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