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christmas card magazine giveaway ...

I received another inspirational-packed magazine from Scrapbook Trends the other day.  This one is all about creating beautiful handmade Christmas cards.  I barely have time to find a picture for my Christmas cards this year (I never have time to personally make my own cards), so I thought I would do a giveaway and give you a chance to win this beautiful magazine.

The magazine comes jammed packed with 90 ideas for beautiful handmade Christmas cards.  You don't want to miss out on this giveaway.  There are detailed instructions on how to put together each card ... this is a must have for anyone who loves to create their own cards.

All you need to do is leave me a comment telling me what you are thankful for this year.  For an additional chance to win, tweet about the giveaway.  Please leave me separate comments for each entry.

I will pick a winner on Friday.

GOOD LUCK! 

a winner and other things ...

First, the winner of the two special issues of Scrapbook Trends ...

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Lucky #4 is the winner, so that means that Tami V. is the winner.

I'm following your blog - have been on google reader for a long time, but now i'm an official "follower". :)

Posted by: TamiV | Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 12:14 AM

Congrats Tami!  Please email me your address to latbaskets@embarqmail.com and I will get the issues out to you.

Thank you everyone else for playing along.  Stop by again soon ... you never know when or what my next giveaway will be.

I haven't participated in the I Heart Faces photo challenges in quite awhile, but I thought this week would be perfect to showcase Rebecca's eyes.  The topic this week is Beautiful Eyes.

The photo I'm entering is this one ...

 
Love those eyes and love seeing her really enjoy that ice-cream cone.

For more entries please visit here.

Thanks for stopping by!

giveaway - two special issues of scrapbook trends ...

I recently received not one, but two special issues of Scrapbook Trends Magazine.  The topic of the first one is mini-albums, and the other is "For the Home" (projects you can make for the home).

I do not create mini-albums (I'm lucky if I can get my scrapbook layouts created), and I don't feel creative enough to make creative masterpieces for my home.  So, with that said, I am doing a giveaway to win BOTH of these issues.

 
All you need to do is leave me a comment telling me one fun thing that you have done so far this summer.  I will pick a random winner on Monday, August 15.

For additional entries, (1) tweet about this giveaway, and/or (2) become a follower of my blog.  Please leave separate comments for each entry.

GOOD LUCK and enjoy your weekend!

thank you bella blvd ...

I was excited when I got home last night to find a box with my name on it at the door.  It was my prize from Bella Blvd.  I entered a giveaway on the blog about a week or so ago, and I was the winner of these great stamps from the Mr. Boy collection.

 
Well, much to my surprise, Bella also sent me other great products from the Mr. Boy line.  You can view the line of products here. I am over the moon and can't wait to start creating some pages.  THANK YOU AGAIN Stephanie and Bella Blvd.

The color last week for the Project 64: Out of the Box challenge was cerulean.

 

My photo ... a bucket of flowers. 

 

For more Project 64: Out of the Box photos, go here.

And here is the LOAD layout I created last night.

  

Enjoy your evening everyone!

the winner is ...

If you only knew how stressful it is for us to get Nicholas to get his hair combed.  He doesn't have short enough hair for him to just get up every morning and go about his business.  If he decides to step out of the house (to go to school, or anywhere for that matter), we need to comb his hair.

 
He fights us to the end in getting his hair combed.  We usually want to do it while he is doing something else, like playing on the computer, or using his iPod Touch, or watching television.  There is an argument every single day that puts both Rob and I over the edge.

So, with that said, my photo above is for this week's One Little Word Captured challenge for my word PATIENCE, because we all need to work on patience in these situations in our house.

For more photos for the One Little Word Captured challenge, go here. 

And here is my layout for LOAD from Day 11.  I really like how this one came out; however, the color of the cardstock is not orange, it is a dark pink.  A sketch was used from the BPC 28 Days of Sketches workshop. 

 

And the winner of the Mini-Album special edition magazine is ...

