I'm not a celebrity, but I'm getting out of here!

...and I need H*E*L*P!!!

Here's the deal. I need to downsize from full-on scraproom to a very small space - very small indeed - like small as a scrap TABLETOP for the next not-sure-how-many months.

To all my sisters in scrap, help me pack! What should I bring, what should I keep, how should I organize? What do I pack? How do I pack it? I've got a good, clean, safe and dry place for it to go, just not sure what to do before it gets there.

There is no contest. No lottery. No drawing. No prize. Just one sis asking for some serious packing and moving scrap help. Drawing on any favors there might be out there! Favors and experiences!

Please leave your comments giving me any and all packing tips! tabletop tips! tools to take tips! Whateva you got!

Help? Please?

honey, I've shrunk my scrapping!

lol. so I hated the movie, but loved its title.
-but-
there is something wrong with me. Even though the original title of this blog was 'Lindsey's Little Scrapbook Blog' and all the links were 'My Little this' and My Little that', I always scrapped big. Big photos, big shapes, huge monograms (one of my all-time favorite scrapbook trends!) - if it was big, it was on my plate.

Now? I'm craving little.
Yep.
Little. Tiny. Small. Minuscule. Isty bitsy teeny weeny.
My last two layouts, although the photos haven't really shrunk (I still like my staple 5"x7") I've used tiny titles. Remember Making Memories Alphababies? I still have them stashed and pulled out some sunny yellows for some spring layouts.
(Hey, AC? Can you make me some Thickers tinies? Please?)

Anyhow. I happened upon Lucy Chesna's new website (My Sketch World, blog gone site) and designed a fun little spring layout (with off colors) with her current contest sketch and, again, used a small title.

Luckily, small letters leave room for EXTRA LONG titles (still big!). Maybe next time...

T-Bitz Giveaway!

Cool giveaway on the TWIDDLEYBITZ DT blog!

Check it out! One person will win a whole box of goodies (and you DON't want to miss the chance at these goodies!!!) and ten (yes, 10!) runners up will win one product each!

Go to the Twiddleybitz DT blog for your chance to win!

I'm out.

Whoops! Was so excited about just having an idea for the week's STAR contest challenge, that I didn't read the directions. :( However - it did get me to complete a layout, and layout that I really love!

Listen, there is still a bunch of great work, so get over there and VOTE!

Hey, I've put the Sexy Soccer Mom thing on the bench for a while. Now I'm officially a T-Ball Team Mom! Will eventually bring orange slices (coach's wife duty?); but today, in windy, 40 degree, rainy weather, it would have been better to bring blankets and hot chocolate! However, Matthew did complete his first 3-inning game and man, was it a lot of laughs!

Spring/April/Sunshine

Since the scrapping table has been pretty abandoned lately, I guess I'll have to share some of my favorite unedited photographs as of late.

Here is McKenna and her Poppa playing out one Spring day - this is the photograph I'm working on right now, couldn't resist!

Here is McKenna with her Uncle Brad. I swear Matthew was with us all along, but with his cousin visiting from Atlanta, they kind of keep themselves busy off doing secret boy stuff. :)

Here are my parents, my brother's entire family and our family.

Just us. :)

We had all gathered last weekend for the renewal of my parent's 40th anniversary vow renewal. They requested jeans and pizza and that's what they got!

You may kiss the bride - again!

Who put blue on the cake?
Our family's new obsession: Guitar Hero World Tour. It's generally me on guitar or bass, Doug on drums and the kids on the other guitar or mic. Totally fun noise.

And here's our adorable little pup. And her latest trick.

Just a fun little lettuce muncher!

So that's what we've been up to lately! ScrapStreet's in the middle of its STAR contest - been punching holes for almost a week now! TTT is still busting out some of the best kits around, it's so hard to choose just one (next reveal in 6 days!) Twiddleybitz has a new dt challenge blog, in case you've missed it. We just finished up with the first contest, look for the winner soon!

As for me, it's family and spring. That means the end of competition season and lots of outside time. While it's raining, I've managed to find the bottom of the piles on the scrap table and am hoping to actually use the table again, soon. My husband's back at work tonight after an injury since January; so while I'm missing him, I'm hoping to turn it into creative time. Look for the STAR contest vote soon!

lots to do, lots to do...

But first things first! Next week holds all of the following: McKenna's 3rd birthday, Friday the 13th and just as fun, TTT's next cyber crop! March Madness is in the air and it's sure to be a fun time. For an added incentive, I'm RAK'ing one poster that posts the blinkie on their blog or other website and links it back to the board. It could be you! Then check back in the 13th-15th to come have some super fun with us cropping in style!

Blinkie credits: All scrapbooking elements from First Day of Spring by Gingerscraps (ScrapStreet.com March freebie), Basketballs from Google.com (origin unknown), Font: 2Peas.

March Mag

This March Mag is a whirlwind, to say the least! Folks, I'm not even though it all the way, yet and I found a fav. Gotta love everything about this one by Tonya Dirk. Everything! I love the colors, I love the arrangement, I love the photo and darnit, I love that she found a very clever way to use all those Kiaser pearls at once!! Take a looksee... love it!

Even I've gotten to scrap a little, thanks to ScrapStreet.com's MAFIA contest - oh what fun! We started at 3, exploded to a mafia of 8 or 9 and will soon see if we are the winning mafia or not!

Speaking of contests, ScrapStreet's STAR starts this month! Not sure if I'll play or just be a cheerleader, but for sure I can't wait to see what challenges are up sleeves. :)

i forget to blog

till someone reminds me I have one.

My resolutions are actually going well, although my scrapping time has diminished tremendously. Changing that this week with all the pages I have to do! Ooops - maybe I should say that my resolutions are going well except for the one about scrapping more for myself. It's only Feb. I can change that.

BIG NEWS!

I guess I can officially tell you that I've made the manufacturer design team for the Aussie Twiddleybitz! Twiddleybitz has some super cute chipboard -n- stuff - definately worth a look!

K, off to get some scrappy stuff done. If only I could survive cold and flu season in only my scraproom!

ummm...

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and Happy Birthday! lol - I'm not even gonna catch up. If you know me, you've been playing with me on Facebook. :)

Just getting back to scrappy, y'all. Not a fan of New Year's resolutions, but since I just finished my first page of 2009 *gasp* yes - 16 days it took me! - I'm making a few. That and the gal I interviewed for Feb's Discovery Drive. THAT's my style. I have it in me. THAT's what I wanna do. and THAT's what I just finished.

So here ARE my resolutions:

I resolve to:
1. USE my supplies.
2. EMBRACE the torn, dirty, random, distressed. on every page, I tell ya.
3. USE my own handwriting. See, usually I scan in my unjournaled layout, add journaling via font for online use, and then journal on the actual paper page using the fonted online journaling as a guide. Anal, I know. No more. You're gonna meet me and my handwriting, whether you like it or not. :)

Let's see how I've done on my first page; this page is for the mag, so I can't show ya yet.
1. supplies: check! (even buttons, which I never remember to use.)
2. torn, dirty, random, distressed? check! (torn, glimmer-misted, random, inked.)
3. my own handwriting? check, I'm on it.

I'm embracing shabby chic. I can do it.
By the way, stand by. I think I have some cool manufacturer news coming up... I can't say much now, but I'll keep ya posted! <3 ya. Facebook me.

Creative News!

I'm so pleased and excited to let y'all know I made a design team!! This place is my go-to place when mo and jo are down and out... ya know why? Sketches galore! You know me and sketches, I flock to them! Anyhoo, link to the fun, friendly sketch place I love:

Creative Scrappers blog turned forum plus gallery... sketch fun!

Gonna put the sketch blogs on hold for a while, just so I can devote my sketchy time to Creative-Scrappers, and I'm so excited to do so!

you missed it?

That's okay, so did I! "That" would be the Sketchfest at Creative-Scrappers this week! I finished one for day 1 and two for the last day... But if you're a creator-from-sketch, go check out the site, it's chock-filled with sketches. I've said it before, but it's the place I go when blocked for a sure-fire way to find an open creative door! The three you see are the three pages I did this week with Sketchfest sketches. Enjoy!

Life, not scrapbooking

That's what it's been for a few weeks!! Although I'm always thinking in terms of oh, say the Facebook Scrapbooking app (lol!) I haven't gotten to actually do much scrapping. That's okay. Lots and lots and lots of lovely life things happening, so the sport of scrapping is in the back seat. Not in the trunk, just in the back seat.

What things, you ask? Well, for one, I've been invited to sing with our church's Worship team. This totally brightened my day and warmed my heart. I've practiced with them for two weeks and am hoping I'm ready in His eyes to sing. With it being Christmas and all, no better time to start. This time last year I knowingly and willingly accepted Jesus into my heart and what better birthday present for both of us to sing for Him?

I was also just asked - I mean, 45 minutes ago - to be part of the Christmas Eve service, to read a letter as part of the message that day. Scary, haven't done that in a while, but fun, too.

Got a back-to-work countdown for dh. 16 days is is go-back date. It's also the day he runs out of sick time. Please pray that he's ready and is protected.

Let's see, for scrapping, my articles are in - early for the first time on ScrapStreet EVER. Showroom/sponsor stuff done and in. Got some Christmas stuff in my cam waiting for me.

Oh, and duh! Time to reveal the guest designer for Creative-Scrappers! This is a very fun and exciting place... for the sketch-lover! See me! BTW, this is one of TTT's December kits :) but it's sold out. :(

Off we go - we have a Christmas tree to decorate, cookies to be made, pictures to take. Shopping is offically done! (thanks to dh being home, it was easy to budget, start early and finish this year!) Christmas card to make, Secret Santa stuff to wrap up. 338 photos on the cam. It's a good day. Thank God for it.

CMK - what a wonderful world!

See, I won a drawing for something called "Friday Formulas" at CreateMyKeepsake. This is one of my oldest forum memberships and even though I take breaks, I can't help myself but to keep going back. And I have! Every Friday they put up a Formula - a CMK sketch and y'all just know I can't resist a good sketch - it's my place to be Friday nights.

