scrapbooking stuff

...whoohoo...

i'm so happy i can post with picutes again!!!

here's some pic's of courtney's first swim meet in june that i did a layout with on friday night at lora leigh's hall crop...

here's to yet ANOTHER album to keep up!!! { GIGGLE }

...and on monday night i had a christmas card making class with

MICHELLE VERNAUS

from Stampin' Up as my guest host teacher!

here's the 5 cards everybody got to make!!!

Luv 'Em.

we had a full house with 13 of us down there, but we all had a fun night, and we all

LOOOOOVED our cards we made!

by popular demand, Michelle will be guest teaching for me again, another christmas card making class on nov.26th...with 5 different cards!

we are already full with 13!!!!

WOW!

great job Michelle!!!

:O)

a little contest...

..looks like all the problems have been fixed on blogger, so here we go with a little CONTEST!!!

most of you who know me KNOW about my photography passion...

and also know about my new digital camera ordeal lately as well...

so, with that being said, and of course now that my finicky camera has come home all fixed up, i am going to give this toy of mine a NAME!!!

you will have until midnight this coming SUNDAY ( nov. 18 ) to COMMENT on my blog some name ideas for HIM!

why a him?

because this camera is tempermental, sometimes stubborn, needed to 'get fixed' after only playing with it for 6 weeks, and it operates fast and efficient!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

i will be picking the winning name for my camera after midnight sunday night and posting the

WINNER

on my blog monday morning...along with the 'little something' i will be giving to the

WINNER!!!!

( feel free to suggest as many names as you'd like!!! )

:O)

Stupid...

...Blogger.

for 4 days now i cannot upload any photos.

i wish they would fix this problemo already!!! don't they know you are waiting for pic's and contests???

i guess i'll just have to hold off on my little contest i want to do until they fix their problem. i will keep checking on it of course!!

this weekend was pretty quiet, with the exception of postponing my canvas project class on friday night ( i will offer that one again and hopefully the date will work better for those of you wanting to attend that class )...

so mom and i and lori went to a hall crop instead!!! i did a 2 page layout from courtney's first 'swim meet' to start yet ANOTHER album...and of course, i can't show the pic's of the layouts right now...

and then saturday courtney had a dance competition, YIKES, we were there for over 6 HOURS!!!! the kids were just finished....too long! mike was with us and he left around 12:30 with tyler so he wouldn't have to be stuck there all day long...he was such a good little guy!!! he was always giving courtney 'good luck' hugs before she went up to compete in each dance!!

anyway, she danced well and finished 3rd overall again in her group!!!

so proud...so, so proud!!!

now we have a bit of a break from competitions until january...but in the meantime, we will be preparing choreography for the big Christmas concert her dance teacher always has annually!! tyler will be dancing in it again this year too for fun!!! he likes to go on the 'big stage' and do his cute little numbers!!!!

yesterday was a pretty slack and lazy day until i had to go to work...stayed in my p.j's until around 2pm, helped courtney with some studying for math and science tests she's having this week and then went to work!!

i am having a very FULL card making class tonight, so i'd better get going to finish preparing my house...gotta take grandma to the eye doctor this afternoon too...then Manta for courtney after school...i wish i could go back to yesterday!!!

(sigh)

:O)

SURPRISE!!!

...i have been trying ALL DAY to get 2 photos uploaded to share my promised surprise with you, but because of technical problems on Bloggers end, i only finally managed to get ONE photo up for you! oh well, it's the most important one i guess!

as i mentioned yesterday, in honour of my 100th post, i put together this SUPRISE PACKAGE for my most loyal commentor on my blog!!!

this package is valued at approx. $100 and i'm giving it to...

TARA LECLAIRE!!!!

...thank you TARA for taking a few seconds on almost EVERY POST since feb.8.2007 to drop a few lines of support, encouragement, excitement and happiness!! you are one of my BEST 'students'...always anxious and eager for my classes that i prepare and you're always so thrilled to see your finished projects! you inspire me to keep being creative and to learn and share new things at my classes!!

you are also a very good friend to me your emails and comments always make me smile!!

THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT BLOG COMMENTOR!!!

you can pick up your goodies at the next class you're attending on monday!!!

SOOOO...

ya never know what you might find on my blog!!!

i have a little contest coming up tomorrow as well...be sure to check back!

( and let's all hope that Blogger will co-operate with uploading pictures tomorrow too!)

heeheehee...

:O)

dagnabbit....

...so BLOGGER has picked

THE WORST TIME

to crash!!!

AAAGGGHHHH!!!

i'm sorry to those of you waiting in suspense for my

SURPRISE...

but i cannot upload any photos right now because the blogger site seems to be having some technical difficulties...

