Checking In ....

Goodness, where does the time go? Our weekend was crazy busy and I can't believe it's Wednesday already. The weather is getting beautiful here finally and I'm anxious to get outside and "play in the dirt". My flowerbeds are in need of a clean up and I'm always looking to plant more flowers. I think I lost about 4 rose bushes due to the crazy weather we had late winter/early spring. It just got warm and freezing too many times. Now how to talk hubby into more rose bushes! LOL Here is a picture of my rose bed last May. It will still be a couple of weeks yet before I start seeing any roses. Everything here is blooming late.

Here is an up close shot at a couple of my favorite ones from last spring.

Great Crop and TGIF!

WOW! Great crop last night. We had a great group of ladies and it was a lot of fun. Information about how we'll run the crops was given out. The short story is that there will be weekly challenges each month. Each challenge completed earns you pieces of a small kit. Complete all four challenges and attend the crop and you'll receive the whole kit and might even walk away with a bonus for being a part of the "Box of Dreams Club"! Challenges will be posted on Thursdays here, your layout should be posted here and then a link in the current weeks challenge so that we know it's there and can leave some love. This months challenges are sketches. Here is May Challenge #1:

This layout is my take on the sketch. You can find it at TSG here if you want to leave some love.

Don't forget to stop by Diann's blog as she posted brads for a crop freebie last night. They coordinate with the kit and the buttons she put on there the other day.

Run, don't walk ....

over to Diann's blog for another fun add-on to the crop goodies. You can find her blog here. Am I the luckiest girl in the world with my Dream Team or what????

Hope to see everyone tonight!

Please come join me ...

Please come join me and my Dream Team for our first crop at The Scrapping Garden on Thursday, May 3rd, 9:00 p.m. EST. I am starting a new series called Box of Dreams and we are excited to pair it with weekly challenges each month. This month it's a belated birthday party for me and a chance to introduce ourselves. We will be using sketches for our first month of challenges. There will be a fun sketch challenge each week and completion and posting of each challenge will earn you a piece of a mini kit that my fabulous Dream Team member Raylene Brooks put together. What kind of kit you ask???? Why a BIRTHDAY KIT of course!


Just for fun, I've made some birthday candles for you to start the celebration. They coordinate with the colors of the kit. You never know when you'll see more pieces pop up, I believe that Diann is working on a special blog surprise too! hehe You can download the candles here.

Here is a sneak peek at the preview for the birthday kit by Raylene. I hope you'll come join us for lots of laughs and scrapping!

p.s. A huge thanks to Raylene for working so hard on the kit and to Diann for making the main part of the ad above. I truly couldn't do this without them and the rest of my CT!

Whew, where does the time go? I've been taking a bit of a step back lately and trying to spend more time with my family. This past weekend I had the computer on very little and didn't even check my e-mail all day Sunday. I'm striving for a good balance with everything and am feeling less stressed as a result. I mean what is the hurry to design design design? I'd rather make sure I'm putting out quality designs and enjoying what I'm doing. Right?

Working on the ad for my crop on Thursday and will post in a bit.

Hugs to all!