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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Thanks, May!