BLAH.

i have been sitting her for over 2 hours of my precious time trying to restart and reboot the computer but since everything else is in 'check'... it's the blogger site...

so...i cannot tell you my surprise without my pic's i took to share with you..

guess we'll have to keep trying throughout the day...

sorry guys...but keep checking back!!

:O)

I have a surprise to announce!!!

ok.

so what is ACTUAL on this blog as far as counting posts goes...i have two different numbers.

one says 97, and the other once logged in says 101.

So,

in honour of my 100th post, whenever it actually happened/happens? i have a

SURPRISE

that i will be sharing with you

TOMORROW MORNING!!!

heeheehee...i love suspense when it's good!!!

:O)

good news...

wow. it's been a very crazy busy last few days but it's now 12:02am and it's all over...

SCRAPAGANZA 3 that is!!!

i was a vendor/teacher again at the semi-annual Scrapaganza in stonewall, mb for my friend allison's big event! ( she owns the SCRAPYARD in town ! ) ...she hosts this amazing 'crop' at the new life church in stonewall and this time we had DOUBLE the ladies than in the spring in april!!! ...120!!!...it was very hectic but soooo much fun!! i can't believe how fast the day flew by!

the event was from 9 this morning until 8 tonight...but mike helped load up the truck and the van yesterday afternoon and after we picked up courtney from school and dropped the kids off at mom's, we were ready to go out to start setting up!!!

...well, after i got this totally cute pic of my niece airiel with grandpa going for a walk when we arrived at mom's!! i'm glad grandpa was up for a little fresh air to stretch his legs!

...mom called me yesterday afternoon asking if it would be okay for me to take GRANDMA along to help me set up my store!!! she wanted to see everything and check things out, to see 'what all this scrapbooking stuff is all about'...so cute! after asking her several times if she was up to the approximate 4 hour adventure, grandma assured me that she really wanted to come along! ( she needed a break and a change of scenery ) i thought it would be good for her too!!

so, slave labourer that i am, i put my 86 year old grandma to work filling paper racks and hanging stock on peg hooks!!! SHE HAD A BLAST AND WAS GIGGLING AND SMILING THE WHOLE TIME!!! man, was it good for her! ( hey, and me...free labour!! heeheehee...)

she was so dang cute hustling around and asking for things to do...she really wanted to be a part of everything and i LOVED having this time with her and letting her see what i do almost every weekend with ' all that scrapbooking stuff'....well, just not this big though!!!

...here's a few pic's here and there of 'my store' once we were all set up for today...

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH GRANDMA AND MIKE FOR ALL YOUR WILLING HELP AND EXCITEMENT FOR ME AND FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

...here's ALLISON and I having a chill moment...

( you are such an amazing person allison, you have the biggest heart and the warmest personality...i feel so blessed to have you for a friend!!! )

...ACTION ALLEY...

it actually went around the corners at both ends here, just huge!!!

...this is a shot while during my 'painting with Heidi Swapp masks' class i taught

5 times today...

good times, good times...

...i made up a pretty pink storage box FULL of Heidi Swapp goodies for a draw prize...

here's my winner!!!

:O)

...what would be a crop without mom and her friend grace there???

tee hee.

thank you both of you again for your continuous support to my business and encouragement to me!!! you have been there right from the beginning ( almost 2 years ago ) and i'm so happy to have such eager, enthusiast "students" all the time!!!

BIG HUGS!!!!

...say hello to Karen and Charlotte...

( allison's niece and daughter, also teachers for classes today too! great job ladies, lots of happy people!! )

...allison handing over her grand prize door prize...she looks so excited that you'd think SHE won it!!! LOL!!!

just how many prizes DID you GIVE AWAY today allsion?

soooooo many awesome FREE door prize draws...unreal!!

...and, when all was said and done, tables down, stores packed up, here's allison and i at the end of the night!!!

WHEW!!!

...what a fantastic day!!! thank you allsion for letting me be a part of such a fun adventure!

...now...

i do have a few other things to say here....

let's see, oh, first of all...

NOVEMBER KITS ARE

SOLD OUT!!!

can you believe it already? i'm so excited about such an overwhelming sale of them!!!

i will definately be making more kits in numbers for december as they are really selling themselves...there's soooo much yummy stuff in them and so easy for you to get going on something since everything co-ordinates so awesome together!!! check back december 1 on my blog for pictures of the next exciting kit!!!

( i still have 5 FANTASTIC october kits left...get 'em while you can!!! )

hhmmmm...ah yes,

YESTERDAY WAS MY 100th post!!!

yay me!!!!

i didn't even notice until today. so that kind of defeats the purpose of celebrating a 100th post. oh well. there's always 200.....

ok. i think i'm all typed out and caught up on the excitement...

must go set my clock back an hour before bed ( YAHOO ) and get some shuteye....

it was a big, long day, so i hope i get some big, long sleep!!!

how was the hot tub tonight allison? i promise, i will be coming out this winter....

:O)