New Blog...

I have been concentrating on a new blog so please check it out:

www.stampsofourlives.com

Upcoming classes for May

Well - waiting is so hard! I'm waiting for my 1st Stampin' Up! open house order to arrive... it seems like forever, even though it's barely over a week... I am so excited to see the fabulous items chosen by those who attended my open house... they ordered some things I don't own so it will be great to "preview" them and perhaps I'll discover some new items that I NEED...

Can hardly wait too because I've ordered the supplies for upcoming classes... and of course I want to get started preparing sooner rather than later! May will be a very busy, but fun month. Here's the line-up for May classes:

Tuesday May 1 at 9:30am
CARD class, making 10 cards & will include a Mother's day card
Please bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter

Friday May 4 at 6:30pm
Friendship Mini accordion album
Please bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter

Tuesday May 8 at 9:30am
4 - 12x12 pages
Includes: 2 Carte Postale pages & 2 Doodle pages
Please bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter

Tuesday May 15 at 9:30am
4 - 12x12 pages
Includes: 2 Polka Dots & Paisleys pages & 2 Au Chocolat pages
Please bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter

Tuesday May 15 at 6:30pm (For those who cannot attend morning classes...)
4 - 12x12 pages
Choose between: 2 Carte Postale pages & 2 Doodle pages
OR 2 Polka Dots & Paisleys pages & 2 Au Chocolat pages
Please bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter

Friday May 18 at 6:30pm
Tickets & Tokens paper bag mini album
Please bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter

Saturday May 19 at 9:30am
Tickets & Tokens paper bag mini album
Please bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter

Saturday May 26 at 9:30am - 3:30pm
Open crop day...
You will have use of inks, rubberstamps, and other fabulous surprises!
Just bring your own paper or purchase some cardstock...
and of course bring your own adhesives, scissors & cutter...

1st Class!

I am so excited - tomorrow I'll be teaching my 1st papercraft class... We'll be doing a mini accordian album perfect for 2x3 photos, using Stampin' Up! products...


The lovely Petals & Paisleys paper will be a pleasant reminder that Spring really has Sprung, even though we keep getting snow here! I am sure this will be the last snowfall for us, right?

Hoping all the gals who will be doing this project will enjoy it...

(Class held April 14... A few photos added April 19)






























Sample pages done by Heather...

































Flower by Pamela...















In all there were 7 at this class and I believe everyone enjoyed it... I look forward to completing my mini album and get some photos ready to add to it soon!

It was a Successful Move!

So we moved to our new house on Wednesday March 28... All went well... As far as we know, only 1 casulty - my mom's travelling punch bowl... It has attended every event during my lifetime thus far... It got crushed enough to fatally crack it, rendering it totally useless... And yes, I did have a cry over it!

Other than that, we are busy unpacking, arranging & Re-arranging things... but it is coming along nicely. My sister helped on the weekend to prepare for a family get-together I had planned for Sunday afternoon - a potluck lunch to celebrate! The 1st of hopefully many gatherings here in our new home.

Since the downstairs got most of the attention on the weekend, I am now concentrating on my new craftroom... Planning for my 1st Stampin' Up! workshop - a mini accordian album on Saturday April 14... Then my Stampin' Up! open house on Sunday April 15.

Hmmm... I'd better get back to unpacking now I guess...
I will post some pictures soon!

Change

"Change is the process by which the future invades our lives."
~Alvin Toffler~

Well, the countdown 'til moving day is finally on...
Only 10 more sleeps! Wow - the time is passing much more quickly now that it's March, or so it seems... It's hard to live in a sea of boxes even though I know it's only temporary... CHANGE - yes, maybe it's because change is hard... Even with the total excitement of getting my princess house and the craftroom of my dreams, part of me will miss this house... plus it's hard to have to set aside my crafting while preparing to move... hmmm... create something with my craft stuff or pack? Sigh - my craft things will be the last things to be packed I am sure!

Ok, time to quit lamenting and get back to the packing...
Seriously, right?

Future craftroom, here I come!

See More of my Photos & Projects

Check out more of my photos & projects:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seeshells_creations/

Christmas in March

I just joined Stampin' Up! as an independant demonstrator and my starter kit arrived Monday afternoon... (I had worked all night Sunday so I slept on the sofa in case it arrived! Didn't want to miss the doorbell...) I absolutely love the Stampin' Up! products from their ink pads, to their aquapens & watercolour crayons, to their cardstock & paper, and of course LOVE their stamps! I look forward to doing workshops where I can share projects and techniques with other stamping enthusiasts (cards, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, minibooks of all types...) so many possibilities!

As if that wasn't enough... I must admit I had a little bit of an Ebay-Spree... True Story! So there will be "a few more" packages arriving during the month of March - enough that I can say it will be like Christmas in March for me...

So uh, Merry Christmas! ;-)