May Specials At Close to My Heart

Yes it is National Scrapbooking Month!
I have a busy month of crops and plans , trying to make self be busy with life again!
This month you can get the Free To Be ME paper kit for just $5 with a qualifying

order! And for $5 more you can add the May Stamp of the month set also!
It is so easy to shop online and join my EZonline Surprise Party!

I will be posting some cute pictures soon of some layouts I have been working on (planning)!
Thanks for following me ... Please leave me a comment... never know there maybe a surprise for a lucky person in May!

Kathy

Do over....

My motivation for a Valentine.... I need to get three in the mail tomorrow

yes I procrastinate!

  The winner for the stamp never claimed it so we have A good ole fashion do-over.... leave a comment....  I'll pick a new winner's name on Sunday!

 Keep on crafting!

Kathy

POSTING ISSUES

Don't you hate it when it just won't work....

Try again to leave a comment .... I will pick a winner on Sunday!
So I have been organizing my stuff... I seem to accumulate

 .... so I made journal cards kit to use with my project life stuff -- I mix and match....   I am ready to get started... are you?

Kathy

Crafty and Compulsive

Crafty and compulsive , that's how I describe myself these days...
  I have several shopping carts in several stores waiting for me to hit the "SEND" button...
  I have a Pinterest page 2014 CHA WANTS
  Why?  I don't need a thing...  but like most other people I know, see, online friends, we have this need ...
  I LOVE crafty stuff, I love to look at touch it, organize it, move it around, pack it up and show it off!
 
The last week I have engaged in, a shopping trip with a six year granddaughter to hobby lobby,had a rant in a local group, and learned of a local stamp shop closing her doors in the next few weeks..
I have dubbed the "LSS" local scrapbook store term to  
                   LAST STORES STANDING

 I have printed and organized all my photos since October!
 Yippee they are printed! OOPS I have 4 shoe box's that need scrapped and added to albums ....
 so am excited to get busy!
So how our your New Years plans going...
1. still eating better
2. Working on the "LESS"  cleared out all junk drawers since 2010
3 As far as "NO"  nothing I can think of yet!

Thanks for visiting, next week I will post my cover page for 2014...
make sure you leave a comment for a chance to win this Stamp "THIS IS THE GOOD LIFE"
January is flying by ...only 79 more days till a wedding!
Happy Scrapping,

It all started with a few sheets of pretty paper...

Do you want to get the attention of 86 women in a crowd of 100?

Yes this a total addiction... is there a group for this? yes ...
 enablers unite... we are collecting something?
 My favorite words:

 any thing crafty, paper, artsy, hobby store, creative , paint, ink.... you get it?
 Yes or you have left by now....
I have been trying to let go "LESS" it is so hard, so lately I am called to young mom's  you know them the 25-33 year old mom with 2.5 children , a dog, a mortgage, photo snapping super mom!
Invite them , share your stuff, heck give a box of it away (you won't miss it)
SHARE  your craft whatever it is  NO scrap booking is not dying... it has a changed ..
 lets get it done quickly....Project Life, Instagram, .
go back where did you start?  I love all things paper 
WHY? did you start ...

Please leave a comment... I will be giving away this stamp from Elle's Studio on January 24th,
 Just in time for Valentine's projects....
This is the Good Life ... lets enjoy it....
 BTW we went for one year follow up this week so far all is GOOD!
thanks for stopping by,
Kathy

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
So as we are into a new year, I hope everyone has made new resolutions, has picked their one little word, stock piled project life, and survived the first three days of the new diet?
New beginnings... a change , I am not there yet ... so yes I intend to eat healthier,  no word for me last year was a total loss so if I did it would be "LESS' and "NO",
 I need less , less clutter, less stress, less worry.
NO- I have the right to say NO , No I can't , No I won't,  just no without reason.
As a paper-holic , crafter, scrapbooker I hope to do more, journal more and tell the story... not perfectly...
 I had to laugh someone asked what are those folded Project life cards for?  I said to write notes ...that maybe no one will ever see... to myself... Yes I cared, What was I thinking? Thoughts we think as we go through the process... will anyone look at these in the future, will they dump them in the dumpster  ( I saw this done a few years ago as my family cleaned out the in laws house  SO SAD).
 thinking WOW my mom did all this crap when she could have been spending time with us?
It has made me rethink my process the last few days ... a quick note of photo, in the sleeves and move on... it does not have to be perfect!

I am not sure if I will continue blogging this year ... maybe it is me rambling thoughts or maybe it is my way to get the junk out I think, but whatever I do I try to find the humor in day to day struggles. What are your New Year's intentions?
Happy New Year and thanks for stopping by,
Kathy

 A friend sent me this year.. I think she has it right!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Do you feel like this past year has just flown by?
 Do you remember how long it took as a child the days between Thanksgiving and Christmas?
I feel like I am so behind, lots of plans and piles with all my projects!
I will say that I am better organized in years past - I take a picture almost daily on instagram, add some notes and the date,  printing most of them , ( nope not in my album yet), but project life has made me rethink my spending and organization, and what I really use and need.

 I am in the process of starting a new group on facebook to share our 2014 project life , I think it is important to take pictures of the just plain days in our life, we are so busy , we are the Mom's who chase our kids around as they grow up.
Look back in your photo's,  Where are you? Behind the camera? What will they remember about us?
So Yes I went to see Santa yesterday , something I have done for several years alone, the poor guy thought I was crazy and then I told him about my project life!
Come join us https://www.facebook.com/groups/bamaprojectlife2014/
 I'll be posting more in a few days  and no you don't have to be from Alabama to join us! This is just a group of us that will be sharing ideas, projects, and encouraging each other to get busy!

Merry Christmas,
Kathy