Cards, Pages and Updates

  I hope you enjoyed your Valentine's  day with those you love.

We've been having a great time here at Precious Scraps celebrating our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY.  I cannot believe it has been a year since we opened the doors.  Sunday, February 21, 2010 we celebrated by giving away a Epic Six Machine from Quickutz to one lucky winner, Christa Blaine (she said to tell you how super excited she is).  We had a great make-n-take using heat embossing.  We  even had a few refreshments for those who stopped in.  I cannot begin to tell you what it means to me the love and support shown by my family, friends and customers during the past year.  I could not have done it without you.

On to a few projects:

As many of you know my son Kyle is 21, and like many young men his age, he does like having me scrapbook him all the time.  So, what's a girl to do?  I borrow everyone else's children.  I recently saw a picture on my friend Christy's photography website ( http://christysstudio.blogspot.com/ ) of Evie.  Evie is one of two beautiful children of Tanya and Bobby.  I could not resist and immediately called Tanya and begged her to let me scrapbook Evie.  I love how this page turned out.  (Be sure to check out other beautiful photographs of Evie and others on Christy's blog)

Here is another page for my "borrowing" someone else's child.  This is Hayden.  I know his family and love this photo that his grandmother took.  It was begging to be placed on a page. 

Here is a simple project I recently complete with items from Tim Holtz. I created the tag when I had a customer come in looking for antique tags for a project.  I told her I didn't have anything but I had some white tags  that she could easily make them appear vintage.  After she left, with ink and tags in her bag, I sat and played with the sample tag and created this beautiful tag with stamps and embossing powder and a few embellishments.

I have enjoyed sitting down and playing with these tags so much.  I created a few more that may be held over for National Scrapbook Day activities.

This is a page my dear friend Denise created using paper from the My Mind's Eye collection

I love the how the snow looks on the tractor.  This has truly been a beautiful winter here in middle Tennessee.  We don't usually see this much snow.

Here is a baby shower invite that my dear friend Tammey created for her son and daughter in law.  They hare having twin boys this summer.  She took Becky Oehlers beautiful design here and changed it up ever so slightly incorporating Winnie the Pooh since the baby's room will be decorated  in Pooh.

Here is a another Kaiser Craft project from Tammey

Here is another Kaiser Craft Kit from Wanda featuring her grandson Jacob.

 

  

  

  

  

Wasn't that just TOO cute.  Here is another one of the Kaiser Craft desk top caddy purses.  Jordan, our resident teen, made this one for her mom for Christmas.  (She forgot to give it to her until a month later when I ask her how her mom liked it.  She had put it in her closet to hide it and forgot all about it.  Kim didn't mind receiving it late.  Jenni Bowlin is her favorite paper line.

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  BACK

I am sorry that is is so long between post, time just flies by and before I know it it's been a month. 

I will try to do better.

I want to give a shout out  to the LBL Crop ladies that were here this past weekend.  Thanks so much for visiting us at Precious Scraps.  I met some wonderful ladies and look forward to building some lasting friendships.  See you in September if not before.  Thanks again to everyone who has made this past year so special for us. 

KaiserCraft......

I want to begin by saying Thank You to everyone for your well wishes regarding the loss of our beloved pet Fred.  Everyone's thoughtfulness is greatly appreciated. It amazing how little it takes for your pet to become a part of your family.  We miss him as does our other dog Zeke.  He still cries for him but it is getting a little better.

We have been busy in the store creating samples of some of the KaiserCraft Beyond the Page items we currently have in stock.  These projects are so much fun.  Thanks to Tammey, Denise, Jordan and Wanda for helping me create these beautiful samples.  If you haven't had a chance to stop in the store and see them up close you really should try to do so.

This is the butterfly book that Denise made......

Here is a cute little Heart book for Valentine's Day.......

I love this quote from Dr. Seuss on the back..........

"When you are in love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams."

Here is another cute little book from Denise....

One more......this is a Tab book made by Tammey (A Book of Quotes)

 

Hey -- WAKE UP !!  Just kidding, I have one more project to show you and I will let you off the hook.....for today.

This is a candle I made for my dear friend Brittney.  This is her first ultrasound of her baby (not sure if it's a boy or girl yet).  The sentiment stamp is from PaperTrey Ink's Bitty Baby Blessing stamp set.

Congrat's Brittney and Tommy : )

Thanks for being so patient and hanging in there so long with me.  I have so much to get caught up on.  I am also posting the February Class schedule so be sure to check it out on the left hand side of the blog.  We are coming up on our ONE YEAR Anniversary at Precious Scraps for the store and are in the process of planning so BIG things for the day.  Again, thanks for stopping by Precious Scraps.

My beloved Fred.....

March 18, 1995 - January 12, 2010

Fred Jr.

My beloved Fred died this morning.  He was basset-beagle mix who was almost 15 years old.  This just breaks my heart.  He was the last of my dad's dogs and it feels like loosing a part of my dad all over again.  He's been sick for about 2 weeks, not eating and very little activity  We have been babying him like crazy...I even fixed him gravy and biscuits (his favorite) several times and he wouldn't eat that.  We knew his time was near.  He has been such a very special part of our family.  My dad brought Fred and his sister over to us 15 years ago and asked Larry and I to watch them for a few weeks until he could find them a good home...yeah right.   Miss Priss, his sister died about 8 years ago, just after my father passed away.  I was consoled by having Fred after loosing my father...I still had a part of something important to him, a living reminder.  Now Fred is gone.  He was a par of out family for so long and we will miss him greatly.  His friend Zeke is already missing him and looking everywhere for him.  I know Zeke's heart is just as broken as ours.

