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Well our big push at Bates was this past weekend.  Thank you to all who visited our booth.  The weather was beautiful on Saturday and a little cooler on Sunday (I actually wanted a jacket but didn’t have it - I think it is buried somewhere in my closet and it has not seen light for a year).  Lots of visitors although sells were lower than last year.

Lots of fudge, funnel cakes, roasted corn on the cob and popcorn smells filled the air.  Fortunately I can’t leave my booth or I might have enjoyed some of those a little too much!  Bates is so enjoyable.  If you haven’t made it out there, you must!  Where else can your heart be warmed by seeing people just stop and dance and laugh.  Fun live music and many walking thier dogs is a customary sounds and sights.  Amazing that kids can giggle and laugh without a gameboy or television!

We have some open crops and classes coming up - so don’t forget to review the calendar by clicking HERE to see what’s coming up.  The class for the Acrylic book is SOLD OUT but I will try to get another going for those that are still interested so send me an email and let me know.

Don’t forget we are at Bates all of OCTOBER -and there will BE HUGE SALES - so come by!

Pictures are courtesy of our friend Bruce who stopped by on Saturday.  Talk to you all soon!

Wow!! Getting organized feels great but it can be time consuming and really tedious!  How many of you have photos still in photo albums that are not acid free?  What about still in the envelopes from the store?  Well, this weekend I went through pictures from 1960’s to 2000 (when we went digital) and everything is now in chronological order and all sorted! 

Get a plan:  I separated the photos for Disneyland, Wild Animal Park, Zoo and Sea World into one photo box.  We have a lot and I know that I am wanting to do some books with these photos.  All others have been put in Photo Boxes ( a total 22!)

Sorting and Labeling: I used cheap 12×12 card stock that I have had and cut 2 inches off and then in half.  This gave me two pieces at 6×10.  I folded them almost in half, leaving a 1/4 “tab” at the top to write on.  (I will save the 2×12 strips in my scrap bins for future creations). These folders hold 4×6 photos perfect and fit great in the photo boxes (leaning slightly).  To label the boxes, I used my DYNO Label machine.

Larger Photos:I still have the larger school photos and professional portraits copies that are extras that I am just not ready to toss plus 45 years of negatives!  These I put in two separate large plastic containers I got at Big Lots.

Bottom line… I am very happy.  Now when I get my inspiration to scrap (not sure when that is - Ha!) then I can go to the right Bin the first time and get the year I am looking for with all the photos and memorabilia to go along with it!

Organization is definitely my happy place!

Have a great day!

A.

~Scrapbooking is leaving a legacy for your family~

Focus, focus, focus…. hard to do with all the interruptions of life - hey?  I suppose if all I had to do was create and design, this challenge would be no a slam dunk.  One day, some day, God’s way…..

So here is the beginnings of my success to the challenge: Tigger- that’s Ridi-ku-lous! I really like how it came out. 

The second one is all about cooking - and if you are a frog fan… then that is a bonus!!  Working on a another page that will compliment this for those two page layout fans - but did not get it quite finished.  Chose friends this weekend over full focus scrapping - totally worth it (although I am now a little behind).  On to week 4!

Okay - here is another one.  I will add the others this week to this post - so keep an eye out for the updates.  Enjoy!

Wow - where was the time go?  I can’t believe I am at the end of another week!  Well, here are the other two for this week - yes! I made my goal!  Keep watching!!!

Well - I have my largest show months in October/November coming up and that means I need to make a lot of kits for people to buy - so in preparation for this, I am challenging myself to make at least 3 kits a week.  I will post them as I create them.  Would love to know your thoughts and comments.  Also, if you have ever purchased one of our kits, don’t forget to post it in our gallery at Time 2 scrapbook website.

We had a great time last weekend with our daughter and three of our grandsons and my sister and mother-in-laws visit!  It was short but jam packed with fun.  The boys are getting so big and we miss seeing them so much!

We had a family gathering on Sunday where Jacob and Adam, who still live here in the area, could see their sister and nephews not to mention the Montana nephews hooking up with their California cousins.  It was so much fun!!  Here are some pictures!

This was fun and amazing and QUICK!!  I love these little albums from Clear Scraps!!  I did this last night with some ink, rub-ons, stamps, and Basicgrey scraps.

No scrapbooking yet on this one - but there will be for sure!!!  Our beautiful new addition - 11th grand baby - another boy - and did I say beautiful?

Meet Connor - 7lbs, 6 ozs. 20in long, born April 22nd.

We are looking forward to watching him grow - and spoiling him rotten!  The cool thing about this - is we got to watch his adorable big sister while mommy and daddy were in the hospital.  She is amazing and funny and sweet.  We have so enjoyed having her for so long.

Enjoy the photos…. there is a lot more where these came from and I KNOW there will be even more!!!

Well, what good is a blog if you can’t brag about your own family - right?  Well, here I go…

Her name is Vivianne-Ray - 6lbs, 12 oz - 19″ long, born 02-09-09 and perfect!

She is #10 for us for grandchildren - the second girl -the rest are all awesome rough nd tough boys.

We are so proud of Michelle - she did great (especially after the drugs [ha ha]). Adam was supportive and has been great with the baby (words of a proud mom about her son - here)

As we are trying to grow - we are adding new looks and features to our site.  One of the most recent is a new calendar of events.  Please take a second to check it out and sign up for some classses or join us for our “Scrap Affairs”.  We also can plan a special event to meet a need for your own gathering. Whether it be themed or not, special project or not - your choice!  Contact me today and let’s get something on the calendar for your private event. 

A.

“Scrapbooking is leaving a legacy for your family”

Amy-T2S