Another Christmas Mini Album

I posted this on YouTube a couple of days ago and thought I'd share it here too! I hope you enjoy it and that the recipient will fill it with Christmas pictures that they love! For those of you who don't know, you can enhance your viewing experience by changing the numbers to the left of the YouTube Logo in the viewer and you can even watch full screen by clicking on the 4 arrows to the left of the YouTube logo. Please do leave a comment if you enjoy it...and only if you enjoy it, LOL!

The Value of Friendships

Would you believe!  I just reached 100 subscribers! Thank you everyone for coming in to visit!  I hope that you will continue to stop by from time to time! To mark the event, I'm going to add a second prize to this month's giveaway!!! Stay tuned!

As I've watched the number of subscribers to my blog jump in the last few days, I've wondered how many will become real friends. Real friends are not always the people that you interact with everyday. Often, they are people that you used to live close to and that you have been separated from, as your life or theirs, required a move. There are times when you cannot keep up with them the way you would want to, for any number of reasons. I wonder if anyone else has, from time to time, withdrawn from a friend for a while, because it hurt too much to talk to them. The hurt of the move was too raw and the loneliness caused by it was chocking up all the oxygen in the air around you. I must admit that I've been there far too often over the last 12 years. I miss being able to hug the friends I've left behind, while feeling blessed to have made new friends where I live now.

Real friends also come via the Internet these days, much as they might have been far away pen pals in days gone by. I am blessed to have those kinds of friends. Some are newer, some have been close for many years. Sometimes, make that often, I wish I had the time and money to bring all these wonderful people who have befriended me, who have loved and supported me through thick and thin, together. I would put them in one big beautifully decorated room that reflected their beautiful souls and celebrate the wonderful gift they have given me, their friendship. Since I obviously can't do that, (though that will change if I win the 74 million powerball), my beloved friends will forever remain safely in the chambers of my heart. My blog is dedicated to those friends and here, on my blog, they will be hono(u)red always!

Mega December/Christmas Giveaway!

I hope that a lot of you will enter! The giveaway is open to all my M-C's Friendship Corner and YouTube subscribers, old and brand new, who comment on either my blog or my YouTube channel between December 1st and 15th! You  get one entry for each comment (only one comment per post allowed). You also get an entry for posting my giveaway to your blog/Facebook/Twitter/Forum  etc  and letting me know about it.

For those of you who can't view the video, here are a coupld of pictures!  You get the choice of either the Cricut package OR the Paper Package!  Enjoy!  I can't wait to see who enters and who wins!

Paper Package

OR

Cricut Package



It's Coupon Time - December 5 to 11, 2010

AC MOORE
Click here for your AC Moore coupons! If you have one near you, now is the time to head off, right now..LOL!  They have a 25% off everything including sale items good from 6-10PM TODAY (Sunday, Dec 5th). The weekly coupon is 50% off again!

ARCHIVER'S
Yeah, I am back on the Archiver's coupon list!  Thanks again to Charlene to for fillingin the gap! So go ahead and click here to see their latest ad and get the latest coupon. This one is good until December 7th only.  There is also one good until the 15th here.

HOBBY LOBBY
Here is the main link that will get you to the weekly ad, 40% off coupon and everything HL you need!

JOANN'S UPDATED!
Just found a coupon in my mailbox, woohoo! Here you go people, go forth and shop!!!!

MICHAEL'S
Michael's coupons, and there are quite a few are right here. One is for this weekend only!

Happy shopping!

New Christmas Mini Album

I just loved making this project! This is a Christmas gift so the nameplate is empty! What would you put in it? The family name, Christmas, Joy, something else? Your comments on every one of my December posts will count toward my December/ Christmas giveaway!

M-C's November Blog Giveaway Drawing

Hi Everyone, you will need to watch the video to find out who won!  Aren't I the meanie!  The winner needs to contact me within the next week with their address and also which prize they want, the cricut cartridge OR the scrapbook papers and embellishments!

Tune in tomorrow to find out what I've got up my sleeve, or shouls I saw in my bag for the December/Christmas giveaway! You do know I love Christmas, right?

Coupons - Sorry I'm Late!

I hope all my American friends and family members had a great Thanksgiving and that everyone had the kind of weekend that you can be thankful for!

Oh and you have till the end of today to sign up for the November giveaway!!! I'll be drawing someone's name tomorrow morning!

Sorry that I'm late with these!  It has been a very hectic few days, but I wanted to make sure you got these, even if it is a day or two late! I'll try to do better next time!




