First Day of School

So Riley is back at preschool today. still mornings only. such excitement took place this morning. Riley told me he knew that 5 of his friends from last year were going to be there. Especially Kara. So he was excited. He has 2 new teachers, but he was so excited when he saw Miss Ada (last year's directress Assistant)

So today I decided to make it a Jager morning. He was really wanting to stay at Riley's school. Actually DID NOT want to leave. So instead I took him to the river, we walked on the Meewasin and stopped and played at Gabriel Dumont park. GREAT park. Enough uniqueness that kept us busy. But when I said let's go get Riley he was ready to go.

I just love his adorable smile! We had a fun morning hey Jag?

One stop before we picked Riley up. Yesterday's Memories got all of the Daisy Bucket line in. (*they are one of my sponsors, whose product I've never seen in real life yet) So I went and looked, shopped, and left exhilarated because the line is fantastic and FEELS cool. I love double sided patterned paper every day, but textured always makes it the best. Just a little scrapbook shopping to make a girl feel great.

So I plan to scrap tonight, get ready for my classes tomorrow night:

I still have openings in the Who Am I? & All About ME class tomorrow night starting at 6pm. email me if interested. scrap-mommy@hotmail.com

• I'm looking forward to having an awesome visit tomorrow afternoon with Kate Kading. Seriously, she is amazing. She is starting up an awesome program for kids, and I can't wait to get together with her to hear all of her plans. Ladies, if you are coming to my house Scrap, Swap & Chat- Sept.18th 6pm - 10pm just let me know. I can only hold a certain amount of people. Just to remind everyone, it is a night where we can get together and chat, share our albums, have appetizers and look through each other's products to swap & then also donate to Kate's group.
• Oh, so I definitely have awesome news to reveal on Aug.31st, not a moment before. So please come back then, and I'm hoping to have the best news to share tomorrow.
• I have some new sponsors for the cruise, AND I will show you a picture of all the LUXE design product I received. I hope that you guys are excited to receive it for FREE in your goody bags I'm giving at the 2 crops. Remember, if you weren't able to get into the crops, please come and say hi anyways because then you are eligible to win a $100 worth of free product.
• Cannot wait to see you tomorrow. Have a great sleep.

Interview #1- Jill Hildebrand

Okay, so if Blogger is being stubborn I can always trust the slide!!!! Here is

• Jill Hildebrand.
• She is from Manitoba and currently is on the design team for Smalltown Scrappers. Which has many stores in Manitoba and online shopping. Talk about one stop service. Anyways, I met this awesome scrapbooker and her friend Bronwen (who owns Smalltown Scrappers) while waiting in line for Camp Croppin last year. These Manitoba ladies knew how to have a good time, we enjoyed each other's company. Now I have the awesome privilege to teach with Jill on the Cruise. This accomplished lady is also going to be teaching at the BC expo. Talent,talent!

So I asked everyone the same questions, here's Jill's response:

• Name: Jill Hildebrand
• married status: Married to my incredibly sweet & funny husband, Ron for 12 years .... yes, married young!!!
• kids: Yes!!!!! Oh sorry......Daria (9 - going on 19 most days, very gifted in swimming); Carter (6 - incredibly bright & loves animals and basketball); Asha (3 - a.k.a. "the reason we quit after three" -- lots of energy & attitude).
• profession: #1 - Stay-at-Home Mom; #2 - Need-to-stay-at-Home-More Wife; #3 - Substitute Teacher; #4 - Scrapbooking Instructor & DT Member for Smalltown Scrappers
• favourite food: Will forever be Spaghetti & Meatballs
• favourite drink: a nice, cold glass of MILK
• music genre: I listen to mostly Country Music with a little bit of Rock Oldies thrown in at times -- love the good 'ol 80's stuff).
• dream place to visit: Of course, Paris, France!!!! Ron promises to take me sometime....right??!?
• favourite scrapbook medium(s) to work with: Right now I'm on 12x12 and my most frequently used tools & embellishments would be circle punches, paint, my acrylic stamps & ink, my sewing machine, journalling spots, bling & my own handwriting!!!! In short: LOVE IT ALL!!!!!
• favourite book: My most favourite book I've read up 'til now is by John Saul entitled "Shadows". Oh yeah......and I love reading about LIFE in all of Ali Edwards' books!!!! Great inspirational reading.
• random fact about yourself: Hmmmmm....something you may not know about me (and maybe wished you never did)......okay.......I'm one of those wives that has Sportsdesk or TSN on the T.V. all the time; not because that's what my husband wants to watch and I go along with it, but because I love watching sports and sports highlights on T.V. as well. I love NBA basketball and have gone with my husband to see several teams throughout the league play.
• pet peeves: Okay, I know this will be strange, but.........Left open closet & cupboard doors. Keep 'em shut!!!
• Okay, so now check out this slide to see a sample of her work. You'll have to come on the cruise to see it in real life... but if you do want to see more, then just click here.

