I WON SOMETHING!

Oh my goodness! The UPS guy came in a few days ago with a box for me. No big deal - I get boxes of orders all the time. I looked at the return label and didn't know where it was from. When I opened it - I was in SHOCK! When we went to the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Charlotte back in August, I entered the door prize contest. OH MY! I WON!!!! I NEVER win anything. I'm so excited! I have a lot of new reading to do - in my spare time (ha, ha, ha).

Summer Calendar

Have you ever had a really busy month? My friend's kids go away for most of the summer. She loves to document what they do each day. I helped her create this 7 week calendar page (I printed it for her). She then took different colored pens and wrote in the details of their summer. Each event was a different color. For example- 3 days in St. Louis, 2 days in IA, 7 days in MI, etc. It's really cool to look at this calendar and see how the different days were spent. I know there aren't any pictures on it, but sometimes it's really important to get the details down. I know I'm not the best at journaling.

Little Blessings - layout

I've been on such a creative roll lately. Here's just one of the new layouts I've created. I've put it together in a kit. When it's gone - there's no more. I'm going to try and post a few more layouts soon - but don't hold your breath. As you can probably tell - I'm terrible about posting. Have a great weekend!

When did it get to be October!

Boy am I a bad blogger. Since my last blog, I've been to Charlotte, NC, back to MN, to San Diego, and back here. The last 2 months have flown by. I was in San Diego watching my nephew graduate from Marine boot camp. I'm so proud of him! You would think, that since I live so close to Paris Island (the other Marine boot camp location), that he would get stationed here. But NO - he was in CA. Oh well. I got to spend several days there with my brother, his fiance, and my mom. That was really nice. We kept running the whole time.

Since I've been back, I've been on a major creative roll. I've got tons of new layouts up in the store. I've been working like crazy to come up with classes and cards. I'm really looking forward to getting the card classes started again. Sue is going to be teaching the first one on Oct. 15th. Can't wait!

There has been tons going on in the scrapbook industry. First of all, Scrapbook Studio in Pooler, GA shut down about a month ago. I'm sorry that Cecile wasn't able to make that work. Becky Higgins is no longer with Creating Keepsakes (you can read about it on her blog - entry from September 15th http://www.beckyhiggins.com/blog/

Scenic Route Announces Liquidation Sale & Closure - Another scrapbook company is closing up. If you like there stuff, check out their web site. I think anyone can shop the sale.

It's so sad to see these big scrapbook companies going under. Just reminds us that we have to do everything we can to keep the little ones going.

Charlotte, NC - CKC

Hi there. I am SOOO excited to be going back to the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Charlotte, NC this weekend. Beth and I will be leaving Thursday afternoon to go stay with Irene. We'll be attending the CKC on Friday and Saturday. We can't wait to take our classes and do some serious shopping on the vendor floor. We had such a great time last year - I know this year will be just as much fun. Have a great weekend!

CHA - Summer '09

Oh my goodness did Beth and I have FUN!!!!! We headed down to CHA in Orlando July 29th & 30th. We missed the first day, but made the most of the last 2 days of the show. I went in with one budget and come out with a completely different one. I really hope Jeff doesn't divorce me! That means you all HAVE to come in and see all of the new goodies that should be rolling in soon.

Beth did manage to spot a few "celebrities" at the show. You know, I had no idea who most of them were.
Donna Downey (www.donnadowney.typepad.com)
Tim Holtz (www.timholtz.typepad.com)
Margie Romney-Aslett (www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com)
Donna Salazar (www.donnasalazar.typepad.com)
If you have any interest in finding out who we saw.
More updates coming soon. Stay tuned

The other 3 grandchildren

Aren't these some of the cutest kids you have ever seen (do you think I am partial) This is Reis (age 7) Lucas (age 4, pic is from couple years ago) and Jack (age 1 1/2). Thanks to Lucas (our son) and Kristi, you two make the cutest kids!!