tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56916334345781447082024-03-12T20:59:45.561-07:00Scrap A MomentCreate Today, Cherish Tomorrowmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135623873879428886noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691633434578144708.post-83529076602975698172011-04-01T21:12:00.000-07:002011-04-01T21:12:12.550-07:00Back in the saddle again....It's me again! Have you forgotten about me? Once again, I apologize profusely for my inability to keep up with my blog. But, I am hoping that I will be able to make regular visits again and keep you posted on new projects. And since it has been so incredibly long since I have posted anything, I would love to show you a project that I made for my anniversary trip to Disneyland this past November. Check it out....<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSs2qvK7RputA_WQVrAGvJijRqUQPFyOm3deFCvmYBstTBtmG6YBbBi8ECsHnE2V5i2U1uMev64_Ac-gdmAnvUBKMmPOOWNWHMNUisw5jXeWgkYAROEl1fsDm-7SGA8UsAscc1lebrdWE/s1600/148869_498033708273_706093273_7017919_2327840_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSs2qvK7RputA_WQVrAGvJijRqUQPFyOm3deFCvmYBstTBtmG6YBbBi8ECsHnE2V5i2U1uMev64_Ac-gdmAnvUBKMmPOOWNWHMNUisw5jXeWgkYAROEl1fsDm-7SGA8UsAscc1lebrdWE/s320/148869_498033708273_706093273_7017919_2327840_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>I made the journal from a precut chiboard album, so it already came with the holes punched and the ring. I just covered the chipboard with Disney themed paper and embellishments. What I loved was that there were fireworks on some of the paper, so I enhanced them with glitter! I made the book days before actually going on our trip, and then each night when we got back to our hotel, I would write out what we did and stuff the little pockets with memorabilia like Fast Passes, napkins, that kind of thing. I guess I should take pics of the finished album!<br />
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<a href="http://s937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/?action=view&current=signature-1.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/signature-1.png" /></a>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135623873879428886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691633434578144708.post-82593267141420893442010-08-26T10:43:00.000-07:002010-08-26T10:43:59.899-07:00AAAA...this is so bad!My goodness guys, I am soo sorry! It's been forever and then some since I've posted last, and even with this post I don't have a new project or anything. It's been a busy couple of months, what with the computer crashing, working at Michaels teaching classes, plus a barrage of other things. I haven't really been on here. so, just letting you all know that I am still avidly scrapbooking and teaching it and enjoying it! Classes for September are signing up now, so if you or anyone you know is in my area, come sign up! Anyway, sorry again everyone....hopefully you will hear from me sooner next time!!<br />
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Scrapbook Basics<br />
Wednesday Aug 4th 3:30-5:30<br />
Friday Aug. 6th 6:30-8:30<br />
or Saturday Aug. 7th 12:30-2:30<br />
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Building Blocks of Design<br />
Wed. Aug. 11th 3:30-5:30<br />
Fri Aug. 13th 6:30-8:30<br />
Sat. Aug 14th 12:30-2:30<br />
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Power of the Pen<br />
Wed. Aug. 18th 3:30-5:30<br />
Frid. Aug. 20th 6:30-8:30<br />
Sat. Aug. 21st 12:30-2:30<br />
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The Final Touch<br />
Wed. Aug. 25th 3:30-5:30<br />
Fri Aug. 27th 2:30-4:30 (crop night following from 5 to 8:45)<br />
Sat. Aug 28 12:30-2:30<br />
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Come into the store to sign up, registration is very inexpensive. If the times for August don't work, let me know what times and days do work and I will be doing my best to accommodate for September classes. Please come and sign up!!!<br />
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Now that that rant is over, once again I do apologize for being absent and in that time....something amazingly awesome happened! I got my own car {which in itself is pretty cool}, but I went job hunting as well. I took a sampling of my work into Michaels and just wanted to see if I could get a job on the retail floor. I love Michaels...it's like a home away from home for me. The manager asked if I wanted to instruct scrapbook classes. I said that would be awesome. So I applied for that position and now ladies, I am currently a certified SDU scrapbook instructor here at the Michaels in my town. I teach the basics in scrapbooking in a four week course. The curriculum covers everything from photo storage to using color to journaling and penmanship and embellishing. So much fun stuff and it's great for beginners and for advanced scrappers! My classes will start in August and I am offering three different time slots and days. Wednesdays from 3:30-5:30. Fridays from 6:30-8:30 and Saturdays 12:30-2:30. So classes will start August 4th, August 6th and August 7th. If you live in my area, go to the Michaels on Sisk Rd. and get yourself registered. It's very inexpensive too!! I hope to see you there. I am sooo excited to teach this class...so tell all of your friends and come on by! <br />
