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Manic Monday.. The Back to School Edition..
- Don’t go to Wal-Mart the day before, expecting to find what’s on your “add-on” list and not have to fight to get to the school supplies
- When supplies go on clearance, buy everything you’ll need for next year, that way there’s no worry about fighting the crowds
- Having to get up early really stinks
- Should’ve gone to bed earlier than 11:30
- Need to speed up Little Man in the mornings…
- I swear he moves backwards
- How long does it take to put on Flip-Flops?
- Make sure you have the last of the forms filled out the night BEFORE the first day of school
- Pack back pack the night before school – this way you don’t forget anything
- Clean glasses before bed, may make things run smoother
- Take 1st day pictures a couple of days in advance – not THE morning of going back – makes for better pictures and you have more time to fix them if there’s a silly face
- Make sure you have a lid on your coffee cup, so you don’t wear half of your coffee – yeah, I’m not happy about that one
- leave a little earlier to beat the madness that the school calls an “organized” car-loop
- Make sure you give your child the right directions on which door to use to enter the school
- I hope she found her class room okay after going in through the Kindergarten door
- Find an activity for Little Man to do when you get in, so that he’s not glued to your hip, because he’s lost without Missy
- Just breathe, and remember..
That this is.. only the FIRST Day of School and not everything’s perfect.. and you get to do it all over again tomorrow!
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New Release, A Guest spot and a Blog Train!!
For the month of August Jessica Edwards accepted a guest designer spot over at Zig Zag Scraps. For her Guest stay, she has created some super YUMMY kits that are so cute that you’ll just want to have them! This week Jessica is releasing “Shabby Kitchen” which is kitchen themed and just Oh SO adorable! If you love cooking, then this is just the kit for you!
Not only is this a fantastic kit, but Jessica has created some SUPER cute add-on’s to go along with the kit.
Whew! As if that wasn’t enough cuteness, Jessica’s Creative Team has worked over time to bring you a super cute printable recipe book! All you have to do is add your recipes, print and bind! Or upload to your favorite printing company and create a family recipe book to give away to friends and family! There’s even one or 2 added extras on some of the blogs! So, how do you collect these fabulous pages & extras? All you have to do, is follow the blog train from start to finish, and you’ll have a super cute recipe book! Here’s a look at what you’ll be getting once you’ve completed the whole blog train.
Here’s my piece to the collection – just click the image to download
Now you’re next stop on the blog train is Kelsey . But just in case you get lost, here’s the full list of everyone who’s participating in the blog train.
Jessica’s Blog – http://mydigiscrapblog.blogspot.com/
Jessica – http://p365jessica.blogspot.com/
Tricia – http://theseoultosoulconnection.blogspot.com
Keisha – http://totallyscrapable.blogspot.com/
Sara – http://scrappingalltheway.blogspot.com/
Nikki – http://nikkisdigilayouts.blogspot.com/
Melissa -http://justsopeachie.blogspot.com
Aimee - http://scraftygirl.blogspot.com
Kate – http://www.earleyfamily.com <<– You are here
Kelsey – http://www.kelseyll.blogspot.com/
Jaime - http://jamie-cupcake.blogspot.com
Jessica’s Store @ Zig Zag Scraps
Have fun blog hopping and make sure you watch Jessica’s blog for more sneak peeks & freebies!
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There’s a train a comin’ ..
Join me and the rest of the Jessica Edwards Creative Team for a blog train – August 5th-11th! It all starts on Jessica’s blog August 5th at 9am EST!
It’s Chelle’s Birthday and we’re Celebrating!!
With a blog train!! WHOO HOO!! Since joining Chelle’s team I’ve had a blast working on all of the fun stuff for Chelle’s birthday celebration. If you haven’t checked out any of the other fun stuff Chelle and the rest of the team has going on this week, stop by Chelle’s Blog – http://www.chelles-creations.blogspot.com/ to catch up on all of the goodies and prizes being given away by everyone on Chelle’s CT on her blog! Check out the ad below to get more info and see what a great sale Chelle has in her store too!!
Now, my stop on the train has a little added bonus – not only do you get to download what I created for the blog train, but I also have a little gift from Megan too! Here they are!!
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And from Megan
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Now if you just started out along the blog train or think you’ve missed a few stops along the way, here’s the full list of team members participating in the blog train.
Chelle’s Blog: http://chelles-creations.blogspot.com/
Janine: http://digitalscrappinrocks.blogspot.com
Carol: http://thepadgettwayoflife.blogspot.com/
Fran: http://franscraps.blogspot.com
Karen: http://merchimakesit.blogspot.com/
Kate & Megan: http://www.earleyfamily.com <— You are Here
Kayla: http://www.keepscrappin.blogspot.com
Tanya: http://www.tanyatumbles.com
Emma: http://www.scrappy-dappy-doo.blogspot.com
Juli: http://julifreshfish.blogspot.com/
Heather: http://heatherw25.blogspot.com/
Tracy: http://tracykosofsky.blogspot.com/
Make sure you go to every stop along the train as there are some absolutely FANTASTIC things that the team have created for you to collect and help us celebrate Chelle’s Birthday.