AC MOOREClick here for your AC Moore coupon! One 50% off for today (Tuesday 11/30/2010) only and a 40% off for the rest of the week!

ARCHIVER'S

Thanks to Charlene for the link to thead and coupons! Remember, Archiver's will take the coupon right off your smart phone! As for me, I am still not getting their coupons. Have they blacklisted me for sharing? Coupons may only be used one and are good until December 15th!

HOBBY LOBBY

Here is the main link that will get you to the weekly ad, coupon and everything HL you need!

JOANN'S

Sorry, I don't have a link this week!

MICHAEL'S
Michael's coupons are here.

If you didn't spend all your money Black Friday or cyber Monday, then enjoy shopping some more!!!'

Happy Thanksgiving -

Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday.  What could be better than getting together with your family and counting your blessings? I am so fortunate that my son, Shaun was able to join us in Northern Kentucky again this year.  There was a time when we celebrated every Thanksgiving with Hubby's family, but now that my mother-in-law lives away from a readily accessible airport, it is a lot more difficult. That is something else I am blessed with, a really nice set of in-laws.  Though I do wish that I lived within an easy comute of all my wonderful nieces and nephews! So I'd like to spend a big hug to all of them, here in the order that they came into my life, Michael, Melanie, Sebastien Stephane, Catherine, Christopher, Rachel, Lindsay, Zachary, Charlotte and Sweetpea, who is already loved and expected to make an appearance in May, know that I think of you and love you, despite

I am also truly blessed in my friends, the new, the old, the young, the cyber and the RL ones! And yes that includes you Shirley up in Ottawa, who I have sadly neglected recently! Miss you girlfriend! So to all of you that I hold dear, I hope that whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving today or not, that your life is as blessed as mine and that you cherish today for the love and the laughter that surrounds you!

To my brother and beloved sister-in-law Elisa, happy birthday!  I love you guys!

Busy Bee Buzzes in - Nov 21, 2010

I'm betting that all my crafty friends are seeing Christmas looming and going oh my gosh, I am so not ready!  I've been working like a crazy woman. I made another 18 pages yesterday, finished one of my Suncatcher albums to send off to my friend Janie, and also finished a special Christmas card for the aunt of a friend of mine. In addition, for some creative fun, I started a Christmas mini for a family member. Would you believe all that in 36 hours and I blogged the coupons for the week, did some shoping and had a nice lady come over to pick up the six 12x12 scrapbook pages she ordered from me! I think this qualifies as a pretty productive day! 

Below are some of the things I can show you without spilling the beans completely! By the way I spent from 11am to 4pm at Archivers, did some shopping and then scrapped at Scrap Paper Scissors from 5 to 8pm. Met some nice ladies at SPC! Thanks ladies if you are reading this for sharing your table.  I enjoyed getting to know you a little!

The Family Christmas layout uses a lot of papers from the My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Collection. This is actually a modified version of the original layout I made in September which my customer say and wanted a Christmas version of. The flowers are all hand made my yours truly.

Family Christmas 2 page Layout

The Deck the Hall and the Tis the Season layouts also include flowers that I've made. By the way the colors seem a little off to me, but maybe when I post them they will look OK! Well now, it is getting late and I'll do my best to post the card tomorrow, or at least take a picture before I mail it off!

Coupons for the Week of November 21 to 27, 2010

So have you started Christmas shopping yet or are you making gifts this year?  Well if you have any crafting gifts to give out, perhaps this week's coupons will help some!

AC MOORE

Click here for your AC Moore coupon!

ARCHIVER'S
Would you believe I'm getting the ad emails, but not the coupons?  I was over there just yesterday scrapping, I also went to Scrap, Paper, Scissors and scrapped there for 3 hours from 5 to 8pm.  SPS is a very pretty shop and I thought I'd try scrapping there too.  Anyhow, while at Archiver's, Michelle and I talked and she reenterred my email as if it were new.  Hopefully that will fix my problem.  I'm afraid that unless I get an email forwarded, I won't be able to share!

HOBBY LOBBY

Here is the main link that will get you to the weekly ad, coupon and everything HL you need!

JOANN'S
Thanks to Teela for passing these on so that I can share them with all of you! Here are the coupons good both online and in store, but only until the 24th!

MICHAEL'S

Michael's coupon is here. The 40% off coupon is, like JoAnn's, only good till Wednesday the 24th!

Have a great shopping week!

Coupons Good till November 20th, 2010

Hi everyone!  The days are going by so fast that I'm late again!  The only big news I have for you this week is that Archiver's is now selling online!  The link is below!

AC MOORE

Click here for this week's 50% off coupon, good till Saturday! This week's ad is here!