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Yesterday the little girls from my church (ages 10 and 11) came to my house like they do twice a month for what's called Activity Day. I am the leader for this age group and I wanted to teach the girls the importance of keeping a journal to record their thoughts and dreams for future generations. I know that sometimes for me it is hard to constantly thing of something new to write, so we made journal boxes. It's a box that the girl got to decorate any way they wanted and then they filled it with prompts and ideas to pull out when they are having a block. I had seen something similar before in a glass jar, but while I was at the dollar store, I found these cute, plain little boxes. Perfect for a Thursday craft project. So, I threw different colored pom-pom puff balls, colored glue paint, glitter glue, ribbons, decorative scissors and a whole big file folder of my scrapbook paper scraps and let the girls go to town. Here's what the results were...<br />
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<img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="426" src="http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/signature-1.png" width="640" />mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135623873879428886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691633434578144708.post-43676525389551664342010-05-20T09:08:00.000-07:002010-05-20T09:08:15.763-07:00Santa wears a brown uniform and drives a big brown truckIt's just another manic Thursday! Actually, that would have been more precise for yesterday...crazy things happened then. One spot of of sheer delight{ment} was another knock at the front door and another package for me...yay! This one contained the reapings of my online splurge at MemoryWorks. I did a sampling of different products and designers to get a feel for what it would be that I was selling.<br />
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<a href="http://s937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/?action=view&current=Spring118-3.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="425" src="http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/Spring118-3.png" width="640" /></a>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135623873879428886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691633434578144708.post-44051903086697000022010-05-16T10:47:00.000-07:002010-05-16T10:47:19.734-07:00A {like three} new project{s}It's a gorgeous Sunday friends and I am ready to get back on the scrap horse. I've been a little out of it since returning home from family, I have had to play catch up on house work {though my husband did do a great job of keeping it pretty clean while I was away.}. I've had a mountain of laundry that I can't seem to get out from under, but I am slowly making progress. Thoughts have been racing around my head, a sure sign that creative juices are starting to flow, and that crafting itch is back, so I went up to my scrapbook room and started a new project. I enjoyed making the altered book for my mom so much that I started another altered book. This one is smaller and I used an entirely different technique. Instead of painting the cover, I decoupaged it. I am still in the beginning stages of the book, but I did take pictures.I have most of the decoupage done, I am starting to work on how I want to bind the spine {I've pretty much narrowed it down to two locking rings} and then I will continue on with it later. Here are the pictures of the book in the current beginning {rough} stages.<br />
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I do love the soft greens and blues though.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is my project right now. I have no real reason for it, I am just experimenting with altered books. I am thinking of turning it into an address book or planner for myself, though I am undecided as of now. I</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Moving along, I do have more projects that will be spilling out in the coming weeks, and I can give you a bit of teaser right now. While I was with family, my mom and I went digging into some boxes in the closets that were chalk full of pretty little treasures. My mom had stashed away hundreds of old black and white photos of her parents, her dad at war and so on. They are priceless photos, most of which were taken by my grandfather who was an amateur photographer. He would also develop the film and thereby made priceless works of art. Through out the week that I was there, we managed to separate and organize the photos, from photos dating all the way to the late 1800's early 1900's, to photos taken during my grandpa's service overseas in WWII {which he got an article in the paper about for the types of photos he took}, and on up past my grandparents wedding and into the birth of my mom and my aunt. My main interest was in the black and whites. I set aside all of the war photos for a very special scrapbook about my grandpa. My dad is currently scanning in the photos and retouching them for me and then saving them onto a disk to send to me. I am so excited to get all the photos and even more excited to start my first heritage album. I was able to leave my parents house with a copy of the article about my grandpa during the war, a copy of his discharge papers, and lovely little photo of him in uniform and two letters from his jacket when he played foot ball in highschool in the 30's. I will be keeping you all informed of this project as it moves along.