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Welcome to the Giving Thanks {Blog Hop} 2009…

Thanks to some very amazing artists, over the next week, you will be able to hop around the web and find some amazing projects celebrating Gratitude and Creativity. We are very excited to be bringing you a cross-section of artisans, sharing their stories, creations, and thanks with all of you. Not everyone will post something everyday, but, there will be something somewhere everyday. You will just have to hop around and see what you can find. Each person participating has the full list of attendees posted, so you can hop from each one to another. We hope you find something that inspires you, sparks your creativity, or reminds you to be thankful this Thanksgiving.

From our houses to yours, please enjoy your week and our gratitude…

Debbie Hodge http://www.debbiehodge.typepad.com

Kelly Purkey http://kellypurkey.typepad.com

Lisa Dickinson http://lisadickinson.typepad.com

May Flaum http://mayflaum.wordpress.com

Patti Milazzo http://pattimilazzo.blogspot.com/

Stacey Kingman http://staceykingman.blogspot.com/

Stephenie Hamen http://cropgirl.wordpress.com

Margot Potter http://margotpottertheimpatientcrafter.blogspot.com/

Lain Ehmann http://knitandpurlgrrl.blogs.com/five_things/

Margie Romney-Aslett http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/

Rhonna Farrer http://rhonnadesigns.blogspot.com/

Wendy Smedley http://wendysmedley.typepad.com/

Jodie McNally http://jodiemcnally.com/

Liz Hicks http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/

Becky Novacek http://www.beckynovacekphotography.com/

Jennifer McGuire http://jennifermcguireink.typepad.com/

Allison Kreft Abad http://hamblyscreenprints.typepad.com/

Elizabeth Kartchner http://elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com/

I am thankful for my family. Even though we’re a little nutso with each other sometimes….we love as hard as fight. LOL! My brothers and I all have families of our own now and it is such a blast to get our kids together for some good old cousin time!! We did our big Thanksgiving at my Nanny Lois and Papa Jim’s on Saturday…and I learned a new skill!!! I’ve been wanting to learn to crochet for a while, and so my grandma got out her big yarn basket and got to teachin’.

Isn’t her yarn basket pretty and organized and all grandma-y?

And aren’t her hands all pretty and grandma-y (in a good way, Grandma….they SO don’t look old)!!

After a few quick tips and a fast lesson, I came home and made this while Shannon and I watched the lastest DVRed episode of Grey’s….so I thought a Barbie-sized scarf wasn’t bad for an hour-ish of work!! LOL!!

Isn’t my first little crochet project adorable?!! I’m so proud! Now, you might think that a little tidbit of yarn crocheted in a semi-amateur way wouldn’t matter much to anyone except the proud maker of said tidbit, right? Well, you’d be wrong…Lily was MORE than thrilled to have a sling for her little stuffed bird, Snowflake. (Who was injured when she ran into a tree mid-flight, according to Lily…poor Snowflake.)

Now, isn’t that just about the cutest thing ever?

So, my thought about giving today is this: The nice things you do for the people that you love don’t have to be huge and flashy….sometimes it’s the small and sloppily crocheted things that warm their hearts. Doesn’t that make you want to make something little and sweet for someone (or some bird) who is close to your heart? Go on…it won’t take long. I’m sure you have something DVRed that you can watch while you do it, too.

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Welcome to the Giving Thanks {Blog Hop} 2009…

Thanks to some very amazing artists, over the next week, you will be able to hop around the web and find some amazing projects celebrating Gratitude and Creativity. We are very excited to be bringing you a cross-section of artisans, sharing their stories, creations, and thanks with all of you. Not everyone will post something everyday, but, there will be something somewhere everyday. You will just have to hop around and see what you can find. Each person participating has the full list of attendees posted, so you can hop from each one to another. We hope you find something that inspires you, sparks your creativity, or reminds you to be thankful this Thanksgiving.

