Retro Theme Domestic Goddess Pocket Page Deluxe Mini Album Kit **SOLD**

This is one of the mini album pages we created in one of the "Pick-A-Pocket" Mini Album Series of Classes.
This kit is fashioned after the Vintage Retro Domestic Goddess theme rather than the cookbook them that I made in the class. The album pages measure 8-1/8"x6" plus the tab binding.
This kit is packed with almost everything you will need to create this fun album! The instructions and patterns will of course be inclosed with your kit. I will be making a DVD on this mini album in the very near future so that you can make this mini in a very understandable step by step process with me. I have only "ONE" of these kits available. The cost of the kit is $49.00 with the shipping included!
Thank you so much for your interest and comments of how I can better my kits, classes, or anything else to be a better help to you.
Thanks.
Julie

My Pick-A-Pocket Mini Album Series Continues!!!!

...Tonight at 6:30 pm EST. We had a bit of a mess last week with technical stuff! But now that is fixed! At least it is on my end :o)
Come join us and don't forget to sign in to get your name in the drawing each week! See you tonight!
Big Hugzies!
Julie

U-Stream Class Friday Night @ 6:30 pm EST!!

The last 5 or 6 weeks? We have been making some "new" album pages that I have designed entitiled my "Pick A Pocket" Mini Album Page Series!! I have really enjoyed sharing my new creations with all of those who have had the opportunity to attend!!  
Last week we started the 8x8 inch pocket styled mini album in a baby boy theme.  We will continue working on this album style as well as learning together how to make special add-ons for your album pages. I really hope to wrap this second part up tomorrow night, but if not, we will continue it into one more class.
I am posting a necessities list below for those of you who would like to take part during the class.
*You will need the following items:
* 5-9x12 inch self-sealing envelopes
* 3- regular mailing envelopes
* decorative papers in at least an 8x8 inch size and
of course matching cardstock
* various punches
* several matching ribbons from 1/4" to 1/2" in size
* buttons
* something for ribbon flower center
This is all I can think of right now. If there are any changes I will do an update here.
I look foward to seeing everyone! Thanks a ton!
Julie   **Read the post below also**

REDUCED!! "Baby Dearest" Pick A Pocket 8x8 Mini Album Kits 1 & 2 -Boy

The following pics are of kit 1 for the Baby Boy 8x8 Mini Album from week 6 of my Pick-A-Pocket Mini Album Series! There is also the variation of this kit which I have done a yt video for you to see the differences which is Kit 2 and is slightly varied in colors and style, but basicly the same and it is in the video above this post. I have only one of each kit available.
Thanks so much for all of your encouragement and support!
The cost for each kit is $49.00 with US Shipping included. If you would like to purchase this kit, please email me at thescrapsofmylife@yahoo.com.
Julie
**Kit Content Overview:
8x12 Double Sided Papers
4-6x12 Gemstone Cardstock
White Chipboard Covers and spine
Crafty Secrets Vintage Cuts
Computer Printed Cutouts
Assorted Die Cuts
Full Alphabet
Trinkets and Charms and a metal Frame
2 handmade Ribbon Roses
Assorted Prima, Ruffled Roses, Glittered Daisies, & Punched Flowers and butterflies (I have also added small flowers)
Assorted 1/2 yards or more of each ribbons and trims
...and so much more plus any other goodies I might add as well :o)

"Pick A Pocket Mini Album Series Ustream Class 2-Nite! w/ a peep show!!

