Just a girl

Friday & Monday.

hello monday.

i started a post on Friday while i was at the ALT Summit and i just couldn't get internet at the hotel.

oy.

hello 2012.

i was so excited to share all the exciting stuff going on at Bazzill.

i had a plan.

but life sometimes just happens.

it's all good.

so today will be a mega post.

a Friday & Monday post!

i hope you had a great week.

and weekend.

i know last week was insane.

for me.

i finished up filming and creating for Love Love Love.

my online Valentine's Day class.

it's still up if your interested in some really fun ideas, projects and MORE.

you can sign up here.

the class was so much fun to create.

i can't wait to get home from CHA and re-decorate for Valentines!

Tuesday my dear friend Jeanne came to stay the night.

she was here for ALT too.

this girl not only is amazing talented she and i laugh till we pee.

really.

she's that funny.

love her.

we met up with Chrissy for dinner.

it was a quickie but a goodie.

i had to get down to My Dear Lizzie.

Jeanne came with me to My Dear Lizzie where i was teaching a class.

the class was a blast.

what a fun group of women.

the Over the Top Hats were amaze.

everyone's hats were so much fun!

loved.

Brooke came to help and even created a hat for herself.

fun night of friendship and creativity.

my fave.

Wednesday April came for ALT.

we signed up for the conference a LONG time ago.

the ALT Summit is a bloggers conference.

the classes were amazing.

the panels brilliant.

the round table dissuasion's were enlightening.

i learned a lot.

i have some goals for my blog.

some changes to make.

try to make it better.

i have been blogging now for several years.

i love that i am keeping record of my life on my blog.

telling my stories.

sharing bits and pieces of my life.

i know it's being read.

i wish i knew all of you reading it.

i hope that it inspires.

uplifts.

makes you laugh.

that you get who i am by reading it.

ALT was inspiring.

for sure.

spending time with April is always fun.

meeting some really amazing people i admire was great.

hearing Ben Silberman from Pintrest was beyond inspiring.

what a story.

brilliant.

what he said spoke to me.

what an impressive young man.

also hearing Gr etchen Rubin from the Happiness project was amazing.

so thought provoking.

i plan on getting the book ASAP and putting it to use in my own life.

what a great week.

friends.

being creative.

getting inspired.

setting some new goals.

and best of all.

sharing what's going on in my crazy life.

Friday's post was supposed to be all about sharing some fun Bazzill news.

what's coming out at CHA.

Bazzill has some amazing new products coming out.

you will love.

i am really excited.

the last few months of planning and creating new paper lines has been fun.

a real collaboration between the Bazzill Design team and some amazing artists!

We have 4 new paper lines!

the first:

Created by the darling.

Janet Hopkins.

LOVE this girl.

Love her creativity.

the line is amazing.

the colors are lush.

i can't wait to get my hands on it.

working with Janet has been a dream.

she not only is a dear friend to me, i admire her work so much.

you will LOVE Wayfarer!

the next line is created by Amanda Herring of the Quilted Fish.

she has worked with Bazzill before and is a fabric designer for Riley Blake.

Amanda's line Avalon is just like her.

Bright, fun and fresh.

there is so much fun color and pattern in this line you will LOVE.

Brooke Sadler is an up and coming designer and part of the Bazzill family.

her Dino-Mite line is fun, brilliant and hip.

with Dino footprints to the coolest Chevron out there.

this is a boy line that will please all ages.

from little boy to even my 18 & 19 year old boys.

some of the prints in the line are so versatile!

i can't wait to use!

then finally.

my line.

Vintage Marketplace is feminine, Vintage in feel and what you would expect from me.

quilts, cabbage roses, newsprints, wall papers, and of course ledgers.

things that make me happy happy.

i love it.

can't wait to use it.

i hope you will love it too.

wow.

4 amazing lines from Bazzill.

and that's just what we are releasing in the printed paper areas!

there's lot's more!

this is an exciting time of the year.

so many of my dearest friends releasing lines.

beautiful products.

Saturday i leave for CHA.

looking forward to seeing everything, and everyone.

whew.

did you hang in ther until the end.

world's longest post.

but so much fun stuff to share.

happy monday.

now back to the studio to create.

kiss kiss

m.

 

Monday.love.love.love.

hello monday.

looks like we may get a little snow today.

the weekend was gone too fast!

i spent it creating projects for my latest on-line class Love.Love.Love

the first video is loaded and up.

garlands.

love love love garlands.

Wednesday will be Home Decor.
i made the cutest wreath yesterday.

it's so scrump i just want to eat it.

wink.

Friday will be Valentines, gift ideas and Dollar store finds.

lot's of great ideas.

Meg is awesome.

she did all the filming and editing.

we created the most adorable back drop.
we are filming in Jeremy's studio this time.

my studio is too narrow.

this was easier.

it was a jam packed weekend.

creating. filming.

i even found time to finish my title page for my Project Life.
i just know i am going to love doing this, this year.

i hope you had a great weekend.

this week will be just as Crazy.

filming. creating.

teaching at My Dear Lizzie tuesday night.

love this fun project.
i get to do some fun stuff at My Dear Lizzie.

i got a gift card for Christmas from my sister. can't wait to do a little shopping too.

my fave.

wednesday April is coming to stay.

we are going to the ALT Design Summit should be amaze.

today i should be getting new product from Bazzy!

i am excited about CHA and my new line.

so many of my friends are releasing new lines.

i hope you saw Rhonna's new line.

it's to die.

i love.

can't wait to get my hands on it.

i also know of another line that is going to kill me.

but i can't say who created it yet.

tee hee.

i love inside secrets.

wink.

it's a monday.

love love love me a monday.

hope you join me in my class love love love.

happy monday to you.

kiss kiss

m.

love love love.

