{discovering} life

Some fun shares and a giveaway! :)

Here in the US, the Thanksgiving holiday is here and I just love this time of the year. Although it signifies the end of fall (which is my favorite season) and the beginning of the cold, I love this time to gather with family and ponder about all the many things that we have to be thankful for. Our country is in a hard place right now...and on top of all of that...there is still so much to be thankful for! I'm thankful for all of you...for coming to my blog...for your comments post after post...for the friendships that we've built and the time that you take to say hello! Thank you! It means so very much to me and I apologize that I haven't been great at responding to posts! Bad me - I will do better!

I just wanted to share a few things going on right now

First...SALES!

Two Peas in a Bucket is having a great Thanksgiving Sale that starts on Thanksgiving! Be sure to check out the shopping section at Two Peas for lots of great deals! Free shipping on any order over $50 - gotta love that! I'll be there for sure! :)

Second....

Stampin' Up! is having a Thanksgiving Day sale on a few custom bundles! I'm so excited about this because in all the years that I have been a demonstrator for Stampin' Up!...I don't ever recall them doing a Thanksgiving Day Sale! SOOOOO cool!

Check out this flyer here for all the information: Download Bundles_US1 !!!!

To check out a catalog to see what sets/accessories they are talking about, please go to my site here.
To place an online order for your sale bundles, please go to my site here. It's so easy!!

Grab these as early as you can because they are only while supplies last this weekend (Nov. 26 - Dec. 1)! Awesome deals!

Third...

Hero Arts is having the web artist share some Holiday gifts on the blog this week. I had a gift jar up today...you can check it out here. And be sure to visit each day to see what all the awesome artist are creating! Good stuff!

Fourth:

Two Peas is doing a '36 days to Christmas' Countdown with a card, gift tag and ornament set from a different Garden Girl each day. So fun! I love all that I've seen so far. To see all of the idea in one spot, go HERE. And be sure to check back each day for a new set of inspiration!

Fifth:

Stamp Camp at Two Peas is going strong! We are on the 5th week (already...so crazy!!) and I wrap it up next week on Monday with a new technique for Week 6. Be sure to stop by the Education Board to check it out on Monday...and in the meantime...go see all the great classes from Week 1 -5 on the board! Fun stuff!

Sixth:

Starting next Monday, I am going to do a full week of gift ideas. Each day I will post some fun gifts that I've found...one day will be Etsy gifts, Holiday Gifts, Scrapbooking Gifts...etc. I think it will be fun! This is the time of year that I wish I had a ton of money to just buy whatever I want...but...not the case. So, I'll just shop with my eyes and post here to share! :) Hope you'll stop by to see some fun stuff!

Seventh:

A GIVEAWAY! Are you still here with me??

To thank you for coming by my blog and for being so kind to me, I'm giving away this...

...just in time for the holidays. It's a Basic Grey 'Wassill' collection pack that I've heard is all sold out at their warehouse! This pack is amazing!!! Amazing! I had a fun guessing game for you - but I didn't get a photo of it and so I'll save that for another giveaway. So, just post something that you are thankful for and I'll draw a name on Monday. I hope that you all enjoy your holiday weekend! I'm off to spend time with my family and will be back Monday! Hugs to you!

Almost Thanksgiving!

  I love this little guy! He has grown so much in the past month! He's learned to clap, push cars around on the floor, eat lots of foods, took his first step, can stand up for awhile all my himself, and is so much fun! I can't help but hold and kiss him as often as I can...he's so yummy! :) I'm so thankful that he came to our family this year...I can't imagine life without this sweet little spirit! So so in love with you Jaxon!

 I'm trying to get a bunch of random things done before Thanksgiving. A bunch of assignments I need to finish up and mashed potatoes (for a million people) and a yummy pumpkin layer cake (go here - it looks so yummy!) to get ready for the big holiday this week. I'm so excited that my parents are coming here for Thanksgiving! They usually go to NYC so it's going to be so neat to have them here for the whole weekend! My oldest sister and her family are coming too and Madisyn is soooo excited...cause that means her two cousins, Haylie and Kylie and coming that and makes her soooo happy!

I'm sure it will be a wonderful holiday! I hope that you all have a great Thanksgiving! I'm hoping to post the giveaway tomorrow - so come back! I got to take that photo today! :)

Hugs!

My Christmas Cards

...this year will be done with this kit.

I got this kit in the mail today and Wow - I just couldn't stop looking and swooning over everything! There is so much in this kit - seriously - get it - now!!! My fav is that brown card in the top right corner - so pretty!

Yes, I do love to make cards...love to make them! But, things get busy around the holidays and making a ton of cards is tough for me. I always want tons of detail and for them to be perfect. So, when I saw this kit, I knew it was perfect for our family. We had family photos done recently so I'm going to include that and a typed letter on the letterhead that comes with the kit. It is soooo perfect!

So - get a kit - save yourself some time and energy. Get a kit that is beautiful, classy and has sooo much goodness in it. I just love it!! Can you tell! LOL! I could keep gushing about it but I'll stop - it really is beautiful though. So so happy!!! I'm hoping to get my photos edited and done and my cards done to go out my Dec. 1 - so I'll share it when it's done. But order yours now! :) :) :)

Again, here is a link to the kit.

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Huge thank you to everyone for your kind comments (and prayers!!!) about my computer! I talked to the computer guru last night and he said that he's positive he got it all off of the old hard drive! Yipppeeeee! He had to go out of town (not yippeee) and so on Thursday night, I'm hoping to get it all transfered over and have it back on Friday. I guess I'll see how much he really got then - I'm hopeful but you never know. I'm still praying...hard that it all goes through okay!

What a blessing that will be though! I can't imagine loosing all our photos - oh man - I would be soooooooooo hurt and sad! That would of just be horrible!

