Scraps Of Time

my zutter arrived!

is this exciting or what?! it came- yeah! thank you lancia from scrapalicious!

i received a bunch of metal bindings, a chipboard book cover and blank pages to bind and a lovely card in the package! i can't wait to use it, i am being very focused, trying to complete some things before i start to experiment with it. i have it right in front of me while i work and it puts a smile on my face when i get distracted.

one of the things i am trying to complete is a "spotlight interview" that scrapscene will have on their site when it is sent back. it's very hard to answser questions about myself and work, but i will try and send it in tomorrow. geesh!

all i can say is, scrapscene and scrapalicious are # 1 sites in my book! thanks so much, again!

i will post my latest pocket pages kit and add-on, tomorrow. good night everyone! -rebecca

i won!

i am so excited! i won, i won! see here: scrapscene is that fun or what? many thanks to angie from scrapscene for having this contest and to scrapalicious for their donation of the zutter bind it all! yeah!

i have been looking at this machine for a couple of months now, and finally saw one "in person" at one of my lss the day before i visited scrapscene and entered this contest. how exciting it is to WIN and then to win something you really want! but really, more then that, to win this because of one of my books, is really dear. i entered 3 different ones and they chose "lettres d'amour" as the featured album. i originally made this as a 6" X 6" album and auctioned it on ebay, i was then notified by email, by 2 others who both wanted one too, and that is when i decided to offer it as a chunky album kit here on the blog and some of you have ordered it and hopefully, assembled it.

to be able to create these pieces and have others want them, is a really wonderful feeling. whenever i am sitting down and starting a book or album, i have mulled it around in my head for quite sometime, either being inspired by the papers, which is usually the case, or thinking of some spacific event or person. i start a page then everything seems to flow from there, although sometimes not quite all at once, at times it will take days to get to the next page, when it does happen all at once, it is a joy. this particular album did flow all at once, the pages, the images and the feelings were all in-sync. i am grateful when this happens, and it seems that these albums/books turn out to be of special interest to others. interesting.

There were so many great albums entered, i am feeling very special for winning! thank you, thank you!

oh, the things i will make! lol!

oh hum, now what i've been doing, i really have been busy, really! i haven't been ignoring you. i have added a few things to my etsy shop:

   

a "schooltime" adornment pack, "bitty birds" tokens, something totally new, they are very fun to hang or glue to a page, book or gift package. if you have put together one of my "lettres d'amour" chunky albums(what a co-inky-dink), then you know already how these are put together. jess has been a big help with these putting them on etsy was her idea. maybe some fairy tokens for her secret garden shop? huh jess? wanna open that place, please! anyway, on with the last item, a halloween paper curiosity collection in a great wooden cigar box!  it is so fun putting new things in the shop, but i really need to finish my pirate book and that love album! geesh, could i please have a couple of more hours in a day? i still have photos to add to our vacation page! watch out dede!

hey, i am so sorry, dede, that i haven't blogged it sooner! this lady, my friend, awarded this

                                    

to me! what an honor and lovely thing to do! thank you! nice is important and does matter! you certainly do deserve this honor, this being soooo late, it doesn't appear that i deserve it! i humbly apologize!

thank you all, for visiting my blog and shop and for all of your support through your purchases, it is a truly wonderful feeling to know that some of you have your very special photos tucked into albums in your homes, that i created here, and you are creating albums of your own with the kits we've put together here at our home. i love the internet and meeting all of you out there. i would love to put an altered book class together and have those of you who are interested come and we could meet "in-person". well, maybe someday, but where?

i'll think on it. good night all, for now. this "celebrity" doesn't have to make dinner tonight! yeah! thanks stefano! what a guy! i should win more often! lol what a great night. -rebecca

WINNER! ~*100*~ blog post

                                          

                                                  WOOHOOOO ALEXIS!

email me with your address and i will package the album up and send it pronto! -rebecca

~*100*~ blog post WINNER!

and the winner is...

    

            

                                        congratulations ?!

send me an email with an address so i can send your album out!

thank you to all who entered, i wish i could give you all an album, maybe you'll have luck with my 200th. blog entry! jessie calculated at the rate i am blogging, next january would be the month! geesh! i'll try and pick up the pace! have a good night! -rebecca

99th blog entry- album you will win

so, this is it, the album you will receive if you are the winner in tonights drawing- woohoo-

                                        

       

       

i wish you all good luck! i'll be back at 7:30 tonight with the winning name. thanks everyone!-rebecca

97th blog- 3 more to the ~*100*~ blog post giveaway!

