Choose Happiness

In the scrapbook world January always means loads of new goodies making their debut at CHA, and this year Glitz Designs has released three fabulous new lines. You can preview them here, here and here. It's always hard to choose a favorite, but with my husband being a US Navy Chief I was definitely sold on all of the anchors and seaworthy goodness in the Uncharted Waters line. With my Navy man having just come home from another deployment, I figured this was the perfect time to test the Uncharted Waters. 

Check out the Chevron Roller Doodle on the pink paper 
in the photo above. 

Supplies:

Glitz Design Uncharted Waters Patterned Paper: Stripe, Waves, Anchors, Bits & Pieces
Glitz Design Uncharted Waters Decorative Washi Tape: Anchors
Glitz Design Uncharted Waters Whatnots
Glitz Design Uncharted Waters Peek a Boos
Glitz Design Uncharted Waters Rubber Stamps

Glitz Design Love You Madly Giant Roller Doodle: Chevron
Glitz Design Love You Madly Teeny Alphas
Other:

Bossy Joscie flair

Studio Calico wood veneers

EK Success heart punch

Sewing Machine

Tombow MonoMulti adhesive

3M mounting tape

Supplies:

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Patterned paper: Hearts, Chalkboard, Bits & Pieces

Glitz Design Uncharted Waters Patterned Paper: Waves

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Whatnots

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Paper Layers

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Washi Tape: Rainbow Stripe

Glitz Design Color Me Happy Paper Garland

Glitz Design Love You Madly Teeny Alphas

Other:

Bossy Joscie flair

Impress Rubber Stamps striped bag

Sewing Machine

Tombow MonoMulti adhesive

3M mounting tape

Truth, Travel & Tradition

I am happy to report that my week of pain ended with the bloody nose, and no black or permanently damaged eyes. I am truly counting my blessings, not to mention getting a good laugh over my shortcomings.

With nary a black eye in sight I took tattered self down to LA for the weekend for 2011 CHA Winter. It's always so inspiring to browse the new goodies that will hit the shelves soon. How lucky I am to be a small piece of an industry that focuses so much on the beauty of family and friends, and celebrates the blessings of everyday moments. Aside from the super cool new products, it's always wonderful to see my friends that are ordinarily scattered across the country (and to add a few new ones to the stack)!
Thanks for the laughs Collin & Liz, for your friendship James & Liz, for the best gift I've received this year Susan, and a shout out for my roomies Teri & Ashley.

Keep an eye out on Tuesday for some new Glitz Designs layouts... and the winner of the sketch contest I posted a couple of weeks ago! But for now, back to my regularly scheduled 365 pictures & quotes. A hodgepodge of quotes, travel shots and a more traditional noel-type 365 shot of Emma.

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains,
however improbable, must be the truth."
-Sherlock Holms via Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The City of Angels at sunrise
“Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly; devils fall because of their gravity.”
-G. K. Chesterton

And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word."
Luke 1:38

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.”
-Saint Augustine

“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves,
and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

catching up... sort of

catching up... sort of

wow, what a week. i touched down in seattle friday afternoon. my phone was dead because i forgot to turn it off on the flight. as soon as i got down to baggage, i plugged it into the nearest outlet. as soon as i plugged it in and turned it on i got a call from stan. he'd just found out he made chief (it's a navy thing). anyway, that's big news for him. so after the next 6 weeks of initiation, they'll have a big ceremony... then i'm sure we'll have a party! :)

stan's parents got into town about 2 hours after i got home. so we're still hoppin' around our place. gearing up for the start of chief initiation, in-law visit & all of the rest of regular life stuff.

i picked up a new lensbaby while i was at cha for a steal. the first chance i had to mess around with it was in my hotel room. so while i should have been packing, i was playing. i did eventually get my packing done, however i still need to practice with my lens. so i'm sure there will be plenty more 365 shots with it. :)

spent wednesday working the cha show floor. taking pictures, doing interviews and whatnot. of course, a good part of the day were spent oohing and awing over the quickutz letterpress system & the provo craft gypsy. i've got a bunch of show pictures up on my flickr page, and i'll be adding more in the next few days.

tuesday i helped the ever fabulous glitz girls take pre-orders. who doesn't love hanging with great friends and loads of goodies?

took this shot at this amazing little italian restaurant we stumbled upon while looking for a different restaurant. we sat outside & enjoyed the view of a lake and a sunset.

as soon as i can manage to recover from sleeping 11 hours in 5 days, i'll get more pictures up. i have several posted here, if you're dying to see. :)

rogue gypsies

rogue gypsies

i like a good laugh as well as the next person, maybe even better than the next person. needless to say, i loved the provo craft promo videos for their new tool, the gypsy. beyond the wildly funny videos, i knew very little about the new product. i knew it was hand held, stored tons of info from cricut cartridges and had some design capabilities. after meeting with several execs from provo craft yesterday afternoon, i am thrilled see this baby come out. like all good things, one must wait a bit to get your hands on one (november). but until then, i wrote up all of the info they passed on to me in my scrap review interview with them yesterday. check it out here.

Letterpress LOVE

Letterpress Love

my cha pick of the day!!!






check out more info on my quick initial report over at the scrap review.

i'm away at CHA

while i'm away checking out all of the new fabulously amazing new products at CHA (Craft & Hobby Asso. Trade Show), check out the scrap review for reports along the way!