I’ve been wanting to scrap this little picture of me and was prompted by this idea of Lain’s. A little compare and contrast of me and Natalie. Pictures are both at 21 months, give or take a few weeks. : )
Goodness Gracious!
November 2, 2007 at 12:34 pm (Contests, Creativity)
So … last week I left a comment on Margaret’s blog. She’s a Simple Scrapbook gal who’s work I love and she was giving away a few Halloween scrapbook goodies from her stash. Guess what arrived in the mail today?! My. Goodness. She was MORE than generous with her goodies, and she also sent me an email saying she was slipping in a few “girlie” things since she noticed I had one or two (or three) of them hanging around my house!
This is the pile of Halloween/Fall/beautifully orange scrapbooking goodies:
And here is the “girl” pile!
Thank you! Thank you! I will thoroughly enjoy these treats (and I especially love that they are calorie-free). : ) Ooooh, what to play with first…
Fall Y’all ~ The Bloggy Giveaway is Happening!
October 29, 2007 at 6:41 am (Contests, Creativity)
Welcome and happy Monday!
If you are new to my blog (here via the Bloggy Giveaway hosted by Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer), welcome. : ) I’m Stephanie, stay-at-home-mama of three girls, child of King … oh, and I like to make things! : ) In what little spare time I have, I enjoy creating invitations, notepads, notecards, and scrapbook. I love me some paper and pens.
So, without further ado, the goodies. : )
Up for grabs is a personalized notepad for you and your family. You can see a sample here:
It is 8.5 x 5.5 and can be lined or unlined (50 sheets per pad). I’ll personalize it with your family name at the top … the bottom will have your husband, you, and then children. (If you are single and win this post, we’ll talk and can fix you up as well). : ) I love making these for friends … they work well for thank you notes or notes to your child’s teacher at school. You can see some more samples of these (and other projects I’ve done) at my Punkin’ Press website if you are interested.
So, let the giveaway begin! (See Shannon’s post here for all the official rules and what not and PLEASE leave me a valid email address so I can contact the winner. Duplicate comments and those without emails will not be entered into the drawing).
Thanks for stopping by!
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!
Recent Creativity
October 26, 2007 at 6:47 pm (Creativity)
I’ve done a few projects lately … actually found the top of my desk so I could scrap a bit and am now itching to do more. : )
{ Painted Frames }
Noelle is making these for the Sunday School teachers this year for Christmas. A plain wooden frame from Joann’s/Michael’s, covered with paint (nothing fancy, just the stuff in the 50 cent bottle), and a ribbon. I’m not too happy with my first attempt here at my ribbon, but it’s a start. : ) Note: We won’t be giving the frame with a copy of our 2004 Christmas picture in it … I just put that in there for show. Look how little Noelle looks!
This one was her own creation other than the base idea which came from this site.
{ A Real Scrapbook Layout }
All I can say is if you are a scrapper and you do not have a copy of THIS BOOK, you need to buy it or make sure it is on your Christmas list this year! (Note: I love Creating Keepsakes magazine and you can buy this from their website, you can get it about $10 cheaper from Amazon.com). Becky (Higgins) herself has done all the pages in this book and the layouts are arranged by the number of pictures that you want to highlight. Love that. This layout was inspired by one that she did in the book summarizing several activities on a 2-page spread. While I had some great pictures (and memories) from several showers I went to and hosted this summer, there weren’t enough to justify their own page. I combined them all on this layout and loved the result.
{ Mini Album }
Another inspired project … last month I went away for a girls’ weekend in Gatlinburg and took these little mini albums along. I was a little fearful that the other girls would think I was a total nerd for making them do this project, but thankfully they all loved it. These mini books were based from a project in Stacy Julian’s The Big Picture book.
I made them out of two strips of white cardstock (12 inches x 4 inches), glued together and folded in an accordion style. The “front side” was used to write little encouraging notes to one another:
And the back was used for photos of everyone:
I had one empty square left on the front side (because one of our girls couldn’t come on the trip) and I used that for a cropped picture of our group shot. This is a neat little memento, not just of the trip, but of the friendships I have with my Girls’ Night Out group. We’ve been getting together every other month for about 12 years now … we started right after the first in our group got married and before anyone had kids. My, things have changed. : )
Okay, my apologies for the heavy picture post! Have a wonderful Saturday and hopefully you are enjoying cooler fall weather like we are. We are going to attempt a family picture today for our Christmas cards and an extended family portrait with my side of the family!
