Photo recap

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. Hope you have a great weekend celebrating your accomplishments.

I have a winner for the NSD gift certificate. The prize goes to redmom a.k.a. Lisa! Congrats!

Kristi & I are holding a DT call for the challenge blog Say It In Scrap. Head over to get all the details. The main stuff is that we are looking for 6 talented girls to scrap a page once a month (alternate) and help us brainstorm some new challenges. Submit your take on one of our previous challenges to the blog. Hope to see you trying out! The deadline is May 15th.

A few Friday's ago I met Courtenay, Kristi, Sandy, Marie, and Crystal at Picture Me Perfect. I love how welcoming Suzy is with all of her customers. We had an AMAZING time. We celebrated Sandy's birthday by grabbing some gelato a few doors down. I was super excited because I made bank on the most recent garage sale. I bought a ton of Hambly and then decided that I needed to fan all of my new Hambly out. I didn't buy all of this in one night. ;) Photo courtesy of Kristi.
Suzy took some goofy photos of us. I took out a D200 with an SB 800, along with a Nikon 14-24mm lens, and Nikon 10.5 fish that weekend.
I did this page for a Round Robin challenge last weekend (NSD) for Scrap Gal. I don't have a title for it and I think that its okay without one. If you are inspired with a title, let me know and I might change my mind.
I had a ton of fun lifting Chez and playing with some new Hambly. I discovered how difficult it is to photograph overlays when they are the main part of your page. I photographed this using my photo cube that I got for Christmas from Calumet. Saturday evening we drove to Sausalito for Joss's 60th birthday party. It was held at the Presidio Yacht club and it had a great view of the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Sunday night we relaxed and watched movies while eating pizza. I played with a fish eye lens of course.
Lately, work has been overwhelmingly busy. Lisa captured this moment of me being completely buried by boxes. Its great for the company and that makes me thrilled. We've been having record numbers lately. I can't wait until we move into our bigger building at the end of the month.
Wednesday was a chaotic day for me. After work I met one of the new owners of Borrow Lenses at O'Neill's in San Mateo. Then I drove to meet Dan's father's family at the Cheesecake Factory across the bay. Franchesco turned 15 so we had quite the celebration. After dinner, we went home and watched American Idol. It was so hard to believe that Adam was in the bottom two. WTF? We had cake at 11pm at night before passing out.
The next morning I drove to visit my grandma, and catch up with her. It was fun, but too brief. I headed into work and met a new co-worker and got trained in some greater aspects of the company. We got in a lot more new equipment and one of the lenses was a Nikon 600mm! Look how huge that is! We had way too much fun, goofing around and taking pictures with the new lens. Now its making its way through Alaska!
Kristi came to our house on Friday night. I was so glad that she came to us because of how long my week had been. I took out a D300 and the Nikon 14-24 lens again, along with a battery grip (MB-D10) for the weekend. I can't remember why they were pointing at each other but we had a fun, silly night. We were supposed to scrap but we didn't make a damn thing.
It was raining on Saturday morning when Dan & I met Lisa and her cousin Sara at Ocean Beach. We went in search of beach glass. We found two bigger pieces, and some beautiful sand dollars on the beach. I took a small sand dollar and left the rest for others to admire.
It wasn't a bust, because I had so much fun taking photos.
This one made me wish they were in a band so we could put this photo in a CD booklet or something.
Windblown Lisa & I:
Due to my hectic schedule, I had to step down from my design team position with Scrap Mojo. I'll be back with lots more photos soon. Thanks to those of you who still stop by.

My Minds Eye Prize Giveaway & spotlight

Things have been hectic around here lately. I have some fun stuff to share and I'm excited about it. Heather from Everything Scrapp'n has been kind enough to give me a prize to give away here on my blog. It is the My Mind’s Eye Magnolia “Starburst” Card Kit!

Here is what it includes: 4 polka dot cards, 4 stripe cards, 8 envelopes, 3 “happy birthday” die-cuts, 3 “Thanks” die-cuts, 3 “Thank You” tags, 3 “A Little Hello” borders, 3 “Birthday Girl” die-cuts, 6 large flowers, 9 small flowers.
To win this kit, leave a comment on this blog post by Thursday, April 23rd telling me what your first job out of school was/is. I am curious to see what kind of jobs come up. I hope to pick a winner during the weekend.

