Friday, November 28, 2008

Black Friday

Okay, so if you are one of those crazy people who like to get up early and shop all day - this sale is for you! :) Make sure you hit Digitals for the Great BLACK FRIDAY STOREWIDE SALE!

Don't forget to check out MY STORE!


So I'm at my parent's house and I'm trying to finish a kit series that will be out later next week called SNOWMAN FRIENDZ (3 kits) - I can't wait to see what you think of it. But for now, I need to head off to go play in my high school's alumni volleyball tournament! Haven't played in a year - but hey, it's fun. :)

Catch you all later!

Monday, November 24, 2008

iPod Shuffle Giveaway!

In order to announce the Grand Opening this week at iScrapbook, they will be giving away a free iPod Shuffle each day to one lucky winner! All you have to do is register at iScrapbook, no purchase necessary!

So don't forget to register! Just go to iscrapbook.com and register in the forum!

Friday, November 21, 2008

High/Low - November 21 + Freebie

My LOW for this week is definitely that my van's transmission went kaput! I swear our family has the worst luck in vehicles. We just finished paying off our last vehicle mishap and now we have to start paying off the $2000 transmission. Of course it is still in the shop and we are hoping that we will have it back in time to go to my parent's for Thanksgiving. UGH! Hey, at least gas prices are down right?

My HIGH for this week was definitely our weekend vacation. We really had a wonderful time. It was so great to get away from home for a few days and just be together. Our little 2 bedroom condo was perfect and we were able to bring food to cook and be together. We went on a old-time train ride via the Heber Valley Railroad and it was just a great time! We went swimming a couple of times in the indoor pool which the kids loved and just watched some movies and I spent a lot of time playing games on my computer - which was a fun change for me. I'm very glad that we went on the trip!

Here are some of my favorite photos from the weekend:































And I have a freebie for you. A couple of stacked papers that go with a couple of upcoming kits! I am headed to go to a movie with some Scrap Girls tonight. We are going to TWILIGHT and I'm very excited to have a little time for myself and to see this movie. I'm especially glad I don't have to go by myself. My hubby has no interest in seeing this one. :)

Anyways so enjoy the freebie and have a great weekend!



DOWNLOAD LINK

Video Tag

My Friend, Brianne tagged me on this one. You have to name the top 10 DVDs played in you home. Now I have to say that this one is VERY DIFFICULT for me - because we are totally the movie family. We love movies and tv shows and much of our spare time is spent watching. Of course we have lots of DVDs and our TIVO is always full. I even watch movies while I am designing - it helps me be creative. So anyways, this was a REALLY DIFFICULT decision! I actually needed to break it down between me and my kids and my hubby! So we had to go with top 10 of all time - and it's hard because it also depends on our mood...but for now these our our choices. And they aren't in order.

My Kids:
1. Little Einsteins
2. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
3. Blue's Clues
4. Any Disney movie - especially the Pixar ones - favorite right now is WALL-E and of course Beth loves the Princess movies!
5. Higgleytown Heroes
6. Spiderman/Superman/Batman
7. The Backyardigans
8. Dora the Explorer/ Go, Diego, Go!
9. Bob the Builder
10. Sesame Street

Joey:
1. The Lord of the Rings
2. Gilmore Girls
3. Babylon 5
4. The West Wing
5. MASH
6. Dead Poet's Society
7. Batman - the animated series
8. MacGyver
9. Firefly
10. The Unit

ME (not in particular order):
1. The Gilmore Girls
2. I love old westerns and John Wayne movies (Favorite John Wayne Movie is EL DORADO)!
3. While You Were Sleeping
4. My Best Friend's Wedding
5. The Princess Bride
6. Dawson's Creek - Okay this is totally a guilty pleasure - and I am a little embarassed to put this here - but I have been watching it lately because of the mood I am in! LOL
7. Five Mile Creek
8. Lord of the Rings
9. Back to the Future
10. The X-Files


I know, I know - this is why more than 10 - but hey, I can't decide and there is SO MANY more on the list too - but this is just a few!

Now I tag anyone who wants to! :)

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Designer Spotlight with Juliana

Please join us tonight for another wonderful DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT Crop! Come meet Juliana Gordon in the chatroom at 9pm EST! Hope to see you all there!!!

Friday, November 14, 2008

High/Low - November 14th + Freebie

Can you believe we are almost half-way through November already?! Where does the time go?

I know I missed blogging last Friday - I am going through a major dry spell with everything. I can't seem to concentrate on getting things accomplished. Design, cleaning and other projects have just gone by the wayside and I have been really struggling with a little bit of depression and stress and anxiety. I'm having a really hard time focusing on even one thing and so nothing is getting done and that just makes me more panicky. And so you guessed it - this is my LOW FOR THE WEEK. It's getting better and I'm hoping to be myself next week and I can start getting back into everything! I miss being around the digital scrapbook community - I miss having a clean house - I miss really being with my kids - so I need to get back into everything. Hopefully after my little vacation this weekend, I can refocus and get back on a schedule!

