My sweet friend Jennifer has put together a wonderful card drive for eight sick kids and their families. I know this time of year is busy, but I think we all know how far a little card and some cheer can go.
Please take a moment to visit her blog to check out the details and meet the kids. Thank you!
Happy December everyone!!! :)
Do you know the lovely and talented Shimelle? Of course you do :) I had the pleasure of hanging out with her here in NYC a couple of weeks ago and now I also have the pleasure of giving away a spot in her infamous Journal Your Christmas workshop.
Here's a little more info...
Every year, Journal your Christmas includes daily prompts from the 1st of December to the 6th of January, the twelfth day of Christmas. The 37 illustrated PDF files are delivered straight to your inbox so you can read them over your first cup of coffee and mull over each topic for a full day. There’s also an archive of the class materials online in case you can’t get to your email or in case something dreadful happens to your computer. And like every year, you can go it alone or be as social as you like, with a private discussion forum where you’ll find other Christmas journallers who will cheer you on and share your excitement, but if you prefer to stick to the prompts only, that’s completely fine too. And like every year, if you’re participated once, you can join us every Christmas for as long as you like at no extra cost.
In addition to ideas for writing topics and styles and notes on photos not to miss, the 37 prompts include more than 300 scrapbook pages to inspire your crafting creativity.
Of course, every Christmas needs a little something new, so this year’s additions include:
…a guide to preparing your album this month so you can scrap through the busy schedule of December
…a printable Christmas planner to help keep things from getting crazy in the countdown to the big day
…new printable accents for paper scrappers
…a digital kit absolutely crammed full of papers, templates, overlays, lettering and embellishments designed just for the class
…a bonus workbook on getting the best photographs possible this
Christmas, with advice and examples from dozens of professional
photographers.
so there is plenty to keep things exciting whether this is your first Christmas journal or your fifth.
Like all online scrapbooking classes at shimelle.com, Journal your Christmas includes
…permanent access to all class materials
…private forum for discussion and sharing your work
…prompts delivered straight to your inbox
…ongoing membership — pay just once and participate as many years as you would like at no additional cost.
I think this might be the coolest giveaway I've gotten to do. Woot woot.
Leave a comment here and I'll draw a winner by Tuesday morning so you can get started on the class :) Happy last day of November everyone!
I am off in London, but pre-scheduled this little post to take part in May and Stephenie's fabulous Giving Thanks Blog Hop. I feel have much to be thankful for this year more than ever. So to share something with both the family and gratitude theme.
Those of you who know me, know that food is a very big (and happy) part of my life. At Thanksgiving my dad makes these amazing pumpkn bars... and every year I am so thankful he does :) They are amazing. And frankly - I don't do the cooking, I just do the eating. But I think that I could even manage this great recipe:
1 (18 oz.) box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup margarine, melted
4 eggs
1 (30 oz.) can pumpkin (not pie filling)
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup evaporated milk
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup nuts
1/4 cup margarine
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 13 x 9-inch pan.
Remove 1 cup cake mix and reserve.
In
a small bowl, lightly beat 1 egg. In a large bowl, stir together
remaining cake mix, melted butter and beaten eggs. Press into pan.
In
large bowl, lightly beat remaining eggs. Stir in pumpkin, 1/2 cup
sugar, brown sugar, evaporated milk and cinnamon. Pour over cake
mixture.
To the remaining 1 cup cake mix, add 1/2 cup sugar,
walnuts and 1/4 cup butter. Mix until crumbly and sprinkle over pumpkin
mixture.
Bake at 350F 50 to 60 minutes. ENJOY!!!
Thanks to May and Steph for all they do for me and for inviting me to be part of this fun holiday inspiration! Hope you will check out all the fabulous other blogs giving thanks this week...
Becky
Novacek
Debbie Hodge
Jennifer McGuire
Jodie McNally
Lain Ehmann
Lisa Dickinson
Liz Hicks
Margie Romney-Aslett
Margot Potter
May Flaum
Patti Milazzo
Rhonna Farrer
Stacey Kingman
Stephenie Hamen
Wendy Smedley
Enjoy!
There is a month long series of classes called DIY Holiday Gifts and I've put together one on creating an advent calendar out of envelopes. I think this would be a perfect gift to give someone... fill the envelopes with tiny presents or gift cards, or write down special memories or things you love about someone for them to open each day.
Check out the PDF with instructions for each day and a supply list on the site here.
I thought the mid-month Garden was really amazing this month... check it out righty here. Love the Thanksgiving and thankful layouts :) Also, I saw that Studio Calico's new Home Front collection is in at 2ps... lookee here!!! A box of it is on it's way to me and I cannot wait to play!
Fiskars also has some fabulous gift ideas going up on their website every day this month... clickity click here.
Be back soon... have a great week everyone!!!
I am still alive.
An insane 2 week apartment search, crazy moving day, no internet connection (i've just paid $8 to use the internet at starbucks here uggggh), and friends in town have left me with no time online lately. However, I now l ive in an amazing apartment on the Upper West Side in Manhattan... and it's really a dream come true for me. I am happy happy happy.
So a few things to share... first I am guesting over at Inspired Blueprints. It was fun doing someone else's sketch for a change! :) You can heck out what the team did here and here's my layout...
And one I made to submit...**REMOVED FOR PUB IN APRIL ST**
I also realized I never posted my layouts from the last two weeks of my Fun with Type class :( These were some of my favorite layouts so I still wanted to share here. This is Week Three - making word art with stamps...
And this is Week Four - using up those extra letter stickers...
I recently had dinner again at BOKA (where those photos were taken in the twenty-seven layout) and it still remains one of my favorite restaurants in Chicago. I definitely, definitely recommend it if you're in town and looking to put on a pretty dress and go out for a good dinner.
One more thing... I was THRILLED to be asked to teach at Scrap Fever in London next year!
So excited!!! Registration info can be found here. Um, did I mention I'm excited?! ;)
I've got a nice vacation to Miami coming up this week (fingers crossed for some-any-a-little-bit-of sunshine) and will have more to share when I return. Have a great weekend everyone!
The year isn't over but I thought it would be fun to do a post about the progress on my 27 things list. This is a layout I did back in January for the 2ps Garden. I've got a few things to cross of the list :)
1. Visit a state I've never been to - no, but going to Spain for the first time in Nov. Does that count?I'm taking a break from NYC in a very chilly Chicago this week. Despite the cold, I'm very happy to be here :)
Wanted to let you know that Week Two of my Fun with Type class is up at 2ps today. Click here for this week's lesson.
This week is about using fonts to create fun word art and combining with your QK Silhouette for layouts. I love fonts. That's probably no surprise, right?
Have a good week, everyone!
Monday was the start of my new free class at 2ps called "Fun with Type" - you can find the first lesson right here. If you know me, you know that I love fonts and text and everything typography.
Here's a little peek at the first layout. Hope you'll come check it out :)
The theme for this months Garden is also typography. Love it. Here's one of my layouts...
I played around with a bunch of fonts in Illustrator to create my journaling block. It tells the story of the corner of Columbus and 79th... where Sarah and I spotted Matt Dillon and Michael Richards aka Kramer all within some very silly seconds :)
Also, remember this layout I did for the Garden with the 27 things I wanted to do my 27th year?
I am slowly but surely crossing things off this list :) Will try to post an update on my progress very soon!