One last thing before I go.. are you a SUPER Fan? Check out the ad below for more details on how to become a SUPER fan of Chelle’s Creations!
Don’t forget to stop by Chelle’s blog and wish her a happy Birthday!!
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A sneak peek and a chance to WIN!!
This week Laurie is releasing one SUPER DUPER cute kit – I’ve used it twice already and it’s another kit of hers that I can see me using over and over.. Check out the sneak peek.. I just LOVE it!!
Would you like a chance to win this super cute kit?? Head on over to the Creative Team’s blog to enter – all you have to do is leave a comment with how many elements you think are in the kit – easy right?? So what are you waiting for?? Head on over and get your entry in!! GOOD LUCK!! I’ll be back on Saturday with my Show-Off’s so you can see what I did with this kit.
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The Happiness Project-Week 4
Watching Missy get so excited over her birthday cake yesterday made all the work I put into making the cake worth it! She just LOVED the sparkler 7 in the center of her cake, this definitely makes me smile
What makes you happy this week?
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Saturday Show-Off.. Laurie’s Scraps..
Well, seeing as I’ve only highlighted one designer that I’ve worked with recently, this week I’m going to feature Laurie of Laurie’s Scraps. I started working with Laurie back in May – her team was one of the first ones I applied for when I got done with school for the summer. Laurie is super sweet and recently we have gotten to know each other a little better and found that we’ve lived about an hour apart, TWICE, in TWO different countries!! How weird is that?? Seriously, she lived just out side of Northampton (England) -where I grew up until 96 and then she also lived just outside of Orlando! How funny is that! It really goes to show how small the world can be! Not only have we lived in England and the US, but we are also both CRAZY about Disney. Recently Laurie’s kits have been Disney inspired and I just LOVE them!
Okay, enough about that and onto Laurie’s super cute scrapbooking kits. The first one is Laurie’s newest release “Toy Chest” - which you’ve guessed it is Toy Story themed. I couldn’t stop using this kit! Not only did I create one page with it, but TWO and I could still use it over and over again. I don’t think I’ve really used half of this kit on my pages – it just means I’ll have to use it again!
WOWZERS!! Cute right? I just loved working with this, now we have to go back to Disney and find the other Toy Story Characters, so I can come back and use this kit again. So here’s what I did with this super cute, fun kit.
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Now you can see why I like LOVE this kit so much. I’ve had so much fun working with it and I can’t wait to use it again.
This isn’t the only kit of Laurie’s that I’ve loved working with. Another one of my favorite kits that I’ve gotten to work with is “Monsters in my Closet” which is a Monster’s Inc. themed kit – Monster’s Inc is one of my favorite movies, so of course, this would be a kit that I LOVE!
Isn’t it cute? I’ve used this kit twice and could probably scrap with it even more! I just love how cute the little monsters in the kit are. Here’s what I did with this..
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I could seriously go on and on about all of the super cute kits that Laurie’s created and I’ve worked with, I just love her stuff and I’m really glad I applied for her team!Laurie also has her own message board where she hosts several scrapbook challenges – a template challenge, font challenge, layout challenge and soon there will be some speed scraps too, so be sure to check it out, as well as her store and blog (she posts freebies and some other great stuff on there too!)
So now I’ll leave ya with a little more eye candy from the pages that I’ve created her kits and templates that I’ve worked with since May – ENJOY!
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It’s Fun Friday!
And what could be more fun than me showing off my latest Creative Team??
I’m SO excited to be a member of Chelle’s Creative Team. I will not be adding any more teams to my list or spreadsheet (if you know me.. you’ll understand why that’s funny!) With school less than a month away – I know.. I can’t believe it either!
Chelle’s Creations are sold at Scrap Matters and for the month of July she is guesting over at The Digi Chick. Make sure to stop by and check out her SUPER cute stuff in her stores, or swing by Chelle’s blog to check out what the other girls on the team are doing with her products, and maybe even pick up a freebie or two!
Now I’m off to get ready to see Michaela’s end of VBS performance! Have a great day and make it a FUN FRIDAY!!
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The Happiness Project: Week 3..
I almost forgot my happiness project post this week – being sick doesn’t help my already over active brain! At least I remembered this morning when I started to look for a photo!
So, here’s my happiness project photo this week..
Missy was being extra thoughtful the other day and wanted to make Little Man some flash cards of the alphabet (this was all her idea) and so she spent the afternoon drawing and making these cute cards using my note cards for school – they need some use right? Once she was finished she came and showed me what she had done. All of them were super cute and what you would expect to find for each letter – sure some were pretty obvious C is for Cat etc.. when I got to Q, I saw this.I have to be honest, I had absolutely no idea what this was. When I asked I was told “that’s a finger” – I still didn’t get it. Then Missy explained that the “blob” that I thought was there was in fact lips, and the finger was up to the lips saying “Shh!” She had Q is for Quiet. After I could pick out what it was, I couldn’t believe how well she’d drawn that finger! The “circle” on it, is the knuckle. Even looking at this picture while I type up the blog post makes me giggle. She’s so creative – it’s definitely not something I would’ve thought of that began with Q let alone draw it!
Want to join me in the happiness project?? Head on over to Leigh’s blog and check out how to play a long!
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