It was a big mail day here. First the UPS man brought my prize from Making Memories. I've won a variety of wonderful prizes in giveaways on blogs but this is the biggest prize I've ever received.
I think they sent me the complete line of Pitter Patter (both pink and blue) and Panorama (including an album kit). I got paper, alphas, and embellishments for both lines. There were two packages of the new Vintage jewelry line, ten packages of Design Shop stickers (these are great & you'll be seeing them on cards and scrapbook pages), and five packages of beautiful metal embellishments. Now I need to find a place to put it all!
Then the mail woman delivered my package from Papertrey Ink. I only ordered a couple of stamps, but I did purchase some dies I'm anxious to use. It will be awhile, however. It's been a very busy week. I've been out every night and gone the better part of several days. I did get some work done today in the perennial bed and it is looking better.
We did our last cultivating at the Community Garden bed as well today and are ready to put our plants in as soon as we find time. Tomorrow I'm off with two friends to the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Buffalo. I'm taking three classes. One is a scrapbooking class with Basic Grey papers, and the other two are Making Memory Slice classes. I've started using my Slice more often but I know there is much more I could do with it.
After the convention we're going to our favorite stamp store to look around and pay our fees for a colored pencil class we'll be taking in July with Dave Brethauer (the owner of Memory Box stamps). After dinner at Pano's we'll finally head home. I'm really looking forward to a day of inspiration and good conversation with friends.
This morning Cathy Zielske debuted a new set of templates for a monthly scrapbooking project. I love the way she has it laid out and think this may be the answer for my Project 365 and Week in the Life photos. I love her clean and simple style.
Brenda Weaver has a great post about getting inspiration from a magazine cover. It's geared to card makers, but definitely worth a look.
And lastly, a photo of our beautiful azalea: