New Swap

Okay ladies...we will be starting a new swap. There will be 4 page kits due this year. I need them to be turned in on time-every time, please. They are due to me by the third Saturday of every month. I will divvy them out the following week. I ahve tried to make all of the themes available so that if you know you will have a conflict your pages can be completed early. However, if you are no longer able to participate (I know emergencies happen) I will need an advanced notice of two months in courtesy of all other participants-so we can try to find a replacement. We have the following swappers-14 total including yourself:

Amber
Aislinn
Nicholya
Hetty
Stephanie
Amber Hooten
Jerrica
Kira
DeDe
LesLee
Liz
Kristina
Tracy
Sheena

***April 17th:
Choices for page themes are: 1) Love
2) Spring
3) Mother
4) Easter/Lucky (St. Patricks)

***June 19th:
Choices for page themes are: 1) Summer
2) Father
3) 4th of July
4) Birthday

***September 18th:
Choices for page themes are: 1) Back to school
2) Fall
3) Thanksgiving/Halloween
4) Family

***December 18th:
Choices for page themes are: 1) Winter
2) Christmas
3) New Years/Year in Review/Resolutions
4) Baby/Little Boy or Girl

The page kits need to be in a container of some sort (ziploc, page protector, kit bag, ect.) and need to include (please follow this so that everyone receives back what they put into it and the swap remains fair):
-2 pieces of good quality cardstock/very thick patterned paper (ie: Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts, ect) for background
-Patterned paper/cardstock accent (if cardstock is used for background accent will be patterned)-nothing less than a 6 x 12 inch total combined
-1 large embellishment & several smaller ones (ie. a large flower and a few buttons, ect)
-Title (ie. can be cut out with cricut/silhouette, or stamped, ect)
-Journaling spot/card
-Ribbon 12 inch minimum
-Photo showing kit layout
-Photo-mats (these are easiest to show photo placement, however they can be swapped out for an additional embellishment-but you must provide a photo showing the finished layout with photo placement and a list of photo sizes)
*** see photo above for an example

Please post on here what you will be doing each time so that we know that we will have an assortment, and not all of one theme.
You don't need to assemble the page...just put in all the items they need to complete the page along with a photo and the swapper receiving it will put it together.

Scrappers Delight...

With the house still not being finished and closed I can pretty much guarantee that I will not be posting again weekly for awhile, but when I do come back I'm gonna do things a bit different around here. Along with goals for myself I will be adding a bit more interest with things I want to see and to keep to inspire both myself and others. Think of it as scrappers delight...highlights of cool things/people, inspirations, challenges, tutorials, scrap pages, page maps, ect. All things wonderfully crafty! Not just stuff made by me...but features and showcases from many types of things and by all types of people. I am also hoping to do a couple giveaways and such-smiles!! So check back and help me celebrate craftiness!!

As for my swappers I have an update!!
Amber (sister)=done except for Christmas cards
DeDe= All done
LesLee= All done
Me= All done
Amber Hooten= I have up through back to school
Kira= I have up through sports
Jerrica= I have up through Page kit...did you send the others????
Kristina=I have up through Christmas cards
Shanoa= I have up through sports

If you have given me more or less than what you see here let me know so we can get back on track. As far as going again next year I have had a request for every other month. Do we still want to do a swap like we are now, or do more of a page swap? Post a comment to let me know. Also, let me know if you have any friends/relatives like would like to join. Thanks!!

Starting Anew

Lots has happened since my last post, but getting back on track is definently a must!!! The scrapping swap has been going well, but I am still missing some of our swapers items!!


Kristina: Does my mom have your stuff-page layout and school I think is all I need??
Kira: Did I get your school stuff?
Jerrica: No school yet or page kit right?
Shanoa: Did I get your school stuff?
Amber Hooten: We are on your school stuff right?


I feel like I have fallen behind on keeping track with everything I have been doing for the house so will you guys please let me know where you are all at (everyone-not just those listed).


DeDe: I have thru January
Amber: I have thry January
Leslee: I have thru January-I think, did I get your holiday??
Liz: Mine should all be done and out except for my Cards which are coming soon...