My HIGH for the week
is that last Saturday I got to go to lunch with some Scrap Girls friends. I am really starting to get to know these wonderful bunch of women and I am so excited to have the opportunity to do things with them! In the area where I am living right now, I just don't feel like I belong and I don't really have friends here (although there is a woman 2 houses up from me that I think we are starting to be friends). I really think it is important to have friends who understand you and things that you have in common and through digital scrapbooking I have met just so many people online that I feel like are friends now. And I'm lucky to have the opportunity to have a digital scrapbook community right here in Utah - SCRAP GIRLS and I am so grateful for these wonderful FRIENDS that I have now. Sometimes it does you really good to just get away from your house and from your responsibilities and just be with some friends, laugh and enjoy yourself. That's what I got last Saturday. We went to lunch and did a little shopping (window shopping for me) - it was fabulous!


Wendee, JoAnn, Me, Andrea, Kaye, Anna, Ro, & Valery


PERSONAL UPDATE:
Everything is going well with my family. We've had some colds hit us, but I think we are feeling good right now and that is a blessing. Joey is crazy busy at work right now with the end of the year fastly approaching. He has had a major project that he just finished and I'm really proud of all he does at work! Hopefully he can make it through the next couple of months and then he can slow down a little bit. I'm doing ok - just struggling to get a good balance and schedule going but hopefully I will find it soon. JJ is doing really well at school. I'm so proud of him and the long way he has come in his development. I'm so grateful for his wonderful school! Beth is doing well too - she loves school and wishes she went more than 2 days a week. She is now completely potty trained (even at night) and I'm so happy! :)

We recently had our first snowfall of the season and the kids enjoyed that. It didn't last very long (not even a day) and then we had to rake up all our leaves - but it's such a fun time for the kids!













Here's a funny story that happened about a week ago. I shared my wedding album with Beth one day - and was just telling her about the day and showing her pictures and stuff. A couple of days later, Joey was wonderful and took Beth to her school one morning so I could sleep in (I wasn't feeling well). On the way to school, Beth started telling her dad all about how Mom got married in the temple "with George" and how Mom looked so pretty and went on and on about the beautiful roses and all the beautiful dresses, etc. Joey said he couldn't stop laughing about how she was telling this big story. We figured she had had a dream about it and we just couldn't figure out who the heck was "George." Yesterday, the mystery was finally solved when Beth started telling me the story again - and I looked up at the picture of the temple that Joey and I were married in - and it hit me. We were married in the St. George (Utah) LDS Temple - the "George" she was talking about was the temple. She is quite the little storyteller!

We have an exciting little adventure this weekend starting tomorrow. We are going to go stay up to Midway, Utah in a little condo until Monday and I'm so excited to just get away and be with my family. Saturday we are taking the kids on the Heber Valley Railroad and I can't wait to see the kids enjoy that. The rest of the weekend we are going to take it easy - watch some movies - be together, maybe go swimming, etc. We don't take many vacations and when we do it is usually going to spend time with extended family - so I think this will be a really good thing for us. I'm sure it will be my HIGH for next week and I'll share lots of pictures! :)


DESIGN UPDATE:

Obviously, I have not really been designing lately, but hopefully next week I can get going on it.

Martha & Sharon - I know I owe you a Custom TearZ - hang in there with me - I'm doing them next week!

My Children's book, PRINCESS SECRETS, should be here very soon and then I can start selling them here on my blog. I'm so excited to see the book and hear what you all think! Stay tuned - I will put it up here on my blog as soon as they get here!

My Mom's side of the family are all going to take a Disneyland Trip in March. I'm so excited to do this and to have my kids experience it! It will be my Mom's family (including all my siblings and their families) and my Mom's brother's whole family. We did this same trip when I was about 10 with the same family. Of course now our family has grown a lot, but I think it is exciting that we are doing it again. I was able to design a little logo for some matching T-shirts and I drew the castle so I'm pretty proud of it so I wanted to share it here:




I previously announced that I am going to be a designer for the new iScrapbook site that will be open next week! I'm excited for this opportunity to grow and learn and be a part of something different. My kits at iScrapbook will be exclusive, so stay tuned, as there are 6 new products coming out from me when the store opens!

3Scrapateers was closing - but not anymore. It was purchased so now we have new owners and we are all trying to transition into what will be the new 3S! I'm excited about the different opportunities I will have here now and hopefully you will all come back and share with us at 3S as we get it all whipped back into shape! :) My ScatterZ Challenge is continuing there - so make sure you check that out!


Okay, I think that's all for now. Thanks for reading through this LOOOONG POST! I will REALLY try and get back to blogging more and doing all the things that I do!

I DO have a freebie for you today and I really hope you enjoy it. I have decided to start 2 different paper lines and I wanted to share them with you here and see what you think! PLEASE give me your feedback about the idea.