Hello Friday!

Friday the 13th no less.

creepy?

i think lucky.

lucky for one of my blog readers!

what a fun response to Project Life.

i have started mine and am loving the process.

so.

here out of close to 600 comments is the winner!

Emma J e-mail me!

What a lucky girl!

in other fun news i am launching another Spark the event on line class.

 

Love. Love. Love.

 

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.

Join me in an on-line class filled with projects & ideas you will Love. 

In this class you will be inspired to create Home Décor, Garlands,

Dollar Store finds, Gift Ideas, Handmade Valentines & many more projects.

show your love.

share your love.

express your love.

the first video will be live Monday!

then another one Wednesday & Final bits of Love on Friday.

the videos will be available at your convenience for 6 months.

i am excited!

i hope you are too.

$19.99 for 3 videos filled with LOVE.

$19.99

i hope you have a creative weekend planned!

i know what i will be doing!

wink.

kiss kiss

m.

middle of the week happiness...

just in from the gym.

feels good.

dang good.

it was cold this morning when i woke up.

hated getting out of bed.

brooke is here.

i have a guest room.

it's darling.

but she wants to sleep with her mama.

so i laid there for a minute.

listened to her sleep.

love being a mama.

then i snapped a photo.

on instagram i am participating in a photo a day the month of January.

i've loved it.

today's prompt: where you sleep.

here's my photo.

love it.

love my room.

love my big bed.

working on, wanting to re-design my room.

after the studio.

it's on my list!

i digress...

so many fun things that are bringing me happiness to share!

first of all.

wo.

so many of you are excited about Project Life!

mine arrived yesterday!

i organized all my goodies.

i uploaded my first week's photos to costco.

picking them up today.

started on my title page last night.

really.

so excited to do this.

i will be picking a winner and announcing it FRIDAY!

fun.

fun.

another thing that is bringing me so much happiness this week.

teaching again.

i have started booking classes at the local level so if you have a LSS you love tell them to contact me!

next week i will be teaching at My Dear Lizzie!

my favorite place on earth.

no really.

i love it.

so if you're a local girl come Tuesday the 17th.

for an over the Top Hat.

it's going to be fun.

you know, the new crown is a "Top Hat"

then finally.

love.

it's in the air.

Valentine's Day is right around the corner.

seriously.

so,

Spark your Christmas was so much fun to do and i have been asked if i was going to be doing more on-line classes.

 i thought i would do a little something about LOVE.

i mean who doesn't love, LOVE.

so come back Friday for an announcement about my next on-line class called

LOVE LOVE LOVE.

it's a Wednesday.

so much happiness to share.

i hope your week is bringing you joy.

come back Friday for a Project Life winner and LOVE LOVE LOVE on-line class info!

kiss kiss

m.

 

 

 

 

project life. 2012.

hello monday.

it's a new week!

i love mondays.

my weekend was amazing.

just what i needed.

some of my trues came to stay.

we talked.

we cried.

we laughed.

we screamed.

we laughed some more.

and talked until dawn.

shared our stories.

our secrets.

we were together.

it was amazing.

i also celebrated with my family my parents 60th wedding anniversary.

what a night.

family and friends came to honor them.

loved.

great weekend.

looking forward to a new week.

starting new projects for Bazzill this week.

getting ready for CHA.

and.

starting Project Life.

like i said Friday this will be the first time i am going to be doing Project Life.

i would consider myself a pretty traditional scrapbooker.

i have been scrapbooking now for 25 years.

i started right after Meg was born.

traditional 8 1/2 X 11 chronological scrapbooker.

as the scrapbooking world has progressed i have changed the way i scrap.

now i am more of a themed scrapbooker.

i don't chronologically scrap anymore.

i don't use 8 1/2 X 11 anymore.

i love creating books that get done.

i have never been a 12X12 scrapper.

that just seems HUGE to me.

because i am a double page layout girl that is 24X24 in my mind!

a football field to me!

but, with Project Life the format seems so do-able.

easy.

brilliant.

a place for photos.

journaling.

ephemera.

{if you like}

you can go all out.

or you can use the system just the way it was so brilliantly and beautifully designed.

Kudos to Becky and her for-site to create such an easy way of "getting it done"

recording our everyday.

i can't wait.

i talked to Becky about doing it back in September.

i ordered my kit.

it came.

i opened all of the boxes.

looked at all of the amazing content.

so much in there.

then...

i saw Clementine.

i had to have it.

so i e-mailed Becky.

begged her to let me trade.

told her don't hate me.

but i have to have Clementine.

she's awesome.

Clementine will be here tomorrow.

so.

I have an Amber.

to give away to one of you.

totally excited to share this beautiful kit with one of you.

if you haven't heard of it.

go to the link above.

look at what a great idea this is. 

if you want inspiration.

it's everywhere.

so many amazing women are doing it.

Ali Edwards.

Cathy Zielske.

both doing it.

i will try to share as i go what i do with it.

google image it.

get inspired.

jump on board.

let's do it together.

i am excited.

tomorrow Clementine will arrive.

i will be stalking the Fedex man.

share with me why you would like to win Amber.

Project Life.

it's a good thing.

can't wait...

Happy Monday.

make this week amazing.

document your everyday.

live a life creative.

kiss kiss

m.