Merry Christmas and Thank You!

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry & safe Christmas - no matter what you celebrate - the ideal of wishing the ultimate in goodness and blessings on someone is never wrong. I also wish to extend my thanks to all of you who have supported me in my creative endeavors this year - I have grown by leaps and bounds, yet still have so far to go. I pray that I never hit that "ceiling" because to me, that means my creative drive is gone. As a small token of my appreciation for all of you out there, I have put together a holiday goodie that will not be available anywhere else - just to my blog readers here!

So without further ado - here is your present from me!


You can download this goodie from You Send It here.

As always, I would love for you to leave comments - let me know what you think of my work, suggestions, constructive criticism, etc. I really and truly love hearing from all of you!

Special 5 Designer Chat 12/23/06 @ DST!

You won't want to miss this 5 designer, 5 featured kit chat this Saturday night (12/23/06) at the DigiShopTalk chatroom!

12 Days of Christmas Festivities ad TDS!

Don't want to miss this - there's a new $1.00 promotional item added each day! The 12 Days promo runs from December 9th -20th 2006 at The Daily Scrap!

If you are sick of turkey, have I got a DEAL for you!

Even if you are one of those people who never gets sick of turkey (I'm not one of them), this is STILL an amazing deal!

Until 11:59 PM eastern tonight you will receive 50% on the products at The Daily Scrap! The only things that are excluded are the CD Club Memberships & the CD Collections (though those are discounted as well), but that means there is a WHOLE LOT of GREAT stuff to buy! I have all of my products on sale as well, and you can view them all here:
http://www.thedailyscrap.com/mall/index.php?manufacturers_id=71&main_page=index

That list includes my brad new kit "Grunge Baby" which is the featured kit for tonight's Sunday Night Swap Crop at TDS:-) You can pick that kit up for $2.50 TODAY ONLY - that's 50% off of the normal price. Here's a copy of the ad for the crop for you to see what the kit looks likes as well as the attendance & posting gifts:

Get all the details here

Join me in the Chatroom

Don't miss out on the great sale and crop tonight with MaryAnne!

BIG News!

I mentioned a couple of posts back that there was BIG news to break - now I can FINALLY tell you!!! (Anyone who knows me, knows how bad I am at keeping a secret!!)

Black Friday is hitting at TDS!!! You won't want to miss this exciting opportunity to get almost everything in the mall ON SALE!! Beginning Friday 12am EST - 4pm EST you will be able to buy anything in the mall for 75% off of it's original price!

If that wasn't exciting enough from 4:01pm EST Friday-11:59pm EST Sunday the entire shop will be 50% off - can you believe it?? What a way to stock up on kits from all of your favorite designers and a great opportunity to introduce yourself to the new faces at TDS

too!

This is a great way to get a good start (or for you early birds, finish up lol) your holiday shopping with amazingly priced, quality products that can be used for any scrap or altered craft project!

Visit us at http://www.thedailyscrap.com/ to take advantage of this insanely amazing sale!

Come see me tonight @ 9pm at the TDS Chatroom!

Yup, that's right...my products are now being shown at The Daily Scrap :-) - and tonight at 9pm my new kit, "Eggnog" is the featured product at the Wacky Wednesday Chat in the TDS chatroom! Take a break from Turkey Day preparations and relax with me and you will get a free gift! This kit is on sale for TODAY only for $2.00 - so pick it up quick!

Here's a preview of the kit!

HA! Thought I was done!

Yep...here I am thinking that I am SO on top of everything and I forgot to mention that I have a special running at The Daily Scrap!

Today, for $2.00, you can grab my new kit "Snowflake Fantasy" - it's one that was really a labor of love for me - and yes, I plan to scrap with it (I know my friends are rolling their eyes...I don't do LO well lol). Here's a preview of the kit for you to peek at:

Here's the sample AD:

Do you want a kit that is perfect for scrapping ALL of your winter pictures? Something that will work for boys and girls, holiday and after? This kit is chock FULL of goodies that will make you want to grab a cup of your favorite hot beverage, sit down in front of your fireplace and start scrapping!

