Lainey's Altered Ego

{so excited about this project!}

i've signed up to take cathy zielske's class me: the abridged version through big picture scrapbooking.

this class is based off of amy krouse rosenthal's book, an encyclopedia of an ordinary life, which i have read, love, and blogged about before.

i just can't express how excited i am about this class!  so excited, in fact, that i waited by the computer to register at exactly 10 am pacific time on the day registration opened and apparently i was the first one!  yay - happy mail for me (and, yes, i'm aware that they have me as "lorraine" - they must have gone of the name on my credit card, lol!).

one of the pre-class assignments was to put together a tag book to start jotting down ideas for our encyclopedia entries.  the template was provided - so i dove right in and got to work!

i decided to use the little yellow bicycle traveler line because the colors are so me.  i love how it turned out and am so inspired to begin brainstorming!

{xoxo}

{housewarming}

my sister cheryl and her husband just bought their first house.  in 2 weeks, zack, jake, and i will be visiting for the first time...which struck me with the question: what do i get her for a housewarming gift?

they just got married in august...and came away with a complete collection of kitchen, bath, and general household supplies.  they don't really need anything {except maybe a winning lottery ticket, but don't we all...}.  so what do i get for them?

one of the perks of their new house is their finished basement, which means that cher finally gets her own scrapbook/craft room!  she's beyond excited, so the wheels admist the dustbunnies in my head started spinning when i found this at big lots for $3 {without the tins}:

what a great storage shelf for a scrapbook room, even if you don't own a quickutz!  i bought 2 - one for me and one for cher.  

and then i did this:

a great use of the cosmo cricket girl friday line, if you ask me.  and better than any kitchen gadget or tchotchke i could purchase for her.

now to figure out what line to use on mine...any ideas?

{xoxo}

{backlogged projects, continued}

here are some more:

finally starting to get my mojo back since the school year ended last week...stay tuned for something special tomorrow.

here's a little sneak:

{xoxo}

{backlogged projects}

having issues with my usb ports on my laptop, so haven't been able to upload photos from my camera.  brett finally got it working last night, so here are some layouts i've worked on over the past few weeks...

more tomorrow -- stay tuned!

{xoxo}

{some projects}

i've been bad about taking pictures of projects lately, so here are a few things i've been working on...

both of the above layouts were made with the march kit from {kraft girl kits}.  love them!

the next project is pretty special.  we're going on a disney cruise in august, and i wanted something to keep track of all the goings-on day-by-day.  when i saw the {cosmo cricket snorkel} line, i knew what i had to do!

here is the finished product:

now i'll have all my notes from the trip in one pretty place!

{xoxo}

{heartfelt projects from our creative team}

{carol}

{tam}

and me

for more projects and inspiration, visit our {flickr group}.  and while you're there, add some of your own projects - we would love to see what you're up to!

{xoxo}

{some more january projects and a winner!}

this kit turned out to be one of our favorites to work with...rich colors...amazing detail...you can see most of the creative team projects in the {january newsletter} or on the {flickr group}, but here are a few last minute addtions from me...

and here is our winner for the resolutions drawing...

http://www.mycraftivity.com/nayhddy

"SELF
To preface my choice i want to say i have been a single parent for 23 years and have recently become an empty nester. While coming to grips with this i realized i'd lost myself while being mom,dad,granny, provider,friend,dance leader, driver ,chaperone etc. etc. etc.the last couple of months i've been thinking of redefining ME. so for 2009 my word is SELF.who am i? what do i like? what would i like to do? where would i like to go? you get the idea. now i have to go call my daughter.this is not easy."
this was my blog entry for jan.2,2009. i have begun making a chipboard journal to document my rebirth so to speak. a place where i can write about my journey to redefine me.
thankyou for the giveaway, ms.cheryl

Posted by: cheryl yelverton | January 17, 2009 at 01:39 PM

congrats, cheryl!!  {email} me your mailing addy and i'll get your prize out to you right away!! :)

{xoxo}

{welcome, november!}

november is finally here...and i have been a very very bad blogger.  truth is, this past week has been so amazingly crazy in the molin household!  between work, jake's karate, zack's guitar lessons, the end of the marking period at school {meaning grades are due} and the university of phoenix class i just started teaching - i'm beat!

thank goodness i've had this to play around with...

check out some goodies i put together...

you can view more projects from the rest of the creative team on our {flickr group} or by checking out our {november newsletter} which went out yesterday {you can even score the tutorial for the calendar that i made above}!  if you would like to have it delivered directly to your inbox, you can subscribe {here}.

want one of these be-YOU-tee-ful kits for your very own???  we have just a few left...grab one {here}.  or, if you're feeling lucky, post on {tam's blog} for a chance to win one!

{xoxo}

{a mini}

i put this together when i was at the crop house in september and am just now getting around to taking and posting pictures. ;)

{xoxo}

{october gbc projects - win a kit!}

the october go. be creative kit was so much fun!  you can view the full kit with a list of contents here and sign up to receive your very own here.

here are some peeks at my october creations:

more photos and some instructions will be in our email newsletter which will (hopefully) go out tomorrow.  if you are not currently on our mailing list, you can sign up here.  tomorrow's will be our pilot issue and it's sure to be fantastic!!

now for the fun stuff.

i have in my possession...ONE october 2008 gbc kit which looks like this:

and ONE september 2008 gbc kit which looks like this:

on friday, october 10, at 5 pm est, along with the winner from my wcmd challenge, i will draw the names of TWO lucky gals (or guys) that post a comment to this thread.  one will win the october kit, and one will win the september kit.  

so what are you waiting for???

xoxo