Excitment Plus

Guess what arrived today?? Our tickets to Chicago and New York!! I am so excited, it is really happening. Alex and I are heading on a fantasic adventure.

We are flying out to LA, then to Chicago. In Chicago we are attending CHA - for you scrapbook lovers out there, this is a dream come true. 3 days of trade show and 2 days of consumer show. We get to check out all the new release products. Also get to meet some of the creators of some of our favourite crafting products.

After CHA we are heading off to New York for 2 days of shopping! I am very lucky to be celebrating my birthday while we are in Chicago and I plan on buying myself a few nice presents in New York. Cant Wait!!!

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Scrap Sleep Over

Alex & I were invited to a Scrap night sleep over at the house of the lovely Sherry Mendoza. We also got to scrap with Lisa Warren, Kim Arnold, Stacey Rigby & Jane Clark. We spent the night scrapping and laughing. We did not get into bed until 3am! The next day we had a guided tour of the Junk Yard. So so many thing that I could spend money on.

Scrapping beside Lisa and Kim was very daunting. They are so amazing and so talented. I found that I spent most of my time watching them scrap, when I should have been scrapping myself. I did get two pages done.

This is Will and Coco (our old cat). It is such a great photo I just love it. I used Prima flowers (Thanks Sherry) and stamped some great flourishes.

This one is of Joe my now 8 year old. Phil (my lovely Hubby) took these photos and I just love them. I used the Prima stamps on Kraft Bazzil and distressed the edged with Tim Holtz Distress inks. I painted the 'Love' with the new Viva Metallic Paints (they are so cool). Lisa helped my finish it off (way too late for my brain to work), with the twine and buttons. I love this page!

Thanks for visiting.

Tracey

Happy Birthday to Will

Well today is my Will's 3rd Brithday. Where does the time go. We had an early start this morning so we could open presents. When we ask him how old he is he tells us that he is 3 candles. Way too cute.

3 years ago when he was born he was a few weeks early. He was born on a Friday and we were supposed to be at a charity Triva night on the Saturday. You see I don't like hospitals so Saturday morning we got to go home (the long way - thanks Phil) and we had nothing else on so we took baby Will to the Triva night. Less than 36 hours old. He even won a prize for being the youngest there.

I love telling this story.

Me

Mistified

What an experience. I would do this again in a heartbeat. We spent the whole day playing with Glimmermist, Glimmer Glam, Glimmer Glaze and lots of other glimmery products. Wendy and Heidi were just amazing. The world of Glimmer products is endless.

We will be planning classes to show what we have learned. I cannot wait to share with our wonderful customers the techniques and tips to help make your layouts special.

Heidi spoke of why we scrap. She said we scrap because it helps us remember. If we forget it is lost forever. Scrap your life, the good and the bad, so we can remember. If you forget it is lost forever.

What If..

What If....
What a strange question to ask. I don't think I really knew why this question was important until I heard Heidi Swapp speak on Wednesday. What If...I had never started to work on my own? What If...Phil had not changed jobs? What If.....I had never met Alex Hughes?
One of my favourite sayings is "Throw all your balls in the air and just deal with the one that hits you first". What If...I had never started our Scrapbook store Pages 2 Scrap? I have the best business in the world. I have a place where I can go to find inspiration, express myself and enjoy the company of wonderful people.
I may not update this very often, but I will give it a go.