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Two people will receive $50 gift certificates to The Vintage Pearl . (1) Maureen F • WOW - great give aways - thanks for the chance to win (2) jen • moving to Montreal in two weeks and planning my travel scrap through your inspiration!! Thanks for all the tips! One person will receive two ...

Collage3-500 Two people will receive $50 gift certificates to The Vintage Pearl . About The Vintage Pearl : The Vintage Pearl began in 2007 as a creative outlet while staying home and raising our kids. It quickly blossomed into a business and continues to grow! I feel extremely blessed to be ...

A Gentle Memory Keeping Reminder AE_NoRightOrWrong_WEB I've been listening to episode 11 of Paperclipping Roundtable this morning and I was very inspired to say this again. Whatever you are doing is good enough . Wednesday, 17 March 2010 at 10:52 AM in Inspired by , The Year of Story | ...

03.16.2010 03.16.2010 , originally uploaded by ali edwards . Why is it that I have this nice big workspace but it always ends up that I work in one little corner? Anyone relate to this? Tuesday, 16 March 2010 at 09:44 AM | Permalink |

Looking for a scrapbook retreat/event to attend this year? I've got just a couple in-person things planned for 2010 that I am excited to share with you: one in the US with Technique Tuesday where I will be teaching a journaling workshop and one in Greece with Cocoa Daisy. If 2011 is better for ...

Three people will win a spot in Tracey Clark's upcoming class at Big Picture Scrapbooking called Picture Spring . (1) Audra • My favorite photo at this time would have to be my two sons with my grandparents (their great grandparents) My grandparents are really aging at this time, & not as ...

Bps_giveaway_500 Three people will win a spot in Tracey Clark's upcoming class at Big Picture Scrapbooking called Picture Spring . From Tracey : If someone would have told me what I know today, I’m not sure I would have believed them. That the dew of morning could be magic. That a brand ...

Busy. 03.10.2010 , originally uploaded by ali edwards . She's busy. I'm busy. Chris is busy. And Simon, well, he has the day off and is busy with one last lego ship which has been stored away since Christmas. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Friday, 12 March 2010 at 12:44 PM | ...

Adhesives Today I'm following-up on a couple things I've posted about in the past year. I have waited to post about each because I really wanted to make sure that I was happy (or unhappy) about the products before posting about them again. ADHESIVES Since learning that Kokuyo was discontinuing ...

AE_photobooth040 I am a fan of photobooths. Anytime I see one I grab whoever is with me and we jump inside. We drop coins in the slot or gently coax in dollar bills (making sure they are crisp and right-side-up) or swipe a card. We make a few poses, laugh a lot, and in just three-or-so-minutes ...

Winner The comments today were just awesome. Ordinary moments of everyday life are treasures - thank you for sharing yours here. I have so many favorite ordinary moments. One of my current favorites is that each night as Anna gets close to finishing her dinner one of us will start the bath. ...

Brenebrown045 For quite a number of years now, I have believed that scrapbooking is a way to own our story. Through documentation and exploration and simply getting the story down on paper we come to know ourselves better. And as my friend Dr. Brené Brown says, "we gain access to our ...

IMG_7482 It's definitely starting to feel a like spring here today. It's warming up, things are blooming, and I have that wonderful inclination to open all the windows to let the fresh air inside. Among other things, the weather makes me want to clean out my garage. It also makes me want to rid ...

Congratulations to the following: Two people will receive Compositors from moiratools.com . (1) sarah • I love my camera, because it can capture the memories I want to hold onto and help me rememeber those that i will want to look back on later on, even if it might not be right at the moment. ...

A new user interface makes the tool easier to use: Picking the dimensions of the final image is more straight-forward and looks just like the Image Size dialog in Photoshop®. Other options are now defined similarly. Picking the images for your composition is easier than ever: You no longer have ...

365 : Project Life Update IMG_8354 My Project Life for this week is going to be all about prescriptions, medications, and doctor's visits. An ear infection for Anna and strep throat for me and a cold for Simon and lots of work for Chris (who somehow managed to miss this super-fun being sick ...

Family Sick Day Over here we are on Day Three of sick Simon + sick Anna + sick Mama. Fevers and coughs and sore throats and stuff/runny noses all around. Hoping tomorrow everyone will be feeling a bit better. Be back soon! Wednesday, 03 March 2010 at 05:00 AM | Permalink |

6x12-1 Last week I shared a few Today You 4x6 photos with digital journaling and wanted to show how I am incorporating these into my albums. Sometimes when I use my computer to journal on my photos in Photoshop I will then use the photo on a layout with embellishments, etc. Other times it's ...

Img_3100 Just wanted to let you know in advance that I am planning to do another round of my WEEK IN THE LIFE project this year from April 19th through the 25th. Much more info to come as the date gets closer. For more information on this project in the past go here: Week In The Life .