Valuable Lesson at Convention

For those of you that didn’t know, last month, I attended the annual Close To My Heart Convention. This year it was at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.  I really had a great time, but one of the highlights of the event came when I attended a business class presented by a wonderful consultant…

Final CTMH Convention Album Contest Layout

Okay.  Here is the last of the five layouts I entered into the album contest at convention.  This is the layout where I stayed up until about 5 a.m. in the hotel room completing.  I had to stay up so late, because I was exhausted and stressed out and my creative mojo was nowhere to…

CTMH Convention Album Contest Layout #4

This is the fourth of the five layouts that I entered into the album contest earlier this month at the Close To My Heart Convention.  As I mentioned in this post, I didn’t start these pages until a week before I left for convention.  I completed this layout the night before I flew out to…

CTMH Convention Album Contest Layout #3

The following is the third layout of my contest submission.  It focuses on the couple that I studied the Bible with and how we came to meet and how my life, particularly my spiritual life has changed…for the better, I may add…since we met. In the original baptism photos, the tile was a bright yellow…

CTMH Convention Album Contest Layout #2

The second layout in my Close To My Heart Convention Album Contest was a layout that highlighted my grandparents.  My grandparents did for me, what so many grandparents do today.  They raised my brother and I.  There was a lot of journaling that chronicled the events in my life that led to my brother and I…

CTMH Convention Album Contest

On Tuesday, July 3rd, I sat in my craft room with nothing to do.  Yeah, I know.  That never happens. But I was done with my convention swap cards, club layouts, etc. and couldn’t really start on anything else, since I knew in a week I would be looking to get my hands on brand…

The News is BIG!

I just returned from Convention.  Well, technically, I returned yesterday, but I spent the day recooperating.  Convention was a blast and I can’t wait to do it again next year. I have to tell you, there are so many wonderful changes in the newest Idea Book!  True, some things are going away, but only to…

July CTMH Blog Hop

Welcome to the very first CTMH Blog Hop! This blog hop makes a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back and you will have made it through them all.  If you have already started and are coming from Tammy Smith’s blog, “Closer 2 My Heart”, then you…