A New Start

Do you ever have about a million ideas, but don't know where to start? That's how I am with this blog. I feel silly posting things when I haven't posted for sooo long, and I haven't even made a custom header yet, so I just don't go anywhere. I've had a lot of thoughts as of late, though, so why not get started, eh? I'll start simple by posting some of my latest pages. Click the links for credits.

Happy Birthday!

Frosty the Snowman

Can you tell my son is obsessed with Frosty the Snowman? Too bad we've had almost NO snow this winter!

Miss Mint has some new Valentines products out that I am absolutely in LOVE with, and can't stop scrapping with! 

Para tu Amor

Sometimes Matthias is far more romantic than I am. I always feel like some cheesy mushy girl if I try to write down my feelings, so I love scrapping pictures of us with our songs. Music speaks far better than I do, and it means a lot to both of us.

Pea Face

I took this picture because she was just being so adorable, and Matthias thought he'd seen that picture before...so I scrapped this page for memory's sake. And this picture was perfect for the Paper to Digi Challenge that I am hosting.

Pea Face

Best Friends Love

I love catching the little moments where my kids just melt my heart. Those moments make all of the messes and screaming and whining worth it, so I make a point to remember them. Do you like this page? If so, make sure and catch the FREE template I made for it for the Peppermint Creative PMP Template Challenge!

PMP Template Challenge

It will be free for the month of February, and if you use it, make sure check out the link so that you can enter it into the challenge for the chance to win a $5 gift card.

Also, Miss Mint created a whole new product inspired by my template! I may have just shrieked a little bit when I found out. It's on sale, along with all of her new Valentine's goodies, so go check it out!

Epoxy Heart Templates

I've got another couple of pages in the works, but I have a lot on my plate right now so I probably won't get them done for a week or two.

iNSD

Saturday is {inter}National Scrapbooking Day.  Do you know what that means?  Amazing sales, tons of freebies, and games with prizes all weekend long!  I'll try to compile a list and keep updating it for you so that you know of the places that at least I'd like to go.  If you see anything that should be added, please link me up!  In alphabetical order:

Digi Shop Talk - TONS of events in the forums sponsored by all kinds of designers, including this HUGE free kit: 

 You will have to download a couple of free PDF's to get the links.  This would be a great way to find someone new, and LOTS of freebies are posted.  They have a huge list of all of the sales going on, but I just wanted to list the ones that I've personally bought from before.

GG Digital Designs - 30% off her whole store, and her grab bag looks like it'd be amazing for mommas with boys.  Sale lasts through May 6.

The Lily Pad - Will be having tons of activities and sales going on throughout the weekend.  Check out their May BYOC Special too.  Check out their blog hop for freebies from all of the designers (you only have to actually friend 2 of them).

Peppermint Creative - Will have a huge create your own sale (by spending money you save more money).  Also there is an iNSD template challenge (aka free template AND a chance to win $5).

Scrap Orchard - They have a Farmer's Market where you can buy TONS of kits for only $1 (April 29-May 2), and if you check out their forum they will be having freebies and fun events all day long on Saturday (May 1).

Sweet Shoppe Designs - Check their blog for the big announcement about everything,  Basically 35% off everything, a free kit with a $10 purchase, some coupons, as well as some good tips to make iNSD pleasant for you (and the shoppes) on such a busy day for all of the servers.  They also have some really fun activities in their forum that earn you contest entries as well as points toward a future coupon if you do their monthly challenge portfolio.

And as always, my main go-to for scrapbooking is my good friend Megan Turnidge, who introduced me to digital scrapbooking.  She just stopped designing (totally disappointing, but I understand), but she's a great source for beautiful scrappy goodness.  Check out her blog to see what she bought.  She found more deals than I did at first glance.

I'll try to update this as I hear more.  Make sure and check out designer blogs and forums for lots of freebies, coupons, specials, contests, etc. 

Have fun!