In My World

Yes, I still spell it the old fashioned way! Some very scary people came to visit me . . . And some crazy scary people terrorised Karen at Memories on Main Street in Lambeth . . . What can I say?  I hang out with strange people.

We have found a gem of a place for a crafting retreat . . . Windswept Cottage in Port Lambton.  The price is right.  The house is huge and well stocked.  We can live in our jammies for three days.  Each person is responsible for one meal.  That's it.  One meal over three days.  Heaven.

Our first Thanksgiving in our new giant apartment . . . So nice to be able to have lots of help in the kitchen . . . . . . good thing I have lots of crop tables . . . LOL . . . 

Well its beginning to look like Christmas out there. Just a sprinkling of snow that quickly disappeared yesterday. But it seems so much more serious today. I won't bore you with my Dreaded To List this week except to say it is continuing to get smaller. My main focus is keeping the house clean and getting Christmas presents finished. On a very exciting note, my newest book is now available for sale. The back cover says: Since I began scrapbooking 14 years ago I have often been asked to make an album for someone as if I could just whip one together in a moments notice. Now I can . . . You can purchase your copy at http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/afreshstart . Two added bonuses. To celebrate I'm offering discounts of 15-30% on all my other books. AND my publisher is offering 30% off for Cyber Monday until November 27. This seems like the perfect timing . . . and books make excellent Christmas presents!! ...

First I would like to state for the record that this pattern is based on something I saw in a book or online several years ago.  I wish I could remember where so I could share the credit. This pattern is for a great little notebook which can be refilled with new pages when the original pages are full.  This is why I think these little notebooks are a great idea for letterbox log books. Cut a 12" x 12" sheet of plain cardstock into three pieces:  one 3" x 12" and two 3" x 10-1/4".  Score each piece at 2", 4", 6", 8" and 10". If you would like your books to be bigger than cut the paper to the width you would like but the length should remain the same. Apply the adhesive of your choice on the two 1/4" tabs created when you scored the 3" x 10-1/4" pieces of cardstock.  I like to use a multi-media glue but double-sided tape would work well. Fold the finished accordion at the scores and set aside...

Wow, why is it that time flies when you have so much you need to get done? It has been a busy week. Hal has been away a lot. One trip was 3 days out. It makes for some nice pay cheques before Christmas though. And it gives me some quality alone time to work on a few projects. Somehow I managed to end up with 3 manuscripts on the go at the same time. One will be finished today and ready to sell by the end of the week. It just needs a quick edit on a couple of things. I have 2 new sketchbooks coming out. One is more single page sketches and the other is two-page sketches. These will be ready about mid-December. Just in time for Christmas. {hint hint . . . LOL}. And I am planning a book about Alma College to commemorate 5 years since its destruction. I was on the scene before the fire trucks and took hundreds of photos until late the next day when the demolition was finished. Another book planned is on scrapbook design, what to do when your layout just isn...

This is my entry in a challenge at  Red Carpet Studios  for a Clean and Simple layout . . .