Okay...to get us all back on track here is what we should be doing or already have done:

August: Page kit swap

September (due October 3rd) : Back to School

October ( due November 7th) : Sports******Sports assignments are:
Basketball-Liz
Football-Amber Hooten
Soccer-Amber
Baseball-Kristina
Golf-DeDe
Fishing-Shanoa
Hunting-LesLee
Swimming-Jerrica
Dance-Kira

November (due December 5th or earlier if possible since you can use these as your Christmas cards): Christmas cards

December (due January 2nd): Holiday******Holiday assignments are:
Christmas-Liz
Valentines-Shanoa
4th of July-Amber Hooten
Thanksgiving-Kira
Halloween-DeDe
New Years-Kristina
Easter-Amber
Mothers Day-Jerrica
Fathers Day-Leslee

January (due February 6th): Rainbow-----this swap I am super excited about. Each person will have a color and they need to provide each of the following items for each people in the swap in their assigned color: a button, a flower, a 12 inch piece of ribbon, a brad, and an embellishment of their choice. The rainbow assignments are:
Green-Amber
Pink-Liz
Purple-DeDe
Blue-Leslee
Orange-Amber Hooten
Brown-Kristina
Black-Shanoa
Yellow-Kira
Red-Jerrica

I have more for a couple of months past January, but I want to wait to post these to make sure everyone still wants to participate. Those of you who are not caught up I need you to send me your stuff ASAP so I can get it sent out to everyone else who is not in Poky. Thanks to you all for your wonderful crafting...I cannot wait to get into our house and get all my stuff set up to finally scrap!!!

Page Swap

Here are the photos for my page layout and Shanoa's page layout. If any of you would also like yours posted just e-mail it to me @ luvinlife2@juno.com. Thanks guys...I hope you are all loving this swap!! I will catch up on updates here in the next few days and re-post the remainder of our year!!

Scrappy Ladies

So I know I haven't posted goals and things to accomplish in awhile, but none the less they are all still getting done because I don't have a choice. With the house going in I have had to be more efficient so I can meet with people. I will start back up again when school does and I have more of a tight time line :0).

As for my scrap ladies...if you would please leave a comment on here and tell me what you are caught up to that would be lovely. I have most of it in my head, but I just want to make sure it's all right before I post the new update. I will also post on here all of the page layout ideas as a hard copy if you will e-mail them to me. I would also like to post some pages of the work we have done with the goodies we have swapped. If you will send me those I will post them too. Thanks everyone!!

Cute Stuff

Are you in need of Cute Scrapbooking stuff? Think you've seen it all?? Check this out and see the newest of cute http://bellablvd.typepad.com/bella_blvd/2009/07/monday-peek-giveaway-whahoo.html. Seriously, can't wait to get my hands on some!!

Week 12

I am back-almost unpacked-and ready to jump start myself again for summer!!! I have been a little busy with a lot of things!! We moved, so I packed-organized-cleaned-cleaned-unpacked-reorganized, all in pretty much 1 week. During that time my folks came for a visit as well so I took a break and went with them to Northern Idaho. My Mom and I did some shopping and had a great time with my Dad during the evenings. Today I finally had time to put away my clothes and I did some de-cluttering and organizing. We've moved into a tiny apartment-1 bedroom - so I have had to come up with some cleaver storage solutions. I am still not sure where my dresses and skirts will be going, maybe the front closet??
Anyways, for all you scrap ladies....so far so good!!! Keep plugging away and make sure you are getting your things to me on time (I know summer is hard). We have had some great stuff again and have a ton more exciting things coming!!! Don't forget to get your page kits going, they're up next!!! Hope you all are having fun!! Now that I have more time I can't wait to create with all the cool stuff I have received!!
For my goal setting this week I would like to:
*Do something active 5 out of 7 days
*Read my scriptures 5 out of 7 days
*Finish Amber's photos
*Finish Sam's photos
*Do my swap layouts
*Do something nice for Eric each day
*Do a page with my swap stuff
*Finish unpacking my clothing