Our Very FIRST Weekend Scrapbooking Retreat Is Almost Here!

I can't believe it's only 3 weeks away...our very first scrapbooking retreat! My friend Kelli and I run a monthly scrapbookers club in town and we decided to try our hand at hosting a retreat. Well, we're doing amazing! We're almost full and we have ppl coming in last minute to see if we have room left! This week we've been getting emails and phone calls. It's so exciting! We have to have final numbers in on Nov 11th. It's being held 5 min's from my house, so that's convenient for me! We have some special events taking place, demo's, classes..all free of charge AND we've decided to do a "Trade or Sell" event on Friday night along with 'Mock'tails. Bring anything you'd like to sell or trade off for something else! We're offering both weekend and day options and we have both filling up nicely, so we're really excited. We've already booked the conference center for next June and Nov!!

If anyone out there is interested in coming, send me an email and I'll send you all the details!! We're located an hour north of Toronto, an hour south of Barrie, right on Lake Simcoe. The rest will be in email. I wish all my US friends could come, would be so fun to meet everyone. I promise to post pics and details of all the fun we have.

Wedding Thank You Cards

As some of you know, my Aunt recently got married and we had fun making her invitations from a kit and then I was asked to make some place card markers for the kid's plates and I also made their Wedding Guest Book. So, when my Aunt recently talked to me about Thank You's, I looked into having them made and then asked if I could see what I could come up with on my own. My daughter and I went to Michaels last night and matched everything up to the invitations and this is what I came up with today. I really like them. They're simple yet classy. The flower is from the reception as well. We had them on the tables in place of confetti, so it was fun to bring those into the thank you cards. I have to say, I really loved putting all this together! My sister, cousin Nancy and I just finished an online wedding album for them as well and it's beautiful. Can't wait till we get it back so we can all get together and give it to them.

I just talked to my hubby he informed me that friends of ours, one of which is his co-worker, all have H1N1. They've been tested and diagnosed with it. His wife and 3 kids have it, so he's likely next, poor guys! Unfortunately, it's likely going to go through work now as well. I have had a sore throat the last couple days, but more irritating than anything. Today as the day progressed, it's gotten worse. Thank goodness we already have a dr's appt for a follow up for Ashleigh. Fingers crossed that I'm not getting sick :(

EDIT: WELL, GOOD NEWS IS THAT MY THROAT IS IRRITATED, BUT NO NEED FOR MEDS JUST YET, WAIT AND SEE! GREAT NEWS IS THAT OUR GIRL IS 100% BETTER! YAY! THAT FLU KICKS THE ENERGY RIGHT OUT OF YOU!

One last thing, I want to send a big birthday shout out to my friend Christine today!

Also, one more thing..today on Danni's Dreams, some very sad news was posted and I just want everyone to go and give their little one's a hug tonight. If you do pop over to Danni's blog, there's a special tree that's waiting to be planted and all the details can be found here.

There's A Sale Goin' On!

Hop on over to Stamps and Smiles new releases to take advantage of some huge savings! Save 20% on all Fall/Winter stamps and receive a goodie bag with every order! "This NEW release bundle is available at a special price for a limited time. Buy the whole stamp collection and save 25%, now through December 15th."

Stamps and Smiles is now selling digi stamps too and oh my, they are SO cute! Be sure to go have a look! Make sure to check often as new ones are being added as they become available!

My First Paper Tree!

This is it! This is what we are doing with our Scrapbooker's Club this Friday night. Kelli (we run the club together) found this idea on Tracey Mason's blog. Isn't it pretty? I wish my leaves were curled a little more, but I think it's pretty good for my first try! For this one, I used:

• Spray Adhesive
• Martha Stewart Course Glitter
• "Evensong" CTMH Paper pack (LV 2)
• 3x3" squares

You can find the instructions that I used by clicking on Tracey's site above. Kelli came up with her own cutting design so we don't waste as much paper, so stay tuned and I'll post those when I get them in my hands!

Regal Greetings and Gifts

I just wanted to let you all know that I've recently become a Regal Greetings and Gifts Rep. I now have an online webstore, which you can find in my sidebar. Each week there's a new special, I believe it runs Thursday - Thursday. You can find the specials under "Current Promotions". You can also view the catalogues online or if you would like your own, please let me know and I'll mail one out to you. You can now shop online as well. They have some amazing deals on cards in there as well as some cute Xmas gifts. Please feel free to check out my webstore and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me!

Guess What?! And A Little Guessing Game!

Hello everyone! I have an exciting announcement! I'm staying on as a designer for Stamps and Smiles "Project Tuesday"! I'm so excited as I love all the little projects they have done and I love all the little stamps too. I even chk'd today and my photo is up on the Project Tuesday blog!!

So, this Friday, we're having our monthly Scrapbooker's Club night and my friend Kelli found a great idea for a make and take. I just finished mine, waiting for it to dry and I'll get it posted. I was going to wait till tmw morning, but you know, I just don't think I can!! Let's see if anyone (besides our club members..lol) can guess what it is!! Here's a couple clues:

• about 6 inches in length
• LOTS of glitter
• rows of patterned paper

That's all you're getting or I'll be giving it away! LOL! Let's see what you think it is! Stay tuned for the 'answer'!!!

"Believing"

Here's another triangle box that I made, just to have one hand. These are so versatile, you could use them for anything. For this one, I decided to do it without stamps. I used:

• CTMH "Paper Garden" Lv 2 Stickease
• Paper from Michaels
• Curly Ribbon from Dollarama

Very simple, yet elegant. I hope you like it.

Project Tuesday: "Let It Snow, Let It Snow..."

This week at Project Tuesday, the project is to make a Triangle Box. All you need is one 5"x10" piece of CS and embellishments! It's that easy and looks so cute! Hope to see some of you play along! For my box, I used paper from Michaels and my second digi stamp!! Thank you, Jennifer!! You can find more of Jennifer's digi's over at Stamps and Smiles. I covered my image with adhesive and then sprinkled it with glitter. Now to fill it with candies and then I can attach it to a Christmas gift!

A Really Cute Witch and a Twilight Pumpkin!

Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Halloween. Andrew went out with his friends, I didn't get a picture as he wouldn't let me, plus, being 13, he didn't really dress up much! He did wear a mask, so that was something. Ashleigh was supposed to be Tinkerbell, but with being sick all week and it was a cold/damp night, we went with an old costume she had at last minute. It was really windy. She would have lost her wings. As it was, we had to run home and make a pitstop to add a ribbon tie to her hat. It wouldn't stay on. She did about 15 houses and then she asked to come home. We were home by 8. There was hardly any kid's out up in our area. We didn't have one child come to our door! A friend sent me the pumpkin via email. Is that cool or what?? That one's for all you Twilight fans. We have our very first retreat on "New Moon" opening night, so looks like I'll be waiting a couple days to see it, which will likely be to my benefit as far as lineups!

Have a great day!

"Play Along Monday's" Challenge #15 - What Can YOU Do With ONE Sheet Of CS??

Thank you for playing along last week! Hope to see you again this week!

This week's challenge is to show off what YOU can create with ONE piece of either CS or patterned paper! I did a little research and decided to try my hand at a one sheet box. Again, a fun and versatile project, you could use this for anything! This is another digi stamp from Stamps and Smiles. I used alot of colored fun flock on him and the christmas paper is from Michaels. Don't forget to upload a DIRECT link to your creations in Mister Linky! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!