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That means Jill is the winner.  She said ...

Laura your photos are adorable. A nice sunny day is a delight when taking pictures!

Chad, Alec and Alyssa took me to lunch. What I will remember most about this Mother's Day is that both Alec and Alyssa gave me "serious" cards (I cried). Until this year I always got humorous cards and at least one of them was about a body function LOL They grow up so fast.

Posted by: jillconyers | Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 04:50 AM

Congratulations Jill, if you could please send me an email to latbaskets@embarqmail.com with your home address, I will get the magazine shipped out to you.

Thank you all for participating ... hope you stop by again soon!

outside photos and a giveaway ...

I hope all the mom's had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday.  We celebrated two events ... Mother's Day and Rob's birthday.  I received beautiful handmade cards from Nicholas, and he made me a frame with his photo inside.  There is nothing better than handmade cards/gifts.

We couldn't have asked for a nicer day yesterday, so we took advantage of it, and spent some time outside.  I spent some time pulling weeds, but the rest of the time was spent on the lawn or the swings with the kids.

 
 
 
 
Can you see the bubble on the stick that Nicholas is holding in the picture above?

Loved every minute of being outside yesterday, and so did the kids.

I had time to do some scrapbooking over the weekend ... wish I could have done more since it was International Scrapbook Day on Saturday, but I got my LOAD layouts created, and that is what mattered to me.

Below are my layouts from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.  As I stated in an earlier post, I am using sketches from the 28 Days of Sketches workshop at Big Picture Classes. 

 

 

 

And for the GIVEAWAY ...

I have a subscription to Scrapbook Trends magazine, and they sent me a special issue ... Create: Mini Albums for a retail price of $17.95.

 
I never have time to create mini-albums, and I don't feel like I am creative enough to produce a great mini-album.  So, with that said, I would like to give away this special issue to one of my blog readers.

All you need to do is leave me a comment, and tell me how you spent your Mother's Day.

For additional chances:

1)  Tweet about the giveaway

2) Follow my blog

Make sure you leave a separate comment for each entry.

Good luck!  I will pick a winner on Wednesday, May 11. 

had a nice visit ...

The visit with Nanny and Poppy was very nice, but always go by too fast.  Nicholas was sad when they left, but he didn't cry this time.  It always breaks my heart to see him upset, so I was happy that there was no crying this time around.  I think what will help Nicholas is that we now have Skype, so he can keep in touch with them when they are not in NJ.

On Saturday, we went to visit friends of ours and had a wonderful time.  Nicholas went to preschool with their daughter and they have been good friends ever since. 

This week's color challenge from Project 64: Out of the Box was PLUM.

 

Here is my take ... a bunch of grapes ...

 
So it doesn't look the color of the crayon, but I sure think it is a plum color.

I can't wait to see what color is next.

For more PLUM pictures, you can click on the link below.

 

Oh, and I got GREAT news on Friday.  For my scrapbooking buddies out there, have you heard of TRUE SCRAP?

 
Well, there was a giveaway on Tami Morrison's blog.  She gave away one seat to TRUE SCRAP ... a weekend of fun and inspiration.  And, guess what?  I WON!!!!  I'm so super excited.

The agenda is as follows:

Thursday, April 7

5PM Kickoff/Keynote Interview (Ali Edwards and Lain Ehmann)
6PM Touch Me!! All About Texture (Nic Howard)
7PM Going to Pieces: Simple Tips for Turning Paper Scraps into
Cute Embellishments (Kelli Crowe) 
8PM Creative Stash Diving (Shimelle Laine)
9PM Make and Take 

Friday, April 8 

12PM Make and Take 
1PM Organization Your Way (Aby Garvey)
2PM From the Ground Up: Design Your Story (Noell Hyman)
3PM Expressive Photography: It's in the Details (Tracey Clark)
4PM A Few of My Favorite Things (Stephanie Ackerman) 
5PM Lights-Camera-Action! Action-based photography (Katrina Kennedy) 
6PM Make and Take  

Saturday, April 9

10AM Make and Take  
11AM Inspiration Files (Tami Morrison)
12 Noon Super Stamping Secrets (Jennifer McGuire)
1PM Die Cut Dress-Up (Erin Bassett)
2PM Pain-Free Journaling the EZ Way (Lain Ehmann)
3PM Make and Take

Doesn't it sound like a LOT of FUN!  You can find out more by going to www.truescrap.com.

