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love market friday

urban prairie magazine : refueled finding maddie's self portrait on her new camera new vintage treasures for a new vintage project kit thursday night audible wars with jayney

*smiles*

saturday at pmp was amazing. seriously! i taught two classes to a room filled with some of the most amazing women ever. it was relaxed and carefree and when the classes were all over i sat down and laughed and cropped until almost midnight-thirty. of course i had a hell of a late night drive back home {1.5 hours} but i would {& will!} do it again....

half of the girls in the process of making ...

this is a peek at the vintage embellishment bar i had available during my mini book class. the girls could go up and choose whatever extra little bits of vintage embellishments they wanted to add to make the project reflect them and their story.

some of the goods in the mini book kit. lovely jbs, maya road and lots of vintage bits.

i realized i took exactly 8 pictures and only of one side of the room. what's with that?? lol

this is my sweet friend marie's hands playing with the vintage filled goodie bag i gave everyone who signed up for both classes. she had surgery a few weeks ago and i was SO happy to see her... and hear her little chirping hiccups.

i've got just a couple kits from both classes still left and thought i'd offer them up here before they go into my etsy shop. never mind they're here now, it's probably easier this way. :)

also, i know some of you have pictures with me from the sis event and i would adore a copy. if you do, can you please email them to me? kl[at!]k8tykat[dot!]com. thank you!

happy monday!
xo

oh and ps : i saw miss suzy cropping too. but shhh... don't tell anyone. it'll be our little secret. ;)

poser

someone sent me this pic of stacey and i passing out the hambly at the saturday night layout classes at scrap etc ... and unfortunately i can't remember who {sorry!}. do you see all those transparencies and rubons? *swoon*

and, because i'm under a mountain of hambly at the moment, kitting for my sisiversary class i thought i would put up a random shot. cause i'm silly. and cause i can't at the moment think of anything else to post.

happy wednesday!
xo

missing

these two. last week they decided to step down as fashionistas and although my heart broke a little, because i wouldn't see them participating in fgirl things anymore, i understand. sometimes you know when it's time to move on. time to bring focus back to yourself. time to concentrate on family and the reason why we scrap in the first place. things i've been thinking about for a while now as well...

but i want them to know, truly know, how blessed i feel because i know them. how priceless these photos from last summer are to me. and although i understand, although i know i will still chat & "see" them online, i will miss their little fgirl stars. they are originals. in heart and spirit and i will always remember and hold that dear.

i love you kiki & chellers.
always!

xo

5 kilos of goodness

arrived saturday after making a trip half way around the world... all the way from norway! oh christine and mari!! you girls have spoiled us rotten. maddie shrieked in delight when she saw the nugatti. shrieked! your sweetness and all the love i felt when i opened that box made me cry happy-i-miss-you-tears-of-joy! and the yummy vintage goodies and christmas cards and decorations... i can't wait to use them and to put the holiday decorations up next year.

thank you, thank you, thank you!!
i love and miss you girls!!

xoxo

from the tabletop

the trifecta of fun

i have SO much to tell you all. cha was amazing. hanging with these three was definitely the trifecta of fun, well that and seeing may lis, my sweet friend who came all the way from norway. that amy tan is SO hilarious... so happy to finally meet her irl. i have so many pics to share {i did better than gi... lol} and i fell in love with quite a few new things but that post will have to wait until this weekend.

today i'm running around getting ready for the mini class i'm teaching tomorrow in fremont, plus mike's birthday is tomorrow and the kids and i have to finish our little bday project too. i think there might be a couple spots left in my class {haven't checked in since last friday} so call suzy if you're interested!

i'll update ya'll on the rest sunday.
xoxo

support & love

this sweet girl, ellenor, is the daughter of kirsty wiseman, one of the sweetest and most loving mommy's i've been privileged to get to know through SIStv, and they need our help. the following info was borrowed straight from ellenor's donation site {here} where you can go to learn more and help them to hopefully get more answers about ellie's health here in the states.

For those who are not familiar with Ellie's story, allow us to recap. Since Belle was 3 months old there has been many studies to try and understand why, at first, she was failing to thrive. All the time new problems presented themselves - mainly her gait and low muscle tone. Ellie also has poor vision with photo phobia, poor fine motor skills, lower limb muscle wastage and currently nestles on the 0.02 percentile. She is 120cm high and weigh around 2 stones 8 lbs (36lbs). And whilst she is a happy little soul she does require the use of a stroller and electric wheelchair to assist her on getting out and about. She is not yet independent - she still requires adult guidance in her life.

In 12 years, according to the NHS, we have "exhausted all avenues". But we will not give up, no matter what the professionals advise. Our dream is for Belle to walk independently without strollers or chairs, without excruciatingly painful shoes, understand her underlying problems and have confidence that she can manage on her own should she wish to leave home. At this stage in her life - none of things are solvable because she has no diagnosis or any form of support. We hope me might have yours :)

i've donated and the wiseman's would appreciate any support you can offer. even if all you can send is a small amount we all know that even the littlest bits can add up to make a huge difference.

also... thank you to all of you for the love, support, emails and calls regarding ben. we're home now and he's feeling better everyday.

xoxo

being honest

the last few weeks have been a bit hard for me. i've felt a bit down, depressed and generally just sad. i think i've done a really good job of hiding it from everyone, even myself for far to long. maybe it's the post holiday blues. maybe it's because it's been stormy and overcast and raining since last friday or that i feel like i live in a state of constant chaos. maybe it's because to be completely honest i haven't been very good lately at taking care of myself or my home.

but there have been major bright spots filtering through the clouds. my f-girls giving me an amazing pep talk on sunday when i think i had the hardest day and then sweet gi calling and listening to all of my run down sad words at midnight. sunday was the day when i hit the bottom, and friends were there, like they always are. amazing women who are always there to lean on. to cry with. to get the things out that i usually hide behind a big smile because i think i have to. because i for some reason have always thought i had to be the smiling one. the always happy one. which is why i am sure when i crash, i crash hard. really, really hard.

but this. this collection "rainbow sushi" by sweet ashley, who i adore whole heartedly, helped me work out some of those blues in ways i didn't expect. it's funny sometimes to think about how much scrapbooking has helped me deal with the inner thoughts, the good and the not so good. so, i sat down last night, in front of the tv while dh was watching stargate atlantis and all his other manly dvr shows, and i scrapped. i scrapped for me. i scrapped my heart. i scrapped my love and my thoughts and reminded myself why i should be proud of me. you can see more here and here.

i have faith in my heart. i have a forever love. and lucky for me i still have an incredible amount of this collection left and a lot more to say about me right now. icky feelings and all.

the collection goes on sale tonight at midnight central in the boutique. but if you can't make that time and it sells out {which i have a feeling it will} a little bird told me there may be a little more on sale tomorrow at noon central, just for you girls who work and are good at getting to bed at a sensible hour.

xoxo

{overlooked}

that ashley is pure genius when it comes to the little details of the everyday. in her journaling. in her wisdom. in her heart. which makes me so excited to join her in overlooked. because i love the little details but sometimes it's just so crazy around here that i pass them by. forgotten. neglected.

but not today. this is my cup. itty bitty and catching all that wonderful espresso goodness before it goes into whatever other cup or travel mug i have that's clean. but this cup. this cup is golden. it's my first morning love.

i highly suggest if you haven't checked her challenge blog out that you do. now!

happy tuesday!
xoxo