Favorite Photo for a Chance to Win a Free Class

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So the question is "What is one of your very FAVORITE photos of a person that you’ve ever taken? Describe it, or better yet, post it and add the link here, and then tell me what it is about the pic that makes your heart sing."

So here is one of my very favorite photos of Ben that I've taken.



It was taken in 9/29/07. And I just love this photo! It does make my heart sing! I love the angle. I love the reflection of his hand in the puddle. I love the colors. I love that I got right down laying on the ground on my belly to get the shot. I love the lighting and the way his hair is blowing in the breeze! So thanks Jessica for giving me the excuse to share it!

Getting some Digital Scrapbooking Done

I've finally taken some time the last few days to get back into the digital scrapbooking again. Here is the first one I did. It uses a free template from Jessica Sprague. If you are interested you can find if here.



I used Jessica Sprague's free Template+, Title is from Michelle Coleman's Winter Wonderland Kit and all the papers are from Jen Wilson's New Attitude Kit.

The second one I did is from the Type+Writer Class I signed up for last year at Jessica Sprague.com and then didn't have time to do. This is the first layout. It is also a template and then I used the paper from the kit that came with the class. You can read the details about this class or sign up here.



I'm pretty happy with the way both of them turned out. I'm also really loving digital scrapbooking with templates. They make it so easy and I don't have to fret about the design which is a weak area for me. I always spend way too much time worrying about it and second guessing myself. I'll have to start collecting templates now too!

I also figured out today with the help of this blog post how to get larger pictures on blogger. Pretty cool huh?

Photos and Textures

Rather than work today, I've spent some time time playing with my photos and textures. Shame! I know, I know I really need to get the accountant all of our tax information! Anyway it was fun and I've learned alot. Check these out!

Original Photo (no adjustments at all)



Altered Photo with Textures



Interesting stuff to play with! Not sure what I think yet. I think the technique might work better with landscapes rather than portraits but it was fun to play with anyway!

FREE Stampin! Up Catalog & Sale-a-bration

Starting Feb. 1st, if you place your first online order with Stampin' Up, they will send you a FREE Stampin' Up 2009 Spring/Summer Catalog with your order! (So those of you who aren't local but are interesting in Stampin' Up products or supporting my business, you can take advantage of this great offer too!) In additon, it's Sale-a-bration time at Stampin' Up! For every $50 in product you order, you earn a free item from the Sale-a-bration catalog! It's a great time to place your first online order!

Also, if you are interested, if you host a workshop you can also earn more free product for workshop sales over $300!! If you want to host a workshop but don't have the space, contact me, my house might be an option for you! There's even some great deals right now if you are interesting in becoming a demostrator. (If you are interested, let me know and I'll tell you more!)

Here are some helpful links.

To start shopping right now go here and click on the shop now button under my name and contact information in the upper right hand corner of your screen:

If you would like to download a copy of the current catalog (DON'T TRY THIS WITH DIALUP!) Go here and click on the link on the right hand side of the screen.

All of these links are also located on right hand side of my blog page.

If you have any questions for help, please let me know. Also, please feel free to share this information with anyone you think might be interested!

And don't delay if you are really interested! There are a limited number of free catalogs available!

Happy Crafting!

Ben pooped on the BIG potty tonight (twice) for the 1st time

I'm so proud and happy and excited! I can't believe he did it and it was all his own idea and everything. Here's how it went..
I was busy preparing dinner and so he told John he wanted to take off his pants and use the potty. So John help him get undressed and helped he set up the big potty with the insert/adapter/trainer thing and set him up on there. John came out and left him alone and a few minutes later, we hear "Mommy! Daddy! come see what I made in the big potty!" It was so cute! He was so proud of himself! Anyway, I got him cleaned up and we washed hands and the whole time he keeps saying "That was nice of me to poop on the potty" So then I called Gramme of course to share the great news and she said he deserved a cookie. All I had in the house was a box of the 100 calorie packs so I gave him one and when he was done he wanted another package. So Daddy said tomorrow if you go poop on the potty again you can have some more. So he comes out to me and says "I want to take my pants off and go poopie on the potty". So I say ok thinking he already went so he won't actually go more. Silly me! He went back in there and did it again!! Not quite so much as the first but still! So he had to have another package of cookies! We are finally I think officially on the way to getting potty trained! (He has also gone pee on the little potty chair three times in the last week) Whoohoo! But in a way it is bittersweet! My little baby is truly turning into a big boy! I'm so proud of him! Unfortunately he has also started a cold today and went to bed early but has been up crying once already. It will be a long night but I'm still so excited about his potty training progress that it's all good!

I've got to run for now. I just had to record this momentous occasion before I forgot! I just wanted to remember the moment and date so I had to write it down! Hopefully I'll get back into posting again real soon. I've also got lots of photos to share.