Feel free to leave any comments or questions for JIll here. Thanks for droppping by guys.

My reveal!!! Layouts, SUPER LONG POST!!!

Okay, so let's start off the day with my best news of all. I have been put on Luxe Design's permanent designer's list. So cool. So what does that mean??? Every month I will get a package of goodies from them, ALL their new product when revealed, etc. So jumping for joy right now. But every month I have to do so many layouts for them, design classes, pitch ideas, and blog EVERY layout I do with their product. I am not actually part of their official design team, I am on a different type of list, but maybe someday I'll be there. As for now I am going to love being a part of this list! So this will be a fun job!!! Also, I am now teaching a class on the cruise that is solely LUXE Designs products, using awesome stuff they are sponsoring me with!!! So I am pretty pumped. And guess what, the news doesn't stop there. If you are coming to my Cruisin Away Crops in Sept & Oct (at Yesterday's Memories). you are in for a treat because the goody bags and prizes are now going to have LUXE! LUXE! LUXE! If you haven't seen Luxe Designs products you must go here.They rock! I came to know them because I met one of the most awesome scrapbookers in the world Emily Adams (who now works at Luxe Designs)at Camp Croppin in Calgary. She really had a huge influence on my thoughts of what I want to do with scrapbooking. I am glad that we have reconnected. Here's a sample of some of their product! All the patterned paper is double sided. Ribbon to match, die cuts to match, transparencies, rub ons & jotters. So much amazing product!!!! Check them out!

So Riley passed today! He is now going to be a salamander. We are so proud!!! He is really getting to be such a good little swimmer.

So this is my household EVERYDAY!!!!! Both our boys are climbers, and they have been able to crawl onto everything before they could walk. Now they just seem to keep outdoing each other. It drives me nuts. I truly feel like I am raising my brothers. I remember being young watching my brothers climb trees and we used to go onto our house roof, the barn's roof, then the boys used to jump from the top of bins to the next bin, we always played bail tag, which was the best! So I was glad that I had my camera yesterday. Because I usually am at the bottom of the stairs yelling at them to get down. But at least Jim is right beside me in case.

Okay, does this kid look like a trouble maker or what?

Here is a close up of the next layout to show how I put ghost letters ON the photo. It is just a subtle word...FUN!

I had so much fun doing this layout. I LOVE collage, monotone, you can have so much fun with it!So many mediums can be used!

so I just took this photo off my photo wall, so time to scrap!Cosmo Cricket paper & chipboard monogram, Fancy Pants stamps. I LOVE this photo. It tells such a story! Jager is screaming, Riley is squinting. It is setting such a funny scene. I am actually happy that it wasn't the "perfect"Santa pose. This one has so many more memories!

This layout is using Cosmo Cricket paper. And of course circles & stars are so my favourite so I had fun using those. Added just a little diamond glaze to the title to add dimension. The dotted circles I actually just drew myself, then I could put them more where I wanted them in the proper sizes.

I had so much fun doing this layout.

pg#1 This layout came together so fast, because in all reality I just assembled the squares, and when you make them at the Kodak machines you can get 6 printed out on a 4x6 sheet so I actually only arranged 4x6 sheets. Quick & fun!

pg #2. these pages will go in my SHE album because they tell such a story about where I am in my life right now!

Oh and if you need a scrapbook fix, Yesterday's Memories is having a massive sale till Aug.12th. Including 20% off the brand new just arrived stock. Hello! that Heidi Grace stuff sure called my name!!!!! Great time to stock up on supplies. If you are like me, you now have so many summer pics to scrap, may as well do it for cheaper!

I'm seeing nothing but daisies!

That is Daisy Bucket! They have become one of the layout sponsors AND they are sponsoring me completely with patterned papers & stamps. They are a very new company that just celebrated their anniversary. They just said that they are going to be coming to Canada too. AWESOME! AWESOME! I think that this company is going to be the latest rage with all their awesome product and affordable too!

So go here to check them out further. Here are just 3 of their lines. So cute hey?? sets that have coordinating double sided, cool texture papers, ribbon to match AND neato tag sets. What more could you ask for to complete a look?

They are sending multiples of 17 of the following stamps. My class focuses on doodling, flowers and texture so we will be experimenting with these cool flower & doodle stamps!

Sorry I didn't post my layouts from last night, I was too excited about DAISY BUCKET!

• click here to see all the sponsors so far for the cruise! more keep coming aboard every week!

Tomorrow!!!

• Love you guys. You are the reason why we have fun scrapbooking. People that want to keep learning, growing and discovering new elements. I love keeping my hobby fun & interesting and nothing is better than sharing it with a great group of scrapbookers & bloggers.