Kit Contains

12Textured papers (Solids and Patterns) 2 AlphaSets6ribbons2Jeweled/Glittered borders 1 Jeweled paper clip 4Felt snow flake patches2Tags3Brads/Pebbles3Enameled eyelets1Glitter overlayAnd a BONUS Paper Overlay!!

It's 50% off for today - a STEAL at only $2!!!!! If this is just the kit you were looking for (I think it would work well for making holiday cards too!), then you can grab it here:

http://www.thedailyscrap.com/mall/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2623

Ooohhhh I have some neat stuff for you!

I have some neat news I can't share with you yet - but it's exciting!!!

What I CAN tell you is that tonight is our Croppers Anonymous chat - which is an all request buffet! I want you to tell me what YOU want to see for products from me in the future! Is it a kit theme you've been looking for? A certain type of element that drives you wild? Oh, I KNOW - its gotta be templates right??? All you have to do is show up and "tell me what to do" (LOL had to put that there!) and you will get a neat attendance gift! I'll have the pictures of both the attendance and posting gifts posted tonight for you peek at - so keep your eyes peeled!!!

*hugs* Have a fantastic day (and someone please leave me some love, will ya???)

Croppers Anonymous Chat on 11/2/06 & a BIG BIG Sale!

Yep...tomorrow night at 9pm in the chat room at the Candie Shoppe it's the next exciting installment of Croppers Anonymous! Stop by to chat with Athena and the "regulars" and receive this neat gift:


Don't miss out on these felt holiday goodies - stop by the chat room at the Digital Candie Shoppe!

Ohhhhh riiiight...I said there was a BIG BIG sale didn't I? Well there is!
At the Candie Shoppe there are more things on special than you can shake your halloween trick or treat bag at!! All sorts of items from 25 - 67% off in the shoppe for you to grab.

http://www.candieshoppe.com/shoppe/index.php?main_page=specials

That's it for now...hope to see you at chat!

Thursday Night Crop Goodies!

I just wanted to pop in an show you what's in store for tonight's Croppers Anonymous chat!

Our attendance gift is a layered pumpkin template that will be on sale in the shop, but for TONIGHT'S crop ONLY you can get it for free! Limited only by your imagination, you can use this template over and over and create your very own pumpkin patch:-)

I've included a free sample completed pumpkin (as shown in the preview) created by me just to get you going.

And I have a posting bonus for you this week too!

If you post a copy of your pumpkin creation using this template kit in our Croppers Anonymous Gallery by Midnight Thursday October 26th, 2006, you will receive a copy of my NEW Halloween Sampler Mini Kit! Just like the Pumpkin template, it is NOT in the store yet, but it will be SOON - so this is YOUR chance to get a copy of it absolutely FREE!

You won't want to miss out on all of these great gifts! Come on by the Candie Shoppe Chat room at 9pm eastern daylight savings time (8pm central, 7pm mountain, 6pm pacific) and be prepared to have a great time and get rewarded for it!

Got a Freebie for you...and...my name is 'Grace'

I've been a really terrible blog hostess....and I know it. I'm really going to try harder to post more often and offer you all more freebies because you all are the best! I'll have the freebie listed at the end of the post :-)


I neat little journal block from my Autumn Apples kit at the Candie Shoppe!

Don't forget...every Thursday night at 9pm eastern standard time I am the crazy hostess of the Croppers Anonymous Chat in the DCS chatroom! If you want an hour packed full of fun, chatting, prizes and inspiration then come on down!

I took some pictures over the weekend of my dog (lol...she just ADORES the camera, shows me her butt every chance she gets), and some neat foliage shots. I'll have those up tomorrow when I download them from my camera.

Now...the reason why my name is ahem, 'Grace'.

