Urban Anthology

Well, as some of you may know, and to others this is a great surprise... I have decided to start an online company Urban Anthology. This online company, will consist of a forum (which is currently up and running) and will soon have an online gallery and store. The store will be emphasizing kits, as well as other scrapbook products. Please come check out my site and join in the fun... you can find everything through the Urban Anthology blog... http://urban-anthology.com/blog/

Keep watching the Urban Anthology blog for updates. Hope to see you online soon!

Ching just for you...

Ching... I'm posting just for you.... this is how you get an image into your blog, with a link....
Good Luck. :-)

2nd Anniversary!

 
 
 

I can't beleive it is already here... our second anniversary! YIKES... time has gone by so fast. But I am happy to say that every day my love for Chris still grows. I feel our relationship is getting stronger as time goes on. Though my attention to uh... details, still lacks... not sure how that happens... as I didn't notice the HUGE boquet of flowers by the kitchen sink when I got home tonight. But my hubby filled the house with pretty roses... in my scrap room, the kitchen, and even a few for the bathroom. :-) I'm going to have to take some to my scrapbook retreat this weekend so I can enjoy them all weekend long. What a sweetie... I love you, and Happy 2nd Anniversary!

Italy...

  Chris and I finally made it on my dream trip to ITALY! We just returned from 12 day's in Italy, we visited Venice, Florance, and Rome. The weather could not have been any better it was in the 70's and sunny for 10 out of the 12 days! My favorite city was Venice. It truly felt like vacation, with no cars... and being able to stroll through the city from store to store, to restaurants, and to museums... We ventured out to the island of Murano to see the glass makers the island is known for. We saw some BEAUTIFUL goods... unfortunately we couldn't take them all home with us. We traveled by train between the three cities. It was fun taking the high speed trains and seeing the scenery of the Italian countryside. In Florance I was shocked at all of the traffic and graffiti... though there were many great museums and Churches to visit. My highlight was climbing to a top of a hill that overlooked the city... we watched the sun set and enjoyed the lights twinkling in the dark. On our way back to the hotel that night, we stopped at a local restaurant and had dinner... after we had someone translate the menu for us. And then we were off to Rome, for a whirl wind tour of the city... unfortunately in our planning we didn't realize May 1 was a holiday, so we only had one whole day to visit the major attractions. We were able to see the Colosseum, and many of the local ruins... in addition we went to Vatican City, saw the Sistine Chapel, and Saint Peters Basilica. I can't wait for our next trip... destination unknown... I do have one tip though... we purchased new luggage by Eagle Creek, along with their packing systems... I wasn't sure how it all would work, but I'm SOOO happy we got it. The suitcases held up well, it was supper easy to keep things organized when we were moving from city to city. And I manged to fit TWO weeks worth of clothing into one suitcase! That is unheard of for me.

CKU.... in review...

Well, CKU Chicago 2008 is over. It was a spectacular 3 and a half days of scrapbooking. The inspiration stations were truly inspirational, I learned several new techniques. My favorite technique was using paint to glue clear items (acrylic or transparencies) to the page. I took the Remeber Album, by Margie Romney-Anslet, she chose a beautiful album and papers for us to create a masterpiece with. It will take me quite some time to finish, since I'm using this opportunity to scrap me! The 4 mini classes were great as well. I made an awsome mirror designed by Tim Holtz, along with 3 other amazing projects. Though the highlight of my trip was hanging out with my best buddies, Melody and Angie. And being apart of the dorm Scrap Lightning. It was an amazing feat of organizing and doing by 8 of us across the country, many of us not knowing the other people! I have included our performance, please take a minute to watch, and laugh with us. :-)

1 more day...

Just one more day until the start of CKU! I am so excited. Here is the layout I made to enter into the layout contest. I hope I have a chance at winning...

CKU Chicago 2008

I'm so excited to be going to CKU Chicago 2008. It's coming so quick. I've been working on my homework, and dorm preparations. I created this map to help me find all the location stores and places to eat. Please check it out...

CKU Chicago 2008 Google Map