Enjoy your evening everyone!

eyelashes and a winner ...

No matter where I go with Rebecca (or Nicholas for that matter), someone always complements how long Becca's eyelashes are.  Nicholas' eyelashes are just as long. 

 
I think they both got their eyelashes from me, because mine used to be long, and now they are barely there, and I've never even used mascara.

OK ... on to picking the winner of the $35 gift certificate.

The winner of the gift certificate is ...

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So that means Amy Starr won.

Amy Starr said:

I do not know how you find the time to do this!! It is great. Who doesn't love a chance to win something free???

Congratulations Amy!  Please send me an email to latbaskets@embarqmail.com and I will send you the instructions on how to redeem your gift certificate.

Thank you everyone for playing along ... please stop back again, you never know when my next giveaway will be.

Enjoy the day!

want to win a $35 gift certificate ...

I was recently looking for a new laptop bag for my laptop.  Since the new laptop I received from work was bigger than my old laptop, it no longer fit into my old carrying case.  I did a lot of searches on the internet using suitcase as my subject and came across some great bags.  I loved the selection of bags at the CSN stores.

And speaking of CSN, that is where my giveaway comes in ...  They are allowing me to give one of my readers a $35 gift certificate to any one of their stores ... 200 stores to pick from. 

For a chance to win, please leave me a comment telling me what you think you may want to use the $35 toward.  For extra chances to win, you can become a follower of my blog (to the right) and/or tweet this post.  Just make sure you leave me multiple messages if you plan on trying for the extra chances of the prize.

I will randomly pick a winner on Monday ... GOOD LUCK!

And today, I'll leave you with a picture of my little man flying a paper airplane in our front yard.  Thank goodness Rob knows how to make great planes.  For some reason, I never mastered the art of creating great paper airplanes.

 
(See it flying through the air?)

Enjoy your evening everyone!

her wheels and a winner ...

My mom purchased this walker for Becca a few weeks ago ... she will sit in it if you are in the same room as her, but if she can't see you, she wants no part of it.  Since she is getting around the house on her own these days by semi-crawling/scooting, she hates feeling confined to anything.  We better go and invest in some more gates.

 
And, the winner of the A-Z Define Your Style LOAD challenge is ...

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So that means that Christine Parker won.  Congrats!  Please send me an email and I will let you know how to access the site to start getting your LOAD prompts for 31 days!

I'll be back later this week (or possibly early next week) with another giveaway ... not scrapbooking related, but you'll want to come back and check it out.

Enjoy your evening!

how about a giveaway ...

 As promised, here is my last layout from the October LOAD (layout a day) challenge. 

 

And, speaking of LOAD ... I received admission to Lain's "A to Z" Style LOAD Challenge, but since I have already taken this challenge, I'm offering the class to one of my readers.  Just click on the link above to hear what Lain has to say about this 31-day challenge.  This definitely was one of the most popular LOAD challenges.

Do you want to get some layouts created, and get inspirational prompts for your layouts at the same time ... leave me a comment below letting me know how long you have been scrapbooking.  I will pick a random winner and post on Monday ... that means you have all weekend to leave me a comment.  Good luck!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

2011 memory logbook ...

I was so excited to go here yesterday, to find my name listed as one of the winners to the giveaway. I have been using the 2010 Memory Logbook all year and have found it a great place to jot down your memories and reminders.  I also LOVE the weekly scrapbooking challenges ... so much fun.  I cannot wait to see the 2011 issue.

Congratulations to the following 10 winners of last week’s giveaway …

1. Connie Miles

2. Lisa Tauzell

3. Larraine Formica

4. Celina Dean

5. Nikki Brummond

6. Kathy Lewis

7. Laura Toriello

8. Gloria Hill

9. Dorothy Pennington

10. Kelly Knufken

Each of these ladies will receive a FREE download of the brand new 2011 Memory Logbook on the day of its release, currently slated for the end of this month! Thanks to everyone who gave it a try and stay tuned… more information about the new line coming soon!

And, yes, I'm still keeping up with LOAD.  I was having internet issues last night, so I was able to upload last night's layout to my blog.  Thank goodness the internet didn't go down before I posted to Flickr.

Since I can't post my layout from yesterday, I'll share with you some pictures of Rebecca at eight months.  The poor thing was not feeling well this day; hence, her runny nose and rosy cheeks.

 
 
Enjoy your day everyone!

isn't this notebook cute ...

Don't you think this notebook is just adorable ...

 
Brenda was doing a giveaway on her blog, and I won.  I'm so excited to receive it ... can't wait to start recording some memories.

And staying on the topic of scrapbooking, I found these scrapbooking "words to live by" on Summer's blog.  I should really start following these ...

• less is more
• give yourself permission ... permission to scrap for yourself, permission to scrap one page layouts, permission to weed out photos, permission to not scrap in chronological order
• there is no right or wrong way to scrap
• scrap one photo, scrap ten on a layout, do what makes your heart happy (there is no right or wrong way to scrap did I mention this)
• as long as I LOVE it nothing else matters
• let's be honest - scrapbooking is for me and no one else
• scrapbooking should be FUN enjoy the process

To my scrapbooking peeps ... do you have any other words to live by when it comes to scrapbooking?

That's it for today folks ... enjoy your weekend!

a winner and my new favorite show ...

Thank you everyone for visiting my site and for leaving a comment to try and win the Rachael Ray bakeware.  I picked a random number last night, and the winning number was "19."  That means Ann G. is the winner. 

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Nothing I bake ever comes out tasting good. So any good bakeware might make my desserts more pallettable (did I spell pallettable right? Is "pallettable" even a word?) I am only responding to this because I never blogged before (is "blogged" a word for crying out loud?...Plus I wanted to tell you how beautiful Becca is. You and Rob certainly produce good looking kids. Hope you are well.

Posted by: Ann G. | Friday, March 26, 2010 at 03:18 PM

Congratulations Ann - please send me an email with your address to where the bakeware can be shipped ... so happy for you.

On to my new favorite show ... have any of you seen Parenthood?  The show airs on Tuesday evenings at 10pm (ET) on NBC. 

 

I just LOVE this show.  If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend catching an episode (or two, or three).

Enjoy your day everyone!

great site and a giveaway ...

One of my dreams would be to have a bigger living room (more room for entertaining), and also a great place to hide the speakers we now have on the floors within our room.  We have two speakers next to the entertainment center, and two speakers near the couches ... you know to get the surround sound feeling.

I came across a site for speaker stands.  The site doesn't only have speaker stands, but beautiful entertainment centers to hold your speakers.  So, if you are in the market for speaker stands, you should venture on over to Racksandstands.com to see what they have to offer.

And, on to the giveaway ....

How many of you like to bake?  I know I sure do.  Well, here is your chance to win not one, but three great products from the Rachael Ray cookware line.

You have until 8pm (ET) on Sunday evening (3/28) to leave me a comment (about anything) on this post to try and win:

  
Rachael Ray Oven Lovin'™ Crispy Sheet, Oven Lovin'™ Rectangle, and Oven Lovin'™ Muffin Pan

GIVEAWAY OPEN TO US/CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY

Good luck to everyone!  I know I wouldn't mind winning a set of these myself.

Have a GREAT weekend!