LIFE IS SUCH..........

that I am back here! I have oodles to say, but no desire to type it all out today. Suffice it to say that the later part of 2009 brought BIG changes to my life and I hope that 2010 will be the start of a much better year for me. I hope to pick up my blog a bit over the next few weeks, as, like I said, I have lots to say. Lots to type. Lots to get out. But my head isn't in the right space quite yet.

I hope all of my friends that come across my blog have a wonderful, peaceful and prosperous new year. HAPPY twenty ten!!!

There is no way in the World........

that I can keep up two blogs......so we've moved!

Check it out at www.thescrappingnook.blogspot.com

Lots of fun, contests, etc. And I will try my very best to keep it more up to date! :0)

April Calendar..........and I SUCK!!!!!!!

So I am all excited, because I finally (after trying for 63,987 years) learned how to turn a WORD file into a pdf. Then, being the incredibly smart and intelligent girl that I like to think I am, I learned how to turn that PDF into a jpeg. See that way, I don't have to scan the calendar and such. I can just "convert" it, and post it everywhere I want. Easy Peasy. NOT!!!!! Once I convert my files, the colours are WAY OFF!!! They look fine in Photoshop etc. But once I post them on Blogger here, my colours are all distorted. My little Lollipop Gang lollipop looks like it has Gangrene, my Happy Easter symbol looks gross, and all the lines and such are the colours of Peeps on Steroids. UGH!!!!!!!!! Why can't I figure this out? What's wrong with me? I give up..............look away if you find the colours hideous! But if you can bear it for a minute or two, here's what's on the calendar for April!!!

It's THAT time of the year again..................

People always say the Christmas season is so busy, but for us, Spring is definately where it's at!!

All the new stuff from CHA winter starts to slowly trickle in, day after day, week after week, and then it picks up speed, and you start getting box after box after box....it's oodles of fun though to see the excitement over the new stuff!

This week we got a whole load of new Thickers (I am SUCH a puffy thicker fan, it's not even funny!!!!), the new Advantus/Tim Holtz stuff arrived..........I love Tim's new Masks.......and who DOESN'T love the price point!!! $4.00 pretty much buys you a great technique!

And there is more Prima paper (including the "OH* MY* GOSH* THAT*IS*SO*GORGEOUS*THAT*I*JUST*MIGHT*FAINT*" hand stitched paper that they released). Their Rosebud paper is one of my favouritiest (:0) papers ever!!!




And the wee Prima stamps..........OMG again, TOO CUTE!!!

Jenni Bowlin's Farmer's Wife line arrived too........and although I am not a farmer, nor a farmer's wife, I DID have the best Granddad ever who was a farmer and he DID HAVE A WIFE, so I have plans to put this paper to great use!!!




In addition to all the new lovliness hitting the shelves, we are going at a manic pace to try to get ready for Scrapfest and the retreat!! Within two weeks of one another............I can see the grey hair growing as I type this!

Have a great week everyone!!!

You gotta work it!!

In the world of retail, one thing holds true. SOME THINGS JUST SELL THEMSELVES! It's as simple as that. You order something, price it, put it out on display, and people buy it. 1-2-3. Easy Peasy. Done Deal. Cha-ching. That's that!! Kaiser pearls, Prima bling, Jenni Bowlin bingo cards........all case in point. By the way....there is a whole lot of each of those things headed our way!



Then there are other things that you need to WORK at selling! This week, my mind is geared towards "selling" the Graphic 45 papers that are arriving on our doorstep next week! This is not a line for everyone. There........I said it out loud. It's super duper neat. It's uber coolio. More vintagey than the bag of clothing my mom got delivered to her after my Aunt Bea passed on (God rest her soul--she was sweet!). This line of paper is black and red and white and cream and ecru. I love that word. ECRU. Anyway, this paper won't sell itself. Deanna politely said "not really my style". Tara didn't say anything, which probably means she's thinking that it looks like her "Grandmother's couch" :0). I have also heard "not my cup of tea", "interesting" and a few other funny and polite comments!!



So, right off the bat, I know we will have to work this line!! It's kind of fun though, as it gives me a reason to get off my rump and dig thru all my old vintage photos, my box of my Grandma's hat pins and old brooches, my Grandpa's newspaper articles and all those other fun things that smell like the basement!! It gives me a reason to scrap! Cause I know that if I can't sell these puppies......I will have to find a home in my scrappy supply cabinet for all 400 sheets of paper!

Wish me luck!!! I will keep you posted with how I am doing!

Oh and by the way.......I could have also written this entry about the Jenni Bowlin "cow" paper that is on its way! *wInK*

Who is the cutest little niece....

in the whole world? This little girl...THAT'S WHO!! Thought I'd share my little creation below. We're having an all out kind of Online Crop this weekend, and here's one of my contributions (despite the fact that I broke the challenge rules!)

I have wanted to scrap this since summer!!! During lunch one time on a trip home from Ohio, Dakota noticed that I took my tomato off my sandwich (she loves tomato) and she asked me if I liked tomato. Without thinking, I said "It depends on the day"? She was quiet for a few minutes, and then asked "Patti, do you like tomato on Sunday?" I just about died laughing.........everything is so literal with little kids. I told her no, not on Sundays, and asked if she wanted my tomato, to which she happily said yes!