I’m in HEAVEN!!!

Yesterday was just an ordinary day at my house, that is until I went out to check the mail and found this package crammed into my mailbox. I had no idea what it could be so I quickly hurried myself into the house. Yep, I’m still a little kid when it comes to getting a package. I see it is from Jessica (Maya Road Jessica) and honestly have no idea what this could be. Well I open it up and YIPPIE it is two packages of Halloween PEEPS with a little note that said, “As soon as I saw these I thought of you.”

As some of you might know… I LOVE PEEPS. I had no idea they made Halloween Peeps. Do I really need these… no! Am I thankful Jessica sent them… Yes! Am I going to eat them… you bet and I am going to savor every single bite and every little grain of sugar because I LOVE PEEPS!

I see a unique mini album is going to be in the works regarding my love of Peeps. Does anyone know if they make Christmas Peeps too?

Lord help my thighs.

Patty Craft at Memory Makers posted a fun challenge on her blog. I urge you all to give it a try. If you win you get a free copy of the We Dare You book from Memory Makers Books. Below is a sneak peek of the challenge layout I created last night. If you want to see the entire layout just hop on over to the the MMM Blog.

I have been invited to attend a Fiskateer Roundup in San Antonio, Texas November 2nd - 4th! This is an all expense paid trip where I will be taught how to use all the wonderful Fiskars products. Then I can teach others in my area how to use them too.

It is going to be fun getting to talk to Stephenie, Cheryl and Holly (hopefully May but not sure since she has a pretty new baby girl to care for at home) for more than just a few minutes. I get to see them at CHA but it is always so quick as we are so busy in our booths or are stopping by in between a quick lunch break. We get to meet Heidi Grace of Heidi Grace Designs, Nancy Martinez of Cloud 9 Designs, Julie McGuffee of PBS, Suzanne Walker of Fiskars TV, Michele Dougherty Dean of AC Moore College of Crafting and Rachel Wright the Director of Education from JoAnn’s.

If you would like to become a Fiskars Fisk-A-Teer just visit this link and you will be one step closer to becoming a Fisk-A-Teer Crafting Ambassador.

While I was in Beaumont Alan and Ansley switched my scraproom and Ansley’s bedroom. I got a bigger scraproom and Ansley got the room with the polka dots painted on the walls (Terri’s old room). Ansley loves anything with polka dots. This was a huge task and I am so thankful I did not have to do it!!! I still cannot believe they got it completed before I came home. I think the 170 pounds of scrapping products all over the living room was a great motivator. I received a huge box of supplies from Fiskars while I was gone. So this on top of my MMM prizes I was in serious trouble. As soon as I got home Saturday started working on getting organized so I could fit all this product in my scraproom. Here are a few photos showing my storage solutions.

Vintage buttons stored in a glass jar I bought for .59 cents at a resale shop.

My basic supplies stored in old glass vases/planters. I found these at a resale shop for $1 each. They are the perfect size for my work area.

This little dish used to hold my Mom’s bubble bath when she was a little girl but now it holds my rhinestones and gems.

The plastic storage containers are from Target. The metal buckets I found at JoAnns on clearance.

These clear over the door shoe holders are perfect for my paints, embossing powders and punches.

Also… I have started blogging on the Memory Makers Masters Blog. You need to check it out. Each MMM will post off and on during the week. Lots of fun stuff to see, learn and read… layouts, techniques and ideas. I hope you visit and post to say hi.

Most of you most likely didn’t even know I was out of town… sorry I didn’t post on my blog. I went down to help my Mom and Dad for a few weeks. Dad had 6 bypass surgery 3 weeks ago and I’m happy to say he is doing great! Here is a photo of I took of him just a little over a week and a half after his surgery. Yep… that would be dad way over in the red shirt sitting on his new boat. He had Mom and I cleaning and taking photos of the inside of their old boat to use in an ad to sell it. While we were down under he boogied his little self right on over to check out his boat. Lets just say he got a nice shot out from Mom.

Here is a quick recap of my visit.

I got to go with Madelyn on her first day of preschool. There was no looking back for this girl. She was so ready and excited to go to school and was hoping she would have homework like her big brother and sister do. I’m sure this will change.

My nephew Brittain turned 14… he is the sweetest boy ever. He always looks out for me and gives the best hugs.

Amanda had her braces taken off, got her drivers license and started her first job. Talk about one happy girl.

Isabella is still the best baby I have ever been around. I do not know how my sister managed to get this one. This baby never cries and smiles all the time. Believe me, I am nearly 9 years older than my sister and she was NOT like this as a baby. I remember all too well.

Last night at 10:00 p.m. Isabella Kate turned over all by herself. She was so close when I was down but I missed it.

I made some projects for Creative Cafe that will be for the Art Bar. Sorry, I can’t share these but just wait until you see what everyone has created. Lots of wonderful projects.

I also created a Date book using Maya Road’s “Journey Album Kit“. I will share this with you sometime this week.

Got my Cocoa Daisy October kit and talk about fun. Tara Whitney will be the guest designer. You will certainly want to check this out.