Back and Forth
October 25, 2007 at 3:12 pm (Blog Stuff, Contests, Creativity)
but I’ve finally decided.
I’ll be participating on Monday.
Check back on Monday to see what’s up for grabs!
Thanks, Shannon, for hosting! : )
Crafty Fun
October 12, 2007 at 1:24 pm (Creativity)
Check out this cool project over at ScrapHappy! It’s a nifty coupon organizer made out of a photo album. I saw this and immediately thought “stocking stuffer” for my Mom. : ) You can head over to Lain’s site for the full instructions but this is what mine turned out like:
I really wanted to use rub-ons letters like Lain did on the cover, but I tend to hoard them and just couldn’t do it. : ) So my cover is pretty simple.
You can see some of my tags here … I have “crafty”, “restaurants”, “grocery”, “office supply”, “target”, etc., but you could do whatever you need and however many that you want. I just have six, but I went ahead and punched extra tags that I can stick on if I need them. Lain also had a cool idea to slip a gift card or two in the appropriate tabs if you are making this for a gift. All of this with a total cost of only $1 for the photo album at Walmart … everything else I had!
Anyway, she has other Christmas project like this up on her blog, so head over if you are need ideas for goodies to make … I’m going to try this one out next, I think. : )
Dog Days Winner!!
July 27, 2007 at 6:11 am (Contests, Creativity)
This has been a wild and crazy week! Thank you all so much for your entries and comments on my little goodies. I’ve enjoyed each and every email that’s come in. All 344 of them … and I had a comment from a long ago college choir friend who found my blog! : )
A couple questions were asked in the comments through the week about my prizes so hopefully this will catch everyone that asked … if not, leave me a note or email me.
~ if you don’t win and would still like a set of personalized notepads for your family, the price for these is $12. That gets you two (2) 50 sheet notepads, 8.5 x 5.5 size. Shipping (priority mail) is additional. If you are interested in having some made for your family, leave me a comment WITH AN EMAIL and I’ll be happy to make you some.
~ I had a couple questions about the altered binder. While I would love to make these for sale and custom make them, I’m afraid I would be setting myself up (and others) for disappointment if I do that right now. (Three littles, three and under … I know you understand!) However, I will occasionally premake them and post a picture here and they will be available on a first-come basis. And for those of you that are crafty and want to try this on your own, the instructions I used are here. So bookmark me, because you may see them turn up occasionally. : )
~ Lastly, someone asked me where I found the binder size that I used (8.5 x 5.5). This particular binder I bought at Walmart, but I know you can also find them at Office Depot and Staples.
And now, the winners! And a photo-documentary of the judging!
First, the entries!
The assistant! (Please disregard the doghair on the floor … we have two siberian huskies that are summer-time shedding and since 3/5ths of the house is still asleep, I haven’t done the morning vacuum run yet). : )
And, the moment you’ve all been waiting for … the winner of the notepad is PlaidHearts/Dawn!!
And, the winner of the binder was PastorMac’s Ann!
Congratulations, ladies! I’ll be sending you an email, but if you see this before I get to it (kids wanting breakfast and all) shoot me an email!
And, always, thanks to Shannon for hosting this fun giveaway!
Bloggy Giveaway
July 17, 2007 at 9:29 am (Blog Stuff, Contests, Creativity)
If you haven’t heard …
Shannon @ Rocks in My Dryer is hosting the great bloggy giveaway next week! Check back here for a chance to win at least one (maybe two if I get busy) Punkin’ Press goodies.
You can click the graphic in my sidebar for more info on how to enter to win and/or participate with a giveaway of your own. Thanks Shannon for hosting this! : )
In response…
July 12, 2007 at 1:40 pm (Creativity)
to those of you that asked about me making you an address book binder …
I’m not ignoring you! : ) I’ve been swamped with life and girls and LAUNDRY. : ) Let me do some thinking and I’ll let you know if I think I could do them and for how much.
Thanks for asking!
Honor Your Husband post hopefully to come sometime before this week is over!
Another fun project
July 10, 2007 at 12:05 pm (Creativity)
… and super easy. The inspiration and instructions came from this site.
I got frustrated with never having enough room for all the info I wanted to list in my address book … lines to short for email addresses, not enough phone lines (because everyone has a home phone, cell phone, work phone, etc.) and on and on … so I made my own. Font is CK Marissa, one of my favorites.
You can click each photo to see larger in Flickr.
Olive Tree 