Happy New Year and Happy New Beginnings.........

Happy New Year everyone!  Yes, I'm still here.  The holidays have been so hectic.  I actually did not do any Christmas shopping until the 23rd!  YIKES, I was in a panic.  I just simply had not had the time to do it before then.  Lucky for me my list was short.  The weekend before, the 18th,  Larry and I took a quick trip up to Plymouth, Indiana to The Memory Zone Scrapbook store.  They went out of business on the 15th after 9 years of business.  I know it was difficult for the owners as well as the customers to see this store close.  We bought a trailer load of paper racks and acrylic paper trays.  We got to see the our first snow of the season while traveling north which was beautiful.  They had about 2-3 inches on the ground by time we headed back.  Larry and I laughed because that would have closed the schools and business here in Tennessee but up North life goes on.

After returning from Indiana we had several Christmas Parties to attend as well as getting ready for the holidays. My son, Kyle, got to come home for Christmas which was the only gift I needed.  We spent a wonderful day with family and friends.

This is my nephew's wife, Valerie, (ME), my oldest sister Peggy,

my great-niece Brook, my mom Betty, and my great-nephew Trent.

My wonderful husband Larry and I

I love this picture of my sister Peggy and Brook.

There is just something about it that tugs at my heart.

Last one I promise.  Larry, myself and my son Kyle.

He finally took a step from behind the camera for one quick shot.

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope that you did as well.  Oh, in case you are wondering......  Larry bought me a beautiful set of pearls, earrings and necklace, that I have been asking for for years.  I have a set that belonged to my great-grandmother but the clasp is broken and I couldn't part with them to send them off for repair.  My new set is beautiful and one that I hope to pass down one day to a grand-daughter. Kyle just laughed when I told him this.....  Kyle bought me a gift card to Starbucks, YUM YUM.

We've been busy around the store lately.  We finally installed our fence with the help of a family friend and my husbands cousin Mike.....thanks guys.

Sorry the photo is a little blurry...... 

You can see the edge of the flower bed we landscaped as well. 

We hope to put the plants and shrubs in in March or April. 

Larry also repaired and refinished an antique bench for the front porch of the store.

Larry had this bench long before we met and had been in the barn for years.  I used to go to the loft when we were dating and see all the chickens roosting on it and wanted it so bad.  I initially wanted it on my front porch at my house but it was too long.  When we started the store, I insisted on having it on the front porch.  The center leg was broken and had to be re-fabricated (thanks Jimmy) and the entire bench sanded down (thanks to the chickens) and stained.  I think it turned out beautifully and sits so comfortable.

Here are a few of the projects from the store lately......

The calendar was made by my dear friend LaDonna.  It is from K&Co.  She wanted to somehow put cards with it for her mother to use when birthdays role around.  I got out some chipboard and fashioned this box and covered it.  It worked out well I thought.  I hope her mother appreciated all the effort that LaDonna put into this gift.

 

My friend Faith took out beginners frame class and made this frame for her daughter Mary Frances.  I think it turned out beautiful and Mary loved it.  The Believe word book is from Bo Bunny and was taught in one of our altered medium classes.  I hope that if you are local, you can stop in and join us for a class sometime.

Well, I think this is long enough for now.  Be sure to check out the class schedule for January.  I want to thank everyone for a wonderful year in 2009 at Precious Scraps and hope that we have another one in 2010.  I have set several goals for myself and for the store for 2010.  Each one with the end result of making life simpler and more enjoyable for you and for me.  As always, thanks for stopping in Precious Scraps. Love ya, BEV

Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday Specials

I would like to wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving.  I am so blessed and hope that you each take time out of your busy day of cooking, visiting and reminising to remember what you are thankful for.  I have been very busy in the store lately and not able to spend as much time with family and I would like so I am incrediably thankful that I get to spend the day with my loving husband and wonderful son as well as my extended family.

Can you believe that I am going to open the store at 5:00 am Friday morning !? Yes, that's right 5:00 AM (that's in the morning...lol).  YIKES !  How crazy am I ? (Don't answer that, it is meant as a retorical question).  I will be serving doughnuts for as long as they last.  We will be having all kinds of great shopping bargins going on Friday and Saturday so hurry in...and bring me coffee, sweet-n-low and cream...haha.

Ok, so here is what you are truly waiting for..... BLACK FRIDAY SPECIALS....

10% off Machines (i.e. Cuttlebug, Sizzix Texture Boutique, Bind-it-All, DreamKuts, and Silhouette).  Buy a Silhouette and recieve a FREE roll of vinyl.

Buy 2 Get 1 FREE Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.

25% OFF Basic Grey and Cosmo Cricket (including chipboard sets, Blackboard Boxes and Spinners from Cosmo Cricket)

10% OFF Tim Holtz / Ranger Idea-ology and Inkssential (Does not include inks, stickles, embossing powders or distress paints)

40% OFF Shimmerz Paints

$ . 99 Kaiser Craft Bling and Felt and Special Pricing on Kaiser Craft Beyond the Page Kits.

oops..almost forgot.....

Prismatic 12x12 Paper Pack containing 12 matching sheets regular $6.80 on SALE for $4.99.

Saturday is draw for your discount day at Precious Scraps.  Your discount will not apply to the above special promotions.

Stop in and see all the new Christmas papers we have in stock.  We are also now taking Christmas orders on cards, ornaments, frames, and checkbook covers. We also have a great selection of calendar kits that are going fast so stop in soon to get yours.

Again, take time to remember how blessed we are.  Thank you to all of my friends and family who have stood by me this year through this new venture in my life.....I couldn't have done it without you.  Love you all..........