BZHolidays!!

Boy the last month has been a whirlwind. Had a busy November... thanks so much to all my hostesses and their guests! Gonna have an even busier December... Christmas shopping, Corey will be home, my parents will be here soon. I'm tired just thinking about it. Still working on my Christmas cards. Have sent a few, but I'm waiting to take our picture to send with a lot of them... hopefully this weekend. Here is another card I made out of old workshop kits. Oh.. and checkout our great web special for this month. Free stamp set with as little as a $20 purchase! And just wait for January... it's a sneak peak month at some of the new products in the Spring Idea Book coming out in February. Beautiful!!

Start of the Holiday Season

Started my Christmas shopping last weekend and my Christmas cards. Here is one of the cards I made. If you're attending one of my workshops this month, this guy could be making an appearance!

Digital Scrapbooking!?

Ok... I've done it... I've used it. I wanted to get familiar with our new Studio J digital product so I could answer questions about it. It's great! Don't get me wrong...it will not replace traditional scrapbooking for me. I love the process of cutting, pasting, remembering... the feel of the paper.. and visiting with friends while we create. But! What a great, fast alternative! I decided for my last couple trips, and maybe all of them, my formula for each "chapter" will be: One Title Page done digitally, 1-3 pages scrapped by hand, and the rest in photo pocket pages. I take A LOT of pictures and this way I don't have to feel overwhelmed to scrap all of them; all my pics are in one place; and i still get to be really creative with a few pages and let the artwork flow. Here are pics of a few of my title pages I've done for last Spring's trip to Arizona.

It Just Can't Be Over Yet!

I cannot believe the end of August is approaching so quickly. I can't complain though because we've done an awful lot this summer. The weather has been so cooperative... Arizona in May, Outerbanks in June, and July and August have been full of so many activities like the Fair, picnics, pat's volleyball at the beach, great evenings on the deck with great friends, lots of miles with the dogs, trips to Dairy Queen. Definitely has been one for the scrapbook... now to get going and actually get those pages started!

While we were in the Outerbanks my niece Emily and I searched for shells every day. I had to keep reminding myself to look up...lol... but I must have done it quite a bit because I have 400 pictures to show for it. We both made frames with some of the shells we brought home.. the perfect momento of our trip and in it we put pics from the trip. Mine is above.

Love My Family

With so much going on in the world it is so comforting to know I have a loving family that loves to be together!

Fun With My Cuttlebug

Here is a card I made finally using the cuttlebug I got for Christmas last year... I LOVE it! This card uses Close to My Heart's Veranda papers and Butterfly Kiss and Fringed Phrases stamp sets

Fantastic Summer

What a great summer this has been so far. The weather here has been great for Western New York. Another HOT day tomorrow. Just got back recently from a family vacation to the Outerbanks. Wonderful, wonderful vacation. Oh so relaxing.

Some great changes are happening with Close to My Heart. Fall will bring some fantastic new products. With a strong commitment to the traditional scrapbooking products our online product Studio J is also expanding. Great changes for consultants are coming too. Stay tuned!

In the meantime, enjoy!