With the Christmas craziness around here, it's time to get you prize winners all taken care of and again, please forgive me for not being consistent. With my mom getting her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, I had to move everything up 3 weeks and during that time, everything was going to be filmed and blog posts already done, and it was all supposed to be seamless. Life isn't always that way.
For my personal blog, I have some changes coming up for 2012, with one of them being a Tuesday Tips, Techniques, Organization and whatever; so every Tuesday, there will be a rotating monthly post of a tip, technique, organization, and the 4th Tuesday of the month is whatever I've discovered to share with you that month.
In the meantime, I am taking a few video and photography classes and would like to offer professional online classes that are down to earth using what you already have in your stash with a lot of other time and money saving features. We'll touch upon scrapbooking, altered items, gifts, the usual cards, and everything. Christmas next year will be in July because that's really when you have to start to maximize your tags, cards, gifts that you can make, using your Cricut, etc., Although I won't be able to use the new Christmas products (stamps or paper) as those generally don't start releasing until September, you can take what you've learned and use it for your Christmas. After the crazy last minute Christmas here, I don't want to go through that again so I'm planning ahead. If you have a Hobby Lobby in your area, they usually start stocking their Christmas items at the end of June, beginning of July. There will be a few special things that you might need like a grapevine pumpkin or wreath that are all in the dollar range, as well as packaged clear glass ornaments and foam cones. It's all up to you. You don't need those items – it will be just what I'm going to use. Learning new techniques is always fun and good but when you have to get a lot of product to do the technique, that's what I am avoiding. I'm going to show you ways to use what you have on hand, the basic staples, to achieve the same look without the expense.
I hope you'll sign up and I currently have 4 classes planned. They'll all be held at my NING site where you can also share your work, talk about each class, and ask questions. I will keep you posted and look for news on my blog.
Now onto the really fun stuff of announcing the prize winners!
Day 1, Papertrey Ink 2008 Holiday Tag Collection – NANCY
Day 2, Stampin' Up! 2-1/2" Circle Punch – JAN MARIE
Day 3, Stampin' Up! Merry & Type Stamp Set – ANGELA (TOUCAN SCRAPS)
Day 4, Unity Itty Bitty Absolutely Priceless – NATALIE
Days 5 and 6, Taylored Expressions Die-Cuts – ANGELA (TOUCAN SCRAPS)
Day 7, Paper Smooches Perky Plants – JAN MARIE
Day 8, Stampin' Up! Extra Large Petal Punch – JAN MARIE
Days 9 and 10, Unity Stamps Best Day Ever – NANCY
Day 11, Northridge Publishing Home Decor Book – CORI
Day 12 – Cricut Lite Holly Jolly Cartridge – NATALIE
I hope you enjoy your prizes ladies and thank you so much for your support. Please email me ASAP with your full name and address as I do have a few post office runs this week. If it's after Friday, I won't be able to do anything until Tuesday.
Merry Christmas!
Oh, Cindy! I'm so totally excited about your upcoming plans! It sounds like so much fun! I'll be here! Or wherever the fun will be! I'm also totally excited about seeing my name listed above as a prize winner! Thank you so much for your generosity! I'll send my info right away! 😀
Sounds like some fabulous things planned for 2012, Cindy. I'm excited to learn more! I'm thrilled to win a couple of prizes, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Your mom is in my prayers as well as your dad and family.
Hugs to you!! And congrats to all the winners.