Snowman soup

Here is a great little idea I got from Valerie at the Inspired to Scrap site. She posted Snowman Soup over there and I instantly saved it to my brain for Nate to make for his Pre-K teachers.

He did this all on his own! I cut the paper with the border punch and stapled the paper to the bags, but he did the rest—filled the bags, wrote the tags and did the stickers. (PS: The kraft tags are from {embellish*ology} and they are fab!)

If you need a quick gift for a party this weekend, these were super fast to make, even for a four year old!

And, today is Christmas Eve! I love today—Nate gets to see Santa tonight at our family party. This is also the first Christmas Eve that my husband has to work. Big bummer! But he does have Christmas Day off this year, so that's good. Last year he worked Christmas Day, so this is OK. Compromises, right?! :)

If you celebrate the season... Merry Christmas from my family to yours!!

cutie bike card

I just placed an order with {embellish*ology} and remembered that I've yet to share some of my recent DT work with you.

I absolutely love working with Heather's tags, and I think you will, too. You can view her blog here.

Most importantly, you can SHOP here. And the shopping is the important part, right?! :)

Wanna know what I have coming to me? The Scalloped Circle Tags on Kraft and J'Adore Parisian Tags. Can't wait!!

thank you so much to these wonderful sponsors!

Today is the Benefit for Mike Lee, a local young man with a rare brain condition. I came to hear about this cause through Robin at La Bella Mela.

I really wanted to help out with the benefit, so I gathered up what ended up being quite a huge basket of scrapbooking goodies. I want to thank the wonderful people at the following places for their contribution to the scrapbooking basket that is available for auction at the event:

Flamingo Scraps
Scrapbook Circle
Your Memories Here
{embellish*ology}

Thank you again! And if you are near Rochester, the event is today from 2-10 at the Hilton Fireman's Exempt Club.

win some goodies, some inspiration and a lesson

First off, I had hoped to have something pretty cool to share with you today. However, I have learned a lesson—Glossy Accents does not dry quickly. It doesn't even dry slowly. It dries slower than slow.

So, my pretty little project is probably still in a half-state waiting for me to come home tonight and finish it up.

That was my lesson for you for today: Prepare well in advance when using Glossy Accents. :)


Second, you could win a Teresa Collins Documented Envelope Album Kit or a Teresa Collins Family Matters Clipboard Cover Kit. Scoot on over to the A Scrappy Design blog, where Heather from {embellish*ology} is hosting a giveaway, sponsored by LiveTeachCreate. Good luck!!


And lastly, I need to post a pretty picture to keep your creativity flowing.

Source: Rose Cottage Boutique

Found these lil cuties in an Etsy treasury for fall. Maybe they will inspire you to start working on those fall projects... maybe even dig out the owl embellies! I know I have some hiding somewhere!

Happy Monday!! :)


PS: The DT for Sketchy Thursdays has been chosen and will be announced soon! I want everyone who applied to know that I truly wish I could have picked you all. Choosing a DT is the hardest part of this process. I really do find something great in each and every applicant and it is so difficult to turn anyone down. Just wanted to say that...

{embellish*ology} halloween mini album

Heather, from the A Scrappy Design blog, has started a wonderful design adventure with {embellish*ology}. You can find her cute creations popping up everywhere, including a bike tag in the Scrapbook Circle September kit.


I had the chance to work with the new Halloween items in the shop and they are fab!! I made a mini album from a single sheet of 12x12 paper, and I love how it turned out.

It is the perfect quick gift that anyone could put together. You don't need a binding machine, you don't even need a chipboard mini on hand.


Take a look at THIS POST HERE for the tutorial and download the PDF if you like visual directions. And don't forget to check out the shop for all of the wonderful tags and such. Great stuff there!!!

Happy Labor Day weekend to those of you who are celebrating! I don't know about you, but for me Labor Day is the green light for celebrating all things Fall...especially Halloween!!! :)

halloween anyone?

Happy Saturday! Lately, I've been working on my DT reveals for {embellish*ology}. I can't wait until we can share with you.

These items are so fun, versatile and most importantly cute, cute, cute!!!


Here is a sneak to get you thinking about your shopping list! :) Have a great weekend!

who's that girl #14 and {embellish*ology}

Hello! Today I'm sharing with you my page for Who's That Girl challenge #14: Dream Job. I'm so lucky to already be working my dream job.

I graduated college hoping to work in magazine publishing, and here I am—Print Production Coordinator for NextStepU Magazine. I am the only on-staff graphic designer there, and I love what I do. I've been there for more than 8 years.


So, we want to know what your dream job is! Link up your page HERE at Who's That Girl.

Do you see those wonderful letters framing the image on this page? (Which, by the way, the image is a graphic representation of the Adobe Creative Suite 4 icons. See the purple ID one? That's my favorite—InDesign—I LOVE that program! Like, LOVE it! Sigh, I'm such a design geek, LOL!)

Anyway... the letters are from {embellish*ology}. Heather, from A Scrappy Design, has started a new venture, and these letters are a part of that.


I got my hands on a digi file from Heather and printed the letters out on Jillibean Soup paper, but you can get your very own alphas from her shop, {embellish*ology}. Click on over there today and check it out! You may recognize the bike tags I posted last Wednesday. :)

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope to see some of your Dream Jobs over on WTG!