This line should be called "Droolworthy"...

I am talking about Making Memories' Noteworthy collection. I will let you in on a little secret. Sometimes as a retailer of scrapbooking goods, you can get a little blase about products - I mean, when it's your job to know about all the latest and greatest, it takes more to really wow you. You've seen it all (and lately a lot of it looks the same). But this...this line is special. It actually made my heart go pitter patter when it arrived (ok, that sounds so lame. but really, it is cute).

It took all the willpower I could muster to not open up all the packages and touch all the yummy ribbons and the felt flowers and the pebble clips--I took a photo instead.

The colors are just gorgeous - a pretty, pretty mix of pink, aqua, cream, brown, and cranberry. And every piece has so much detail. The die cut papers have scalloped edges, the brads are shimmery, the trims have ruffles and other great details, the chipboard is all glittery and fun.

My favorites have to be the shaped papers (seen underneath the brads and pebble clips) and the embellishment jars, which have coordinating buttons, felt flowers, and paper flowers all in one adorable reusable jar!

I nearly went permanently cross-eyed uploading them all to my ebay store (unfortunately being store owner isn't all fondling ribbons and drooling over paper), but now they are all up there for your enjoyment! So shop for the Noteworthy collection HERE before I squirrel them all away for myself!!

A Creepy Crafty Halloween

When I was a kid, I didn't really get into Halloween. My parents were sort of health nuts and hated the idea of me eating candy and sweets-for my birthdays they got me carrot cake as some kind of strange compromise - "hey at least carrot cake has VEGGIES in it." Needless to say, they were not big Halloween people - they had my little 6 year old brain convinced that Halloween was a time that kids went haywire on a sugar buzz, and got kidnapped by bogeymen. So yeah, not so into Halloween as a kid.

Fast forward a indeterminable number of years, and I've become a convert - after visiting DH's cousin on the east coast in October a few years back, I'm a huge fan of fall, and pumpkins. Our neighbors down the street love decorating their house and yard with gruesome and silly decorations for Halloween, DH's friend gives Halloween gifts to people, and Martha Stewart (love her or hate her) puts out some seriously neat Halloween craft ideas in a special issue magazine, and I think it's all really fun. So yeah, I guess I am a late-blooming Halloween fan!

To celebrate this realization, I've created a limited edition "Spooky" board book kit:


An example of the inside pages:


The kit comes with all the materials (5x5 board book, cardstock, patterned paper, die-cuts, embellishments, ribbon) and color photos and instructions so making this project for yourself is super easy. All you need are adhesives, basic tools (like scissors and a paper trimmer), and photos! I had so much fun creating this one - it's packed with fabulous stuff like glittered and flocked papers, and exclusive transparencies. Perfect for halloween photos of kids of any age! Available now in my eBay Store HERE.

I also have a section of the store devoted to Halloween scrapbook supplies if you are in search of papers, stickers, brads, etc. - LINK.

I hope everyone has fun preparing for a creepy, crawly, spooky, and *safe* Halloween!!