My life...just not on the road I expected (but it's still dang good).

Lucky Day.

Lucky day...someone found a Cheerio on the floor (along with some dog hair).

Someone also decided that she loves string beans and corn (a huge milestone since she is almost a year old and refuses to eat just about everything - except Cheerios).

We were placing bets tonight on when she's going to start walking:

1.  Josh bet it would it would be February 23rd.

2.  Courtney bet it would be January 6th (we didn't bother to tell her that it's already the 17th).

3.  I bet it would be March 14th.

4.  Coley bet it would be January 1st (but then changed his mind and said it would be January last).

5.  Ross bet it would be March 38th.  He swears that he was joking...I recommended that he pay a little more attention in school tomorrow.

Classes.

Classes this weekend were great.

But wow, I'm in desperate need of an updated hairstyle.

I taught Friday night in Lynwood at Lasting Memories.  It was the first time I taught Scrapbooking Outside the Box.  We only scheduled 3 hours for the class.  I normally schedule 4 hours, but for some reason, I had it in my head that this class was going to be quicker than most. 

I was wrong (note to self:  always schedule 4 hours for classes).

Ended up rushing everyone through the second project because the store was full with a group of people waiting to hear my photography lecture, which we scheduled right after my class (I hope I gave away enough doorprizes to make up for the rush).

I think I got back to my Sister's house after midnight (my Sister watched Annie and Coley).

Annie doesn't like sleeping in strange places, so she was up (which meant I was up too) 5 times between midnight and 6am (which is when I set my alarm because I was heading up to Bellingham to teach all day).  One of those five times, she had a major diaper "blow-out" (too much information, I'm sure) and since her baby wipes were nowhere to be found...she found herself naked (and mad) under the bathtub facet at 3 a.m.

I could really get off on a tangent here on the phenomenon of diaper blow-outs...but I won't.

So I decided to get a little crazy and get a single shot of caffeinated coffee in my mocha (instead of my regular shot of decaf) to wake me up on my drive to Bellingham (crazy, I tell ya...just living life on the edge).

I was teaching at Treasury of Memories.  Luckily for me, that place is just filled with energy (and I needed it), so I managed to pull off a full day of teaching on about 3 hours sleep and a single shot of caffeine.

Thanks everyone for making the weekend so much fun.

I added a photo album in the right hand column of my blog (just scroll down until you see it - it's title "classes").  I think I'll start trying to upload all of my class photos to that album (and I already added the photos from last weekend).  Thanks too, to all of you who emailed me pictures - sometimes I just don't get the camera out as much as I want to.

Teaching this Thursday night in Roseburg, Oregon at Stampers Corner (this one is full, so we decided to schedule a second class for Feb. 26th) and at No Bare Pages in Phoenix, Oregon on Monday night (I think there is still some spots available).

CHA Winter 07

Having a tough time getting everything uploaded, but will keep trying.

For now though, I've got my Honeydew Collection posted.

Home (I love home).

I'm back home and working on posting all of my new CHA Winter products - hoping to have it ready to show you by this afternoon.

Finally caught up on my email too (so if you've emailed me and I haven't resonded, it means that I didn't receive your email...which unfortunately seems to happen a lot - so email me again).

Classes were great this weekend (even though the weather wasn't very cooperative) - will try to get some pictures posted.

It's 10 a.m. here.  Snowing outside and we're all still in our p.j.'s.

CHA Winter and heading out of town.

Just a peek at one of my favorite things coming out at CHA Winter (at the end of the month).

12x12 cardstock stickers - love them (and have already been working on a new class using them).

I think they're due to ship in March and April.

I'm heading out of town this morning (teaching up in Washington, but leaving a few days early so I can hang out with Jill and my Sister).  Me and Annie and Coley, in the car for 7+ hours (fun).

I think there's still some spots available in my classes (Lasting Memories in Lynwood, WA on Friday night and Treasury of Memories in Bellingham, WA all day Saturday).  I am so incredibly excited about teaching this new class (I've already got butterflies in my stomach - the good kind of butterflies).

When I get back (Tuesday of next week), I'll post the rest of my CHA stuff.

If you ordered a kit from me before 10 a.m. this morning, it will go out in today's mail, if you ordered a kit after 10 a.m. this morning, it will go out in Tuesday's mail after I get back.

Later gators.

I know, I know...I've sent you here before (but really, she's absolutely THE funniest girl ever).

The winner (and some other stuff).

I'll be mailing off the box to Terri today (I emailed you this morning Terri).

