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THEY’RE UP, THEY’RE UP!  The classes are up!  Please note:

• ALL classes are now end at 8:30, so that means classes are 2 1/2 hours long instead of 3.  This way you can shop and our girls can get home at a decent time (especially on school nights).
• "Oh, the Possibilities!" is $22 for this quarter only!  (We are using some awesome embellishments that cost slightly more than usual, I hope that’s okay.)
• "Oh, the Possibilities!" is held twice in May & once in June with no classes in April.
• "bloom" is held the last two Saturdays in April (9:30 – 12:30, 1:30 – 4:30, 5:30 – 8:30). 
• "liberty" is held the first two Saturdays in June (9:30 – 12:30, 1:30 – 4:30, 5:30 – 8:30).
• We will NOT add any classes.  Because of all our awesome new classes & teachers, there are NO open nights to add classes.
• WE WILL HAVE FUN!
• Sign-ups start at Spring into Spring (see below).  I will post all photos on that day.

I think that’s pretty much it ~ you know how to get hold of me!  Let me know what you think.

SPRING INTO SPRING openhouse/class sign-ups:  Thursday, March 23rd from 6:00 to 9:00 at the Store.  

We are having awesome make-n-takes presented and sponsored by:

• All My Memories
• Chatterbox
• Karen Foster
• My Minds Eye
• Scrapworks
• and possibly … EK Success
• I told you they were COOL!

Let me know what you think so far of my classes!  I hope to see you all there!  A

I promise, promise, promise I will have classes up tomorrow.  I just can’t get it done today!  I am almost done with this layout & have to hurry & get it done so I can finish my supply list by 5:00!  Sorry the pic is not the best!

As some of you have posted & emailed me, Yes, I DID enter the Creating Keepsakes Hall of Fame contest.  It was supposed to remain a secret ~ in case I don’t win!  According to a radio interview with Lisa Bearnsen (founder & head honcho of CK), calls will begin later today and end on Friday.  And NO, I have not received a call!  IF (big IF) I win, I won’t be able to post it here for a while.  I will post my entry either way ~ later.  So that’s really all I can say about that.  Thank you for your words of encouragement!

I do want to send props out to my "little" bro., though.  Some of you know he plays basketball for Snow College.  This weekend he was named the SWAC Player of the Year!  Not only is he an awesome bb player and really fun to watch, but is kind & sensitive & the best uncle my kids could hope for.

I promise ~ even if I have to stay up really late tonight, I WILL have classes up tomorrow!  A

My class is all prepped & Jen will get the stuff soon!  I even have cookies!  Luckily, I had some dough in the freezer that I had my hubby bake.  I am absolutely convinced that the class will go well tonight!

I haven’t finished the Basic Grey layout for Possibilities, yet.  So no pics from that!  But, here are two photos that show all the papers in the Urban Couture line I am using.  Isn’t it gorgeous!?

I will have info up tomorrow on classes & some new photos (tidbits, so to speak)!  Don’t forget to sign up at:  www.groups.yahoo.com for the bloominmemories group so you will still receive emails after April 1st!

Bye for now!  A  p.s. don’t forget to post!

I’m still sick!  It’s too late in the year to be sick, but here I am with an ear infection, and a sinus infection!  It’s my own fault, I should have gone to the doctor last week, but I tried to be too strong and only made myself more sick!  Jennifer has generously agreed to teach my class tomorrow.  I am on meds and will hopefully be feeling better, but just in case, she has agreed to help me!  Luckily I am half done with class kits.

I stayed down most of the weekend and didn’t get anymore done on Possibilities!  As you can see, I do have a new photo, though (The paper in Chatterbox’s Chateau Room).  I must work on kits first and then I can get to finishing Possibilities.  I will hopefully have previews up on Wednesday or Thursday.  Remember, they won’t be the entire class, just snippets to get you excited about the 23rd!  I have received word from a couple of you that you already have your babysitters lined up!  YEAH!  It’s going to be so much fun!  A

Hey guys!  I have an ear infection and a birthday party for my oldest tomorrow!  (I think that explains my MOOD on Tuesday ~ yeah!  I’d rather be sick than GLOOMY!  Thus, the lack of communication the last two days.

I have been working on Possibilities, and am almost finished!  I will post little snippets of it on Monday with dates & times, cost, etc. for ALL my classes.  I hope you have enjoyed this!  I know I have and it has certainly helped me keep working! 

