New "Just the Basics" Kit Program

Years ago, I sold paper piecing kits and premade pages on Ebay and worked with a friend making page kits.  We often dreamed of making a larger scale business out of it at Expo’s and other scrapbooking shows.  However, they remained just that…dreams.  This friend and I attend all the scrapbook shows we can and…

CTMH New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to the New Product Blog Hop!  Our New Product Blog Hop is just that…a blog hop focusing on some of the newest products in the brand new 2013 Autumn/Winter Idea Book.  I just recently held my Open House and everyone seemed to enjoy seeing many of the new items.  One of the new products…

I Love Tommy!

This is so true in more ways than one. 1) Tommy is the name of one of my brothers.  Tommy is only 2 1/2 years younger than me and we grew up together.  We were a pair.  Tammy and Tommy.  My youngest brother is Samuel.  So we’re Tom, Tam, and Sam.  Nice, huh?  Considering my…

Surf's Up!

Here are the layouts that we will be making at June’s Scrapbooking Workshop using the Surf’s Up Workshop-on-the-Go.  The workshop is actually tonight, so unfortunately I can’t take any more participants at this time.  However, if you and a couple of friends would like to have your own class, I’m more than happy to bring…

Tool Time at H2H

This week we’re having a “tool” challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart.  It may sound like a straight forward challenge, but it’s not really.  The first time I read the challenge title, I thought that we were to create something using our favorite CTMH tool, but I learned that it was also okay to make tools the…

A Little H2H Inspiration for National Scrapbooking Day

In case you’re not a scrapper, or you’ve been living under a blinged-out rock, today is National Scrapbooking Day!  What better way to spend the day than at the Scrapbook Expo in Orlando with a friend?  That’s where I’ll be today.   What are you doing for National Scrapbooking Day?  Anything special?  Catching up on…

Later Sk8r Sneak Peak & Blog Candy

I’m spending the weekend with a few friends at a scrapbook retreat in Port. St. Lucie.  It’s been great to have some uninterrupted time to create (and get caught up).  Apparently, though, I’m the slowest scrapper in the history of the craft, as I’ve really only completed one layout (May’s workshop layout), while my friends…

Spring Forward & Blog Candy

Do you realize that it’s nearly time to set your clock forward an hour?  That’s right, next Saturday night…well, actually Sunday morning, at 2 a.m.  I have a love-hate relationship with daylight savings time.  I love having more daylight in the latter part of the day, but I hate losing an hour worth of sleep….

December Scrapbook Workshop

Here are the two layouts that we will be making at December’s Scrapbooking Workshop using the La Belle Vie Workshop-on-the-Go.  (Complete details regarding the workshop date/time, supplies, costs, etc. can be found under the Calendar of Events tab at the top of this page, or click here.) Layout #1 – Amour “Love” Layout #2 – La Belle…

Paper Organization

I honestly have more paper than any one person should ever have. It’s my thing…my favorite thing. In fact, I often try my hardest not to walk by paper when I’m the craft store. If I’m in a scrapbooking store, I intentionally try to focus on anything BUT paper, because if I see pretty paper,…