I am not by nature a person who has an abundance of coordination - if there's a doorjamb to clip, a crate to trip over, a cabinet door that I can bang my forehead into - rest assured, I'll do it. You've already seen my adventure with the Xacto knife, so you'd think by NOW, I'd have caught on right?

Nope.

I was making pork ribs for dinner the other night in the oven because it was just too cold and rainy to do it out on the grill. (Believe it or not, the grill is a MUCH safer method of preparing dinner lol.) I saw that the ribs were a little more brown than I wanted them, and in my haste, I pulled the pan out waaaay too fast.

Yep, I splashed hot pork grease/juice all over my right forearm. Ouch.

Now, that day I had worn 3/4 sleeves, so I had nothing covering my forearm at all.

I didn't swear (really I didn't!), I just put the pan on top of the stove, turned to the sink, and ran my arm under the cold water. Wow, did it hurt! After I'd done that for a few minutes, I decided to call and tell my tale of woe to my sister and my husband. I called my sister first, because she'd laugh at me a little less (she's a lot like me hehehe). She yells at me to keep cold, wet cloths on it, and to go to the ER if it blisters. No problem. I call my husband, and his first question is if he has to race home from work to get me to the ER LMAO. I tell him I am fine and to not worry. He waited about an hour and called back to tell me that based on my track record, he'd like me to just go sit on our bed and watch television until he gets home. I can't possibly get into any trouble that way.

He forgets that our mattress is REALLY high - the top of it is up over my waist. I could fall off and hurt myself. I remind him, and he tells me it's better than falling down the stairs. *Sigh* he's right....but I'd still hurt myself lol.

So, my arm is fine - it never developed blisters, and was only slightly red - boy was I lucky! I have to cook dinner tonight again though, so I am going to have to be extra careful ROTFL.

Now that you've listened to my crazy story, and you know that I am a disaster waiting to happen - here's the preview & download link for the journal block!

::Download::

O.K. - here are the pictures!

Just as I promised, here are the previews having to do with not ONLY the crop tonight, but new items that were JUST added to the Candie Shoppe today!

Here's this week's Croppers Anonymous Poster:


The poster shows the new products that are featured at the crop tonight as well as the attendance gift:

"What I Want" Full and Mini kits (the Mini Kit will be added soon!) - my contribution to Breast Cancer Awareness Month. These kits coordinate with the P4D "What I Want" Mega Kit that was featured in the October 2006 issue of Scrapbook Answers. I am honored to have contributed to the project, and I beleive that no matter how small YOU think your effort is, it will speak VOLUMES to someone else! You can pre-order the hard copy CD here.

Hope to see you in the chat room at 9pm EST!

Don't forget - Croppers Anonymous Chat Tonight @ 9pm est!

Yep...I survived my first crop ever. In fact, I not only survived it, but I LOVED IT! The ladies that attended were fantastic, Tanya & Michelle kept me rolling with laughter the entire time, and I got some neat ideas out of it (more on that in a future post *weg*).

Tonight we're having another crop - and there will be a prize for attending (I'll post that when I get home from work tonight), as well as prizes for a game we'll be playing. All I can say is....make sure you read up on ME, because that's what this game has to do with *G*

I'm so sorry I don't have previews of the prizes up (actually, I'm only going to post the attendee prize preview here - the other will be a surprise until the crop starts!), but I'm doing this "on the fly" from work. I PROMISE to get you pictures! I also have a few new products up in the shop, but those previews are also going to be posted later on.

So, if you dare...meet me in the candieshoppe chat room at 9pm eastern standard time (8 pm central, 7 pm mtn, 6 pm pacific) and I promise to show you a good time!

Just a quickie post from work while I'm eating lunch (Lol...multi-tasking...me??) - don't forget that TONIGHT (Thursday, October 5, 2006) is the "maiden voyage" of the "Cropper's Anonymous" crop with me in the DCS chatroom! I've included an abbreviated version of the advertisment below for you. I'd love to see a nice turn out - I think it would be really neat to be able to sit down and chat with ya!

