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Angie!!!
Angie, otherwise known as one of the coolest people in the world, is many things... smart, talented, funny, kind, happy, and the voice behind the Simple Scrapbooks blog! And today is her 19th birthday! Just kidding. She's actually, like 25. Or something.
She took the day off (how dare she? Won't the entire Simple universe cease to function??) today. But pop over here and wish her a happy day. It'll bring you good karma, I promise.
John took the kids to visit his dad on Friday, so I had a whole day to scrap. A WHOLE DAY!
I also did some other crafts, which I will post soon... but for now:
As many of you already know, Stacy -- that incomparable, amazing, inspiring figurehead of Simple Scrapbooks Magazine -- has recently announced that she's going to be cutting back on her role with the magazine.
The reason is simple -- too many ideas and dreams, not enough hours or energy. We at Simple are brokenhearted to lose some of our time with her, but at the same time we are thrilled and excited to see what wonderful project she dreams up next.
In order to "Send Stacy off in Style," this week has been named Stacy Appreciation Week. Here's how you can participate:
-Leave a comment on her blog.
-Call 1-888-HUG-STACY and leave a voice message.
-Create a layout celebrating Stacy and post it to the Simple gallery.
-Reflect on what Stacy has meant to you and do a good deed in her honor.
As far as what Stacy means to me, I don't even know where to start. She is the reason I am involved with Simple at all -- I sent her an email from my heart about my desire to write for Simple, she answered right away, and the rest was history. She continues to be a beacon for me of how to follow your dreams, how to treat other people, and how to live a colorful, meaningful life.
But this post is not meant to be about me. It is about how one woman -- an ordinary woman, she would say, though we would all disagree! -- can light a fire fueled with passion, inspire others to surpass the ordinary, and sprinkle a little bit of excitement and glitter wherever she goes. In other words, how one woman can change the world.
One scrapbook page at a time.
Thanks for participating, my fellow scraphappy-ites!
Many of you said that yellow was a tough color for you. You know what's interesting... I never would have thought it would be one of "my" colors, but as I look over my scrapbooking from the past 6 months or so, I've used a LOT of yellow cardstock! Funny that I now consider it a "neutral." I mix it with everything from a deep red to pink to green to white to all of the above!
Here's my layout from last week:
That's my cute hubby. A good sport, indeed!
Materials: Patterned paper (Paper Loft) + letter stickers (American Crafts, Scenic Route, Reminisce) + photo corners (American Crafts) + labels (Autumn Leaves) + tile (Technique Tuesday) + letter (Making Memories) + brads (American Crafts) + 12x12" page
The winner of a prize pack is... Kendra! I love her digi layout. Kendra, email me with your snail mail address and I'll get these goodies off to you. (And tell me if you do digi-only so I can find something suitable from the prize vault!)
I really encourage everyone to go through the comments on the 30-Minute Thurdsay posts and visit some of the other participants' blogs. It's fun to see what everyone else did, and it really helps encourage people. In fact, next week I just might give a surprise prize (say THAT 10 times fast!) to someone who is caught leaving kind comments to a fellow scrapphappy-type (we need a name for our band of merry maidens... ScrapHaps? ScrapHappians? Hmmm... needs some work).
Now, for this week...
Create a 30-minute layout using AT LEAST:
-1 photo of yourself
-2 button
-3" of ribbon
-some bling
Remember, you can use more, but this is the minimum! Post a link to your page here by next Wednesday to win, win, WIN!
Episode 42 is up here or via iTunes.
Lots of goodies...
*I share the pain of trying to undertake a new craft
*Dear Aunt Scrappy makes a guest appearance
*We have a review of the Pentel Tape Adhesive Tape 'n' Glue
*And a review of Ethnic Scrapbooking by Lisa M. Sanford
*And a new contest!
Speaking of contests, if you entered to win:
or
or
you had better go listen to some old podcasts because these three books remain unclaimed, and you have until 3/31 to email me!
NO, I am NOT going to email you to tell you you won. As I often say to my children, "What am I, your mother??"
Wanna scrap? Here I am in Seattle PORTLAND with Maggie and Debra, two of my all-time favorite students!
We are so cute. :)
PS The picture was not really taken in 2006.