From our houses to yours, please enjoy your week and our gratitude…

Debbie Hodge http://www.debbiehodge.typepad.com

Kelly Purkey http://kellypurkey.typepad.com

Lisa Dickinson http://lisadickinson.typepad.com

May Flaum http://mayflaum.wordpress.com

Patti Milazzo http://pattimilazzo.blogspot.com/

Stacey Kingman http://staceykingman.blogspot.com/

Stephenie Hamen http://cropgirl.wordpress.com

Margot Potter http://margotpottertheimpatientcrafter.blogspot.com/

Lain Ehmann http://knitandpurlgrrl.blogs.com/five_things/

Margie Romney-Aslett http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/

Rhonna Farrer http://rhonnadesigns.blogspot.com/

Wendy Smedley http://wendysmedley.typepad.com/

Jodie McNally http://jodiemcnally.com/

Liz Hicks http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/

Becky Novacek http://www.beckynovacekphotography.com/

Jennifer McGuire http://jennifermcguireink.typepad.com/

Allison Kreft Abad http://hamblyscreenprints.typepad.com/

Elizabeth Kartchner http://elizabethkartchner.blogspot.com/

I promised you a project today….and here it is! I have been needing to scrap this photo of Auntie Mac and Uncle June for quite some time. I wanted to make something for Stephenie to say thanks for being my “gets it” person….and since they are Stephenie’s grandparents I thought this was a perfect time to scrap it! Auntie Mac passed away last Friday after a 10-year battle with cancer….so this was a hard one to scrap tonight. Scrap therapy is a wonderful thing, people….trust me. My keyboard practically shorted out from the tears falling onto it, but I ended up with an awesome layout for Stephenie (and myself) and who doesn’t feel better after a good ol’ cry?? Ok, enough chatting…here’s the layout!

credits: frame (practically royalty kit by jodie mcnally) + paper and other elements (small talk by taylormade and fei-fei’s stuff) – all at www.oscraps.com

*passing the virtual tissues to Steph*  Ok…so yeah, that is probably one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken and I hope my layout did it justice.   Like I said in yesterday’s post…I’m thankful to have you as my cousin, my friend, and my partner in crime at family functions.  You pretty much rock and I’m glad to know you.  Love you. 

I’m hoping to return tomorrow with some super cute pics of a Thanksgiving project Lily and worked on the other night….it is a riot!! Until then, go tell someone you love them and then thank them for something totally random that you love about them.  I promise you’ll both feel awesome after you do it.  Go on….

Mwah! xoxo

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Welcome to the Giving Thanks {Blog Hop} 2009…

Thanks to some very amazing artists, over the next week, you will be able to hop around the web and find some amazing projects celebrating Gratitude and Creativity. We are very excited to be bringing you a cross-section of artisans, sharing their stories, creations, and thanks with all of you. Not everyone will post something everyday, but, there will be something somewhere everyday. You will just have to hop around and see what you can find. Each person participating has the full list of attendees posted, so you can hop from each one to another. We hope you find something that inspires you, sparks your creativity, or reminds you to be thankful this Thanksgiving.

From our houses to yours, please enjoy your week and our gratitude…

Debbie Hodge http://www.debbiehodge.typepad.com

Kelly Purkey http://kellypurkey.typepad.com

Lisa Dickinson http://lisadickinson.typepad.com

May Flaum http://mayflaum.wordpress.com

Patti Milazzo http://pattimilazzo.blogspot.com/

Stacey Kingman http://staceykingman.blogspot.com/

Stephenie Hamen http://cropgirl.wordpress.com

Margot Potter http://margotpottertheimpatientcrafter.blogspot.com/

Lain Ehmann http://knitandpurlgrrl.blogs.com/five_things/

Margie Romney-Aslett http://www.margieromney-aslett.typepad.com/

Rhonna Farrer http://rhonnadesigns.blogspot.com/

Wendy Smedley http://wendysmedley.typepad.com/

Jodie McNally http://jodiemcnally.com/

Liz Hicks http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/

Becky Novacek http://www.beckynovacekphotography.com/

Jennifer McGuire http://jennifermcguireink.typepad.com/

Before I forget…in honor of this blog hop, I put my store on sale for 25% off from today through November 25th! Yay!

