I’m really excited to share a layout using the New York, New York kit from Little Feet Digital Designs !! We were in NY a few years ago as a family and had a great great time. I did paper layouts for each activity we did but I wanted to make one that kind of summed up our whole trip. Hello, love this kit, and we love NY!
And, for those of you who have photos that aren’t quite perfect or not exactly the right thing, I say…use them anyway! Are we all a little squinty in these photos? yup, did I use them anyway? absolutely. Better squinty photos with your memories than none at all!!
I’m busy making layouts for my CT work at Little Feet Digital Designs (which I’ll be able to share here as soon as they are in her shop!) Today I thought I’d share a layout I just finished using The Digi Files #62 kit called Dazzled by Connie Prince. If you are digital scrapbooker, check out the Digi-Game at The Daily Digit…it is a truly awesome value 7 kits every month for $7.99!
I managed to apply one layout to four class assignments for Big Picture Classes (!) I so love ticking things off a list and I love the chance to tell stories!
Hello all my scrappy friends….and even my non-scrappy/not quite so scrappy friends! I am thrilled to have a give away for you !! As I mentioned a few months ago, I was asked to contribute content to the Art + Science of Scrapbooking re-run class at Big Picture Classes. The class is going to start running this month!!!! (insert hand clapping and jumping up and down!!) In honor of this, I have one seat in A+S to give away to one of my blog/facebook/twitter followers!!
Here is the info on the class:
Art + Science of Scrapbooking, 16 brain-boosting challenges to strengthen your creative process taught by Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson
Are you a right-brained person who embraces possibility and spontaneity, thrives on imagination, relies on feelings, and thinks in symbols and images? Are you a left-brained person who practices strategy and order, finds comfort in facts, relies on logic, and thinks in words and language?
The answer to both questions is “yes!” In The Art + Science of Scrapbooking, a mind-bending workshop from Stacy Julian and Jennifer Wilson, you’ll learn to harness the creative power of both sides of your brain.
In four illuminating weeks, right-brainer Stacy Julian and left-brainer Jennifer Wilson will help you embrace your natural cognitive strengths. But they’ll also challenge themselves, each other, and YOU to find a new sense of balance and power as you explore the other side of your brain.
Read rest of description here
Link to Promotional video on YouTube
To enter, leave a comment here on my blog, or on my twitter feed or on this post via Facebook. I will put them all together and draw the winner on Monday. Contest Closes at Midnight, EST, Tuesday May 6th. Good luck and even if you don’t win the free seat, I hope you will join us in the classroom!!
AND THE WINNER IS !
Thanks for this giveaway! It would b awesome to be in this class!!!
Thank you everyone who popped over and entered, I’m so excited for the class to begin!
Yup, a whole holiday devoted to one of my favorite hobbies!! One of my favorite places to take classes is Big Picture Classes and they will be hosting a FREE online event tomorrow from 9-6 pst. Hope on over to their site HERE and sign up. It will be tons of fun with give-aways, challenges and loads of inspiration!!
National Scrapbook Day “10k”
On National Scrapbook Day 2014, come help us complete our very first “10k”—together we’re racing to add 10,000 new scrapbook pages to Instagram in just one day!
Sign up now for this FREE, one-day, online event brought to you by Big Picture Classes and Studio Calico. Ten expert scrapbookers will be sharing ideas and inspiration throughout the day, from inside a private online classroom.
Whether you follow the instructors’ lead or scrapbook to the beat of your own drum, we invite you to take pictures of your creations and post them to Instagram (hashtag #NSD10k) on May 3, 2014, for a chance to win great prizes from Studio Calico and our other generous sponsors.
Win great prizes from top scrapbooking companies!
Stock up on deeply discounted product kits now through May 3rd!
Leading up to National Scrapbook Day, Studio Calico is deeply discounting eight fun and fabulous kits just for “10k” participants—only $10 each while supplies last. Details, links, and coupon codes are available in our online classroom immediately upon registration. You’ll also love Studio Calico’s exclusive National Scrapbook Day kit, which will be available to “10k” participants on May 3 ONLY for just $19.99, including shipping anywhere in the world.
Special thanks to our Team 10k members:
Come scrapbook with us on National Scrapbook Day 2014!
Price:
FREE!Just add to your cart and checkout to gain access!
Duration:
10 Hours
Crop Begins:
May 3, 2014 at 9:00am PT
Crop Ends:
May 3, 2014 at 6:00pm PT
Register Today!
Registration End:
Registration will close May 3rd, 2014 at 6:00pm PT
Awhile back, I posted about the stacks of fabric needing to be magically transformed into projects. I am happy to report that I managed to complete 9 pairs of PJ pants…plus one. Yes, I am insane, 10 pairs of pj pants. I suppose technically they were 3 pairs of fleecy/sweatpants and 7 pairs of pj bottoms…. but 10 none the less.
yes, this is what it looks like “in process”
The girls had picked out 3 flannel fabrics and a fleece fabric each. As I was going through my stash (another post for another day) I found a big piece of flannel so I could make pants for Charlie and a length of orange cotton fleece that I had bought on sale to make Gwen something. Since the pants for the girls would all take the same pattern, and it’s the same assembly routine for all the pants, I decided to go for it and make them all up at once. I sewed in two batches, two of the fabrics were on the light side so I made those up with cream thread and the rest were in black, this saves me having to re-thread my serger for each color.
When I have a number of the same things to make, I do all the operations in batches. I cut and mark everything at once, stitch all of the inner legs at the same time, press and stitch all the hems at the same time…you get the picture. It is far more efficient to work this way than to complete one pant then start on the next one.
Each pant gets a ribbon “tag” at the center back so everyone knows front from back!
The bonus to this process is that when you’re done, you’re DONE. And, I won’t have to sew pajama pants for awhile. Of course, you will note there are no pants for me ;-).
a stack of cozy goodness
9 pairs of “cozy pants” as we call them. They are growing leaps and bounds, hopefully this will hold them for awhile. One last pair of pants…
Of course, they need to be approved by the studio assistant. On to the next stack of fabric!
Here is the info on the class:
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Thanks for this giveaway! It would b awesome to be in this class!!!
Thank you everyone who popped over and entered, I’m so excited for the class to begin!