Say It In Scrap Challenge #17 is posted! Boy is this one a real challenge too. We used the word taboo for inspiration. When I hear the word taboo, I think of the game Taboo. I didn't have any photos that initially made me think of the other meaning for taboo so I spun it to fit the kids playing a game.
This page is also for my dt work for Everything Scrapp'n. I used the new My Minds Eye Line, Bloom to scrap for this challenge.

Products used:
MME Bloom-Bijou Birds Brown paper
MME Bloom Vines paper
MME die cuts from Bloom Accessory Sheet
Cream cardstock
American Crafts Thickers Rainboots Black
American Crafts DIY-Flair Craft Fair
Catslife Press "Notes from today" stamp
ColorBox Cats Eye chalk- Tangerine, Lime Pastel, Rouge, and Chestnut Roan

It's Complicated

The brand new challenge for Say It In Scrap is posted. Here it is:

"This prompt is to scrap using the phrase "It's Complicated" as your motivation. We've all dealt with complication, be it a situation, an emotion, an interaction, a relationship. We want to see you express it in a layout or project! We'll be handing out a prize for those who enter the month of April. The more challenges you do the more chances you have to win! You've got nothing to lose and much to create!"

I decided to scrap pictures from January 2008 when I went gym climbing. I used my Sept-Oct. Dozen's kit. I know I'm super slow in getting to them but I was traveling abroad when it arrived. :D

My first two days on the job, we got in roughly 40 boxes of gear back from UPS & FedEx. It was definitely a lot, but I have had crazy shipments at the store. I really like my co workers and bosses. I've decided to call my bosses M&M. They are a lot of fun and I've learned a ton already. Right now I'm learning about the receiving department, then I'll learn the front desk position next.

I watched American Idol last night and I must say, I'm still in love with Danny Gokey and his great voice and adorable personality. My other favorites are Anoop & Adam.

21!

Someone very special turns 21 today! I think some very odd things are in store for us today. A possible bike ride in the rain, and some other random whims that my sister hopes for. Happy Birthday Jenna!

I'm really excited to announce the Say It In Scrap is back from its winter break! Our newest challenge was posted yesterday. We hope to see you join in the fun. We used the phrase "Say What?" for our inspiration. Here's my take on it.
I was at a weekend retreat with a bunch of scrap friends and I was easily shocked by some of the things they said. I don't remember what struck me so funny, but I laughed so hard that I hyper-ventilated into a newly opened chip bag and then proceeded to fall onto the floor, practically crying. I thought this challenge was just perfect for my reaction captured on polaroid film.

Black Friday

Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is enjoying all the great sales going on. Everything Scrappn is having a HUGE sale with everything 55% off so be sure to check that out. Some other sales I'm also excited about sales at Apple and Bubbly Shnooks, so check them out too.

I also have two challenges that are up, so please check these out:

Scrap Mojo's challenge is due on this coming Sunday, November 30th. The challenge is to scrap a statement and include ink on your project. I scrapped photos from my trip to Europe and made a Mastercard statement. We hope to see lots of participation!


Dan and I just recently celebrated our 4th anniversary so I have a new page to add to his album that I started for him last year. This is for the new Say It In Scrap challenge: use "These are the days" as inspiration for a page or project. I had a lot of fun using some older product. This challenge is due in 4 weeks.

Four!

Happy Anniversary Dan! Today Dan & I are celebrating our 4th anniversary of dating. Its kinda hard to believe its been that long. I didn't have much time to plan out something special like I usually do but Mr. Dan had plenty of time. I was really surprised this morning by lots of sweet photos and music. I think we're off to have dinner, dessert, and merriment.
One last thing before I head out. Say It In Scrap's Challenge #12 is up. Use the phrase "The Games We Play" as inspiration for a page or project. Here is my take on it. Hope to see your spin over on the blog!

Words of Advice

The newest challenge is up over at Say It In Scrap. The challenge is to scrap words of advice. I hope to see lots of participation over there. These challenges have been really really fun to do. So fun that I am trying to do more challenges in general. So here is my take on it.


I really enjoyed reading Ali Edwards blog and found this list really inspiring. Just a short post for today. :)

Say It In Scrap #3

I have some exciting news that I've been waiting to share. Kristi at Say It In Scrap has asked me to guest design for the month of May! Challenge #3 was posted today. You are supposed to scrap a feeling. I had such a blast doing this challenge and playing with my April Dozens kit. Yummy!