Anyhow, here it is!!!
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Come and "break me in" at my first Crop this Thursday, October 5th, 9:00pm - 10:00 est in our Chat Room!This week's featured kit is my "Autumn Apples" kit that's brand new THIS week! You can grab it for 50% off using our Grand Opening coupon (coupon code DCS17GO) - that's an entire kit for $2.21! Just for attending the crop - which will be about "Fall-ing for you" - scrapping your favorite Autumn/Fall memories - you will receive an exclusive attendance gift that coordinates with the Autumn Apples kit. Use this attendance bonus and/or the Autumn Apples kit to create a LO that describes one thing you love about this time of the year, post it in the designated gallery (more information on that to come!) by 12:00 midnight EST, Thursday, October 12, 2006, and you will receive another exclusive add-on to the kit! That's two freebies - how can you beat that?Here's where you can take a peek at the crop add-on prizes for this week:Attendance BonusPosting BonusFeel free to post any questions concerning the Crop in this thread - I'll be happy to get you whatever information you need!
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Hope to see you there!

Are the pigs flying???

LOL I had to think of something crazy for the post title! I was the girl who would never go to a crop, much less host one, and here I am - hosting my VERY FIRST crop!!! Come on down and break in the "new girl" on the block - I'd love to meet you!!!!

As always...I love it when you "love me" - give me a holler and tell me what's new with you!

Can you beleive it??

I am hosting my very FIRST crop this Thursday night! I've posted a copy of the ad below for anyone who might be interested. I'd love to see you there - break me in, will ya???
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You KNOW you have an addiction.

You want so many of the shiny pretty scrappy things you see in the shops.

But what do you do when you get them "home" to your hard drive??

This Thursday night I am embarking on my "maiden voyage" as a crop hostess - that's right, I've NEVER done this before! I want to meet up with scrappers like myself who sometimes get stymied when they have a kit to work with - how do you take that first step in creating the LO that will say what YOU want it to?

Come and "break me in" at my first Crop this Thursday, October 5th, 9:00pm - 10:00 est in our Chat Room!

This week's featured kit is my "Autumn Apples" kit that's brand new THIS week! You can grab it for 50% off using our Grand Opening coupon (coupon code DCS17GO) - that's an entire kit for $2.21!

Just for attending the crop - which will be about "Fall-ing for you" - scrapping your favorite Autumn/Fall memories - you will receive an exclusive attendance gift that coordinates with the Autumn Apples kit. Use this attendance bonus and/or the Autumn Apples kit to create a LO that describes one thing you love about this time of the year, post it in the designated gallery (more information on that to come!) by 12:00 midnight EST, Thursday, October 12, 2006, and you will receive another exclusive add-on to the kit! That's two freebies - how can you beat that?

Here's where you can take a peek at the crop add-on prizes for this week:
Attendance Bonus
Posting Bonus

Feel free to post any questions concerning the Crop in this thread - I'll be happy to get you whatever information you need!

Hope to see you there!

*hugs*
Athena

Lots of GREAT News!!!

You know, if I posted more often, then it wouldn't have to be so packed with news - but life is what it is, right?

Before I forget...the second part of my blog being "tagged" was a list of 7 favorite songs. You have to understand, being the true Gemini that I am, the list is in a constant state of flux, but as of today, these are the favorites (in no particular order):

1. Mockingbird (version by Toby Keith & Krystal Covell)
2. Ain't No Other Man by Christina Aguilera
3. Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
4. Beast on the Mic by Cowboy Troy
5. Flirting by Jess Klein
6. Not That Kind by Anastacia
7. Eat the Rich by Aerosmith


There...it's done Michelle :P:P

O.K. BIG doings on the DigiScrapping front for me. First of all, the site, Creative Chicas, has re-opened today under the name "Digital Candie Shoppe" (http://candieshoppe.com). It is the same great store, wonderful designers, freebies, challenges, etc. just the name's changed. Actually..that's a little lie (rotfl) - we are ALWAYS striving to give you something new, and if you wander on over, you just might see some fun festivities to join in. I heard through the grapevine, that some crazy DCS Girl (that's what our designers are called) named Athena (have no CLUE who she is hehehe) is going to be hosting a crop, and in fact will make it a regular event.

