For those of you who are not "manufacturer snobs" regarding scrapbooking supplies, this post will bore you. But I just have to rave about HAMBLY! A company with an AWESOME product that is made RIGHT HERE IN THE USA! yep. for real. we pay a bit more for the product(s), but each one is hand [...]
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On Sunday, we took a (long) drive down to Seattle. One of Dave’s college buddies was in town (from Texas) for a work conference/training and contacted Dave earlier in the week to see if it would be possible to get together. Dave hasn’t seen Kris in over 5 years…. hadn’t talked to him either. So [...]
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i want to know… when did i become a stalker? i’ve known for months that i’m an e-mail stalker (especially when i’m at work) but for the past THREE DAYS i’ve been calling my local scrapbook store asking if they’ve opened a delivery box yet? why? because i am HOPING that box contains the ONE [...]
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What would you do at a bonfire on Saturday night with some of your closest friends? The six of us (Brant & Trisha, Tim & Carrilee and Dave &I) had dinner and then went outside for a bonfire. It started out innocently enough. Fire. We even pulled out some hotdogs (as if dinner wasn’t enough?) [...]
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it’s friday everyone! i feel as though i haven’t done much today but i think i really have. but what has made me happiest today is i FINALLY figured out what to do with my beautiful flower pots on my front porch. i bought some silk flowers (b/c i can’t keep real ones alive in [...]
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This photo of my family makes me happy. And speaking (typing?) of "happy," this is a HAPPY BIRTHDAY message to my favorite (and only!!) brother, John!! This little blister really loves ya, big bother! The Sarapatas in Maine
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Today is Kate’s birthday. Kate is one of my nieces. I didn’t forget! Love this photo of my nieces…. it’s just so funny (and there’s a WHOLE story behind the "uncle stu" shirts)…. So summer 2005 Dave and I went to Block Island( in Rhode Island) for a week long vacation (in a beach house) [...]
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yep. i did it. i stopped at my local scrapbook store yesterday and dropped off my design team entries and application. carly (manager) looked through my stuff. she is SO EXCITED to play "the game" and to hopefully win a "prize" (aka: candy bar). she loved my cards as well and my layouts. she also [...]
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For our "final" DT entry we were told to do whatever we wanted. Most of the employees have seen what I can make, especially in terms of mini albums (mini books) so I wanted to be creative. So I made a little game for the LSS girls at their next gathering…. each of these decorated [...]
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sorry for no posts this week! i’ve been busy in my craft room creating items for my local store’s design team application. i finally finished ALL my projects for that… unless i decide not to use one or two of them. i posted my layouts (2) and cards (7 – gotta narrow it down to [...]
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