ALLISON ORTHNER!!!

So today was so much fun. I got the privilege of spending it with Allison Orthner discussing all the details of the cruise, the nitty gritty details, the fun surprises for the guests, the parties, the goody bags, the prizes the glamour shots, everything. I even got to give her a mini doodling class so that she can present it on her fantastic TV show!

So much fun! Her family came over for supper and the kids all had a blast. It was really a great experience and made me really excited to be on this adventure with such a classy lady who is really on top of her game. the wheels are already turning about next years concept, so if this year wasn't in your budget, start considering it for next year!!! Because I am amazed at how awesome and well planned this event is. We have a wedding tomorrow and then I think we are going to go boating for a few days, so I'll talk to you guys later!!! Have a great weekend!!!

My exciting NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

So here's my news! The "Cruisin Away" crop that is being held on September 29th totally sold out and the waiting list for cancellations is huge! So I've been totally been asked to do another crop! And of course I said YES! So the 2nd crop is on October 27th,2007 So last night I ordered all NEW goody bags for everyone because they have to be different from the first crop of course. And I am going to do a totally different class as well. So it will be super exciting!!! Sign up for the new one is starting right now too! I know that for all the ladies that came to the store and put your name on a waiting list, you will be given a spot. Just make sure you confirm that you still want it. All proceeds of gently used scrapbook supplies will also go towards the underprivileged children's group as well! And heck if you can't make it to the 2nd one just mention that you are still interested in the first one. you never know what will happen...

And second of all, I'm just filled with news today!!!!

• Corrine Braun(super cool lady! I have a link to her site on the side) works at the Dundurn Army Base. This year they are trying to send as many cards as possible to our Canadian troops overseas. this is an amazing cause as we all know how they are sacrificing their lives to make the world better. So on September 13th there will be a
• Cardmaking Crop for Troops at my house. Bring any unwanted Christmas paper or ribbon to make the cards with. And if you have nothing come anyways with your paper trimmer and adhesives!One thing Corrine did mention is that absolutely NO metal (brads, hinges, bookplates, paperclips, etc) can be used on these cards as it just causes more problems going through security. So keep that in mind! This is such an amazing cause. Hope to see you here! (I will tantalize your buds with scrumptious appetizers too!) I'll pull out my best Martha Stewart recipes. Actually to tell you the truth I might call Saucy because that girl knows how to throw a party, go and check out her food pics. All I can say is WOW...I want to be like Martha & Sasha! email me if you are coming!
• Third point of interest: I am going to be having a
• "Scrap Swap & Chat" at my house September 18th. Anyone is welcome. This is what is going to take place. Everyone will bring an appetizer of some sort as well as their old supplies & scraps they no longer use and their favourite albums. We will visit, eat, share albums and then we are going to spread all the scrapbook supplies out. Then if there is something you want, you can take but you have to give something as well. So the end result is that we have all taken some new to you items but have created a huge amount of boxes to donate to Kate Kading's underprivileged children's scrapbook group. We all know we hoard supplies that realistically we are never going to use again so why not help a good cause out. It is also a nice social evening to get to know other scrapbookers as well as share our albums. So if anyone is thinking that they would like to come but are so new to scrapbooking that you have nothing to give, you are still welcome of course! The idea is to share and have fun.
• Oh and yes, Mindy, Terry & Lori ,Jim's still laughing that I told him you guys wanted a sleepover party that night. Funny thing is he thinks we are joking hey?....

sorry it seems so overwhelming but all these important causes have deadlines for them to get to the people in charge. So put them on your calendar and come out and socialize and have fun!!!!

So absolute LAST topic of discussion...

Scraptology has changed dates on our classes for August. As most people are away and there is a demand for these super awesome events. Here are the new changes:

• Family Album- Summer activities that was going to be on Aug.8th is now combined with Family Album-school photos class on Aug.23 starting at 6pm-10pm.

• "SHE" class on Aug.16 is now moved to Aug.30th with "Who Am I", which will also start at 6pm-10pm

• Elsie class will still be on Aug.20th.

• Eye on Design Flowers (Aug.21) is now moved to a double class on Aug.22 with Eye on Design Hearts. this will also start at 6pm-10pm.

that's it I swear!!!!!

So since I have not showed you any layouts forever I will take pics and post a bunch tomorrow! Promise, promise, promise. Also the infamous Allison Orthner is coming to Saskatoon to chat with me about the cruise and all the fun events so I am pretty excited to see her again! So maybe I'll have more news, who knows. I hope everyone is having a smashing summer.

Tickled Pink!!!!