The store is holding a fantastic Grand Opening sale with a 50% off coupon - here's a copy of the ad with the coupon:


It's only good from October 1st through the 7th, so don't miss it!

The second exciting thing is that I have been accepted as a member of the Element Team at Elemental Scraps! This team is responsible for working with the designers to create the great Mega Kits they offer every month, as well as all sorts of goodies that are given away as prized throughout the month. I'm in some amazing company there and I am excited to work with them.

And the last, but certainly not least in way of news - I have the honor of being one of the designers featured on the P4D (http://promos4digiscrappers.com) 2007 Breast Cancer Awareness Kit! Again, I am in some amazing company - a lot of the designers that I highly respect (lol..and buy from) are part of this - and it is for a VERY worthy cause! This will be a hard copy product, due to the overwhelming response from last year's Mega Kit, and if you read this month's ScrapBook Answers Magazine (http://www.scrapbookanswers.com/current_issue.html) there is an Ad for the P4D BCA fundraising kit. The magazine is sold in Barnes & Noble for sure (that's where I've been buying it), but you can also subscribe at the SA site itself.

That's all the news I have for now! Take care of yourselves, and thank you for reading!

I've been tagged...twice!

Holy cow...lol...I was tagged twice today by Michelle Conrad! The deal with "tagging" is you need to write 5 weird things about yourself or your pet, tag 5 friends and state the rules (which are, write the 5 weird things, tag 5 friends, and comment on their blog to let them know).

So here it goes....I can list ONLY 5 weird things...I have so many hheheee...

1. Love to bowl 10 pin (my sister calls me the "bowling geek") and own a pair of shoes just for that.
2. I absolutely CANNOT eat pineapple warm or hot (so no Hawaiian pizza for me!).
3. I love music - right now Toby Keith and Trace Adkins are my favorite "get going" songs.
4. I am not a chocolate eater (even during "that time" *weg*)
5. I can't start the lawnmower (I swear I can't, I'm not just saying it hon I swear!).

I'm tagging....mwaahahaha Michelle, Miss Tiina, Tanya & Rae Rae,
LilBumbleBee, and Poppy Andrews

Respect the X-acto knife!

I learned that really quickly not too long ago. I was removing pages from a clip art book with my brand new X-acto knife and I BARELY (and I am not kidding when I say barely) poked the palm of my hand with the tip. Oh my god did it sting and it bled a good bit too! The funny thing is, I am not know for my graceful movement - hence why my husband will call me "Grace" lol. I know I am a clutz, and yet I still bought the X-acto knife *weg*. I guess I am in denial hehheeh.

I am working on a new kit and some various goodies - and I promise that I will post previews and samples here for you - but in the meantime, here is a lonely piece of paper looking for a nice home to be scrapped in.

I will have the template available that I used for the pattern in the near future as well, so if that's something you are interested in, keep your eyes peeled!

::Download Here::

Please be aware that this download is through yousendit, so it's only good for 7 days and 100 downloads (whichever happens first lol).

Got a neat new blog toy!

I have to tell you about this service - for me it is invaluable! It's called Blogarithm (http://www.blogarithm.com/) and what it does, is it tracks changes to blogs you want the service to watch for you. No more hopping from page to page HOPING you didn't miss any! Once a day you get an email telling you which of your blogs changed the day before. I love, love LOVE it!

Today is a holiday for me here in the U.S. (Labor Day), but good GOD were there (and still are) major sales this weekend! And since I am the 'scrapwhore' you know I had to hit a few! I bought The View From The Top, Peacefulness, Summer Splash and Rock-N-Bowl by Cheryl Whitesel, Bejeweled , and the fancy border templates 1-5 by Kashiabean, Melonicious by SeaScraps, and Casual Mornings, Summer Lovin', Country America, and last but certainly not least, Earthy Fields by Michelle Conrad.