ARCHIVER'S
No new emailed coupons this week. But here is the link to the latest ad I got. Did you know that you can now shop Archivers online?  Here is the announcement I got.  Go here to shop online!

HOBBY LOBBY
HL has a 40% off coupon this week good until Saturday. Their ad is definitely worth a look too. Amongst other things, 50% lots of scrapbook items!

JOANN's
OK, the cashier at JoAnn's told me that you get either the emails or the flyers.  Anyone out there get both?  I find that a little hard to believe, but then again, no matter how often I've tried, I can't get them to send me the emails!!! Wahhh!
MICHAEL'S
Michael's has a 40% off one regular item coupon that is good till Saturday the 20th.
Have fun shoipping!

Better Late Than Never? November Giveaway

I know, I am late with this. I hope you will all forgive me and still participate in the drawing!  This time you will have a choice between:

A. The Cricut Seasonal Pumpkin Carving Cricut cartridge;

OR

B. The following Studio Calico prize package.

I have changed the rules to allow people who do not have blogs, Facebook accounts or Twitter to participate. You do not have to live in the US or Canada, but it sure helps with shipping costs if you do, LOL!

Here are the rules:

A. You must be a follower of this blog.
B. You must leave a comment below telling me about a special friendship that came about as a result of being a scrapbooker/crafter.
C. People who re post and leave a link in the Mister Linky box will get an additional entry.
D. The winner must contact me within 7 days of my announcing them as the winner.
E. Any item that is not claimed within the 7 day period will be added to the December Holiday Giveaway!

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I hope many of you decide to enter this month! Have fun!

Coupon Post - Week of November 7-14, 2010

Another week has come and gone and we are getting closer and closer to Christmas!  Have you started your wish list yet?  Last year I let my family know about Amazon.com's universal button.  It allows a person to add items from all sort of different websites to your Amazon wish list, which in turn allows family members to know what you really want and make sure that you don't get duplicates, or clothing in the wrong size.  Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/get-button

Now for this weeks coupons:

AC MOORE
No real good crafty deals at AC Moore and for some reason, while they had a coupon good Saturday only, they do not have any coupon for this week other than on framing. Their weekly ad can be seen here.

ARCHIVER'S
No new emailed coupons this week.

HOBBY LOBBY
HL has a 40% off coupon this week. Their ad is definitely worth a look too. Amongst other things, 40% off punches, page kits and packaged cards, and envelopes!

JOANN's
Apparently I'm not the only person that can't get JoAnn's to add them to their email list! I'm still waiting for those to show back up! If you read this and are getting the JoAnn's coupons, please will you send me the link when you get them?

MICHAEL'S
Michael's is definitely the coupon king this week!  They have a 50% off one regular priced item good Sunday to Wednesday (Nov 7 through 10, a 20% off your entire purchase good Thursday and Friday (Nov 11 &12), a 40% of one regular priced item good Thursday and Friday (Nov 11 &12) and an Extra 25% off all week on wall & tabletop frames, framed art and display cases!

Have a great shopping week and let me know if you get some real savings! Teela, thanks for letting me know that you were able to save money this week! It is the comments that makes it worthwhile for me to spend the time to make this post every week!

What a Wonderful Crop!

Tina Rouse has done it again!  Dedicated to raising funds to help find a cure for Alzheimer's, Tina and her family and friends put together another great crop!  The crop, held yesterday at Ryle High School in Union Kentucky, was another huge success. 150 people prepaid to attend the crop! So, since Alzheimer's has also touched my family directly, I'd like to thank Tina and her helpers not just for myself, but on behalf on my brother Richard and his wife Elisa, whose mother Cécile Pescadore was one of the victims of this memory stealing disease.

150+ scrapbookers, that is a lot of paper in one room!

It was my privilege to be one of the sellers at the crop.  Thank goodness for my friend Celine!  She helped me set up and take care of the booth. Celine also created some lovely layouts for us to share with the many ladies who attended the crop. Here is Celine, with her coat on, ready to go home! It was pretty cold yesterday, but not that cold, LOL!  Celine a recent arrival from France, is still getting used to our weather!

Thank you Céline for your friendship and hard work!

Here is a view of our booth. I think we did an awesome job making it look presentable. 

We were worked hard to make it look presentable!

And yes for once, I have a picture of me to share!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth!

Thank you to my fellow sellers, you are all such a wonderful group of people and a special thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth!  Nina, thank you so much for all your help taking the whole booth down and helping me load everything back into the car! You made the end of the evening a special time! I truly had a wonderful day!