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> During my visit my mom also gave me another trinket. She gave me an opal ring that is a family heirloom. The way the story goes is that the ring is passed among the women born in October in my family on my mom's side. My mom got the ring when she was younger from an aunt who got it from the original owner who got it in 1919. My mom was told to pass the ring on to the next girl born in October {preferably a daughter} and sure enough, I was born in October. My mom gave me the ring, and while we were looking throught the old photos we stumbled across one of the original owner of the ring. The date was around 1919-20 and sure enough, she is wearing the opal ring on her finger. When I get the ring fixed {it's missing an opal} I will take a picture of it and make a scrapbook page of the ring Aunt Vronie {the original owner} wearing the ring. I do have some pictures of the ring in it's current state that I can share with you. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcpBpsy7r01AwVz7hc6Uf6Og3CtXPuhBnb8QLXDXUA646LLUFqBP0tBuAUOm4bt_PZujvI0Ev-y3bh-xX1J_Yho7t3QW1P-lh1G3MjB-zs_mf9nsQ32TxkGNSY9fipNvY4MQDOE11OhI/s1600/CIMG0792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcpBpsy7r01AwVz7hc6Uf6Og3CtXPuhBnb8QLXDXUA646LLUFqBP0tBuAUOm4bt_PZujvI0Ev-y3bh-xX1J_Yho7t3QW1P-lh1G3MjB-zs_mf9nsQ32TxkGNSY9fipNvY4MQDOE11OhI/s400/CIMG0792.JPG" width="400" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw56y2f0mogQQuBrl-2pUjSb2_KC0p3B5saguAi9SNc6FIJMkze8tQW1JczI4Y3aKin4jSrdmmXkAZk1l8iGfkN8AwjlmB5JgzwvuuWrk9cZ4IRaDFij-aCpYlGOW0eueTEBPMXRIzz8A/s1600/CIMG0796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw56y2f0mogQQuBrl-2pUjSb2_KC0p3B5saguAi9SNc6FIJMkze8tQW1JczI4Y3aKin4jSrdmmXkAZk1l8iGfkN8AwjlmB5JgzwvuuWrk9cZ4IRaDFij-aCpYlGOW0eueTEBPMXRIzz8A/s400/CIMG0796.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The opals in the ring aren't done any justice by this photo. They are beautiful and full of fire, even after 92 years. I am so lucky to be part of this tradition and be the new owner of the family heirloom. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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This was my first attempt at making an altered book, and I think that it turned out really well. What I did was take a hard cover book and completely gut of all the pages and binding. Then I painted the cover with a white acrylic paint using a large bristled brush to give the cover an aged whitewashed wood appearance. Next I took double sided scrapbook paper and cut it to fit in the book, wove a tea dyed ribbon into the spine and the pages and then decorated the book with pictures of my mom, her kids, quotes on mothers and artwork. Have a look at the final product here. If you have questions on how to make your own, contact me. Or if you would like me to make you one, contact me as well. I will be making a tutorial for this project in the near future, so keep checking in on the Fun Projects page here on this blog. Enjoy the pictures!<br />
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The party planning had been going on for weeks, there were talks of color schemes and what pattern for the plates and napkins. Getting just the right shade of red for the roses, the perfect dish...all of that. The last couple days were a frenzy of activity. Samantha {my sis-in-law} came home from school for the weekend, and her, myself and Alida {my mom-in-law} did last minute errands and then Alida and I did the all important arranging of the table preview. Yesterday I went over early to help, and was in charge of setting the tables as we had previously determined, lighting candles and cooking pasta. It was definantly an Italian kitchen with all of us running around tasting dishes and reaching over eachother to stir sauces and pasta, toss salads and chop tomatoes. But we had so much fun. I'm just going to roll the pictures now!<br />
