~My Memories Book & a Glue Giveaway!~

Good morning my friendly crafty buddies!

I was in the car this weekend with my son and he yelled
"STOP MADDERING ME!"
Of course I could not figure out what he meant,
finally he said "Bradley keeps making me madder and madder
and MADDER! Make him stop maddering me!!"

You know it was one of those hysterical personal funny family moments.
We all have them whether it be with friends, family, or the dog who dug up the garden.

So I got to thinking....why not make a MINI Book, a MY MEMORIES BOOK
but not your typical big book, because they are just fun moments,
that you might not always have a picture for, or you just want to
giggle about later on in the future.

I came up with this idea

a very simple 5X7 or 6X8 book
here is my cover...and the inside of the cover page
and my first page.
I will be punching holes and making rings or attaching with ribbon in the next week.

I made the cover 5.5"X7.5" and the pages will be 5X7
I would love if some of you would join me in making
your own MY MEMORIES books
You know when something happens that is cute or funny,
I might not want to sit down and spend an hour on a 12X12 page
but it only takes 5-20 minutes to kick out a cute memory page.
No pressure just fun and easy!
Like a colorful diary.
Now instead of JUST Facebooking it LOL
I will scrap it too!

Whatcha think? Who wants to join me?
If you make one PLEASE let me know and share with me, I will be
sharing at least a few pages a week I am sure, smattered in between
other projects :)

Oh and don't forget the HELMAR GLUE GIVEAWAY!
Right here!
At 250 they give away a BIG glue prize,
at 50 more they do it again and so on!
Now you have heard me brag up Helmar for a long time now
it really is the best glue I have used, you know I am a NO BS
girl and when I am fired up I am fired up! So check the Facebook page out
I would love a PINKY girl to win it!

OK that's it for me today!
~Thanks for stopping by~
~Have a fantastic Tuesday!~
~Pinky~

~Life is full of POSSIBILITY! Happy New Year's Eve~

Wow what a journey 2009 has been and one of
those pivotal moments for me has been finding
the Scrapbooking From The Inside Out Forum/kit club

This is the FIRST kit club I have ever found that thinks just like I do.

All the kits are based on a specific emotion.
This month's kit emotion is "POSSIBILITY"
Everyone is VERY nice and they believe it is ok to scrap ANYTHING
just like I do. I love the compassionate attitude that sort of thinking
holds, and is dear to my heart. That scrapping is about what you want to
create/do, and not about rules and regulations! :)

Today I am going to share 2 of the layouts I made with the kit
I made 5, I will post the rest tomorrow

Journaling:
It's hard to explain to someone who has never been abused
just how precious the gift of security can be.
Knowing that I will never ever be hit again by someone who says the love me.
But you my dear, have given me back the feeling that anything is possible.
If I found someone who loves me unconditionally ]
and sees me with eyes I do not understand, then YES!! Anything is possible.
I Love You.

Time To See Journaling
It IS Possible:
To have friends who do not use and abuse you and to expect that.
To be kind to yourself and still be a good person
To stay faithful and surround yourself w/ others who are as well
To stand strong and be gentle at the same time
To respect yourself even after being abused and battered for a lifetime
I am beginning to see that I am repeating the same pattern
of abuse in my friends that I used to have with men in my life.
I have decided if I can break the cycle with men, I can break the cycle
with my friends as well, so for 2010 my goal is to find good
sweet honest friends who care for life and respect others like I do.
Isn't this kit beautiful?
If you have not checked out SFTIO please do.
I stop in there to chat at least once a day.
The girls there are KIND, compassionate and very understanding.
Kindred spirits.

OK I am off to take my sweet boys shopping and
get ready for this amazing New Year full of POSSIBILITY!
~Have a great New Year's Eve~
~Thank you for stopping by~
~Pinky~