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First Friday Crop April 13

Come crop with me at our monthly First Friday Crop this Friday night (April13) from 5pm to 9pm.
Lot's of crop space, snacks and free make-and-take all for $5!  Come join me!

Info here

Happy Mail

I love my on-line scrapbooking friends.  Look what I just received from one of my friends on the Fiskateers community board!

So much vintage-y fun stuff. I can't wait to do some sort of collage with this.  She sent a really cool program with a map from Italy, a book of hymns and music from 1914(great backgrounds), a ton of vintage stamp scans(love these), old library cards (I'm seeing a mini album with those), some vintage seam binding and labels (great embellishments), and some very cool stamped images( I love th little crown lady!).  Oh, and once on the board I mentioned that I love and bake cupcakes right? Check out the adorable cupcake punched borders and tiny cupcake punchies! How much fun was it to open the mailbox today?  How thoughtful of Julie. And she sent it, just...because.   Thanks so much Julie! 

Very Happy News Article!

Very Happy about THIS! 

The young lady that did this article about me for the newspaper was just adorable, even though I spoke what I'm sure was a mile-a-minute, she "got" scrapbooking!  Thanks Amy!

WELCOME TO THE ORANGE BLOG HOP!

~~~~~~~September 4 New!  Christopher picked #45 from a bucket!  And the owner Post #45 and winner is.......Sylvia, Fiskateer #5019! Congratulations! 

Thanks to everyone for al of the great comments!  Hope you had a fun time on the Hop!

WELCOME TO THE FISKARS ORANGE BLOG HOP!!

 
If you've come here from Betsy's blog Aim Happy, you're in the right place.  This is your next stop in THE FISKATEERS ORANGE BLOG HOP where members of Fiskateers, a community sponsored by Fiskars, are sharing their passion for crafting.

So I thought about making a scrapbook page, or card with some of my Fiskars tools.  And then I remembered what I had done just a short while ago.  My very favorite Fiskars "Apron Lace" border punch made it's way from my Scrapbook Room ......into... my Laundry Room!  Who says the laundry shelves have to be boring.  I punched the patterned paper with the border punch and then backed it with solid card stock. Never one to not be scrapbook-y, the border is actually attached to the shelves with glue dots! Hey, whatever is handy right?  Also used the same border punch on the little tags for the fabric bins. Fiskars cirlce punch for the flower centers too!I love using my scrapbooking/papercrafting tools and supplies for home decor projects. This little border punch, it just says pretty and neat to me and it's a little retro.  Not! Love it!!!

  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GIVEAWAY

----Okay, well now that you've encountered photos of my Laundry Room, I feel I should do something fun in exchange. Sooooo, comment on this post and you'll have a chance to win. First comment =#1, second =#2 and so on. I'll toss a tag with each number in a bucket and let my "very fair and impartial 7-year-old son" draw one out! The winning commentor will receive a lovely goodie bag from me! I'll wait to do this until Monday at midnight to cover you international girls.  Now, lately I've been all about girly scrapbooking supplies so the goodie bag is sure to be orange-y and pink-y and sparkle-y and flower-y.  It may even have a wand in it to help you perform scrapbooking magic!  The goodies will also arrive in a pretty fabric gift bag I use prizes at my crops. Cool? Great. Leave your comments!

 

Your next stop is Sheena at Sheena's Adventures in Scrapbooking.  Rumor has it she is doing an awesome orange card! If you get lost along the way, here's  is the first blog post on The Fiskateers Blog with a full list of participants.  Happy Hoppin'! 

Oh and if you're not a Fiskateer? You should be. It's a great community sharing lots of ideas tutorials, projects, swaps and fun.  Seriously, check it out!  (whe you're finished hoppin' of course!)

TOMORROW...

tomorrow, we'll start the day tomorrow with a smile,for you! 

 
Yes, I just shamelessly stole that from Mr. Rogers, but tomorrow I will have a smile for you because it's the day of the Fiskateers Orange Blog Hop!  Yeah!  I'll have a project idea and a giveaway!

 

I 've seen the list of Fiskateerr bloggers participating and you are going to have some fun!  Some are doing tutorials, some are doing giveaways and all will be doing something spectacularly orange!   Fiskateers are members of a community sponsored by Fiskars- the makers of our favorite orange-handled scissors and so many more crafting tools.

You don't have to be a Fiskateer to participate in the blog hop, but it's a fun crafting community.check it out.

Also, I will be hosting the South Carolina crop for US of Fiskateers on October 15, in Aiken, SC.  There will be food, fun and a seriously fantastic goodie bag.  Oh, and did I mention it's FREE?????  Check the details here.

See you tomorrow...with a smile!!