PeekZ is going to different papers that will have a textured top background and "peeking" out from different holes will be colorful patterned paper.

StackZ is going to be layered paper stacks with added embellishments that can be used as a great start to a layout - just add photos, journaling and a few other embellies and you are done!

Both of these collections will have coordinating papers with old kits and new kits!

I really want to know what you think - whether good or bad about these 2 ideas. Let me know if you like it or what you don't like!

Have a great weekend everyone!



DOWNLOAD LINK

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Over the Hump Chat on Thursday this Week!

Don't forget the slight change in plans for this week's Over the Hump Designer Spotlight Crop. Our featured designer, Christine Smith will be joining us on THURSDAY instead of Wednesday this week! So please come!!!

Thursday, November 13th at 9pm EST in the Digitals Chatroom!





SEE YOU THERE!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

DSD Treasure Hunt Kit

So I have decided to keep my DSD Treasure Hunt Mini-Kit up here on my blog. So for those of you who missed it - no worries - it will be here on my blog for a long time. Get it now!



DOWNLOAD LINK

Monday, November 3, 2008

Over the Hump - All About Me Album: November 2008

Please join me this week in the chatroom for the next challenge in our All About Me Albums!!!





Saturday, November 1, 2008

Hubby Tag

So I was tagged by one of my best friends, Brianne! This one is about my hubby and our relationship!

1. Full Name: Joseph Lee Smith

2. How long you have been married? 9 Years as of June 19th.

3. How long did we date? Almost a year and a half before we got married. We met in January 1998 (bad me - I don't remember the date), when Joey came over to find his best friend Clark Weakley who was at our apartment because he was dating one of my good friends, Amber! Our first date was on February 6, 1998 and we were pretty much serious right away. We did have a long distance relationship for about a year before we got married because he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah to work while I finished school at Dixie College in St. George, Utah.

4. Who eats the sweets? We both like the sweets. I go more for the chocolate kind of stuff and Joey loves taffy and that kind of thing.

5. Who said I love you first? We both can't remember. LOL

6. Who's taller? Joey

7. Who sings better? Me.

8. Who is smarter? Joey by far. He may not have a college degree but he reads a lot and learns so much on his own. He's amazing. He knows like EVERYTHING - all kinds of facts and stuff!

9. Who does the laundry? Me.

10. Who pays the bills? Well, actually we kind of do the automatic pay stuff - for the most part. But we are in it together. As far as money - Joey is definitely the breadwinner so it's mostly his money. :)

11. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Joey

12. Who mows the lawn? Well, Joey is in charge, but he usually makes his little brother do it for us. :)

14. Who drives? Joey for the most part - I hate driving.

15. Who admits they are wrong? Oh me - Joey is ALWAYS RIGHT. Okay - so that will irritate Joey when he reads this - so I guess we both will really admit it if we are wrong.

16. Who kissed who first? Well being that it was my first EVER kiss - Joey definitely began it - but we both wanted to kiss - I was just completely nervous.

17. Who asked out who first? Joey

18. Who wears the pants? Joey


I'm going to tag: Amber, Georgia, Tabatha, and Cindy Lou

High/Low - November 1st + Freebie

So I decided to postpone my normal Friday posting until today - since it is Digital Scrapbooking Day! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

My LOW for the week is that we are dealing with flooding and broken pipes! Yep 2 broken pipes this week. Hopefully my hubby and his friend can get it fixed today - but some of the floor in the kids bedroom is completely gone. Such a pain in the neck. Oh well, I guess that is life.

My HIGH for the week is Halloween. I've never really been much of a Halloween person, but my kids were so excited this year that they really made it fun. Beth was up 3 times during the night before and she kept asking "Is it Halloween yet?" Too cute. JJ is in a definite super hero stage and his favorite is Spiderman so of course that is what he got to be. And my daughter is in the typical princess stage that I never see her growing out of. So she was Aurora from Sleeping Beauty. We got up early to get JJ off to school and both kids got to be in their costumes all day. After taking my hubby to work - we needed to do something since Beth was just so anxious - so we went to Maceys for awhile - they had little trick-or-treat stations at each department and free Pumpkin Cookies and hot Chocolate. So that was fun. Then we went home and had lunch and a couple of hours later we went and got JJ and went to Novell (my hubby's work) for their family party. The kids got to go trick-or-treating to all the employees' desks and they filled their pumpkin buckets completely full! I love it because they get to go trick or treating - be with Dad - and we don't have to go out at night to people's houses that we don't know. :) We've done this 2 years in a row and it's great. So Joey got to come home with us after the trick or treating. He and our friend Pete played raquetball for a little while while I made homemade Chicken Noodle Soup and we had it in Bread Bowls. So all in all it was a great day!

Here's my cute kids:










Don't forget about my DSD Sales and the treasure hunt and everything (details in 2 postings down)! Check out my freebie for today and have a great weekend!



DOWNLOAD LINK