November 2, 2008 — Joy Check out my new Ad Challenge fro November! If you have not tried this challenge yet, what are you waiting for?! It’s fun and you can get my FREE posting gift!!! This month, the inspiration is this travel ad for the country of Turkey - appropriate for this Thanksgiving month! I love the colors, the way the photos are arranged and overlapping a bit, and the clean, simple white space. Choose one or two things from this ad that inspire you and give it a go!! 1. Use anythin

One of my very favorite scrapbooking supply companies is Making Memories. They always have the most appealing assortments of papers and embellishments for crafting cards and scrapbook pages. They also have the most innovative tools and storage solutions and that’s great because I seriously need all the help I can get. I have a LOT of stuff in my crafting area. Too much stuff generally suffocates my creativity so I’m always looking for ways to organize my supplies that also look great. Right now

Design Team Inspirations November 3rd, 2008 Made With Love kicks off the 5th birthday celebrations with huge, much awaited specials for the wonderful customers with a series of Royal Decrees ! You have to agree that the Made With Love Gals are so much fun and how they think up of the quirky, one-of-a-kind themes for all of us is a mystery, but everyone looks forward to them !! Congratulations to Sophie (scrappylovey) for winning Leena’s October’s Challenge ! We all agreed her fresh, colourfu

I wish I had arrived two hours earlier; the crowd was in a massive line that extended 8 blocks from the statehouse, and there was still an hour and half wait time before the speech. A two-hour earlier head start could have, probably, given us the chance to actually see the man, in person, who could (who knows? it’s all up in the air!) become the President of the United States of America in only two days. But, when you’re traveling with four boys, two of them small, sometimes you just have to

I've been busy making updates to the site and future plans for Scrapbook Update. This is a busy time of year for the site! Here's a brief rundown of what is new and what is coming soon:The CHA Planning page has been updated to include links to the CHA Exhibitor Directory, the Scrapbook Update CHA Dining Guide, and new articles on traveling with technology (including a reference to available internet service at the various convention hotels) and packing for airport security. Watch for the Scrapb