Spring Fling - Paperbag 6x6 Minibook Kit!

Paperbags aren't just for carrying your lunch anymore!

You can make a fun & unique 6x6 paperbag mini album with our new Spring Fling Project Kit!

At the last retreat we attended our paperbag mini albums were quite a hit. We completely sold out of them over the course of a weekend! We can take a hint -- so we designed an all new paperbag minibook kit!

This album is great for displaying all your favorite Spring memories or it could be the perfect gift for the soon-to-be graduate in your life! The Spring Fling Project Kit has everything you need to complete the project - a paperbag mini album, coordinating papers, sticker letters, ribbon, and embellies. (even an exclusive T & D zipper flower!)

Crystal used her kit to show off all of her favorite Spring pics from 2009!

We've got a WINNER!

And the Coaster Mini-book goes to... Shelly!

Congrats! We will get the Coaster album to you this week.


Shelly said...


I just LOVE the coaster mini-albums! I think that's what I'll do for the grandparents for Tori's graduation! 


Keep up the great work, ladies! No other site is as helpful to me as yours!

Happy Scrapbooking Day!

Since it is National Scrapbooking Day, we had the perfect excuse to set aside some time this weekend to do what we love - SCRAPBOOK!  We just got back from a very fun event at our local craft store.  Are you a scrapper?  If so, then you probably understand why scrapbooking is more than just a hobby to us. There is something about getting together with a group of friends and reminiscing about all of the cherished memories you are trying to preserve. Now before we start sounding all serious - let it be known that one of our favorite things about scrapbooking is letting go, being silly, and laughing until our sides ache!  So to all our fellow scrappers - we hope you can make a little time for scrapbooking (and laughing) this weekend too!

Here's what we were working on...

Crystal's grandpa is turning 90 at the end of the month. After lots of organizing and SHOPPING - she finally got started. It's quite a task to scrapbook 90 years of life!  We will be sure to post some pictures of the end result.  What fun old pictures!

And here's a little sneak peak of something else we have been working on...

May's kit will be released very soon! Be sure to check back later this weekend as you wont

 want to miss out on this fun little project!

Oh and as promised we have a special giveaway just for National Scrapbooking Day!

You could win our Coaster Mini-album kit!

Just post a comment to be entered in the drawing. Tell us why you like scrapbooking, what you are working on, or how you are celebrating National Scrapbooking Day! If you don't scrapbook then tell us what you do like to do.

The winner will be announced on Monday evening!

Happy Scrappin!

-Kelli & Crystal

Cards for Heroes

Thanks for stopping by! As Spring is upon us life seems to be ramping up leaving less and less time for things like scrapbooking and blogging!  Kelli has been getting her nest all ready for baby.  I have been doing what I usually do this time of year - making plans for every single day and weekend of the summer. Not really, but sometimes it feels like that with the crazy schedule I create for myself.  Enough about us though...let's talk crafts!

Today we wanted to share some information with you about a great organization called Operation Write Home.  About a year ago, we came across this group that sends homemade cards to troops serving overseas.  They recruit crafty people like us to make homemade cards to give to the troops to write home to their loved ones.  After learning about this great organization we were feeling inspired and went to our friend Toni - the best card designer we know!  Last year, a small group of us got together and made about 85 cards in one day for the troops. Toni would design the cards and we would each make a few of each. We worked from 10 AM to 10 PM, stopping to refuel on snacks periodically.  It was quite a day, but we felt great giving back to those serving our country!

This year Toni decided to host a special event called Stamp-A-Stack.  She invited all sorts of crafty ladies to make cards for Operation Write Home.  She designed all of the cards and had stations set up for everyone to complete some cards.  We all made 30 cards - donating one to the troops and keeping one for ourselves.  We had a blast!  After all was said and done approximately 430 cards were made for the troops!  Thanks Toni for hosting such a great event - YOU ROCK!  If you would like to check out some of the cards Toni designed hop on over to her blog. She has been posting them every day for a couple weeks now.  If you are interested in making your own cards for Operation Write Home jump over to their website. They have monthly card-making challenges you can participate in OR host your own event like Toni did! It's so much more fun when you get a whole group of crafty friends involved!

In case you haven't heard, Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day!  We have blocked off some time this weekend to celebrate our passion - SCRAPBOOKING!  What are your plans for National Scrapbooking Day?  Be sure to stop by... we will show you what we are working on and we will be having a special giveaway!

Happy Scrappin!

-Crystal & Kelli

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Soon-to-be pins

We're back with more of our homemade baby shower ideas from Kelli's shower!  Awhile back we were shopping around our local craft store for some decorating supplies when we came across some pins designed especially for baby showers.  There was a pin for the Soon-to-be Mom, Soon-to-be Grandma, etc.  We really liked the idea of giving Kelli's family something special to highlight their new role.  Also, Kelli's mom is EXTREMELY excited to be a grandma again, so we just knew she would love a button to make sure everyone at the shower could see that she is the grandma-to-be! The problem - the pins we saw at the store were U-G-L-Y  and the colors definitely did not match her shower theme.  So what do we do?? Make our own of course!

Here's how we made them...

Last Minute Cupcake Tower

Over the weekend we had Kelli's baby shower with family and friends.  We had been planning to have a special cake for her, but late last week the plans changed to cupcakes instead.  So, we decided to whip up a fun little tower to display the delicious cupcakes. We were actually kind of glad the plans changed to cupcakes because the display turned out super cute! 

Here's how you can make a cupcake tower like ours...