Anyway....

I've GOT to go finish some work that is due! I'm still trying to get my computer set up - who would of thought that it would take so much time! Have a good one!

What a week!

On Monday, I was working on my computer when it froze up and I shut it down - only to find that it wouldn't start up again. Yep, my hard drive crashed and so did I! It has been at the computer place all week...I finally got it back yesterday with a new hard drive on it. So, it's basically a clean slate. I've been trying to install all my programs again and it's just been a nightmare. The computer guru is still working on my old hard drive to see if he can retrieve anything from it...I've been praying non-stop that he can. All our photos, files...my life is on that hard drive...and of course it's not backed up anywhere. So, it's been a rough week! Please pray that he can get it all off - I will cry for days if I've lost all my photos! For days!!!

So, that's why I've been gone! Sorry! I'm still getting things uploaded - need to get some photo editing software on here so I can post some photos - including the giveaway photo. So, sometime this week! It's just a long process getting this all back together - such a mess! Back up your files! I never thought it would happen to me - so frustrating!

Here are some quick shares...

My Stamp Camp class at Twopeasinabucket.com went up on Monday. If you haven't checked it out - you can see it here. There are step by step directions as well as a downloadable PDF. I hope you can play along! :)

The techniques for this week are Multiple Colors with Markers and Omitting with Markers! I love to do this with my stamps! So check it out!

Here are my two finished cards:

Also, the mid-month Garden went up today and I had a Seasonal Thanksgiving layout there. You can see more details here. Lots of yummy goodies in this garden! I just love the 1st and 15th! :) Here is a photo of my layout:

I'll try to be back soon with my giveaway. In the meantime, Kerri Bradford is giving away a 'Graphically Speaking' cartridge (which she designed!!!) on her blog. Go here to post for your chance to win - by Sunday night so hurry! You can see some projects that I did on her blog using that cartridge - lots of goodies on there that I love...and yes, I did buy it for that one design. Silly and crazy - I know! But there are tons of amazing ones on there that are awesome. She had lots of neat guest designers on her blog this week with different projects - Lisa Bearnson, Loni Stevens and more. Check it out! Thanks for asking to use my projects Kerri! I just love all that you create!

Ok, off to relax and go to bed soon! Hope you had a better week than me!! :) Hugs!

Some 'JW' love

Happy Saturday! Thanks for the 'Countdown to Christmas' project love! It's always so great to hear from you and to hear what you like...so thank you for sharing! It was a fun project...if you create one...please share! Be sure to upload it to Two Peas so you can have the chance to win a prize!

And, on Monday, it will be my week to host 'Stamp Camp' over at Two Peas. I will post the project and link here so you can check it out and play along next week. I think it's a fun technique - one that I use often! :)

Another quick share...this was the Layout of the Day at Two Peas on Friday that featured the new Making Memories Paperie line. Oh  how I LOVE that line! It's so timeless! You can check out the products use and some more info here at Two Peas.

Here are some of my fav products from the Making Memories Paperie line:

These and these are great paper packs! Small and the prints are at a great scale - that's mostly what I used on this page.

I love this flocked paper!! It is so gorgeous!

And I love these button/flower jars - first, they are cute and second, they are cute! LOL! I need to now collect all the other colors too!

Lots of goodies! Check out the Paperie line here.

Last night, my hubby took all the kids to his parents for a few hours so I could have some precious time to myself. And I had plans...to scrapbook! :) But, what did I do instead? I went out and got a yummy dinner, catched up on some shows I had recorded and looked through some Pottery Barn catalogs I got in the mail. I guess relaxing and enjoying the night like that is nice too! :) But, I must admit, my wish list at Pottery Barn is now a mile long and that, my friends, is sooooo not a good thing! LOL!

I need to get my desk cleaned off a bit and I plan to do something today in there...hopefully I can fit it in! No, I WILL fit it in! :)

Have a great weekend! I'll be here Monday to share the Stamp Camp class for the week. And, I've got a giveaway coming up...I know I said that a week or two ago...sorry! I'll post it next week - I promise! :)

Countdown to Christmas Holiday Project

 
Today starts the 'Home for the Holidays' Event at Twopeasinabucket.com. I created this 'Countdown to Christmas' frame project that will be displayed in this large glass frame in our front entry way. The 'layout' is behind the glass and then I created a bunch of numbers and I just temporarily adhere them to the glass and change them each day. I think it is going to be so much fun!

For more photos, directions and a downloadable PDF form that all the directions/photos for you to print and reference, please go here.

Also...

I will be chatting on the Education Bard this morning at 1ET, 12CT, 11MT, 10 PT (be sure to check your time) to discuss this project. Please come and join me so I'm not all by myself!! :) :) Go HERE for the Education board. All the Garden Girls that did projects will be chatting today and tomorrow. You can check out the chat schedule right here.

Happy 'early' Holidays! :)

Some 'Garden' Shares

On November 1st, the new Garden went up at Twopeasinabucket.com I always love the 1st and 15th (I know, I probably say that every time...but I do!!) cause there is so much inspiration in the Garden each release. Love that! The theme for November is...family.

Here are my layouts for the 1st:

Madi colored these pictures for me and I wanted to get them on a layout so I wouldn't loose them in my messy scrapbook room. She is quite the little artist. For more details and supplies used, please go to the 'seed' in the Garden right here.

For the New Product Layout, I used the new Basic Grey Urban Prairie line...so pretty! To see more details and supply list, go here. Both layouts are copywrite TwoPeasinaBucket.com

Thanks for all the comments about the move-you Utah girls-I'm excited to be closer and to get to hang out! It will  be so much fun!

Ok - gotta run and help the kiddos. Be back soon to share more!