TRUE Scrap 4 Give Away!
Look, up in the sky! Is that a bird? A plane? NO! It's TRUE SCRAP 4, coming Oct. 19-20! True Scrap 4 is the galaxy's ONLY online, live scrapbooking and papercrafting experience. With 15 A - list...
View ArticleMeal Planning Fail
She knew when she saw the meal planning refrigerator sticker that it was just what she needed to give this "figuring out what we are going to eat before we all get hungry" thing a shot. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleTrue Scrap 4 Class Pass winner!
The Random Number Generator selected: Jean Hogarth said... Would love to join the amazing super-heros in their True Scrap quest, so I watched the video and signed up for more info. Hope I win! Jean, I...
View ArticleIt is not too late to sign up for True Scrap 4!
True Scrap 4 I know...I am one of the teachers at this event and that is why I am promoting it - right? Yes. But also, it is really one of my favorite events. I am super excited about attending...
View ArticleGrumbling Gourds Guard our Grub...or Halloween Decorations on Our Kitchen Table
Always having a bit of an anthropomorphic bent to my nature, I immediately named everyone of these guys. This is Sigmund. Obvioulsy, a nod to the Sigmund the Seamonster from H.R. Pufnstuf. Aloe plant +...
View ArticleSewing: How hard could it be?
1 Dog bed: slightly chewed. Trimmed the frayed pieces. Taped edge down with fun masking tape. Sewed up with equally fun thread. Sewing: nailed it!
View ArticleGetting Ready for Christmas a Little Every Day: De-Halloweening the House
I put on our first Christmas songs of the season (Santa Clause is Coming to Town by the Jackson 5) and gave my family the terms: see how much of the house you can de-Halloween by the end of the...
View ArticleThankful Mini Journals
We started "What Makes Me Happy" journals last November. We were all about them for 2 weeks and then...I don't know what happened. We kinda just stopped. Perfectionist me would have seen this as a...
View ArticleGetting Ready Christmas a Little Everyday: Decorating
This my upstairs hallway. Halloween items being packed up on the left and Christmas being unpacked on the right. I set a goal to pull this all out and take only 1 week to decorate my house. And then I...
View ArticleCurrent Obsession: The Big Bang Theory
Of course I print out an episode list from on line so I can chart what we watch...I mean, who doesn't? Right? I LOVE falling for a show that already is comfortably running in syndication. Or is...
View ArticleLists with Friends: Week 1
My December Daily supplies are still sitting there...unused. (Maybe a February Daily...less days and less distractions.)
View ArticleIf only thinking about blogging were the same as blogging...
I spent the last 24 hours planning out posts for both my blog (fingers crossed that I rememeber I am doing this again) and for David's blog Laughing With Aspergers.
View ArticleLists with Friends: Week 2 : What is up with my hands?
1. Pinterst injury. I. Kid. You. Not. Scrolling on my phone did this. 6 weeks of a brace. Did I learn my lesson?
View ArticleLists With Friends: Week 3: The Books I Need to Read Like Right Now
These are all books that are sitting in my house and just waiting for me to read them because on any given day I could freak right out about any of these topics. Freak. Right. Out. 1. Cleaning House....
View ArticleMy personal kind of crazy: The Calendar
I got a new calendar this week. That probably seems normal. But wait. I got my first new calendar back in October. It was red (favorite color) and had the "Be Calm and Carry On" WWII British saying on...
View ArticleLists With Friends: Week 4: The Gray Sweatshirt
Days I wore the gray sweatshirt: Monday - Evening errands Tuesday - In the morning until I had to leave the house. Wednesday - During the day at home. Thursday - Just at home until I forgot and wore it...
View ArticleBook Review: Darcy and Elizabeth: A Season of Courtship by Sharon Lathan
On a particularly melancholy afternoon, I picked up Darcy and Elizabeth: A Season of Courtship. I drew myself a warm bath and poured a glass of campaign. It was 2 in the afternoon... While imbibing at...
View ArticleBook Review: Mr. Darcy and the Secret of Becoming a Gentleman by Maria Hamilton
By the beginning of Chapter 2, I found myself searching for additional titles that Maria Hamilton might have written.
View ArticleWin a spot in True Scrap 6
I'm giving away one spot in this one-of-a-kind event. Here's what you need to do:
View ArticleTrue Scrap Class Winner
Here is the link to all the True Scrap Winners from the blogs that held the contest: WINNERS If you’re a winner, please email support (at) layoutaday.com by midnight on Sunday, October 12 to claim your...
View ArticleTrue Scrap Discount Code
So this is the time I ALMOST bought an adult sized Wonder Woman pajama SET with cape attached. It spoke to my former, Underoos loving self. But I didn't get it. Maybe if the cape had been detachable...
View ArticleBad Interview Means a Good Class, Right? (RE: True Scrap 6 Classes Start...
Thankfully, I am not famous because I am kinda a disaster with interviews.
View ArticleHow I Ended Up Walking Down I-20 Asking Random Motorists to Zip Up My Dress
I want to be elegant. And stress free. And low maintenance. And easy to invite to a surprise party. But honestly, the more I try, the bigger the disaster.
View ArticleLists with Friends: Week 43: Foods We Do Not Eat At Our House...Anymore
We have become gluten free, vegans who still eat meat but not animal products. And before you congratulate us, you should know we are really rather ticked off about it.
View ArticleTeaching Romeo and Juliet in One Day
So how did a Literature major who loves theater decide to only spend 1 day teaching her kids the story of Romeo and Juliet? There isn't enough time to get to everything. I have to make choices.
View ArticleA Thank You Mini-Scrapbook for Our Last Trip to See Our Mall Santa
Last year, I knew it was the end of the era of dragging my teenage boys to see our Santa at the mall. We are fortunate that we have lived in one place for the past 16 years and have gotten to visit...
View ArticleResolutions 2015
Resolutions: 1. Blog every day. Ummm, starting on January 2. And then, probably just on weekdays.... Not that I have lots of important things to say, but I miss writing. And I need an outlet to get...
View ArticleThe moment I realized I was more like Marie than Deborah
Him: I get 3 free magazines for a year. Which ones do you want? Entertainment Weekly, Better Homes and Gardens, Guns and Ammo, Horse and Hound...
View ArticleMy Creative Process / True Scrap 7
Come sign up for the class I bled on this time: Kelli Crowe – For the Love of (Scrap)Books We know it’s important to get ourselves in our scrapbooks, but sometimes knowing where to start is tough. We...
View ArticleAmy Tangerine and Jamie Waters' new online class!
Amy Tangerine + Jamie Waters + a new online class = YES PLEASE! The 5 part class, The Creative Life: Documented, features over 50 never seen before projects. You may already know that Amy and Jamie...
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