 Tonight I will be doing the 5th class in the series of the "Pick A Pocket" Mini Album Series!! I have really enjoyed sharing my new creations with all of those who have the opportunity to attend!! I am soooo excited about this one as well as the next one that will follow!!! I have a really cool and unique mini album page style I will be sharing with you! There will be a couple of different styled kits available for this 2 part class. One kit will be for BABY, Boy and Girl, which I have a couple pictures shown in the post below this one, and the other will be a retro vintage styled kit!  I will be showing the kitz in tonights class!! So please be on time!!
Over the next two classes I will be showing you the assembly of the pages, we will do some embellishing of the pages, as well as finishing it up with embellishing the front cover and the binding of the pages to make it into a mini album that you will cherish forever and always!!!
So, mark your calendars, tie a string around your finger, and don't forget to join us  tonight at 6:30 pm EST on my Ustream channel. And now! As you can see above, you can view the show right here on my Blog!! Easy Peasy!! Thanks to everyone for all of your sweet comments and support!! And don't forget!! that Barbara from "Life On the Scrappy Side" Store will be running very special deals for the class tonight on her blog, as well as the classes to come but you must be present to take advantage of the great deals!
Lotz of luv & Hugz!
Julie

A U-Stream Class & A Couple of Lovely Kits!

For the past four weeks I have been sharing various mini album styles in my Ustream Class Series titled, "Pick A Pocket" Mini Album Series. I have really enjoyed sharing my new creations with all of those who have the opportunity to attend! As of last Friday's class I easily persuaded Barbara, who owns "Life On the Scrappy Side" Scrapbooking Store to join in on the fun by offering some of my most favorite tools and things to you with a very nice discount!! The only catch is... you must be logged into the class in order to take advantage of the very special discounts she will be offering!!
This coming up Friday, March 4th, I will be doing the 5th class in the series! I am soooo excited about this one as well as the next one that will follow!!! I have a really cool mini album page style I will be sharing with you! There will be a couple of different styled kits available for this 2 part class. One kit will be for BABY, which I have a couple pictures shown below, and the other will be a retro vintage styled kit!
Did I mention that i am sooo excited to do this next series of classes?!? I will be showing you the assembly of the pages, we will do some embellishing of the pages, as well as finishing it up with embellishing the front cover and the binding of the pages to make it into a mini album that you will cherish forever and always!!!
So, mark your calendars, tie a string around your finger, and don't forget to join us next Friday night at 6:30 pm EST on my Ustream channel. And now! As you can see above, you can view the show right here on my Blog!! Easy Peasy!! Thanks to everyone for all of your sweet comments and support!!
Lotz of luv & Hugz!
Julie

Blessings in Disguise...

I have been struggling most of the morning trying, once again, to pull my thoughts together so I can put into reality, or in this case, on paper what I imagine in my mind. I am trying to put together a recipe mini album that will hopefully prove more useful than the ones I have created in the past. I have in my possession a poem that I cross stitched onto aida cloth a very long time ago. Every time I start a new recipe book album I have to hunt that little piece of cloth all over the place! And, when I finally locate it, I put it, I think, where I will know exactly where to find it the next time I need it! LOL!!! I have come across it several times over the past month while looking for other treasures, but where is it now?! LOL!
Any way, I thought I would be clever and do a search on the internet to try and find the poem by using a sentence from it that I can partially remember. Instead, after a few failed attempts i did come across this beautiful poem by a lady whose days were in fact maybe more times than not just like the day I am having today!
   An article from the Washington Daily News, August 17, 1951 described her like this. 
Mrs. Way, she is best described as a woman who has never thrown away a thing.  From childhood days and grandparents, too, buttons and shoes, pictures and baskets, spinning wheels and ivory ear spoons--all of these and thousands of others adorn her walls, fill her shelves, even fill her life--so rich and warm, with human kindness, and all for you. A housewife, snakekiller, curator, trapper, dramatic actress, philosopher, and preserver of all the riches of mankind, inadequately describe the most fascinating person you can imagine. Her home is a real piece of art, filled with an amazing array of items, ranging all the way from a trillion buttons down to the finest china, and all is properly cared for, carefully labeled and displayed for the thousands of her eager visitors. Her feeling, humor, and grace when she reads poetry would put to shame some of the finest Broadway actors and actresses. Take a tip from me--get a hobby.  Find some vitamins to live with.  Hobbies are wonderful cures for all ills. In the Way home sits a plate by the register in which voluntary contributions are placed.  These contributions go to the Red Cross, to the Salvation Army, the Crippled Children's Fund, and to other worthwhile organizations.
So, in short, she was a well meaning, good hearted woman just like most of us are, but the poem she wrote that follows helps me relate to her even so much more. There was a list of some of her poems, but I want to share this one with you.

