), no computer, no laundry, no sweeping, no cleaning, no nothing. Just fun, relaxing, reconnecting with my family! Well deserved.

So needless to say, my to do list is huge!!!! Mostly work related. I've got a ton of ordering to do! Two weeks worth of products.

New Chatterbox, Scenic Route and Basic Grey is in the retail store and I'll be putting it up in the online store this week.

Brainstorming for merchandise ideas... mugs, t-shirts, totes, etc. Need some computer software to create all this stuff... if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.

Super Scrap Day is approaching. Lots of planning to do for that as well.

Monday Monday

What a beautiful day! Still as white as can be, but above zero!!! Can tell the driveway from the field, but beautiful none the less. I have about 100 photos from our snow day yesterday to download too. Gotta love digital!

Lots to do this week....

- ordered Arctic Frog, Three Bugs in a Rug, new SEI and Fancy Pants.
- make another order before the weekend.
- pay bills
- finish (or at least make a dent in) our taxes.
- work on classes (March Card class, April Project class, Scrapology class, etc.)
- get a USB hub
- download pics and put on disc. Charge camera battery.
- get April kits together and ready and sort May ones
- go through the kids summer clothes... box the "too small" ones
- hopefully price the new stuff. It was supposed to be here on Friday... no sign of it yet.
- catch up on laundry
- vacuum upstairs
- work for my Dad on Friday

I just got an email from Kah-Mei! Fontwerks will be donating prizes to our April Super Scrap Day! If you haven't signed up yet there's still time! An all day crop on April 22nd. Prizes, goodie bags, supper and more!

Speaking of Fontwerks... We started strong with Fontwerks a while ago and after a bit of a wait.... due to months and months of email confusion, misplaced orders, etc.... we are finally getting the new Fontwerks in! This includes rub-ons, paper (Simply Neat), stamps and more. Hopefully these should be here by the end of March. The acrylics will be in April. I can hardly wait! If there are any special requests you can email them to me!

And darn if that Ali isn't an enabler. Look for that big honkin' alphabet stamp in the store soon!

Taught a Scrapbooking 101 class on Saturday! Good turn-out! If you missed it I plan to hold them once a month. Check the calendar for future dates.






Very vaguely tagged by Jen....

What scrapbook lines/products, etc. do you dislike? It's not that I dislike them... just that they're not me...vellum and fibers.

What is the hardest thing you have ever had to scrap? Nothing really.

What technique do you use more than anything else? Technique? I'm not really big on techniques... painting I guess, and stitching.

What is the smallest scrap of paper you save? 2x4

Have you ever had any scrapbook related injuries? Not yet... probably mental issues though. LOL

Finish this sentence, "If I wasn't a scrapbooker/stamper, I would spend my money on..." clothes and my house

Give us your best storage or organizational idea. Baskets baskets baskets... and antique bowls as catchalls

You just won a week long scrapbooking cruise for 5. Who would you take? Jen, Val, Cindy, De and Jenn.

When you received your first publication notification, who did you tell? And if you are not yet published, who will be the first person you share the news with? My hubby... called him right away!

So if you're reading this... I tag you too.

TGIF

Got to play a little yesterday. I was supposed to be at the Shoppe (for the Crop) but with all the snow we got I wasn't able to get off the yard! But I did manage to get a little done here.

I'm finding I have to make a conscious effort to use a colored backround. Hey... grey always works right?

I'm using text a lot more as an actual element on my page more too. Play with it... moving it around... and here, putting it all the way to the side and cutting off the excess. All these little embellishments here in my room, and gosh if I know how to use them!

And punched out circles ala Ali yesterday. Have wanted to do that for a long time... finally did.
But... on to today. At last a nice day. Well... nice being -7. Roads are good, so I got off the yard today! Would've been better if I made it off yesterday, but oh well.

Tidying up my studio again. I'm always moving things around. Never finding the PERFECT place for things. Put my Bazzill Chips in jars, put my Heidi Swapp Tape in a basket... need to get a bulletin board tomorrow.

Still waiting for the packages with the May kit stuff! A good mother's day themed one. There should be a project kit that month too. Yah!

Got some new cards up. Still working on the March card sets. Hopefully they'll be up this coming week.

Got a Scrapbooking 101 class tomorrow. Looking forward to that again.

Hoping to play a little tonight. I was hoping to get the new Chatterbox, Basic Grey and Scenic Route today, but I guess with our snowstorm the other day it'll only get here on Monday. Oh well... better late than never.

Should be making another order tomorrow. Arctic Frog is on the way!

Last Brainteaser Answer:

He was standing on the bottom rung.

Today's Brainteaser Question:

A group of soldiers were standing in the blistering sun facing due west. Their sargeant shouted at them: Right turn! About turn! Left turn! In which direction are the soldiers now facing?

White Thursday

Well... another snow day here. Lots and lots of the white stuff. I'm so waiting for warmer weather so I can clean out this place. Really need to simplify... but so hard to do when you have nowhere to put the stuff you want to get rid of. Garage sale weather... can't wait.

Found the Hero Arts site today. Great resources... love it!

Counting down the hours to the crop tonight. Hope to get some stuff done. Hopefully I can get off the yard! Very white.

A little cleaning. A little computer. A little playing. Just a regular day.

Expecting a truck-load of stuff to arrive tomorrow... (fingers crossed with the weather!) New Chatterbox, Basic Grey, Making Memories and Scenic Route. Very exciting. Hopefully the DT stuff is in there too.

The newsletter went out today. Email me if you didn't get it and need it forwarded.
New challenges, new inspiration... hope you get as much out of it as I do.

Super Scrap Day is creeping closer. Gotta get ready for that too. Should be fun! Will be fun! Be sure to sign up soon to avoid disapointment.

New classes posted.... Scrapbooking 101 this Saturday, Thursday crops, Easter/Spring card class....
New for April... technique classes and more project classes (starting with a tag book and then a hanging wall display). Stay tuned for that.

Loving Amazing Race! So many teams I'm rooting for! Would so love TiVO!! Maybe the next time we're in the states.

Next Quick Crop is on Friday, March 10th. Hosted by Leigh, Liz and Jen. 8pm CST. Be there or be square.

Brainteaser of the Day:

Hardy Pyle was washing windows on a high-rise office building when he slipped and fell off a sixty foot ladder onto the concrete sidewalk below. Incredibly, he did not injure himself in any way. How was this possible?