woohoo! i just had to blog this morning to get this contest moving faster, sorry for the "too long" days between posts! i believe i am able to focus better now after our little joyful surprise. thank you for all of your emails, they are so sweet and much appreciated! owen and his momma are doing very well. at just over 2 weeks old, owen is a sweety and jen is trying to do too much, as new moms do, as far as cleaning and organizing. with owen born so early, i still haven't completed his nursery wall paintings, yikes, so i plan on starting that again on monday.

okay, about the "by the sea"   ~*100th blog giveaway*~ , well, shall we dare set a tentative date, say, thursday? in the evening pdt about 7:30? i think that time might even work for most of you across the pond?  that will be fun!

on to the zoo today for a couple of hours, then back to work. have a good weekend and don't forget to leave a comment, if you haven't already, and check back on thursday evening for the winning name! good luck to all, and thanks again! -rebecca

"by the sea" album giveaway

hello everyone, i cannot believe it has been so long since i last blogged! geesh, what a week! i feel i am slowly coming back into- what? normalcy? well, i don't know, everyone is doing well, thank you so much for all of your kind comments and emails! baby owen is a week and a day and they are all doing what new families do, learning about eachother and finding ways to make things work. i am so thankful the kids live next door! being so close, i can get an owen hit by just walking a few feet, kiss his sweet baby head, touch his tiny baby fingers, hold and cuddle him and just walk home again, ready to continue working!

it has been hard to focus, i cannot believe the powerful energy i feel from this tiny baby's presence. it has distracted me even more than i had anticipated, i will be working away, and all of a sudden stop and forget where my thoughts were going with the idea i just had! yikes! i don't know about this grandma thing, i feel like i have a baby, but i don't! lol. weird.

anyway, on with this here post, the 96th post to be exact! thank you all for your wonderful comments and emails about my work, it's amazing! i am so very fortunate that i am able to be home and do what i love to do! ideas are usually spinning around my head, like wily coyote after he runs into a rock outcrop- meep meep....vroooooooooooom>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>ouch! it is great fun to be able to share these albums with others and know that they will have them in their homes and enjoy them, and at the same time all those photos will be safe and in one place. thank you, thank you, thank you! so, here is a sneak peek at the album that will be up for grabs.does it look familiar? huh, dede? it is kinda, sorta like the altered book that i made called "seaside memories". i am hoping that those of you who have been added to the basket, will all have, or plan on having seaside memories to place in this album! lol.

i am pooped, i have a couple of more kits to finish putting together, btw, the 2 halloween kits have sold out, i haven't been able to get the same papers to put anymore together, boohoo. thank you to everyone who has bought these, it was so much fun getting them out! but... on with new stuff, if i can get my mind in focus, that is, and off our little sweet peanut!

goodnight all- 4 more blogs to go wooooohoooo! i will try and post a couple of more times within this next week and show more of the album. hey,        HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to all of you moms! try and relax, you deserve it! -rebecca                                                          

~*100*~ blog post giveaway!

okay, so this is the the 94 post and the official announcement for the ~*100th*~ post giveaway. i will be putting together a 5" X 6", 8 page "chunky" album for the prize, and will post pictures next week, probably towards the end of the week, after wednesday, lets say. (yikes, the pressure is on, what if you don't like the album?) geesh! well, you can always give it as a gift- to someone you don't particularly like! lol.

for those of you who were out of town for a week, polly, all names will be put in a basket, and jess and meg will pull out a name. i will try to use continuous picture mode for you all to see which name is drawn as it is pulled out. a video would be nice, but, i don't have the time to figure out how to put it on this blog.

all you have to do is leave a comment, "just count me in" or "hi" will do, that way, i am able to keep everyones name in some sort of order. i just thought this would be a way for me to say "thank you", to you, for coming and visiting my blog.

have a great week, and thank you all! gotta go paint that nursery, jen started noticing more serious contractions going on yesterday, and we all sat for a couple of hours last night watching her belly bump and turn. better than anything on tv! lol. woohoo, keep it up owen, just try to stay the course, pleeease! -rebecca

scrapbook kit/collection on ebay

hi all, well, i have decided to definitely have an album give away for my ~*100th*~ blog entry. yeah! this entry will be my 93rd. only 7 more to go. for everyone who would like to have a chance, just post a comment, i will take your name and drop it in a basket. jess or meg will pull the winner on that eventful day. i will be creating an 8 page album with a universal theme of some sort, and post a photo of it next week. there is 1 entry so far, thanks claudine! woohoo! lets get bloggin' youse guys! lol.

well, i have also just listed one of my "wild asparagus" scrapbook collections on ebay for mother's day if you would like to take a peek. to the right below the spinning gallery.

i've gotta go organize my area, paint walls and work on albums-busy, busy. geesh! have a good week, i'll post this weekend- my 94th. -rebecca