Now, before you think I truly have a nast addiction to scrap stuff, these kits were all on sale at The Daily Scrap for $1.50 per kit. Some of them still are, plus they have TONS more kits on sale, so head on over there to check out their deals. I think the sale ends completely tonight, thought I saw at least one of the kits I bought yesterday that was on sale, at full price today.

Oy vey...I guess I'd better get scrapping huh? LOL I also attended my first crop today at TDS which used the Summer Splash kit I bought yesterday (how advantageous say you!). Can you believe I've NEVER been to a crop before? I did attend another scheduled one somewhere else, but it had been cancelled (none of us knew), so we hung out and shared tips for scrapping. I got an attendance prize (we all did lol) and there will be a posting one if I can get my butt in gear and post a LO to the TDS gallery by Friday night. I'll have to keep you posted on that *weg*

Anyone want a goody???

Admit it...you thought that I'd forgotten you all. It's ok...it is completely my fault! At least three times this week I sat down to post and got caught up with something else - my bad! I have a bit of news for you - some may already know, some may not, but I have been hired on as a designer at Creative Chicas! I have to tell you - for a first experience with selling my designs, I couldn't ask for a better one. All of the ladies there are super nice, and I have a ton of fun there! I have my paisley flower brush set up there as a freebie (you guys got it first - woohoo!), as well as couple of new items that you HAVE'NT seen yet:

This is my "What a Beach" kit - you know how I am, I have to be a little tongue in cheek when I name stuff - hence the name of this kit lol.

And this was just added this morning! This is what happens when you are stuck on hold at work, and you find yourself playing with your office supplies *weg*.

To see larger previews of these items and a bunch of the other designers' offerings click here .

Now...on to your Labor Day weekend surprise goody!!!

I wanted to offer a sampler of my What a Beach kit to the people crazy enough to read my blog and put up with my insane ramblings (we won't mention the Red Sox today...they've had a rough month to put it mildly). So here's what you will get in your goody bag:

Not bad huh? Just a little something to keep those Summer memories alive *G*

::Download::

Don't forget to leave me 'some love' (as Traci Simms calls it) if you download!

All good things must come to an end *g*

Yes, it's true, tonight's post will give you the link to the final part of the Southwest Shabby Kit - the alpha's! Never fear though - there will be freebies every so often here - I can't NOT give you guys prizes, you know?

The last few days have been really odd here where I live; it's gone from humid and mid eighties to 65 and really breezy in a matter of a day. The meteorologist says it's not going to be on the warm side again until Monday. Heck, he even showed the low temp for Saturday as 48 degrees. 48 degrees?!?!?!?!? I'm not ready for it to be Fall again! I know the kids are going back to school soon (if they haven't already), and that makes some parents breathe a sigh of releif. To me, it just signifies all of the "lazy days" coming to an end, and that makes me a little sad.

Before I forget...here's the last preview and download for the Southwest Shabby kit. Congratulations! If you've downloaded all of the previous links (and I can see that you all have hot download fingers LOL!) then you will have the entire thing. Show me what you do with it - I am really interested to see how you express yourselves creatively!! I also realize that some people don't find rapidshare really friendly. I'm looking into alternatives for that, so be on the lookout.

::Download::

We have veggies!

I went out to the garden today and we have one ripe tomato, one pepper that is HUGE and another that is growing. I haven't seen any of the eggplants or the zuccinis yet - the flowers are there, but the vegetable isn't showing yet. My husband is the gardener (thank god) - I have a black thumb (killed cactus plants once). All I get to do is water it when needed when my husband is away. Thankfully, Mother Nature has been seeing to that *G*.

Here's the next installmet to the kit - I appreciate all of the wonderful comments you all have made!

::Download Here::

Weekend Freebie!