I'm officially now in love with the "brown van"! aka UPS. I received my first boxes from one of my sponsors...Cosmo Cricket!!! 3 boxes so big the UPS guy could barely lift one. Talk about Christmas in July. The coolest part was unpacking them and starting to put together my kits. Had so much fun!! The best part is they have sent me goodies to hand out at the "Cruisin Away" Crop on Sept.29th too!!!!! What an awesome awesome company! I got the official word...9 spots left on the cruise. That's it, that's all she wrote! There is one lady who doesn't have a roommate too from Calgary so if anyone is thinking of going by themselves there is the possibility of sharing a room to keep the costs down if it interests you. So I have to tell you, absolutely motivated to scrap,scrap, scrap tonight. No kids, cutie hubbie is going to bed right now. I am starting my marathon. I feel so inspired by looking at the brand new CHA releases from Cosmo that they sent me, that I can't stop the ideas in my head. and yes mom...I did get a chance to clean the house, so now I can play! So maybe I will post a few of my layouts tomorrow. I hope you all have a wonderful night, and remember sign up for the Cruisin Away crop begins Sunday 12:30 sharp! And if you can't come scrap, still come visit, I am so giving away a package of these Cosmo goodies to someone who comes to shop & visit ME! I love the scrapbook industry and I want to share my passion for it with you!Each and every one of you out there.

Awesome Adventure!!!!

Click on this to enlarge to read clearer. But registration begins at 12:30pm Sunday. yes THIS Sunday. I'll write more later, off to a dentist appt right now!!! ***edited*** hi, okay there have been extraordinary sponsors come aboard to help me with my teaching adventure. As this is the very first cruise of its kind, there is so much to learn. Every sponsor has contributed in amazing & unique ways, which makes it an awesome experience. Yesterday's Memories is our local scrapbook store in Saskatoon who is inviting me to bring the cruise experience to local scrapbookers here. They are letting "crop and cruise" become an experience for those who are not coming on the trip. This day is full of fun, goody bags & prizes handpicked by ME, a free doodling & multimedia class is included in the price(a real 12x12 layout will be completed!!!!) make 'n takes, an awesome lunch, snacks throughout the day and when you return from supper you will be treated to an assortment of flavourful cheesecakes. Please bring your scrapbooks to share with others, we all love to admire!!! If you aren't able to come for the day to scrap, still come and shop,mingle, introduce yourself to me, come visit. Everyone who drops by and comes and talks to me will be entered in another draw for a prize. (You don't have to stay to be eligible for the draws or raffles) I really look forward to seeing everyone. IT will be an awesome day surrounded by awesome friends & really our big scrapbook family. There is so many talented scrapbookers in our midst, come and see their work! okay, just a quick comment, my mouth is killing me but I am determined to have an extraordinary supper with my husband since the kids are at the farm.

super excited...

about this. This totally wicked online website just came aboard as a sponsor. They have a really neat way about showcasing designers, members, layouts. Try them out. I became a chartered member when they first started and the package I received definitely contained one of the nicest albums I own. Cool unique paper that you can't ever buy in stores made by famous people in this industry.

Go and check out their website it is magnificent. IT is fun, interactive and you'll spend hours on it. I haven't uploaded any layouts on it yet, but I have been slightly swamped!!!! Soon though.

I'm so excited!!!!

First of all, thank you to all the people who have decided to sponsor me on this cruise. I have the support of the coolest people...

• Creative Scrapbooks (from Edmonton)

I have a few more little details that are being worked out with other sponsors & manufacturers, so I am really excited!!! I'll post them once I know. Anyone can be a sponsor, it totally benefits YOU! If you are interested in all the free publicity that would surround your store, online site, or manufacturing company, please email me and I can tell you all the perks of being a sponsor.

• Also, there is going to be a really cool cruising event held in Saskatoon. Watch here for more information. I will be giving the details at the beginning of next week. Cropping, chatting, classes, food, prizes galore!!!!

Hi!

So tonight I worked on more stuff for the cruise. I am getting so excited!!!!! I cant believe how many awesome sponsors there are and the events that are planned as surprises for the scrapbookers on the cruise! I am so pumped. If you are remotely considering this, you should check out the site. It is actually really resonably priced. I am looking forward to a getaway with Jim too!!!

• Anyways, enough talk about that. Today was family picnic day at Riley's school. It was a blast!!!!! Everyone sat on the lawn and shared stories and watched the kids have a blast. There were so many kites being flown, games being played. Prizes won. It was fantastic! Jager was in love with all the kids, he liked having all the attention. He gets so excited whenever we are at Riley's school.
• So, tonight once the boys finally fell asleep, I scrapbooked like a mad women. The funniest thing is, I made 5 layouts but have no pics on them yet, because I haven't developed them yet. I just truly loved the paper lines and wanted to create, create, create! I will show once I finish them.