..........

listening.... to the Minnutes Princess Girl (so not me)

eating...... grapes

drinking..... water

wearing..... pug pajamas

feeling...... like I could stay awake all night

weather...... cold (loving it!)

wanting..... to try out for this

needing..... some scrap time

thinking..... about the NSD Crop

enjoying..... the sound of a quiet house

wondering..... if I can get enough work done to justify a day at Disneyland with Nick next week

I walked in from filling orders today to find this:

Rascal had found the *one* spot of sunshine in the room.  He moves with it too.  

 Not happy about being woken up.

 He doesn't stay mad too long.  He knows who hands out the cookies......

Are my winners out there?

I haven't heard from two of you.  I'll give you until Monday night to respond and claim your prize.

WilliburgScrapper and Catherine.

If not, I'll pick two more winners.

This blog needs more.....

winners?  Did you think I was going to say Cowbell?  Because if you did, then you know me too well.  I love that phrase.

So.  More winners.  More Cowbell.  Anything that gets this week going.

Day 1 winner is: #26

WillieburgScrapper said...

In order of desire :)
Pink Paisley Daily Junque
Studio Calico/Crate Paper collection
Maya Road kraft embellies and wood buttons
Studio Calico Countryside
Tim Holtz stamps and embellies

Day 2 winner is: #11

Faye Marie said...

Love the layout!!! I did not do a december daily... I just finished up halloween layouts so I am a bit behind LOL :) Thanks for showing off yours!!!!!!!!

Day 3 winner is: #4

Catherine said...

I tend to buy what I love...I make it work with photos later. If I love the product, I know I'll love the resulting layouts.

Congrats ladies!  Email me at bmw1367 (at) gmail (dot) com to claim your prize.  I'm going back undercover for a few days to fill the amazing amount of orders that are sitting in the system and get some CHA photos edited.  I've got some cool products to show you that I found.  Some off the wall but SO CUTE things.

More favorites from CHA

So, I totally have a hard time when I see everything in person. I have to have one of everything.  In my first  Blog Hop post, I shared a few of the items I was looking forward to getting my hands on.

Well, here are a few more!
October Afternoon - all 3 lines (btw, they brought back the rubber charms.  SO cute!)

Basic Grey (For the rosettte challenged like myself)

Crate Paper Portrait (love, love, love)

Fancy Pants Artist Collection (I went a little crazy in this booth so if you love Fancy Pants, join me in my celebration)

More tiny alphas from Sass....

And have I mentioned that Hambly has WASHI TAPE now???

And let me tell you....I'm exhausted!  Walking the show floor for 4 days is exhausting.  Well, I was pretty much done after the first day.  Its so overwhelming to see everything and everyone AND try to make it around to see everything on the first day.

I have a stack of catalogs waiting for me to go through them and upload to the store.  Now the fun begins.

Watching it all arrive....

I have one more gift certificate to give away.  Leave a comment and tell me what your shopping strategy is.  Do you buy for a layout?  Buy the entire line? Mix and Match?

Comments close at midnight Tuesday 2/1/11.  I'll draw all 3 winners then.

Good luck!

Fashionably late

That's me.  This is the 4th year I've attempted a December Daily.  I do not work the same way Ali does in that I can't pre-make my album.  I always put it together as I go pulling pieces from my extensive holiday (and non-holiday) stash.

This year was no different.  Except, our sister site (Stash to Treasure) put out a kit and class that was a December Daily.

With the holidays and the store being extremely busy, my December Daily sat.  I had the cover and Day 1 completed.

I made a promise to myself this year that I would finish.  For the past 3 years I've started and then dropped the project getting as far as Day 11 one year.  Instead of trashing another half finished project, I am determined to finish.  Its like a resolution.

I saw January slipping away from me and no time to scrap.  Until.....the rain came.  2 weeks it rained.  And then the warehouse leaked.  This required a lot of rearranging on our part to keep the orders flowing through the system.  I also couldn't work during the day while construction was going on.  That pretty much left a lot of hours to scrap.

With a long list of layouts and card ideas in my mind, I turned to the December Daily.  I *will* finish this thing.

So here are days 1-14.  I'm slapping myself on the back for reaching a new point in this adventure.  Day 15 has been started and day 16-19 are planned.

Cover (used stitching templates from Kinsey Wilsons Etsy Shop)

Day 1 - Christmas Card photo (October Afternoon paper, Elles Studio tag, Shabby Chic Crafts Tag, Jillibean Soup tag, Jillibean Soup Christmas Chestnut Soup paper, Making Memories Bling)

 I card our card in two.

Day 2 - putting up the tree (Making Memories papers, Shabby Chic Crafts tags, Maya Road Kraft envelopes....)

Day 3 - Elf Yourself.

Day 4 & 5 - Elf on the Shelf and lights on the tree

Day 6 - Disneyland!

Day 7 - My one cool page.  I used a Starbucks coffee cup for the pictures of our drinks.

I added some detailed snowflakes on the front to enhance the ones already on the cup.

Day 8 - Santa

Day 9 - Christmas movies

Day 10 & 11 - Disney again (Having a pass is awesome!)

Day 12 & 13 more Disney

Day 14 Snow at Disneyland

Todays chance to win.  Leave a comment and tell me if you did a December Daily or other holiday recap project.  Link them up if you have then on your blogs or galleries somewhere!

Winners will be picked on Tuesday!

Blog Hoppin!

Welcome!  This is the second stop on the CHA Blog Hop.

With CHA just HOURS away I'm gearing up to make the drive to LA to see all of the new products.  I spend a lot of time in the same area as CHA for hockey games so this is 'my' town.  I love LA!

I also LOVE some of the new products debuting this weekend and cannot wait to get my hands on some of them.  Some of them have already been added to the store under the Pre-Order section because I just couldn't wait!

So what do I love?

Echo Park - this company hits it out of the 'park' with every line they release.  With monthly releases, it keeps fresh product coming in all the time.

I've got to have their latest line For the Record

And some of this embossed cardstock from Coredinations.

And pretty much everything from Maya Road.

And um, one of everything from Studio Calico....

These are just a few of the items I can't wait to get my hands on this Spring.

Leave me a comment here letting me know which lines or products you're looking forward to getting.  I'll pick a winner on Tuesday.  You'll get $10 Stash Cash to spend in the store!

Make sure you stop by the other blogs this week as well.  We all have 3 $10.00 Gift Certificates to give away.  Thats 27 chances to win!

Erica's Blog (You're here!)

Alyssa's Blog

Audrey's Blog

Bente's Blog

Danielle's Blog

Jessy's Blog

Lynette's Blog

Michelle's Blog

Store Blog

Remember my current obsession...

with Washi Tape?

yeah, well it just got worse.

I organized them in this cute drawer insert I got at Ikea for $3.00.  I might need another one.

Hambly just announced......

Since I can't fill orders OR work on the computer during the day due to construction in the warehouse, I'm finding myself organizing things that have gotten out of hand.

1. Photos
2. Washi Tape
3. Ink pads

I'll be posting later on that.