Just a little enabling...

The beginning of summer is a very busy time.  I have been off my usual schedule for posting lately - if you are an email subscriber, there may sometimes be two posts in one email.  I am also trying to get into a better sleeping schedule - after I read that not getting enough sleep can make you gain weight!  So, rather than stay up late to do a post for the next day, I have sometimes shifted to writing on the same day or evening.

There are a lot of sales going on now - here are a few that may be of interest...

Anna Griffin is having a Super Scrapbook Sale in her online store - here is a LINK to the store.  There is free US shipping and a free gift for orders over $50.  The sale lasts until Monday but some items are already sold out so if you love Anna Griffin's style, check it out!  The heart shaped acrylic albums that I gave away in my last blogoversary celebration (in the photo above) are $2.50 (regular price $15).

If you like Anna Griffin's style, you are probably also a fan of Webster's Pages.   If you don't spend all of your money at Anna's sale, you can buy this huge group of products in the Webster's Pages Warehouse sale starting Monday (while supplies last).  This photo from the Webster's Pages blog shows a great group of products that retail for a total of $129 - for just $25 - pretty irresistible!  Here is a LINK to the Webster's Pages website for the sale on Monday.  I am not sure what the shipping will be for this sale - you can find out on Monday.

The Nick Kelsh Photo Tips site that I told you about a while ago (HERE), has a special offer too.  Nick has written a book called How to be a Dad and has also made a DVD companion to the book.  There is a Father's Day special for a free subscription to the photo tips site when you purchase the How to be a Dad book and DVD set.  The price is $19.95 which is the usual subscription price for the Photo Tips site so if you are looking for a nice Father's Day gift for a new Dad - this could be it.  You can get all of the details HERE.

Ella Publishing Co. has some new photography related items for sale - the first is a new book by Rebecca Cooper about taking great photos of real life moments.



They also have a set of 8 Photoshop actions for Photoshop(PS) and Photoshop Elements (PSE) that are featured in the Real.Life.Photography. e-book.
 


I use the Creative Memories software programs but I know a lot of people use Photoshop or Photoshop Elements so these Simple Fixes: Actions for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements may be helpful to you.



Ella Publishing has also bundled together three photography ebooks for a special price - get the  Photography Ideas Bundle with three books for the price of one!

Lettering Delights has hundreds of graphics, fonts, SVGs and cut-it sets on sale until Father's Day (sale ends at midnight on June 18th).  Most items are $1 with SVGs and cut-it sets at $2.  If you first "purchase" the monthly freebie, you will get a coupon for 25% off your next order with the freebie order confirmation.  Click HERE to go to the sale pages.

(I am an affiliate for Ella Publishing and Lettering Delights - I have no relationship with the other sites mentioned above).

It looks like we will have some nice weather for the weekend - I hope to go to the library book sale that was postponed from last weekend and then get our deck furniture set up - I think we may finally be done with the thick green pollen from the pine trees.

My days have been a little crazy and I have piles of almost finished projects that I need to photograph and then I can share what I have been up to.  I also have a few more of the projects form the Tim Holtz weekend to show you.

I hope you have a great weekend - we will be seeing an old friend from graduate school on Saturday and helping with a few more moving chores Sunday afternoon.

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Happy Friday the 13th!  I spent yesterday catching up after my trip. I did sort through all of the digital photos I took while I was away and edited a lot (but not quite all) of them.  This view of the New York City skyline was taken through the train window as we approached the city.  You can see the new World Trade Center rising high above the rest of the buildings.  The building will have 105 floors when it is finished and will have a spire that reaches symbolically to the height of 1776 feet (representing the year of the Declaration of Independence).

I have been thinking about the best way to organize the simple scrapbooking challenge for those of you who were interested.  National Scrapbook Day is coming up on May 5th, so I am planning to start the challenges the following week.  This will give you time to get organized and ready to do the challenges.  I am really looking forward to getting back to making albums - some traditional, some digital and some will probably be hybrid albums blending paper and digital techniques.

If you want some motivation and training to get prepared to scrapbook, there is a special program offered by Ella Publishing starting Monday, April 23rd and finishing Friday, May 4th - just in time for you to get busy scrapping over the National Scrapbook Day weekend.

Spring Training 2012 will have five expert coaches including Erin Cobb (Photography), Wendy Smedley (Organization), Nichol Magouirk (Technique), Lisa Dickinson (Design) and Tammy Morrison (Scrapbooking Fitness and Fun!).

There will be daily "exercise" sessions with a Video and a 20 minute targeted training for each of the twelve days.  There will also be four live chat sessions.  This will be a "live" event with some great giveaways for live participation.  However, the videos will never expire so you can come back to them if life gets busy and you get behind in participating.

You can read the full details about the program on the Ella Publishing site - click on the bold words to go directly to the page for Spring Training 2012.  There is also a code to save 10% on the registration - just put SPRINGTIME10 in the coupon code box at checkout. 

I am already signed up for this event and I'd love to have you join me.  I am an affiliate with Ella Publishing and they have generously offered me a free spot to share with one of my blog readers.  Here is how you can win:

1.  Visit the Spring Training 2012  page and check out the topics that will be covered by the experts.
2.  Leave a comment on this post telling me which topic is most interesting to you.  (I am looking forward to tips from Lisa on combining patterned papers).

I will pick a random winner from the comments on Monday night and post the name on Tuesday.  Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you in your comment.

Get in the best scrapbooking shape of your life with Spring Training 2012!

It's a long weekend for us in Massachussetts - Patriot's Day is celebrated on Monday.  I hope the weather is nice for the parade.  Do you have some fun (and crafty) plans for the weekend?


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