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<a href="http://s937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/?action=view&current=Spring118-3.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="425" src="http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/Spring118-3.png" width="640" /></a>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135623873879428886noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691633434578144708.post-9275775835270344032010-04-22T08:04:00.000-07:002010-04-22T08:04:04.056-07:00It's All About MeI took on another challenge yesterday that I found at <a href="http://www.scrapbooksetc.com/">Scrapbooks Etc. </a>. The challenge was to do a layout about "YOU". How funny that that should be a challenge, oh but it was! I don't scrapbook myself {I mean about myself}, unless I happen to be at the event, with the birthday person, on that vacation...you get the drift. But to actually sit down and come up with a layout about ME was difficult. When it came to me, it took about an hour to finally decide on what paper to use...that was just the beginning! I will say, that after I did a small sketch of what I thought would be nice, the page did come together a lot easier.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zJNW-fq6pFioq7RrSF2DXMIVcdqOKQNYFomVZMuN1OzbOIsj0i4RPxW6hec-Wxz12lf85LDTG3cjof_6tYK96jS-OkTYjTrgRg3hwKUdiuAPbyNVT-8rpuuhPLfWZA2In61UFFEWtQM/s1600/CIMG0561.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5zJNW-fq6pFioq7RrSF2DXMIVcdqOKQNYFomVZMuN1OzbOIsj0i4RPxW6hec-Wxz12lf85LDTG3cjof_6tYK96jS-OkTYjTrgRg3hwKUdiuAPbyNVT-8rpuuhPLfWZA2In61UFFEWtQM/s400/CIMG0561.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was no way that I could make a layout about me and not include the lyrics to the song I am named after. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnolgSW4jGYPqaJ7_oZ79yQY2iPVPitIMse17xeCCDagDKY-KTCp9BpbcDsiWnlS8ChG7NYs8c5QXMqnG7VPlHbd-QnAW-Gt_z4WKGm_tzmgxNrmJLo0kEDtbtPppncTv0K8kiZJRoP5c/s1600/CIMG0562.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnolgSW4jGYPqaJ7_oZ79yQY2iPVPitIMse17xeCCDagDKY-KTCp9BpbcDsiWnlS8ChG7NYs8c5QXMqnG7VPlHbd-QnAW-Gt_z4WKGm_tzmgxNrmJLo0kEDtbtPppncTv0K8kiZJRoP5c/s400/CIMG0562.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I added subtle detail around the border of the picture listing all the things that I am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMRZcNC65gYB_tJJsTmQxAKiY_OjN3jIV1X8wYPQY_DyV1H7SQgiHA8iOXbMiyeJwG7jRlc1lZXD5poykpzoU5ZGhm4ls2-AkdCk95nMvZFLNdYUhlc81FCkzxqH8imFKcXvzG_j1R04/s1600/CIMG0565.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEMRZcNC65gYB_tJJsTmQxAKiY_OjN3jIV1X8wYPQY_DyV1H7SQgiHA8iOXbMiyeJwG7jRlc1lZXD5poykpzoU5ZGhm4ls2-AkdCk95nMvZFLNdYUhlc81FCkzxqH8imFKcXvzG_j1R04/s400/CIMG0565.JPG" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">{Sorry about the flash here}</span> At the bottom of the page, I put in random pictures of me, and squeezed in a couple different lists about me...My Likes, My Dreams, and My Hobbies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm really happy that I took this challenge. I didn't realize that making a layout about me would be this difficult. It's hard to sit there and try to think of all things that you are, all things that you want to be and all the great and wonderful things about you. Funny thing is, there is usually way more good things than we give ourselves credit for! Take this challenge everyone!! Go to the link at the beginning of this post and submit your own "Me" layouts!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<a href="http://s937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/?action=view&current=Spring118-3.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="425" src="http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad217/ahiggins36/Spring118-3.png" width="640" /></a>mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11135623873879428886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5691633434578144708.post-12080188724533901012010-04-21T10:05:00.000-07:002010-04-21T10:05:14.069-07:00Done Already...Well, what can I say? I finished my challenge layout already. I was up late last night sketching it out, and then this morning {more against my own will than anything} woke up super early. The dogs wanted to get up, so after letting them play outside, I brought my bowl of cereal upstairs to my scrapbook room and got to work. I wanted the page to be fun but at the same time look like it has some organization to it. I chose some brighter colors and this is the end result...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> As you can see, we even took it to the level of wearing costumes. {And yes, that IS me with a soda bottle strapped to my head and wearing my little brother's pants} There are different players in the game ranging from a Peon, to a Merchant to the coveted role of Great Dalmuti {my cousin here in the purple and the crown seemed to always be The Great Dalmuti}. Anyway, we made hats to go along with the different roles and we had to trade them up if we should advance or get booted down a level. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> The scrapbook challenge is to make a layout of something that you do for fun with friends or family. It seems fairly simple enough, but I can assure you, this picture may just steal any limelight away from my actual scrapbooking techniques...I think there in lies MY challenge! I will keep you all posted and of course unveil the finished product! Wish me luck and have a great night....</div><br />
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