Hey my friends! I am so sorry..I did not make my 'regular' post yesterday - the day simply just got away from me. By the time I realized I hadn't given you a yell, it was almost 1:15 am - way too late (or early as the case may be) for me to make sense. Kinda of in a little bit of a funk - the Red Sox dropped both games in the double header to the Yankees yesterday. It just looked like they've run out of gas. Hoping that the remaining three games show them having more energy!

Here's the next portion of the free kit I've been offering - thank you for all of your kind words!

::Download::

Happy Humpday!

Yep..I'm REALLY late posting today - my apologies! I was messing with making some ribbons (of course I will share them with you...but not tonight *weg*), and it took me longer than usual to follow the tutorial I was using (some days I just have a teflon brain). Anyhow, I have your next piece of the kit - I would love to see how you use it, so feel free to drop me a line either here or at [scrpgoddess AT gmail DOT com] with a link to your project.

Enjoy!

::Download Here::

Monday Monday

Ick..it's Monday again :P Today it hit me harder than normally because I ended Saturday (and began Sunday) by having an severe insomniac "session". I got up at 8 AM on Saturday, went to bed at 11:30 PM Saturday night, but couldn't sleep. I made myself lay there until 1:42 AM, and then got up to do something other than stare at the ceiling. I was so wide awake I saw the sun come up lol. I fell asleep somewhere around 6:30 AM Sunday, but had to be up no later than 10 AM because I had a hair appointment (yep, on a Sunday *G*). Sunday night/Monday morning, I had to make sure my DH was up to leave for his business trip. So while I slept solidly when I was asleep, I was screwed up from getting up in the middle of the night. Tonight I should be absolutely OBLIVIOUS LOL! You'd have thought with all of that time awake I would have posted another installment of the SW Shabby kit, but nooooo...my remaining braincell was fried (Sorry about that!). Well, let me make up for it today by giving you the next part - some pretty neat brushes (if I do say so myself!).

Before you download...I need to make a request though...and I know it's happening (not telling you how though - you can figure that out heheh). Please do not forward the download links to the parts of this kit - if you want to share these goodies (and I am all for you doing that), would you please send people to the blog itself so they can download it? Thank you in advance - you guys are the BEST!

::Download Here::

Sunny Saturday Freebie

Before I get to the freebie, I have to apologize; I posted the wrong download link for yesterday's goodie! a HUGE thanks to Mary who let me know - the correct link is up on that post now that matches the preview. That's what happens when I'm watching the Red Sox play, carrying on a conversation with my DH AND posting *g*. Incase you didn't catch the game last night, they beat the Baltimore Orioles 9-2 - if you go to redsox.com you'll see some interesting highlights of the game (it had to be a good one, I was yelling at the T.V. again!).

Here's today's free portion of Shabby Southwest - enjoy!

::DoWnLoAd HeRe::

Frrrriday Freebie!

Yes, my friends it's Friday :-) My favorite part of the week is Friday as I am driving home from work, just because it's a time that's FULL of potential for all of the neat things I can get accomplished over the weekend. To celebrate my "favorite time of the week" - here's part two of the Southwest Shabby Free kit. I appreciate all of the nice comments that I've received thus far - you gals can make a girl blush!

::Download Here::

Just for you!!

I don't know how many of you are like this with your projects - but I work SEVERAL projects at once! I have a couple of scarves I'm knitting, a poncho/wrap I'm crocheting, a couple of jewelry projects, and of course the graphics and digital scrapping stuff. (No, I am not exagerating lol, anyone who knows me well, knows how spastic I can be.) I have several scrap bits and kits going at once, and I really wanted to finish ONE so that I could offer it to you. I posted the preview to the entire kit last night, but each night there will be a preview to show you what piece you are downloading for that day. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment, or as Traci Sims says..if you download, leave me some love. (Sorry Traci, I had to borrow that phrase..I love it!)



::Download Here::

Here's what you'll be getting!

I promised to post this yesterday, but as life has an awful habit of doing, plans changed....so here's a preview of the free kit I am offering - it will be downloadable in parts posted ever day (or two days) or so. If you download, please leave me a comment to let me know what you thought of it :-)

I FINALLY did it!!

