Wow! Thanks to everyone who joined us this week for the Christmas Card Making Week of Webisodes. I thought Teresa’s cards were so inspiring…and from the amount of email I got this week, you guys thought so too! If you missed this week’s segments (or if you ordered the Money Savers and want to re-watch segments after your goodies arrive), you can still watch them. Simply check out the Webisode Archive. And don’t forget, we have photos and instructions for all the projects in the Project Gallery.
As promised, we’re pulling another round of winners from those whose tips were selected for the WoW countdown. Congratulations to:
- Brenda
- Janet
- Mozie
- Ruth Ann
- Aileen
Thanks to all who sent in their tips. Brenda, Janet, Mozie, Ruth Ann and Aileen will get a Christmas Creative Pack and assortment of the new Christmas Dazzles™ in the mail. Enjoy!
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I think this is so amazing, I have to share.
Susanna Tobias is one of my colleagues in the craft industry; she works for CardMaker magazine. Last summer, she traveled to Thailand and Cambodia on a volunteer project, to teach crafts to girls aged 8-15—all of whom had at one point been considered at risk of being sold into prostitution. Yes, sold. As in slavery. Aged 8-15. Just think about that for a minute and try not to get furious.
Susanna was kind enough to share not only her time and energy working with these girls, but also generous enough to share her story here. Take a look at her photos and the newspaper article…
It’s actions like these that make me hopeful in our busy (and sometimes selfish) world. So, thank you Susanna—not only for your generous spirit in helping these girls, but also in sharing your story.
On a totally different note, don’t forget—this weekend is the CKC show in Bellevue, Washington November 5-7. Paulette will be there with tons of fabulous Hot Off The Press goodies. Check out the Creating Keepsakes website for more details and to get your tickets. Hope you can join in!
A big thank-you to all who joined me at the Aquila classes in South Africa! I had a great time and loved meeting everyone—Antoinette, Henriette, Elmi, Wilna, Barbara…it was so nice to spend time with you all. And of course a big thank-you to Hennie and Erika for organizing the event.
After the weekend of classes, I took a few days to visit the Ezulwini Game Reserve in Hoedspruit, just an hour’s flight from Johannesburg. It was the perfect way to relax after so many busy classes, and I can’t recommend the reserve highly enough! (Even with the 5am wake-up call for the morning game drives…) We were lucky to see a lot of animals on the drives—lions, giraffe, zebra, and even a leopard cub!
Thanks to all who joined us for Stamp Camp this week! We had a great time (can you tell by the length of the segments?!) and from the comments posted on the webisodes page and the number of emails I got this week…well, it looks like you all enjoyed it too!
So….I did have a couple “frequently asked” questions emailed to me this week so I thought I’d answer them here!
Question-- Will these webisodes become part of the archives so I can refer back to them?
Yes, each segment will be archived so you can go back to them whenever you want. We keep the segments up even after (when/if) the product used becomes unavailable, so you always have that resource.
Love your current segments even though I’m a scrapper not a card maker. I have two questions to ask of Sara.
Hey, UK crafters! Grab the remote and switch on next week—Hot Off The Press is coming to Create & Craft TV on Ideal World!
When:
Tuesday, October 6th at 2:00pm
Wednesday, October 7th at 8:00am
What:
I’ll be showing 11 gorgeous sets of supplies, from our to-die-for foil papers and versatile embellishments to vellum collections and stamps. I can’t wait to show you!
Where:
The Create & Craft channel on Ideal World!
Even better?
This is the first of a monthly show on Ideal World—if you want email notice of our upcoming shows, just click here to sign up. We’ll send you a reminder email so you won’t miss out!
See you there!
PS. Not in the UK? Never fear—Stamp Camp Week of Webisodes starts October 5! ]]>
This week I’m hanging out with Ram, my friend Ela’s dog, while she’s on vacation. I’m mad about dogs and Ram is proving to be an excellent co-worker, but an extremely lazy exercise buddy. Actually, last night he just sat on the sidewalk after about five minutes’ walk and refused to budge. Well, he is a pretty big dog and once he sits, he sits.
Funnily enough, for such a big dog, he’s really, really scared of 1) bicycles, 2) tall people, and 3) water. So Amsterdam is a bit of a challenge and we quickly ruled out pleasant strolls along the canals during rush hour…Amsterdam “rush hour” meaning hundreds of bicycles ridden by tall people. But each morning we walk past the neighborhood kindergarten, and he simply revels in the attention from the kids (maybe because they’re short?).
He loves our Dutch stairs, too, and makes several trips up and down each day for no apparent reason other than to, well, go up and down the stairs—with an awkward bunny-hop method. And his all-time favorite thing is to lounge on the patio and spy on the neighbors.
The trick? Ela found him on the street in Tel Aviv, and he only understands Hebrew. Since he’s come to stay, my Hebrew has expanded from “l’chaim!” to include terms like “sit”, “stay” and “good dog”. I’m not sure when/if these will come in handy again but you never know!
1) My local bakery. I go here every other day to get the best bread on the planet…baked fresh, thick dark bread with salted sesame seeds on the crust. A slice of Christophe Pave and some Dutch cheese and I’m a happy girl. New at the bakery this week is the irresistible chocolate brioche… you can see I enjoyed a little before thinking to photograph it.
