live . craft . learn

preparations

i've been getting prepared for shimelle's journal my christmas class and finally got the cover and most of the first page finished this afternoon. feels so good to be playing with happy christmas papers. the journal is a vintage 12 x 7 ledger that i altered.

i cut out that front square {it used to say "journal"} and used a hambly transparency inside to hold the title. i still need to add the embellies i'm dreaming of to that first page so i'll hold off on the peek of the begenning of the inside until tomorrow as the hubbie and i have a babysitter and we're off to see dan in real life. SO excited for this movie!!

happy saturday! xoxo

my list {for today}

1. mail secret package to sarah
2. mail out raks to deanna, elise, emily & siany
3. finish organizing for online class & send out emails
4. continue to work on 2 new digi kits {one of which is a brush set!!}
5. finally crack into my oadt goodies
6. package up k8tykat order & mail
7. sign papers & notorize
8. make dinner {maybe!! if mike gets lucky... lol}
9. finish secret project i've been hinting about

here's to me getting it done today. because i have a stack of october afternoon goodies that i am dying to start on and i hate feeling like i am behind, which is exactly how i feel today.

and so it begins...

the holiday season. i love it. the crafting. the decorating. the blustery falls days. the hot chocolate and stews and soups. i made these candles the other night in about 15 minutes with some hambly, martha halloween stickers, the new wonderful mm halloween line and some vintage crepe paper and sheet music.

it's a really fast and easy project. basically i just wrapped the crepe paper around the candles {i bought mine at a local grocery store} then i wrapped a pinked edge sheet of sheet music and added the beautiful mm halloween ribbon trims. added the layered hambly journaling overlay with sheet music, stickers and/or buttons then attached that with foam squares. that was it. let me know if you have any specific questions and want to make some for yourself!

in other news it seems that quite alot of you are interested in the you.me.us mini class, thank you!! this is such an exciting new development for me and i'm really looking forward to creating more classes... i'm already starting a new one. of course you can view the whole mini here in my gallery on SIStv and i just realized that it would be a great xmas book, all those bright nontraditional xmas colors, i think i need to make another one. there are lots of fun vintage goodies as well as new release hambly and papers from the exclusive SIStv collections {kelli crowe and adrienne looman}. i'll be sending out an email {probably monday morning} with payment details soon!

thanks again for the support!! xoxo

teaching

i've been thinking about teaching more and more since i returned from norway. i'm currently looking for more local lss's to teach at and of course open to any other travel teaching. but i've also realized i could be doing this online as well. it's a perfect match actually and something that i realized after helping sarah with a pdf for her my signature class {which i cannot wait to make!!}. you can take the class in your jammies or old vintage prom dress {lol} and you can do it at your pace, when the time is right for you.

so, i'm curious, how many of you are interested in taking a few classes, online, from me? i'm thinking the first class will be the me.you.us mini book class i taught in norway, but i'm still trying to decide if it will include a class product kit {that i would mail to you} or just be directions so you can compile it with your own products. what do you think? cost would be $10 for just directions or $25 with all of the product you would need to compile your mini, and there are lots of vintage bits and extras so you can probably make a lo or two with the left overs if desired {of course you would need to provide your inks, scissors, adhesive, etc}.

please, email me with your contact info if you're interested [kerry(at!)k8tykat(dot!!)com].

happy thursday!