Another chance to win something COOL!!!

Have you seen all the beautiful new products & contest for pro photographers on http://www.designaglow.com/?

yupp my choice would be Ginger....

I am 35 today....

I don't feel any older...just a lot wiser.. I have made some pretty big decisions this past year...all for the better of my life.. and I am so proud that I have done this. That is the getting wiser part... I have the best family a girl could ask for. I got woken up by the bestest 2 boys ever with the biggest birthday hugs... and then the phone calls started.. first was from my brother and sister in law on Manitoulin.. and then my parents and then my other brother in Taiwan... and I got to talk to my niece who is 2... thought she would have been sleeping she should have been sleeping.. but she had to wish her Auntie.. a Happy Birthday... I am so Happy she did....
and for my birthday I had a night out with Greg...at the Old Mill restaurant... it was the first time I had ever been there...
and of course I had my camera.. so here is the picture Greg took of me...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
(yes I will be scrapbooking my birthday photos...they will be for my project 12 March layout... ..stay tuned....)

Scrapshotz... Fabulous Friday challenge

As soon as I saw this challenge on Scrapshotz... I knew I had to do it...

http://scrapshotz.blogspot.com/2010/03/fabulous-friday-inspiration-challenge.html

the colours in the dress...made me automatically think of Daisy Bucket paper...

And I created this layout....

Epiphanie... purse for your camera....soo cool I want one...

and wow they are having a great chance to win a gift certificate for $2500 or my pick... a Canon 5D Mark II
Check out their site form more details...
http://www.haveanepiphanie.com/home/2010/2/28/epiphanie-give-away.html


Check out the site for the discription of their purses for cameras... I love Lola....
http://www.epiphaniebags.com/#/shop-1/

Imaginisce March Sketch Challenge....

I created this layout .....

From this sketch....

Using.... Imaginisce Teacher's Pet "Wipe that up" Pattern paper and Basic Grey Card stock and Chip board letter.... extra ribbon and my glue glider pro oh and of course some pop dots... on the knots...

****pictures are taken prior to journaling as this is a private part of my life****

Reveal day for Scraptures.....

I love the 10th of the month... I get to show off scraptures kits and all that I have done with them...
This Kit was Prima - Blooming Retro....
1st I created this layout because I turn 35 this year... I have listed on the back 35 people and things that are important to me...














2nd a layout I created using a sketch from Sketchabilities I used Oct 15 sketch

http://sketchabilities.blogspot.com/2009/10/oct-15-reveal.html

Here is my take on the sketch
and my 3rd and final layout I did a double page layout of My little Kevin eatting a juicy pomegranate.... My poor Mom's wall was covered with Pomegranate Juice.... OPPS...












Please check out Scrap~tures at http://www.scraptures.ca/ to see what the others in the creative team have done with their Kits... including the very first Card Kit... YEAH!!!
Laurie

So today....

Today I was at the Hamilton baby expo with Amanda from Inspire Marketing..
http://inspiremarketinghamilton.blogspot.com/
and let me tell you...that there is sooo sooo much out there for babies today... and I am soo soo glad that I am done with that stage of my life... Don't get me wrong I loved having an infant in the house... but I love the stage that the boys are at now ... along with helping out I got to meet some really nice people... Traci and Tracy from creative simplicity photography.....Laurel with OptiMom...although it was brief... I so can't wait to get to know you better...and Chris... from Kitestrings Marketing...... I wish I could twitter more often for you Chris.. but the blog is going to have to be enough for right now...
And now I have to create for the scraptures reveal.... it is in 4days..... ahhhh 4days...got get moving...

Blog Crawl Kind of weekend....

Well this is the first time I have ever done anything like this so not really sure what to expect...but I thought I would post here too before I head over to all the blogs... post comments and have a chance to win some prizes.. here is where I am starting.. but there are tons of different blogs out there to check out.. I am sure there will be tons and tons of inpsiration...

wow 3 Companies...45 Designers...50 Giveaways... a blog crawling I will go...


http://bellablvd.typepad.com/bella_blvd/2010/03/participating-bella-blvd-designers1-akiko-kuroki---13-jessica-jo-salber2-beth-gerlach---14lorendana-bucaria3-brittny-le.html#comments

Laurie....

All this inspiration...where does one find the time to create...

I am completely asphyxiated... with all the inspiration that floating around lately....
For instance Cari at Me & My Thoughts with a great layout sketch from Imaginisce here is the link below..
http://myandmythoughts.blogspot.com/
and of course one of my favourite blogs... Scrapbook and Cards today... (Canadian of course)
and on their blog today...and actually as always... great ideas... I love the one today creating a spring paper wreath...with using scraps... and I of course have boxes and boxes of scraps.. and what a great idea to use them up...
http://www.scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com/

I will just have to find the time to do these and some of the others that are all around the blog world...
Laurie