January 24th, 2010 / 1 Comment » / by melissa
I wanted to let you know that I am having a 50% off sale on all of my Valentine’s Day items through Jan 31st. Be sure to go pick up some new and old kits to make those unique Valentine’s Day cards for your loved ones.
I also have my Not So Rogue Robots added to ScrapDish now, so if you missed it while it was at PDW, you can once again find it available for purchase.
I was cleaning up my hard drive a bit and came across these alpha tiles that never made it off my computer, so I thought I would post them as a freebie for you guys. These are the uppercase letters only, and they should coordinate nicely with my Magical Moments kit. Hopefully you can find some use for them. 
Download HERE or click the image.
Posted in: Freebies
Tags: digi, digital scrapbook, freebie
January 22nd, 2010 / No Comments » / by melissa
Current Mood:
sleepy
Not much has been going on with us lately. We’re somewhat back into a routine now and other than some appointments, we haven’t had a whole lot going the past two weeks that was out of the norm.
Speaking of appointments, my boys have an upcoming one with the dentist. I really love their dentist. I had a horrible one as a child. He amazingly had to find a tooth to pull every single time I walked in the door. Funny how that tooth that was “right there and needed to come out to make room for the next tooth” sometimes managed to take 6 months or longer to emerge after the primary one was yanked. To top it off, he never believed me when I would say that I was not numb. He used to bring me into a room all alone, strap me down and have four assistants hold me down while he yanked out the tooth, with me feeling the entire thing and being scared half out of my mind. Then, I would be placed into another room to watch TV for a half hour until there was no trace of my having been crying. My mother had no idea what happened back then until recent years when I was telling her some of the things that went on. She only knew that I really hated the dentist and chalked it up to my being a kid. She did eventually bring me to a new dentist when I was in my teens and my brothers were born, but I was well traumatized by that point. 
The reason she finally switched dentists? One of my cousins had a severe asthma attack in the chair at his office and they refused to go and get her parents and inhaler. Thank goodness she was ok, and my mother did the yanking this time. 
I did have to have a cavity filled a few years ago…my first ever (though I still have some that need to be taken care of). Sure enough, the shot to numb me did not work the first two times. Eventually the guy found the right spot and was surprised that it took so long to find it. It was obvious when he found the right spot. I guess my nerves are a little jumbled or something. LOL A few months later I ended up having a tooth extracted and wouldn’t you know, they had to numb me twice and then a third time in the middle of the whole ordeal…..yeah, I love the dentists. LOL
Seriously though, if I had my children’s dentist back when I was a kid, I would have no fear today. I have never seen a child come out of there crying. They are always all smiles, balloon and goody bag in hand. And the dentist himself is AMAZING!!! Both of my boys are on the autism spectrum, so I was really worried about how they would do at a dentist office. Joshua still gets nervous, though mostly due to the seat moving. The dentist actually saw him a little uptight last time in, so he said he wanted to do the exam before they did the cleaning, just in case Josh couldn’t handle much that day. Holy moly, I could not believe it. This is exactly what he needs. :) They have TVs in the ceilings, sunglasses to shade them from the lights, headphones to block the sounds….just perfect for the kids….and they NEVER push the kids into anything they are fearful of, like one of my sons’ major fear of the xray machine.
Enough about dentists *shudder*. Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. I have a few new products in the store this week that were made especially for this occasion.
First up is a set of Six 3×4 Valentine Cards that were created using pieces from several of my kits.
And next is a brand new kit I named “I Heart You”.
And with that, I am off to bed. Have a great weekend, everyone!
Posted in: New Products, ScrapDish, ramblings
January 8th, 2010 / No Comments » / by melissa
Current Mood:
bye & 
sporty
I just celebrated 12 years of marriage to my wonderful husband this past Monday (the 4th). We decided that this weekend we will take a trip to Disney, just the two of us. We’re leaving bright and early in the morning and coming home sometime on Sunday. I’m excited. I love Disney with the kids, but every so often it is nice to be able to enjoy it, just the two of us, without splitting up or having to see the High School Musical show for the 20th time. Not that it is a bad show….we enjoy it and I love seeing my girls singing along and telling me who is new when they switch someone out. LOL There are just so many other shows we still haven’t had a chance to see yet.
Speaking of High School Musical, I have a brand new kit at ScrapDish this week. One of my CT members, Rose, asked for me to make her a little cheerleader for some thank you notes for her daughter. After that, the kit just sort of bloomed from there. :) I think it would work great for not only cheerleading pics, but sports photos, patriotic pages, and so much more!