Miss Eva's Poem:

Kitchen Philosophy

I like to happy,
I like to be gay,
But how can I be that
In the kitchen all day?
I like to write letters,
I like to read a good book,
But how can I do it
When I'm just an old cook?
The pots and the pans
And the dishes, too,
Are always waiting
For the old cook to do.
There are times when this cook,
With a scowl and a frown,
Wishes for a kitchen
Like the cooks have in town.
But when I think
Of the flowers and trees
I can see from my window--
My heart is at ease.
For the cooks in town
Have to look out on walls
Or listen to autos
Screaming cat calls.
When thoughts upset me
And things go wrong,
I turn on the radio
To get music and song.
And my heart, like the heart
Of the wild savage beast
Is soothed, and contentment
Is soon released.
So thanks, dear Lord,
For being a cook
With memories enough
To fill many a book.
Of children, of servants,
Of stories and fun,
That crowd out resentment
Of the work to be done.

What is left but to say, "Amen."
Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!!
xooxxo
Julie
p.s. I "will" find that poem! later....

Second Class in the "Pick A Pocket" Mini Album Series

This is the second in a series of classes over the next several weeks. I'll be sharing with you new ways to transform envelopes, and envelope styles of various sizes into wonderful, spacious, and useable, awesome mini albums. I will also be sharing various techniques and styles I use in the process of putting together my mini albums, such as making flowers, tags, various sorts of tips and tricks to make you a more efficient scrapper!! The class is at 6:00 pm EST tonight!!  I will have classes posted ahead of time on my ustream channel. Click the link on the right of this post.
Class List:
**Tonight we will be working with 6x6 decorative papers once more.
**You will also need your 6x9 inch mailer envelopes, along with all of your other scrappin' accessories!
So grab all of your goodies and meet me there tonight!
This class is rated one ♥ for Easy.

Ustream Class! Mini Album Series begins Tonight!!!

My first in a series of  classes over the next several weeks. I'll be sharing with you new ways to transform envelopes, and envelope styles of various sizes into wonderful, spacious, and useable mini albums. I will also be sharing various techniques and styles I use in the process of putting together my mini albums. The class is at 6:00 pm EST tonight. Times will vary from week to week. I will have them posted ahead of time on my ustream channel.
I will be working with 6x6 decorative papers tonight. So grab all of your goodies and meet me there tonight!
The video below is the project we will be working on tonight :0)
The class link to this video is HERE.

Yay!!! I now have 77 followers here on my Blog!!

Guess what will happen as I reach 100 Followers!! That's right!! My very first "Appreciation Celebration!!!" open to all of my subscribers on my blog! I can hardly wait! Have a wonderful scrappinin' day!
Hugzies to you all!


Julie

There will be a U-Stream Class this Saturday, Jan. 15th at 11:00 am EST

When putting this min together I set a challenge for myself to use unconventional papers and "stuff" to make a valentine mini album. The paper line is by "Melody Ross" from GCD Studios. I just luv her papers! It is the Homespun Chic collection.
I will be crafting a fast, easy, yet very lovely mini album for Valentine's Day this year using a pocket design that I used in my journal album last year!
I have moved the time up a little earlier to see if that works better for everyone. It will be 8:00 am on the West Coast. Hope that is not too early. Maybe everyone can give me some feed back for a better time for you. This class will be totally "free"! I will have a few kits available, but I am running behind on completing them, so they may not be able to get to you prior to the class :( Though a couple items will vary from kit to kit, you will receive all that you see in the pics below. And of course that is not the whole album nor all of the goodies!!! I will also have a cute "child's version" available as well.
Thanks so much for stoppin' by and for all of your support!
Scrappy Hugz!
Julie