New Video-& A Scrapbook Kit Reveal Teaser

It's been a while since I've made a video, but I just had to before heading to my first ever Portland version of the Creative Keepsakes Convention I love attending. I'm looking forward to spending time with my favorite designers as well as visiting my favorite booths to stock up on my favorite paper collections! Can you tell I'm excited?

Lately, I've been thinking about some of the changes that have occurred in our home over the last year... not going into detail here, but more reflective thoughts that I nonetheless would like to scrapbook in some form or another. Next week I'll have a video to reveal my solution, as well as a review of the trends I spot this weekend on the convention floor.

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Start Planning Today

It's that time of year when I really start cramming things into our calendar space. Well, truthfully I have a tendancey to do that all year long, but we get more invitations to attend events as a family starting about now, and I figured that was reason enough to order a Christmas themed planner pad from WriteItDesigns.com
I also wanted to take a peek at their just-released planners... all I can say is WOW! Pre-orders are shipping out at the end of the week and that is almost too long to wait for me to get one of these fully customizable goodies into my hot little hands. If online shopping is your thing, you might want to take a look at those notepads the WriteIt folks have premade- they are cute, funny, and would be perfect stocking stuffers too.
Hope you enjoy my early morning excitement in the video I made in the wee hours; after a night of creativity in Tacoma with my super-crafty cohorts I was abuzz with ideas and lay awake imagining all sorts of happenings for the coming months. Now that I think about it through writing this post, I bet that's what led me to hop on WriteItDesigns.com before checking to see if Shimelle.com has posted her new design team.
I'm guessing wildly that she is super busy and is contacting prospective members already, and that sadly I am not one of them. On the other hand, she could just be so busy that she hasn't sent me word of my acceptance lol. I did get notice that her Christmas stamp set is shipping soon, I'm pretty excited for her number set because to me it looks like tiny twinkling lights.
I hear my family stirring, and I've still got voice overs to finish on my new kit preview video for November's EmbellishKits.com layout, so have a Happy, Crafty Friday, friends!

Special Delivery: Out of the Box WriteItDesigns.com Video!

I've been using a planner religiously for the last 8 years or so... I say religiously, because, in much the same way my church attendance wavered through those years, my need to record life's upcoming and occurring events has also come and gone. I know after I quit working to stay home with Rainier, it felt really naked to not have that big hunk of bound paper journaling stuck in my oversized purse. Somehow I managed to show up on time to the places I promised to be... so stressful for me though! Just like when I forget to turn to my congregation in times of prayer need, I have a times allowed my brain to convince me that it knows how to take care of everything. To which I say, Brain, I know you're trying hard, but please allow for assistance!
These amazing planner pads were created using WriteItDesigns.com- a site that is so fun to play on, you practically forget something is coming in the mail for you (or maybe that's just me). I'm working on another video that shows the actual ordering process, because it is super easy too. With an intuitive, step by step site,  it is easy to place an order for your own customized notepads and planner pads featuring high quality papers and vivid colors. There are many different sizes to choose from, too!
As you can see in the video above, I've got a full week ahead of me- yesterday I started a project for our preschool classroom, today I'll be teaching another session at the Red Barn youth center out here, and then on Friday I'm returning to the library to guide our local Home School Association youth  through an interesting fall mixed media home décor piece! To cap off a week of work, this weekend will bring a celebration that is 10 months in the waiting- my mom's last radiation treatment!
In November she was diagnosed with stage 2 Breast Cancer. Then came surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation. There is still some surgery on the horizon, but life is on it's way to resuming normalcy- hip hip hooray! I know that the prayers of our friends and family have not only been a big support during this trying time for her, but it also helps to know she is not alone. So, we are going to have a wonderful time for all of those people who want the best for her <3
Thanks for taking the time to open yesterday's mail with me! If you're interested in getting a package with completely customized pads of pretty paper, click over to WriteItDesigns.com and have a good time yourself, or leave a comment below and you could win a pretty delivery from my CraftWithAnna card stash... Have a happy, well-planned week!