I finally did it. I don't think pigs are flying, nor hell frozen over, but I posted my first layout in a gallery. I've been at odds with doing one, because I don't have any kids, and the DH isn’t really excited about being in any photographs. So, I did the next best thing, and shot one of his favorite spring/summer pursuits – the vegetable garden. My DH is a very technically minded, fix-anything-that's mechanical kind of guy, so when he first brought up having a veggie garden to me a few years ago, I was clearly skeptical. I have to say, he's got an amazing green thumb though – as opposed to mine which is black and withering *weg* (I killed cactus – need I say more?)

Anyhow, this is the layout I posted about his garden – a shot right after planting, with another taken today. Feel free to leave a comment about the layout – I would love some constructive criticism. And before I forget – I have a new kit that I am going to be giving away a piece at a time here starting within the next day or so. Keep your eyes peeled!

Here are the notes on my layout:

Kit Used: Melon In Paradise by Tracy Simms
Fonts Used: Amorie, Arial Black
Doodle by: Elemental Creations
Software: Photoshop CS2
Equipment: Wacom Graphire 3 Tablet
Journaling: My own (messy!) handwriting

Completed August 6th, 2006

Hot enough for you?

Every time I hear that question I just want to reach over and bitchslap the person that says it!! Obviously if it's hot enough for some fool to ask that moronic question, then it's DEFINITELY hot enough for me to be more than a little edgy.

I don't know what it is, but extreme heat (more so than the cold) seems to make people more spacey, short tempered, and given to saying (and doing) things that anyone with an ounce of common sense would know is a really bad idea. I'm no exception to this *weg*

My DH and I went out to run errands yesterday and found ourselves at 'Wally World' (WalMart), which is my least favorite place simply because there seems to be an abundance of people there who will look you straight in the eye and stop dead in front of something you are trying to look at. We were looking at a display of DVD's, and this family of several adults with toddlers stop RIGHT in front of us and begin looking at the very same display! One of them turned around and looked my DH right in the eye (as he was craning his neck around them to still see), and turned back around to look at the DVD's at their leisure. It was all I could do not to tap her on the shoulder and say, "Please, no hurry, whenever YOU'RE done, we'll get back to looking at the DVD's."

If that wasn't bad enough, I heard and saw no less than three sets of parents with kids allowing them to run wild, be loud, and yell at them because they didn't like what they were being told. Holy hell, if myself or one of my sisters had done that when we were kids, we would have been punished without blinking an eye. I don't have kids of my own, but I HAVE done 'long term rentals' (otherwise known as guardianship), taught sunday school (Yeah, I know...me...in a church...and it didn't implode on me!), and I can tell you that it's becoming more and more apparent to me that in a lot of cases, kids run their households; parents are just a figurehead. It's so sad....

And now that you've put up with my crazy ranting (definitely because of the heat and humidity here), I have a little goodie for you! I was playing around with alternate alpha type sets, and since I am a music freak, thought this was an appropriate start:-)

::Download Here::

I would love to hear from you if you download any of the goodies on this blog - tell me how you're using them! I love to see the different directions people's creativity goes in!

Never Say Never

Well, here I am.


I've visited blogs. I've even left a comment or two. I've NEVER considered actually publishing my own. I couldn't possibly have anything to say that you'd want to read - could I? Doesn't matter really; You are going to get the pleasure of my rambling anyhow :-). If you don't find my sense of humor (sarcastic, silly AND dry all in one shot), or my subject matter appealing, no worries; I won't be insulted. Variety is the 'spice of life' and I'd really hate to think that there wasn't at least one person who disagreed or couldn't relate to me. That's why I really like people who tend to think outside of the box - because frankly, it's awfully dark in there!

Alright, figured I'd provide you with a freebie brush set for scrapping, tagging, etc. formatted for photoshop. However, if you aren't a PS user, I also included the PNG files for you. Here's a preview of the set:

::Download Here::