And if you check out my tweets or facebook fan page, you can find a code to get an additional $2 off of the sale price through Monday, Jan 10th. So hurry!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Posted in: New Products, Sales, ScrapDish, ramblings
Tags: cheer, cheerleader, cheerleading, digital scrapbook, new kit, patriotic, spirit, sports, star
December 28th, 2009 / No Comments » / by melissa
Current Mood:
busy & 
Christmas & 
party
I hope each of you have had a wonderful holiday season. I seriously am having trouble believing that the end of 2009 is upon us. It seems like the year dragged on and on until October, and then it just flew by.
I have spent a lot of fun time with my wonderful husband and children the past couple of weeks. I think most of you know I was a music education major in college and then later taught for a while. Well, I was put in charge of the music for the children’s program at my uncle’s church. I had such a great time! It made me almost miss teaching. Almost being the key word there. LOL
My full kids’ bell ensemble played “Joy To The World” and did quite well for the most part. The older three kids in the group (my oldest son and two of Lacey/Dark Pheonix’s kids) played “Angels We Have Heard on High”, and they did an awesome job! The kids also sang a few carols and did a reenactment of the nativity. It was really sweet to watch them.
This was the first year that some of the kids were given speaking parts. They were given to them only a week before the performance, so my uncle decided they would just read them off of the paper to make it easier for them. Cassie and Jacob informed me on the way to the performance that they knew their parts by heart. Jacob’s was fairly short (he was a shepherd), so I figured he likely did, and sure enough, he even performed it without his paper. Shocking! He was not the least bit nervous either! Cassie’s part was much longer. She was the angel that appeared to Joseph. I thought for sure she was just being competitive and saying she knew the part by heart, but sure enough, she did indeed have it memorized. Unbelievable! She did decide to use the paper when her moment on stage arrived, but even so, I was still surprised. I wasn’t positive that her nerves would’t take over. Guess the performance desire comes naturally to them. :) Cassie has now decided that she would like to be an actress, maybe even on broadway. LOL Guess we shall see what happens there.
Anyway, I have to share some favorite pictures from the night…..some are a little bit blurry. My brother was taking the pics with my camera, and I think he decided against the flash for some reason. LOL No matter, they are too cute/sweet to not share.
The very next morning started my battle of a stomach bug. Right now the score seems to be
sickies - 6
Melissa - 1
However, I am determined to beat it. Hopefully it will go away soon. It has to eventually, right? :) I’m just glad that it only hit one of the four kids, and it really did not seem to hit him nearly as hard as it hit me. I also have to take a minute and brag on my wonderful husband. I asked him to take off work last Monday to take care of the kids since I was so incredibly sick, and he not only kept them away from me to allow me to sleep and recover a little bit, but he also cooked and cleaned a bit in between phone calls from work. How awesome is he?
Yesterday we took the kids to see “The Princess and the Frog”.
We had seen Tiana’s Riverboat Jubilee at the parks and enjoyed the little bit we got to see from that, but we hadn’t really planned on seeing the movie in the theater. We just happened to get vouchers on one of our recent trips to Disney World which gave us free kids ticket to the movie with the purchase of an adult movie ticket…since we have three adult Disney passes thanks to Jacob having a 10+ ticket, we were able to get the three younger kids in free and just pay for three adult tickets. That was a steal for a family of 6 that never goes to the movies, so we thought it would be a nice thing to add to the Christmas weekend.
I’ll be honest…I wasn’t sure whether or not the kids would sit through the movie or not, but they did great and they REALLY enjoyed it. I did, too. My dad’s side of the family are cajuns living in Houma, LA, (which is about an hour or so outside of NO for those that aren’t familiar with the area), so that may have added to the charm a little bit for me, I don’t know. The firefly, Ray, was a cajun, and he cracked me up. For instance, when someone said they were from “far away” and he asked, “Oh, you from Shreveport?” haha I found myself being the only one laughing out loud at that one. *shrug* Maybe everyone was trying to adjust to the sudden new accent in the movie, I don’t know. LOL Oh well….I did enjoy it. Loved hearing the little terms and phrases that are so “Lousinana”, and I loved seeing the artists’ rendition of Mardi Gras and the NO area.
Other than the above, not much else has been going on. I’ve been trying to get back into the designing and get in the frame of mind to get the kids back to their school work next Monday. Two of the four are chomping at the bit to get back to it, and the other two are wanting their vacation to continue forever. Can’t blame them, as it has been nice having some time off to just enjoy being a family and not worrying about deadlines for anything.
So, check back soon. I do have a kit in the works for release the beginning of January. I will also be moving a few things over to ScrapDish that were previously only at PDW, and it is about time to retire some of my older kits……so be sure to check in so you know when new stuff is available and the sales begin. Until then, Happy New Year everyone!!!
Posted in: ramblings