Well, Lisa just sent my prize and it's an adorable kit from Sonburn Designs - perfect for some bright happy McKenna photos.

Big thanks to CMK and Lisa!

a few of my fav of the designs included:

and all on nice, thick, great quality papers, with matching cardstock on the back of each - did I mention there are two of each piece for me to play with?! xoxo

*happy grin!*

Leafy Love

eta: This weekend only! There is an adorable digital kit that is FREE in honor of ScrapStreet's elephant crop going on right now. Stop on by, read up, say hello!
http://scrapstreet.blogspot.com/2008/11/crop-weekend.html

Despite a day of rain, Matthew's stomach flu and Doug's injured leg, we finally did get our leaves pictures! I only took 83 photos (aren't you proud? lol) and they aren't that great, to be honest. I caught a couple... and yes, we blew the leaves, didn't even touch a rake yesterday!

The last two are funny: look at Matt's jump in the right side of the second-to-last and the last photo is McKenna "helping" Daddy - looks like she's ready to attack!

in case you didn't see them...

in a gallery near you. I'm tickled to have been chosen as Back Porch Memories' Guest Designer for November - and now I can reveal what I've done with their amazing November kit! I was absolutely scared to death to use this WRMK (in fact, I even turned it down as a kit choice with TTT), but as it turned out, I adored this kit!! It was fun to use such cute stuff!

Scraproom Overhaul part 3!

Onto the table we go!!! Scary, isn't it? I don't even know what's ON this table... let alone how long that deco scissor drawer's been open, lol!

By the way, I found out my camera was on the sport feature, that's why my photos have been coming out so wacky...

By the end of the day, I had the tabletop completely cleaned off and ready to use... and I did! That small stackable drawer unit:
used to have:

• punches
• deco scissors
• scrapbooking markers - the really old kind

now it has!

• rubons
• scrapbooking markers - the new kind
• Sharpies

There is a large 3-drawer in white (not pictured) that once had:

• handmade theme swaps (not kidding!!!)
• baggies in the middle
• random handbags in the bottom.

Now it has!

• alphas in the top,
• chipboard in the 2nd and
• wooden alterables in the bottom.

Will show ya that pic later.

See? I scrapped in my own scraproom!

Scraproom Overhaul begins...

That last post was getting a little long. So here is what I've accomplished in the last 24 hours.

Ahhh... success!! Well, at least success under the table, not on top, yet! This is pre-vacuuming, but I'm so proud! OOhh... See that brown cardboard box? That's my secret santa box for my ScrapStreet secret sister! No peeking!

Oops... guess I left a little mess of a pile on my computer desk... I'm on it!

Scraproom Overhaul!!

It's time!! (Ugh, yeah, again...) I've had it with my scraproom and scrapcrap!! Time to clean, purge, reorganize and start anew.


I've contacted my local scrapbooking Yahoo group and I found a Kindergarten teacher and a girl scout troop that will accept donations from me! It's actually motivating me more knowing this stuff will go to a good cause. Look: before pictures! These start from the left side of the room and circle around to the right... YIKES!

My bookshelves... kinda where all the house stuff lands.

I once was pretty organized... see all those little shoebox totes? All labeled and organized. I wish I hadn't gone with plastic, but since it's already bought, I'll probably continue with these totes...

See the gray tub in this picture? Yesterday and today, this is what I tackled first - go look at the photo in my next post to see what I got out of it!
Those Priority boxes are themed and the crate all the way in the back right corner under the table is scraps indexed by color. Hear me rolling my eyes? Seriously... why keep THAT many scraps? Recycle, here I come!

Oh, Dear. This is the wall that scares me... Again with the frightening plastic, but there is a nice 40-tier tower tucked in there somewhere.This is just junk! I see a box that was packed when we thought we were moving... a year ago! And oh, how my letters are screaming for some organization!! Not the letters nicely filed in tackle boxes, the sets that are in my kids' primary-colored stacking baskets... cripes!Ok, so this shelf doesn't look TOO bad. From back here. That's gymnastics references to the left. OOPS... maybe I lied about not looking too bad. Next to the pile on the left is another horizontal pile... you caught me. Finished layouts from at least 2 years ago that need homes. *blush*
Then I see some cardstock in Verticals... Smurfs in the hanging basket. :D Oops - blurry! This is "dh's" desk... Top shelf full of albums. Most unfinished - I see a POLICE album still in the box, never touched. I see a pregancy album for Matthew. The dark blue, I think, is the police album I DID start for dh. The white might be my scrapbook for our trip to London. In 1991. Spiral? Who knows...
Oh! below that shelf... the purple is pregnancy with McKenna, one of Matthew's 2nd year (I think) album and ... gosh, what IS that beige colored one? This is the cubby and cabinet below those shelves. The white is my unfinished wedding scrapbook. The photo album is college-aged pics, from 11 years ago-ish. Oh! There is one shelf for dh's police reference books and under that... ?

To the right of that desk, shelves and cubbies, a file cabinet. This is the junk on top of it.

Old albums that really need to be scrapped Creative Memories-style... One day, in my spare time.