typical breakfast fare...

Every morning I wake up to a little two year old's voice saying, "Eggos mom. I'ant (combine 'I' & 'want') Eeeegooooos". It's my alarm. Cute little Jilly's voice waking me up to an Eggo request. These are new. French vanilla - they smell like cake when you bake them and taste pretty darn good too.

Also, been a little board with the hair-do lately. I have actually had that style for quite a long time - so it was time for a change. I used to wear my hair short all the time and now that I have dropped a few lbs., my face has thinned a bit and I feel comfortable enough to sport the new short do. I forgot how easy and fast short hair was. You use less shampoo and conditioner and drying time is nearly non-existant. I like.

Been wearing the glasses a lot lately too. Every day to be exact. My awsome husband entered me into a contest to win lasik free and they called. No, didn't win but wouldn't you know it, I'm elegible for a discount! Does anyone win? So, I couldn't wear the contacts for two weeks to see if I can even do the surgery and I found out yesterday that I can. But will I? I don't know yet.

Scrapfest...

Scrap: anything to do with scrapping or scrapbooking, preserving memories, etc. Fest: a festival - fun play, many exciting things to learn, an all around good time. What could be more fun than combining these two for a whirlwind of creativity! And, I will be there. September 8th & 9th - teaching, talking, laughing, and being inspired by others. Too much fun!

upcoming class...

I have the awsome opportunity to teach a class at Scrapbook USA in Salt Lake City. September 22 and 23rd are the dates of this fun event and if you have never been - come check it out (and bring lots of money!). All My Memories is sponsoring again and I can personally guarantee that all of the AMM classes will be fabulous! As always they are very organized, pre-packaged, and full of fun.

My class, named Bibbity, Bobbity, Boo to You is a 4x4 Halloween (could you tell by the name?) mini album and will be Friday and Saturday at 2:30 - 4:00 pm. We will make 13 darling little 4x4 pages using the new Occasion-alls Halloween line and rub-ons and use ribbon to embellish the album too. Here is the link: SBUSA and just scroll down to the 2:30 times.

Here are a few picks from the album, you can see a little bit more detail in these - just cute!

This will be such a fun time - come and join me! Hope to see you there.

extra kits, anyone?

As promised, the Life Lessons extra album kits are now available on the All My Memories website!

They are being sold for only $49.99 - that is a STEAL!! You get the 20 pages (already cut and individually packaged for you) and the 8x8 black album plus instructions. There are a limited quantity, so if you want one, go there now! Oh, here is a link to the page: Life Lessons Album Kit

check it out...

Since I have yet to have an official request for a layout for Creating Keepsakes magazine, I will take this as a definate plus! This is my CKU-A album track; Life Lessons (from the September issue of CK magazine) and three of my favorite pages showcasing some fun techniques from that track. I am honored to be in this particular feature since CKU-A's are my new favorite thing! I love teaching them and preparing for them and everything about them is a positive experience for me and hopefully those taking the class as well.

Four whole pages; that aint half bad! A big congrats (in my opinion, this is a big thing) to the Junkitz girls; Stacey, Janna, & Teresa, for having their awsome album featured as well and to Tim Holtz too, who is so talented and fun to be around! They have the best ideas - so inspiring.

And, for those of you who are wondering about the extra album kits, I believe they will go on sale on our website (link to the right) sometime this coming week. I will post an official update when it goes live.

CKU-A Atlanta ROCKED!!!

My class - and although they are few in number, they were the hardest working and most creative, most supportive, sweetest, and funnest class! Thank you guys for making this such a fun time. Most everyone finished their album (huge accomplishment) and the creativeness (yes, I know it probably isn't a word!) was so inspiring to me and each other. Thank You! It just rocked!



One of the funnest parts of the CKU experience is giving stuff away and All My Memories sets it up right. These two lucky ladies won AMM totes stuffed full of all kinds of product.
Any kind of a trip without The Cheesecake Factory isn't really complete. And not having one in my town makes it more of a necessity too!

Can I just say that Janna, Stacey and Teresa from Junkitz are some of the most fun and genuine gals! Thanks guys, for so much fun and letting me tag along.
After everything is said and done, and the end of CKU-A has come and gone, what fun it is to hang out with good food, new friends, and just laugh. Such an awsome experience - thank you to all! And yes, if you look really close, you can see my head peaking around there right in the middle!