Talk about mind blowing… look what I found outside my front door… 5 boxes of products which totaled approx. 150 pounds. Yep, I have 150 pounds worth of great product and supplies piled up in our living room. My scraproom is going to need some serious reorganization before any of this will fit.

These photos really do not show the true depth of product but I think you can get an idea of what I received. It is so overwhelming.I am so thankful to all the companies and manufacturers who sponsored the MMM contest. You were all extremely generous with your wonderful products.

Here is a list of all the businesses and manufacturers that donated product:

ACDSee, AlphaAddict, American Crafts, Around The Block, Chartpak, CherryArte, C-Line Products, Classy Coordinates, ClubScrap, Corel, Creative Imaginations, Deja Views/C-Thru Ruler, DCWV, Distincly Me, EK Success, Ellison, FJ Wescott, Fuji, Grafix, Helmar Australia, HOTP, Ilford, KS Innovations, Laser Studio Werx, Little Red Scrapbook, Magic Mesh, Making Memories, MAMBI, Memory Maker Photo Jewelry & Accessories, Meri Meri, My Little Shoe Box, Pageframes Designs, Pebbles, Per Annum, Pioneer Photo Albums, PreserveIt Frames, Prima, Prism Papers, Queen & Co, Ranger Industries, Sandylion, ScrapGoods, Scrap Jammies, Spanish Memories, Stemma, Three Bugs in a Rug, Thumbprintz, Tumblebeasts, Urban Lily, USArtQuest, VoiceQuilt, Xyron and Zsiage.

Thank you, thank you, thank you…

Tricia only has three of my Heritage Mini Album Kits left. If you want one just follow this link.

Here is a mini album I created using Maya Road’s new 2-Ring Layer Book. If you want a quick project this is the book for you. Depending on the amount of detail you want to put into it you can complete this album in a few hours or a day. Some additional Maya Road products used are ribbons, new rub ons and their motifs chipboard set. The pattern paper is the Chicken Little Collection by Piggy Tales.

I have the pleasure of living fairly close to Caroline so at times I get to go over and play with Noah. I took these photos to document just one hour of his day.

Here is a mini album kit I created for Cocoa Daisy. It will be an add on kit for September. If you are interested in purchasing a kit contact Tricia at Tricia@cocoadaisy.com. The photos are of my Mom and her family. I have been holding on to these for quite some time just waiting for the perfect project. The album is attached to the outside of a Book Box so that you can keep mementos inside.

Next I want to create a mini album of my Dad showing his transformation into Santa Claus. Speaking of my Dad. Thank you for all your kind thoughts and prayers. He is now in a private room and will come home sometime this week. I really appreciate all your words of encouragement. I will be heading home to help Mom once he gets out of the hospital.

I had a bit of creative/nervous energy yesterday. Below is what I created to keep my mind off the thought of my dad having open heart surgery this morning. Any and all good thoughts and/or prayers will be most appreciated. I used a page from the new house album Maya Road debuted at CHA-S and one of their new scallop frames. I just love these two items and see a new addiction coming.

 Images removed for publication. This project will be in the Feb/Mar 2008 Issue of Paper Trends.

The quote reads: Every house where love abides and friendship is a guest, is surely home, and home sweet home, for there the heart can rest. ~Henry Van Dyke