Have a GREAT weekend!  A

Ladies, the sign-ups/ posting in the store is Thursday, MARCH 23rd we will be having a really cool open house ~ lots of make-n-takes & reps from COOL companies!  It’s from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm.  Mark your calendars!  Because we are doing our open house in conjunction with the start of class sign-ups, they have asked me not to post my completed projects on the website until that day.  I apologize to those of you who "can’t wait!" ~ I have teased you!  I’m going to see if they’ll let me post more tidbits to give you more of an idea, but not reveal the entire thing!  I’ll let you know!

Basic Grey is IN!  I need to go pick it up tonight (after naptime!).  I still need to finish that and the Chatterbox two-page layout.  That’s tonight & tomorrow’s projects!

I picked up 120 sets of "eggs" letters last night!  I just thought you might want to see how much wood that really is!  Tomorrow, I’ll post more of my progress on the layouts!

TTFN!  A      p.s. post, post, post! 🙂   don’t forget:  MARCH 23 from 6:00 to 9:00!

My mom has the boys, I have nothing to stop me ~ yet here I am in a major creative slump.  It’s one of those days.  I have a migraine, there are some other things going on (not major – don’t worry!) that are weighing on my mind, and it’s GRAY outside!  I hate that!  They will solve themselves, I can’t do anything, yet still I worry. 

But, even though I don’t want to, I have been working!  I don’t know if I like this color or not.  I may have to change it.  We’ll see how I feel about it!  As soon as I decide on a color, I am starting on the Chatterbox two-page layout.  It will be cute.  It’s all sketched out.  I really don’t know why I sketch, they never turn out the way I sketched them.  At least it gives me a starting point. 

Okay, INSTAPOLL, Tell me:  Are YOU a SKETCHER?  or do YOU stare at things until INSPIRATION hits you in the head?  Generally I stare until inspiration hits.  Sometimes it takes a long time.  I usually have to try a few things until I find the one I like the most.

Speaking of time, I am no longer going to do idea boards for the store.  They take me too long!  I feel bad, I really liked doing them.  I actually got my photos scrapped when I did it.  I think that’s adding to my BLAH! mood, I’ll miss it!  I hope you are having a GREAT day!  A  p.s. don’t forget the contest!

p.s.  The pink worked!

Well, I have two one-page layouts done!  I am pleased with them!  I used some more expensive embellishments so I had to increase the price of the class $2 to $22.  But, they are well worth the extra $2!  Again, I can’t show you the whole thing, but here’s a sample. 

Instead of Making Memories Vintage Hip paper, I used Chatterbox’s Greenhouse paper.  I will working on the Chatterbox (Chateau) two-page layout today and as soon as Basic Grey is here…  I also need to get the supply lists in today. 

Please keep in mind that these have not been approved & I may have to change something I’ve shown!  Until tomorrow!  A

Do you recognize these pictures?  I did this layout for a sample board with Wild Asparagus’ new Beautiful (paisley & stripes) and Birthday (dots) lines.  We just got them in this week! 

I have officially "hit the wall"!  (literally, I turned the corner too close & slammed my shoulder!)  I have some cool sketches for the pages for Possibilities!, but other than that, nothing!  I am afraid this is going to be a very unproductive day.  I have one more hour before we drive to Ephraim for my brother’s game, and I need to go get the car.  We have just over 300 more miles on our manufacturer’s warranty & the weather stripping is shrinking.  So before I go over on mileage & we have to pay for it, I dropped it off.  I am devoting this weekend to Possibilities ~ sorry family!  But it HAS to be done.  Still no Basic Grey, but I’ll try to get everything but that done & give you glimpses on Monday!  Have a GREAT weekend!  A  p.s. don’t forget the contest!

Liberty is done!  Pending approval ~ of course!  I love the way it turned out.  It’s so weird to be designing for July’s holidays!

Today my task is to work on Possibilities and another board for the store (Wild Asparagus).  I am still waiting on the Basic Grey order.  I was going to use their new Urban Couture line for a two page layout, but if we don’t get it by Monday I’ll have to find something else! 

I am using some of Wild Asparagus’s new line, the Basic Grey, Chatterbox’s new Chateau line (my favorite new line from them) or Chatterbox’s Greenhouse (like I used in my Groovy Chicks layout below) and Making Memories Vintage Hip line .  I’ll show you my progress soon!

We may have to carry this into Monday.  If I’m not done by then, I’ll have to be grounded!  😉  A