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As you may already know, I used to be part of a couple design teams... Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker (for the entire 3 years the company existed) & also 2 stints with SRM Stickers.  Both companies supplied me with enough free products to last a lifetime.  Gotta love that. 

I will love both companies' products forever.  Even ended up getting a few scrapbook pages & cards published in magazines using their products.  Gotta love that too. 

It's a big reason I still blog.  Just in case I ever end up doing that again.  Although "they say" scrapbooking is a dying craft. 

I just say NO, as it's a hobby & passion of mine. 

As I was creating this page though, I happened to receive an email from the owner of SRM Stickers letting all of us who were ever associated with her company, know that they were now on Instagram.  Coincidentally I was making this page using photos from Instagram & also happened to be using SRM Calendar Small Stickers in the corners of each photo...

The one thing I've always loved about SRM Stickers is that they're clear... so putting them on top of paper, photos, etc is seemless.  #totalawesomeness 

Anyway... you can follow SRM Stickers on Instagram now.  And if you can't find their totally cool products in your local stores... you can shop online, which, by the way, is my favorite way to shop.

Speaking of what else "they say"... I also heard that Facebook is out & the "in" way to use social media is Instagram & Twitter.

I just say NO to Twitter.

No tweets for me.  Ca ca! 

"You beat yourself up... to bring yourself down... let it go, let it go, let it go..."

 

"... when the world is coming down on me... I let it go..."

Spent a couple hours in the craft room today while Bryn was at a friend's house.  Love that.  In fact, I haven't done that in awhile.  I mean I have, but lately I just kinda sit here staring & thinking too much & not accomplishing anything.  Except for maybe the 'thinking too much' part.  It stinks.  But not only does creating help clear my mind... but laughing at hilarious instant messages on Facebook helped my mood today too.   

Gotta love having crazy friends.  

So... during a fleeting moment of aloneness & inspiration before we went school supply shopping this afternoon... I put some of Bryn's recent birthday photos on paper.  It's a page design I use OFTEN... yes I know... BORING... but it works when you have lots of photos. 

And you all know I had way more than this, so narrowing it down to 7 photos is pretty good for me.  LOL

Since it was a chevron-themed party (per Bryn's request) I used some yellow chevron paper on here (from the cheap Recollections paper pack) + some Studio Calico paper + Simple Stories Vintage Bliss for my title letters/numbers...

 

There's a few other random things on here, like SRM Stickers... but as always, comment if you need more info. 

Note to self... print more photos + finish more pages.  Thinking too much is overrated anyway.  Laughing is WAY better. 

You GLO, girl!

"Do you wanna, wanna dance, like it was the last dance..."

A few more of my projects have been posted today for my guest design spot this month at HIP 2B SQUARE, along with my answers to some more fun questions.  Check out my projects here.  Kimberly, the owner of HIP 2B SQUARE, emailed me after I sent her all my projects & said she had to laugh when she saw that I used the balloons included in the kit on this page.  She said when she saw the balloons included in the Studio Calico Heyday emphera pack, that she thought of me. 

Clearly my reputation preceeds me.  When I like something, I tend to use it over & over.  LOL

Ummm... there were clouds in the kit too.  And you KNOW I was loving those.  ;-) 

And speaking of Studio Calico...

Since I had used so much of their Heyday collection on the first page posted from my HIP 2B SQUARE kit the other day... I decided to post it in the Studio Calico gallery.  It's only the 2nd time I've ever posted there & the last time was in 2010.  When I checked out some of the comments I received on it, I noticed it was pinned 104 times! 

Ummm.... wow!  And thank you, pinners!  :-)

Find more information on this month's HIP 2B SQUARE kit here!

Happy Friday & have a GREAT weekend, everyone!