1. Which embellishments are you currently obsessed with? [color:blue]Old rustic metal[/color] 2. You can only choose one: patterned paper or Cardstock? [color:blue]patterned paper[/color] 3. Is there a scrapbooking technique that you are too intimidated to try? (I am afraid of eyelets!)
[color:blue]embossing[/color] 4. You are stranded on an island and can only take 3 scrapbooking items to document your stay, what must you have? [color:blue]computer, camera, paper[/color] 5. What snack must...
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There is a new paper company in town - Marks Paper Company. They are showcasing two new collections and they are beautiful!!! They are giving away these collections -- there will be two winners. One winner will receive their "August Collection" and the other winner will receive their "Old Fashioned Courtship Collection". Click below to post a comment for a chance to win: http://mycharmingblog-scrappermimi.blogspot.com/2009/03/marks-paper-company-giveaway.html
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Have you entered the Cosmo Cricket giveaway? $150 worth of great scrapbooking stuff. Click the link below for all the info!!! http://lifeaslou.blogsome.com/2008/12/20/christmas-mini-album-pages-6-7-plus-150-give-a-way/
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Was there life before scrapbooking? Or better yet, do I remember life before scrapbooking. Of course I do, but it didn't seem to have the intesity and awareness that life has now. I definitely see everything differently. Flowers -- I should scrap those, so people can see how pretty they are years from now. The colorful trees in the fall, the cute scarecrow scene in the neighbor's yard would make pretty layouts. I wish I had been scrapping when we had a "pet" groundhog in our backyard for ...
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I just read Estee's Take (her blog) about sarcastic humor and humor in general. If you would like to read it, it is here: http://www.scrapbook.com/blog/view/129375.html#Comment. I am at work and was actually laughing out loud at it. She described me to a "T". Ok, first of all, you have to understand what makes my mind work the way it does. I just now had to go Google "to a T" to see if it was a "T" or "tee" or what? This is what I learned. : TO A T - "We use this expression very commonly in...
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