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“The Daily Scrapper” has published it’s December edition available online for FREE and it’s FABULOUS!!!! It is packed with great photos and article!

Go check it out now by clicking on the image below!

I hope you are having a wonderful December full of holiday cheer!

I am taking a FREE class at JessicaSprague.com that helps keep you organized for the holidays. This class is free and today is the last day for registering, so rush over HERE to register and follow along!

The first assignment is to write your values and goals for the holidays this year. You really have to take the class to see what’s coming – and it’s great!

Here are my goals and values for this year:

1. To spend more quality time with my family during this upcoming holiday season. This is the most important thing to me this year because Brittany is leaving to go to school a few days after Christmas and I want her to have some great holiday memories to take with her.
2. I want to instill the importance of serving others in my kids. We always buy Thanksgiving dinners for 2 less fortunate families in our church family and deliver them on Thanksgiving morning. I want my kids to feel the joy of giving to those less fortunate and carry on this tradition.
3. I feel the need to spread the Christmas joy this year. I have been feeling down for the last few months and I am tired of it. I am now ready to change my attitude and get up and get going with a renewed spirit and a joyful heart. Remembering others is the best way to stop feeling sorry for myself and start to recover.
4. Remembering all that my Savior has done for me in my life. Christmas is about the birth of Christ, and that is what I want my family to remember. Giving gifts to other is one way to share the love our Heavenly Father has for us, but remembering His gift to us is so important to me.
5. Some things I want to do: reorganize, focus, reconnect, devote, worship, sing, love, give thanks, de-stress, have fun.
6. This season is a great way to start making new changes in my life. I want to feel better, and this gives me a jump start to change everything in my life that I don’t like right now. I am ready and willing to make the changes and sacrifices it will take to get my life back on track and myself feeling better.

Assignment #2

I am committing to include at least 20 minutes of recording/writing/photographing/savoring/printing/gluing/scrapbooking/remembering/slowing down EVERY DAY in December! I have a few weeks to get ready for this. Here are a few ways I will be preparing to do this:

1. Making sure that my camera cards are cleaned off and ready for taking photos.
2. Stocking up on some scrapbooking supplies. (I don’t really have much of the traditional kind yet!)
3. Starting on making my “December Daily” album – now that my supplies I ordered are here, I am beginning to put it together so all I have to do in December is start journaling and placing photos!
4. Making a special place to do all of these things – most likely in my office, and on my desk, but I need to clean it off a bit first!
5. Getting out my Christmas music to play while I do most of these tasks. I want to completely immerse myself in this holiday season to get the most out if it. I am ready to make this Christmas the best yet for my family. I want them to know that being with them and feeling the holiday spirit as a family is important to me. My family holiday memories are so precious to me and I want to make some more of these memories.
6. Jessica Sprague shared THIS site with our class, and I am so excited about this! I am going to print out the planner pages and make a binder to get myself organized this season. I am also going to make 3 more of these binders for the sweet sisters that I visit teach.
7. Shopping for my holiday baking. Some of the sweetest memories of holidays past include baking with my mom. She has the best recipes and I want to share these with my family this year.
8. Decorating. This year I am going to decorate my house with ALL my Christmas decorations. I want my home to feel festive and invoke the warm feelings every time I walk in the door. This will help lift my mood and make it easier for my family to feel the holiday spirit this year.

That’s it! I will document my next steps here on my blog as I go.

See you soon!

I found this on Julie Shahin’s blog and it’s too great not to share!

Fill yourself up creatively

Accelerate movement – Do something, anything, to combat the inertia of staying still. SARK advocates “micro movements” that take anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes to complete. Those micro movements are the building blocks for our creative dreams and most importantly, get us moving!!

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
- Joseph Chilton Pearce

Thanks, Julie! Your blog is such an inspiration to me and I am making a committment to alter all the books I have been saving for a project like this!

Here is a peek at what Julie has made that I am going to try:

Can’t wait to get started!

First, it has been way too long since I have posted to my blog. Life has been so busy and I can’t keep up!

The Daily Scrapper issue 19 is all about being green – check it out (my article is on the front page):

Also new for October is the Flourish:

And the new edition of The Insider:

More later!

This month’s newsletter for Digi Shop Talk is fabulous! Make sure you download it and use all the great coupons in there – and don’t forget to read the great articles!

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Also, check out the great August edition of The Daily Scrapper – again, it’s full of wonderful articles and layouts!!!

Click on the photo above to read the paper!

The Flourish is taking a break for the month of August – check back next month to read this newsletter!

Have a great week!

Today we celebrate our nation’s independence and I want to wish all of my American friends a fabulous 4th! I am so thankful at this time for all our military families around the world and their sacrifices that make us free.

In fact, my new article all about independence is out today at The Daily Scrapper: (click on photo below)

On another note, I have 2 more articles just out this week:

My Scrapbook Art’s “Flourish”

and

Digi Shop Talk’s “Insider”

Click on the links above to download these fabulous newsletters – they really are FREE!!!

Digital Paper Hearts is Celebrating Christmas in July and to kick start the celebration, an Awesome Scavenger Hunt is planned.

Go here to the Scavenger Hunt section in the forum to know more details about this awesome hunt.

Link: http://digitalpaperhearts.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=175&sid=064babf16fe230a36c96f2360309c912

When you’ve finished you will have grabbed this fun-filled mega collab!  DPH’s Awesome My Vintage Firecracker Collab by DPH’s Designers.

Also, Shari of Doohikey Designs has a freebie for you over at DPH’s Blog made using this Collab and BTA Designs Templates.

Grab them here - http://digitalpaperhearts.com/blog/

See you there!

I am a BIG fan of Jessica Sprague and she is having a huge birthday bash at her site this week! There are freebies and fun stuff, but I want to share this free class she is having – yes, I am attending and want you to attend with me! It’s online and will be fabulous!

Don’t miss out – this might be the best information on photo editing you will ever find!

Who are these mystery designers and what did they do?

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These ladies are the generous sponsors of The Daily Scrapper’s Anniversary Edition. Each of these designers/store owners has provided a gift for our loyal readers that have been with us for the past year ~ we have 4 sponsored kits from designers and stores for your weekly downloads… and what’s best – they are FREE!

To see if you’re right, click on the link above and to go to The Daily Scrapper Home page. You can read each designer interview and grab the coupon code to download their free kits.

And we’ve got a new look, with Easy browsing, you don’t have to worry anymore if you are missing a page. Just use the NEXT>> button at the top of each page to navigate. Let this be your new reading experience with TDS.

Here are some other great things in this special issue:

• Interviews
with 5 great personalities in the digital industry.

• Products Highlight
The latest and newest fresh from the drawing board. See our team of artists use their skills to amaze you with gorgeous layouts.

• Hybrid Projects
This edition is full of birth-day craft ideas. Get inspired and get great discounts from the kits used.

• What A Scrap!
Layouts sent in by TDS readers. Get free 1 month TDS club membership if your layout is selected.

• Lucky Draw Winners Check out the winners from last issue lucky draw.

• Your Opinions
Tell us what you think of TDS. Stand a chance to win gift vouchers

Check it out: The Daily Scrapper Home Page

Digital Paper Hearts is having a fabulous NSD sale and chat – come on over and visit this weekend to see how you can get this fabulous Mega Kit for FREE!

ALSO – my entire store will be on sale 35% off! Check it out this weekend!