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Pinners Conference #pinners

October 29, 2013cooking, Crafts, Educationalcrafts, file folder memory books, Heidi Swapp, junque bag, junque book, Kristine McKay, pinners conference, pinners conference Utah, the craft channel, the food nanny, the food nanny cook book, the food nanny rescues dinner again cookbookRita

Last weekend I went to the Pinners Conference with my best friend from Jr. High! Can you believe that we have been friends for that long? We have kept in touch all these years and it is so fun to have a friend that everyone thinks is my sister! (She is the one on the left) We met these other two while waiting in line to get in the first morning and we ran into each other several times during the two days. I should have handed off my phone to someone to take a picture of us together! We just kept taking pictures of each other and I do not have any of us together, even though we spent the whole weekend together. :(

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Craft Retreat 2013

September 16, 2013Crafts, Fall, For the Home, Halloween, paper crafting, Scrapbookingcabin retreat, craft retreat, craft retreat 2013, crafts. stuffed owl, fall, fall crafts, file folder memory books, Halloween craft, Halloween owl, paper crafting, seasonal banners, stenciled pillow, vinyl charger, vinyl plate, weekend retreatRita

We were able to get our cabin all put back together from the fire and the flood, just in time for my craft retreat this weekend. (Sometimes it helps to have a deadline that you are working for!) The new carpet was installed on Monday and we arrived on Thursday! The ladies were all kind enough to help me put a couple of the beds back in the right place and do a quick little clean-up.

We started the weekend with a shopping trip to World Market and a couple of other places, then we had dinner at Cafe Rio, a favorite of everyone! After dinner we drove up to our cabin. There were 6 of us and we had a great time over the course of the next two days getting to know each other. We crafted, we ate, we talked, we laughed, we ate, we crafted some more and just had a great overall time.

This is what the loft looked like most of the weekend. We were painting, sewing, paper crafting and doing vinyl! We were able to complete 5 different projects in one day! It was pretty much a marathon, but such a fun one! We started Friday morning right after breakfast and ended at about midnight! With only a couple of breaks in between.

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File Folder Memory Book- Giveaway!

May 13, 2013Giveaways, paper crafting, Scrapbookingfile folder memory book giveaway, file folder memory books, giveaway, paper crafting, scrapbookingRita

Who would like a chance to win a file folder Memory Book?

I am giving one of these darling books away over on my Facebook page!

Visit me here so you can have a chance to be the lucky winner!

Good Luck to Everyone! Love Ya!

Please keep in touch…like on facebook or visit me on pinterest!

File Folder Memory Books

May 10, 2013Books, Crafts, Gift ideas, paper crafting, ScrapbookingBooks, file folder memory books, gift ideas, how to make file folder memory books, making books, making file folder books, memory books, mini book gift idea, mini scrapbooks, paper crafting, scrapbooking, scrapbooksRita

I don’t know if many of you know that I used to own a scrapbook store called “Forget Me Not Scrapbooking Co.” I closed my shop several years ago and I have not really done much scrapbooking since then. But then, my children are all married and out of the house, so I don’t have as many events to scrapbook any more! I love to do my “Smash journal” and I love all scrapbooking products and use them for all kinds of paper crafting projects but just have not done much in the way of scrapbooks.

A couple of weeks ago our local Archiver’s was hosting a Heidi Swapp File folder class and so I decided to take it just for fun! Boy was that a mistake, (but a good mistake!) I am hooked on making these little mini books and I love the look of these sweet things!

I made these for gifts and I can hardly wait for an excuse to make more of these! I have several ideas in mind, including some for Father’s Day, baby books, and they make great birthday gifts or would be perfect for a wedding gift!

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