I should mention that I don't have any fancy method of drawing names.  I don't print out all the comments and put them in a bowl (because if every drawing took that much time...I'd have to give up drawings).  So Josh is my random (and believe me, he's random) number generator.  I say pick a number between 1 and 125...and without even asking me what I need it for...he just spouts out a number (and then goes about what he was doing).

However, he ended up reading some of the comments later this morning and decided that he really wanted Dawn to win because at the end of her comment, she posted Go Beavs.

Ok, so I found the box at a place down here called Craft Warehouse (I think it may just be a small West Coast chain).  The lace on the box is actual lace (not paper).  I got Annie's red poncho from an Osh Kosh (is that how you spell it?) outlet back when I was still pregnant with her (so it may be hard to find one now).  I am feeling a lot better (thanks), but Ross is staying home from school again today.  It was my class here in Grants Pass at the Scrapbook Connection that we canceled last night - not my upcoming class in Warrenton at the Scrapbook Connection II (it's still scheduled for Feb. 17th).  Yes, I will try to pester Jill into coming to St. Helens when I teach.  I know this post looks wierd, but I can't fix it without starting over...so it's just going to have to look wierd today.

And here's a couple pictures of the box I kept.

Stomach flu in da house.

Everyone except for Josh has it (me, Coley, Courtney, Annie, Ross, Grandpa Tom, Aunt Misti, cousin Brooke and cousin Taylor).

And although I am starting to feel better...I'm guessing that you all don't really want it.

We're rescheduling my class tonight at the Scrapbook Connection to February 22nd (sorry).

But.....I'll be feeling better and teaching at a couple of cool stores in Washington this coming weekend. 

Friday night (teaching Scrapbooking Outside the Box and a Photography lecture) at Lasting Memories in Lynwood, Washington - 425 670 3721 and all day Saturday at Treasury of Memories in Bellingham, Washington (teaching The "J" Word and Scrapbooking Outside the box) 360 715 3125.

And my best friend, Jill is even coming to hang out with me on Saturday.

Some information & a little give-away...

1.  The wood blocks (previous post) are part of the Bare Elements line from Creative Imaginations.  I meant to give you a link.  Here it is.

2.  I don't know how many new kits I'll be coming up with this year (I don't want to commit to a specific number).  If I had to guess though, I'd say it will only be 3 or 4.  For me (and part of this is because I am a perfectionist about this kind of stuff), it takes me absolutely forever to design a class that I am really happy with.  I get a ton of good feedback from my classes and class kits, which leads me to assume that you're all happy with them too.  So I'm just going keep doing what I've been doing (and stay focused on the quality, not quantity).  So 3 or 4 this year.

3.  I used to sent out emails to everyone who had purchased a kit from me in the past to let them know when I had a new kit available (prior to posting it on my blog).  I am doing that via my newsletter now though because it is a much more efficient system (you can sign up for the newsletter in the upper right hand corner of my blog).  I get swamped packing kits whenever I've got new ones available, so it's easier for me to send out a newsletter first and then wait to fill those orders before I post about it on my blog (and get swamped with a whole bunch of new orders).  It's just me and Josh and Ross packing kits at the kitchen table (so it's not the quickest system in the world).  My current class kits will always be posted in the right hand column of my blog.

4.  The "Rock-n-Roll lives on" design on the photo I gave Ross for Christmas is not a design that is available as a Photo Inlay at www.scrapbookpictures.com (I have a ton of new photo inlays that will go up soon though - I just don't have a date yet - will keep you posted).  If you are in desperate need of that Rock-n-Roll design though and know your way around a photo editing program, I'd be happy to email the design to you as a JPEG.

5. Aaaaaaaaaaaand...I decorated a couple of boxes awhile back to use as project samples for my Scrapbooking Outside the Box class.  I ended up liking one box better than the other though (so I am giving one away).  It says "Snapshots of a good life" on it and I envisioned filling it with a stack of my all time favorite photos.  Obviously, there is a picture of me on top of it that you'll want to remove (and replace with your own), but if you want it, leave a comment here in the comments section and I'll draw a winner sometime tomorrow morning.

 

The blocks.

Yep - the set of blocks (see previous post) is a sample project from my Scrapbooking Outside the Box class (not the actual projects we are doing in class, just a sample project).

I'm teaching this class for the first time this coming Monday night in Grants Pass, Oregon at my hometown store, the Scrapbook Connection (541 474 4404). 

See you Grants Pass gals soon!