Upcoming Classes in BR!

Hey! I will be at Scrapbook and Co. in Baton Rouge on the 16th for 2 classes!!! I hope to see some familiar faces! You can visit the store's blog here for more info. One is a project class and the other will be an all inclusive 2 page spread!

In BR and loving it!!!

I made my way into Baton Rouge yesterday...leaving behind an absolute mess of an apartment with crap and boxes everywhere. YUCK to come home to....but I am not even going to think about that right now. I am going to think about shopping with my sis and eating Sushi with some dear friends tonight!!!! YEA!

Did a fun little Thanksgiving feast with the kids last week. They loved it! So cute in their little outfits!!!

Been doing some layouts but of course have had no time to post them...moving is a beast on top of a million hour a week job :)

But....I am so excited because my good friend Heather asked me to come do a MNT at Scrapbook & Co. in Baton Rouge! So I am really pumped about that...so if you are in BR, come on over to the new location of the store. It's opening Friday and it is going to be such a fun day. I will be there from 10-1pm doing this MNT. We will be using the new Zing embossin powder from American Crafts on Acrylic! So pretty! With some brand new Glitz Stamps and of course the Tiny Attacher.

Hope to see some of you Baton Rouge girls there! I miss you!!!!

All is well, just very busy!

I know...it's been a while..but if you have seen all we have going on at By Design...then you know why. Hehe!

I just got back from CHA last week. You know, the happiest place on Earth! I can't imagine not going. I love it! Of course I fell asleep hunched over catalogs...but there's just nothing better than that.

Let's see...I passed my test and did just fine! We launched our new kit club called Le Bistro Rose! Wow! It has been so awesome to see it come to life and to have such a HUGE response in just one week! So if you love the store then it is a way to get some amazing papers and embellishments delievered right to your door. I have been doing the ordering and planning for it and OMG...we have some neat finds that you won't see anywhere else!!! Its a passion of mine to find unique embellishments. So much fun!

So here is me...in my element! It is fun to remember back to the first show I ever went to . It was in Dallas and I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. I remember I couldn't sleep at all!!!! So I guess I can blame my old friend Jere at Scrapbooks Etc. for that one! She created a monster.

Here is a peek at the first Le Bistro Rose Kit which is called Carribean Souffle. It is a fun mix of Basic Grey, Prima, vintage buttones, Elle's Sudio and more.... love the vintage feel of this Basic Grey line. They have been "right on" with their past few lines. Just amazing!

It has also been so fun getting this room into shape for school! After help from Tracy and her boys and my mom and her wise teacher insight...my room is really coming along. Here is the new school and my new teammates....What an adventure it is going to be!

Nervous Insomnia

AHHHH! I should be sound asleep right now, letting my brain get some rest so I will be raring to go in a few hours. But no, I am sitting in bed wide awake. I will be taking my last teaching test in the morning and so when all goes well, I will have everything completed to get my standard teaching certificate in TX! Woo Hoo!

It is depressing to me that it is July already. I have been mopey about it for 2 days. When I am at the scrapbook store I want to stay there...not worry about getting ready for school!!!! It really is an inner battle with me. I love doing both things dearly and have been blessed with gifts in both areas. I guess for now I am going to change the mopey attitude to an excited one. I still have a month at By Design to play and plan and make kits and we have a retreat in August. That will be a great way to end the summer.

Missing this girl like crazy...Haven't seen my sister in a while and I am in desperate need of a crafty sister day! Won't you just move to TX already???

Ok, I am going to attempt some sleep...I will have to post later with all the pages I have been doing.!!!! Mainly for my dear friend Missy who may never speak to me again if I don't hurry up and get her scrapbooking done and caught up ;) HAHA! More on that later.

Boy it is hot!

Thank gosh for being able to stay in and scrapbook! It has been very nice to get some kits and layouts and make n takes done for the store. By Design will be hopping this weekend for a big birthday celebration! I can't believe it is almost July. Ugh! Really? Does summer always go by this fast for teachers? It has me a little depressed. I will enjoy it while it lasts, none the less!

Here are some recent projects and pages that I needed to post. Happy Summer!

The canvas was such a fun project! I decided that after making this one for the designer wall at By Design, that I want to make 6 8x10 canvases to hang above my couch!

Fun projects for the summer

I have just been itching to get some decorating done around my apartment. after all, I've lived here for around 10 months. It's about time! So while my mom was here this week she helped me start to hang my plate wall. I was so inspired by an altered dinner plate at the Jenni Bowlin booth at CHA that I thought I'd try it. I found most of the plates on the wall at Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and of course ...Good Will. I was so proud. I did not pay more than $1.99 for any of them. I altered 2 so far, and plan on adding to the collection. I found a sweet baby one at an antique shope in Houston this weekend. Not sure if they should be closer together....

Heading to By Design now for a class. :)

Just some recent scrappies!

Spring Break is good for scrappin!

So while I have been off this week from school for Spring Break...I have been working on some layouts at By Design. New kits and make n takes. I felt so productive today! I got so much done! Woohoo!

This makes it all worth it!

As I was cleaning out my kids writing folders yesterday...I came across this and almost started crying. How sweet! The last line is the best..." I love her bigger than the world." WOW! Touching kids is what it is all about!

October...Really?

So Tracy pointed out to me that it has been since October since I posted! OMG! How terrible am I! That is what you get when you don't have a life anymore. HEHE!

So, I have been scrapping some in between all the school chaos and I keep forgetting to take pics of the layouts before I bring them to the store. I promise I will do better!

It's been a whirl wind. Kindergarten is life consuming. Enough said. I miss the store and all the awesome people there terribly. It still makes me sad not to be there everyday unpacking boxes and planning fun things :( BUT....I do love the kids! Teaching is alot of fun! You guys should see the things they can do! WOW!

I did play hookie for 2 days and went to the big CHA show in Anaheim, CA. (One of my favorite things in the world to do!)

WOW! We took alot of time to search out the newest, different, unique products we could find. I enjoy little findings and such to really make a page special. Some of the things I am so excited about I could burst!!! Of course, all 4 of us who went were ribbon lovers and YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL THAT when the 200 plus rolls of ribbon we ordered roll on in. Seriously! We went ribbon crazy. The Glitter ribbon was awesome....breathtaking really! Donna Downey's Prima line....WOW! The new Glitz is super fun too! Love the ne Glitzer stickers and will hopefully be able to post new layouts here soon.

Glitz also has a 10 minute projects blog that is cool! Check it out...this is a quick page I did for the site.

I need to take some more of the ones at the store...but you can see them all at By Design. Tracy still lets me play when I can! lol!

Hugs,

-Jess