speed scrap on Thursday

It's been a couple months since I have hosted a Speed Scrap... and I'm back again ... I hope you'll join me!

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Please join me in our Scrappin' Chatter forum on Thursday morning for a Speed Scrap!

Tuesday, Nov 3rd
11am EST

*all participants will earn a prize from me....for my store

this and that and this

One of my old high school and old college roomies started on a new venture two or three weeks ago - she entered our lovely blogging world at the request of her dr. Well, her son's dr. She is the mom of a special needs kid, Fragile X, to be exact. She's always been very pro-active with school and anywhere else so he wanted her to be able to share her family's story so his other patients can have one other person to relate with.
She didn't think it would really be much. Now she's really getting into the groove of it and trying to share it with others. Tonight she was so thrilled that after only 11 blog posts, a multiple forum asked her to be a guest blogger. I'm so excited for her, Alex, and their whole family. I guess I should add that Alex is half of a set of twins. Soooo.... if you get a chance, please take a gander at 1 Special Family and feel free to share it with your family and friends too.

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Tonight I updated my Playlist. I hope you will enjoy it since it's playing on here. Over at Gotta Pixel we have a mini discussion about Playlist and we're sharing our lists - so I snagged some songs off of their lists. I had kind of an eclectic list before and now it really is more than before. :)

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I will be hosting another Speed Scrap at 11:59pm Eastern on Tuesday, November 10th. Please join us in the Birthday Celebration Speed Scrap forum. If you aren't familiar with a Speed Scrap, don't fret. This is the perfect place for beginning scrappers to ones who have been doing it for a few years. It's the perfect inspirational challenge to get you scrapping a great layout. I will give you 5-6 steps of directions for you to end up with your newest masterpiece.


11:59pm Eastern
10:59pm Central
9:59pm Mountain (that's my time zone)
8:59pm Pacific

*all participants will earn a $4 gift certificate from me....for my store
*one random lucky participant will also win $5 to Julie Marie Designs

odd Halloween...speed scrap... $1 Tuesday

I forgot about our weirdest items until I dumped everything out earlier today to take the big picture.....



Hudson thought it was so cool to get a book. It's actually a really great thing. Just a little odd for Halloween. Don't ya think? Did your kids come home with anything peculiar?

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$1 Tuesday at Gotta Pixel !!!

Let Overlay Tools by Sara Ellis be your perfect stepping stones for motivation.

Included in each pack are 4 PNG files, all 12x12

Clip one color to it or paint on a variety of colors and add a nice texture to make these your own.

**all Commercial Use ok**

Overlay Tools 5


Overlay Tools 7


Overlay Tools 6


and..........
Overlay Tools 4 is my contribution for Gotta Pixel's Birthday Commercial Use Grab Bag ......... it includes 24 products for ONLY $9.99

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Please join me in our Speed Scrap forum (I prefer it better than the chatroom) on Tuesday morning for a Speed Scrap!

Tuesday, Nov 3rd
11am EST

*all participants will earn a prize from me....for my store
*one random lucky participant will also win $5 to Julie Marie Designs

Those who participate and complete the required guidelines that are posted at the time of the speed scrap will have their names entered to win one of the grand prizes. Please make sure to read the guidelines, only those who complete all the guidelines will be entered to win.

a HATE and a LOVE :)

A couple weeks ago was picture day at school for my crazy guys.
They have so much personality and can take fabulous pictures with their fun happy faces. I pinned a note to Hudson that said
"Please do not comb and feather my hair. Please ask me to laugh."
If both of these instructions were to have been followed,
it would've truly captured the real Hudson.
(A couple years ago, the photographer's asst feathered his hair and turned him into someone else's child. He definitely wasn't our crazy surfer hippie hair boy.) Also, if he is asked to laugh - he shines.
No note was needed for Griffin.
(well, I didn't think I needed one then.. HA!!)

Here's how they looked the morning before pictures -




Well.... today the proofs were in.
I'll just say now that I really really HATE these school photographers.
For some odd reason, I think we've had 3 different studios in 3 years.
I sooooooooo wish I could show you what the proofs looked like.
We get to choose our favorite pose out of four options.
Griffin looked like he was mad in three of them.
At least he had a little tiny glimpse of a smile in one. Hudson had his normal hair, they didn't feather it so that's a plus... BUT..... three pictures looked EXACTLY the same and the fourth looked very similar.
All had just little cracks of smiles & no spark in his eyes either. HELLO!!!!!!!!
Why can't they bring personality out of kids that definitely have it???
It really doesn't take much for it to happen.
I'm just so thankful that it's only preschool.
We're only ordering the class pic for both of them and that's it.
Next year I will definitely volunteer on picture day for
Hudson's Kindergarten class and Griff's Preschool.

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It's a Speed Scrap again!!!!!! Aren't you excited?

I'm changing it up by offering this at another time.

I will be hosting another Speed Scrap
at 1am Eastern on Wednesday, October 7th.
Please join us in the Scrappin' Table forum at Gotta Pixel.
If you aren't familiar with a Speed Scrap, don't fret.
This is the perfect place for beginning scrappers
to ones who have been doing it for a few years.
It's the perfect inspirational challenge to get you scrapping a great layout. I will give you 5-6 steps of directions for you
to end up with your newest masterpiece.
And....a little participation prize will be awarded to all participants.

1am Eastern
midnight Central
11pm Mountain
10pm Pacific (that's my time zone)

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don't forget to grab the ongoing blog train goodies below :)
FREEBIES are always nice, don't ya think?

CHOO-CHOO... hop on the train

Gotta Pixel is celebrating the turning of the seasons approaching in the northern areas with a HUGE blog train. This weekend, Sept. 5th and 6th you can visit some of your favorite Gotta Pixel Designers listed below to pick up a little treat from each that coordinates with one another to make one fabulous fall collection. Be sure to check back if you don't see an active link right away, as the designers are each on different time zones and some may have posts up later than others. And if you pick up something you absolutely love, be sure to check in the store at GP on Sept. 7th as several of our designers celebrate Labor Day with a great sale on their goodies! (AND... I'm one of the participating designers!)

here's some of the goodies you can fall in love with in my store:
and......
I'll be hosting a Speed Scrap at Gotta Pixel on Tuesday at noon Eastern time.
I hope you will be able to join our fun.


now are you ready for the train???????




Please enjoy my mini kit contribution, Owl Love You.
(ETA: Sept 7th... thanks so much for stopping by - the download is now EXPIRED ... please stop by Gotta Pixel for our SALE today ...
and a coordinating kit, Owl Adore You, will be in my store soon)

Have fun collecting all the fabulous coordination portions from
the Gotta Pixel designers. Please be kind and leave some lovin' for each designer. Let them know how much you appreciate their generosity. :)

Here is the list of the other participating blogs for you to visit!
Gotta Pixel
My Own Font by Karen
Marta van Eck
Karen Lewis
Laura Burger
Connie Prince
Simply Scraps
Lorie M. Designs
Armina Designs
Creations by Rachael
Crisdam Designs
Julie Marie Designs
Designs by Heather T
Kristmess Designs
Cherie Shields
Sara Ellis *you are here* thank you :)
Colies Corner
Sarah Meyer
Doohikey Designs
Elka Romero