My Word!

Lately I've had a lot of time to think about my goals and what I want to accomplish. What I came up with is "simple". I know that if I shed some of the excess "treasures" that I've been holding on to, it will make it easier for me to move forward to the next goal.
My initial inspiration first came from watching "Clean House". I crave to have less! I'm going to go through everything and have the biggest yard sale ever this year.
Knowing that it's not enough to just remove the clutter, I picked up When Organizing Isn't Enough by Julie Morgenstern. This book is more than just organizing. I think it's going to give insight on how to establish what I want out of life.
OK, OK...I got way off the subject of the layouts. Paulette aka Scrapbook Princess posted a challenge to pick a word that best describes your goal for 2009. I made two layouts of my word, which is "simple" - one for the store and one for me. I used the same idea for both layouts. I love the little vintage recipe cards that I used to journal on. Those came from one of my Noel Mignon kits. The patterned paper and alphas are Scrap Within Reach (still lovin those colors!).
Anyone else have a "word" to share???

Forward Progress (for you, Greta)

Like all of you and Greta, I've been staring at that Thanksgiving pumpkin for too long!
I've gotten the most gorgeous kits from Noel, but haven't used them yet.
There have been several things that I've wanted to start, but for lack of mojo I couldn't begin.

Well I'm back. I got some ideas and inspiration from the Message Board at Noel's and found this cool paper from The Cottage Collection by Scrap Within Reach at Paulette's store and it just started coming together. It's such a relief when you come back from the land of the lost!

My new project is Forward Progress. It's far more about jounaling than scrapping photos which is just what I need right now. I've started a slide show on the sidebar and will add to it as the new prompts come. You should join me on this journey. It's one of those projects to make you think and evaluate where you've been and where you are going. Writing things down always give me insight and direction.

(Thank you, Greta.)

Punkin

Is this not the cutest paper punkin you've ever seen??? I learned how to make this from Greta at the Noel Mignon Harvest Crop. Check out the tutorial here. I'd love to see your creation. Please post on my blog so I can have many, many punkins!!! Happy Tuesday!

Noel Mignon's Harvest Crop

I had so much fun with the challenges at Noel Mignon's Harvest Crop this week. This was their first crop and can I just say that they have it going on sisters! This was a week long crop with a daily challenge, games and other fun stuff. Prizes??? Oh, my, yes.... gorgeous prize packs were given away. I've made a little slide show on the right of the layouts I submitted. (I'm embarrased to say that I stayed up until 4:00 a.m. playing with these... I'm surprised they are decent.) Noel is already thinking about another crop in December! I can't wait!!! Check out her forum and shop. She carries all my favs and ships really fast!

Newsflash - I won the Saturday Challenge! WooHoo! Too bad it wasn't actually for my hard work. Just a random drawing (which I never seem to win). I'm happy though and looking forward to the mail next week!!!