As I mentioned in an earlier post…I’m still a little ga-ga over being on that list of famous scrapping-world people! The way I feel reminds me of one of the stories in Lain’s book, Snippets: Mostly True Tales from the Lighter Side of Scrapbooking.  In this particular story, Lain talks about going crazy about meeting scrapping royalty. (Which is funny for me since in my eyes, Lain is scrapping royalty.)  But, anyway….

Thinking about Lain’s book reminds me of someone I’m very grateful for…my cousin, Stephenie.  Now, you’re probably thinking, “How the heck does this have anything to do with the blog hop OR gratitude OR Lain Ehmann?”  Well, get comfy…this could take a while.

Growing up, Stephenie and I never saw each other on even a semi-regular basis.  Our get-togethers were usually the result of a wedding, funeral, or graduation party.  At those family functions, we usually spent the whole time tucked in a corner catching up and talking about how we would like to get together more often.  A few years ago, we realized that we had a shared passion for scrapbooking and crafting, so we started staying in touch via text, email, and the occasional “you won’t believe who I just met” phone calls.  (Those calls were usually her telling me – seeing as though she’s the one who works at Fiskars….LOL!)

I’m so grateful to have her as a part of my extended family because it means having someone in my family who “gets it” when I talk about digital scrapbooking or my love of mixing paper and pixels.  She is my go-to person for all things paper crafting and I am her go-to person for anything slightly related to Photoshop.  We share resources, ideas, and inspire each other to step out of the box once in a while with our scrapping.  I love calling her and saying, “You won’t believe this…but I just did an ALL paper layout!”  Again, because I know she gets it.  She is also the person who introduced me to another wonderful friend, Lain Ehmann.  Ah-ha! See? I told it would all connect somehow.  There is a method to my madness.

So, my gratitude blog today is me reminding you to think about and appreciate a crafting or scrapping buddy of yours.  Maybe it is the person you call when the craft store is having a huge sale.  Maybe it’s the one who is more than happy to jump up and down with you for getting published, or the one you know will ALWAYS go to a crop and stay the whole 12 hours. Or maybe it’s just someone who shares your love of sparkly ribbon.  Either way, call that person today and thank them for being your “gets it” person.  (And if you have time, make them something with that sparkly ribbon you bought at the last blow-out sale you attended together!)  I will be back tomorrow to show you what I made for Stephenie. 

Darn it, now she knows.  Ok, Stephenie…I know you’re reading this.  Act surprised tomorrow…love you.

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So, yeah…I can’t even believe that my name is on the list of people involved in this blog hop!!! I can’t wait to share the list with you! Stay tuned for a whole bunch of gathering, sharing, and creating….it’s coming November 19th – 24th!!!

(Oh, and *ahem* who do you think made that sa-weet blinkie?)

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Isn’t that an exciting blog title?!?!

Welcome to the Oscraps DSD Blog Hop! This week we are celebrating digital scrapbooking! I have a new kit coming out this week…and a little sneaky peeky for you to download for free as a DSD gift! I’ve also put my store on sale for 30% off!  Can I get a what-what?!

Your words here at my BLOG are: world needs

Collect all of the words to form a quote, e-mail the complete quote to bloghop @ oscraps. com to be entered into a drawing for the grand prize!!

As a thank you gift for stopping by my BLOG, I have this FREEBIE for you!!

Enjoy it!! Thanks for hopping around our O-Team Blogs.  Don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter – there’s a form over there <—— in the sidebar!  By subscribing, you’ll know when my new kit is live in the store (and get special super-secret discounts)!  You won’t want to miss out!!

Your next stop is here at http://www.lifeslittlemoments.de

To go to the start of the Blog hop, go here! http://ozone.oscraps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14561

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