LOOT!

It is probably a little wrong of me to begin my CHA/Chicago blogging with the free stuff I got but we all know that's what you want to see anyway! ;-)

There is no doubt that one of the awesome things about going to the CHA shows is the make and takes and freebies. I'm not one to look a gift horse (or embellishment) in the mouth so I made sure to leave plenty of room in my suitcase for this. Good thing I did!!

Here's the majority of the loot I came home with:

We R Memory Keepers water bottle


Signed book!

Tattered Angels misted mini album

October Afternoon

Mists and paint

My class from Melissa Frances (with binders from WRMK, Ranger Mini Misters, and Zip Dry)

Maya Road bingo chips, chipboard, canvas banner, and acrylic

Echo Park paper

Fancy Pants Designs Christmas ornament

Making Memories vintage groove necklace and tote bag

Jillibean Soup T-shirt

Scotch adhesives

Zutter Distrezz-It-All for $15 at the end of the show!!


And of course my favorite, Pink Paislee!
I was stoked to get to do this make and take necklace when ACOT ordered the new Parisian Anthology collection. I heart my cherry girls for letting me play!!

And I may have picked up a few other goodies along the way that could become RAKS soon so stay tuned! Next up: posts on the fantastic CT gals' shenanigans and what the family got up to in Chi-town!

Baby Tooting!

Wait, that doesn't sound right!

What I mean to say is that I am tooting my own horn because I have been accepted to the Scrap That Baby design team! Yay!!

Twice a month this challenge blog releases new challenges for scrapping babies and kids under four years old. How perfect is this for me right now? Considering I have been scrapping Mr. Owen nonstop since he arrived this is going to be a great outlet and source of inspiration for me. And hopefully my examples there can do the same for others!

And if that wasn't enough for you to get yer butt over there how about checking out the awesome prizes sponsored by great companies? The current challenge is to scrap something in/about the nursery and it's due July 30th. You could win a sweet prize pack from Scrappy Jo's!

New Look!

It is about time!

I am starting fresh with a new blog design that I snagged from House of Three (www.houseof3.com), which is an awesome site for both digi and paper scrappers if you've never heard of them before. I feel like this design is lighter, warmer, and generally more beautiful and will hopefully inspire me to keep up with posting.

Sometimes all it takes is a new "outfit" to change your mood for the better. ;-)